Social notes highlight visits and guests across the delta
Miss Hannah Eaton guests Mr. and Mrs. Devan Sharbrough in Paylorsville. Emmet Yates visits Hattiesburg with Miss Daisy Melvin from St Louis staying with Mrs. W B Rogers. Miss Kate Spartin travels to Demopolis Alabama. Mrs. Stewart Jones and daughter Erylle visit Alligator. Mrs. I B Bonner hosts guests with W Bailey and Ashur Ware and others attend events. Mrs F W Yates entertains for Mrs Emmet Yates with Shasti daisies and ferns in attendance.
Unclear early 20th century dispatches mixed with political notes
Disjointed lines report US supervision stance on rebellion Cuba President Gomes cable to oppose American intervention. Senate to extend sessions. Bourne parcel post bill approved. Plans show presidential candidates organizing, summer exodus near. Local editor and residents are briefly mentioned in scattered notes.
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Alba
United States
Presiden Gomes
Cuba
Mit
Aif
Atelutfalaya
Senate
Aeerican
Wilcheck
Newarks
New Jersey
Fourteen Year Old Lost Boy Found After Woods Wander
A fourteen year old boy who wandered from his father while fishing near Tullahoma Creek was found after a long search by neighbors and a local man. He had walked roughly eight to ten miles in the woods and thickets before being located near Saundersville. The recovery prompted a loud whistle warning from Laurel mill, signaling the family’s relief.
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Laurel
Annimuineed
Mindee Denbardieben
Josi
Tullahoma Creek
Juniper
Jack
Nerby
Saundersvile
Local Notes From Mississippi Docket and Social Fragments
Friday and Saturday saw Judge Goode Montgomery in Mize handling small justice court matters. Mrs Sidney Smith of Dobisvide hosted a guest for her daughter and various social visits include Mire Lidgar G Martis, Major, and Mimmig of Eilisside spending time in Lily. Wade Buckley visited the Laure Colony at Cooper's Wetts for a week while Manager Farmer of the Southern Hotel visited his father in Lilian.
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Angie
Kzell
Beard Shores
Bsitt
Goode Montgomery
Mize
Justice of the Peace Court
Sidney
Q. Smith
Dobisvide
Mire
Lidgar
G. Martis
Mimmig
Eilisside
Lily
Hailes and Hughes Plan Farmers Meeting Tour
Hailes will join Dr. Hughes this week for a campaign push in the second district. A major meeting for farmers is set at Matthews Schoolhouse on Friday May 11 with address by speakers. Attendees will gather to discuss cemetery cleanup and a basket dinner will be served.
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Mino. EL Hailes
Hughes
Matthews Schoollhouse
New Homes Erected in Local Districts
Material is being laid today for the erection of five cottages in the Scott, Halbert and Langley addition near the Wausau Southern mills. Howard just completed four pretty homes on Secane avenue. Abe Marcus builds two handsome bungalows. Pettibone mansion, Dr Jarvis, and Bear Brothers are putting up three cottages at Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street.
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Ute
Scott, Halbert & Langley
Wausau Southern Mills
Howard
Secaneaventd
Abe Marcus
Ite
Pettibone Madilion
Dr Jarvis
Bear Brothers
Seventh Avenue
Seventh. Street
Quip on Creamy Quark Shown as Whimsical Request
A humorous line features a speaker asking for a quark of cream in a playful, rustic exchange. The odd pairing of a particle with dairy humor evokes whimsical language.
Harness and Saddlery Factory Planned in Laurel
Juhnson of afobite Abs announced plans to establish a harness and saddlery manufactury and sales room in Laurel once machinery is secured. Merdefingen was in the city last week to arrange the necessary details for the project.
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I Juhnson
Afobite
Abs
Laurel
Merdefingen
Mistook Son for Wildcat in the Woods Near Lucedale
In Lucedale on May 23 a farmer and his son were hunting a wildcat twelve miles south of town. The father, Coeh yan,a Tarmer Hw anime, mistook his motion in the brush for the animal and shot his son Willie in the right arm with a loaded cartridge. The injury is serious but not fatal.
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Lucedale
C. We Coehyan
Ldemialy
Willie
Betamé
Mr. Couhan
Baseball not faster than 25 years ABD analysis
The article discusses how baseball has not sped up since earlier eras. It notes human limits in heads and limbs, pitching and fielding similar to past days, and the need for minor leaguers to learn the game. It also covers managerial skill, player development, and the scrutiny of a president’s decisions affecting team success.
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Ata
Auman
Must. Ie
Prough
Boseion
Tive
Big Owl Field on Gulf Coast
Laine Mississippi May 27 prospects for boring a second oil well are good as the flow from the first well continues. A large quantity of gas is coming from the well in addition to the oil. Laine is 36 miles from Mobile and it will be easy to pipe the oil and gas to that city. Experts say Laine is certain to develop into a great oil field.
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Laine
Miss
Mobile
Sheriff’s Bondsmen Face Pro Rata Shortage Suit
Gulfport May 27. Thirteen of Reeves’s bondsmen ask that the remainder pay their pro rata share of a $15,000 shortage in the sheriff’s accounts. Thirty seven bondsmen are named as defendants, most residents of the county. Harry Hoyle of New Orleans has already paid $5,000.
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Gulfport
Reeves
Sit
Harry Hoyie
New Orleans
Gulfport Shipping Shows Big Increase in Lumber Exports
Gulfport reports unusually strong shipping activity with 18,121,972 feet of pine lumber exported since May 10. Argentina leads with 43,085,972 feet. A Munson liner is expected tonight as Traveling Superintendent McKay of New York arrives to supervise loading and dispatch.
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Gulfport
Mississippi
Argentina
Munson
McKay
New York
State Solid For Clark In Democratic Convention
Reports show Clark sweeping Kentucky in the Democratic conventions across about half the counties. Returns indicate Clark leading with most instructed votes, while Harmon and Wilson counties carried small blocs. Jefferson County precincts also favored Clark, as locals urged mindful voting and temperance messages.
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Louisville
Kys
Channy Clark
Kentucky
Harmon
Wilson
Jefferson
Glark
One Day's Doings in Police Court
Judge Montgomery presides as Margaret McFarland and Fanny Willis alias Mott are convicted of assault and battery with fines of 7.50 and 2.50 respectively plus costs. A offender described as a typical negro basket-toler is fined 90 dollars and costs to serve in labor for one city. A petty larceny incident ends with a dress misappropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Margaret’ McFarland
Fanny “Willis
Mott
Dabor
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