L Q C Lamar Savoyvard in Kansas City Star
A lengthy tribute traces L Q C Lamar born 1825 in Mississippi to a dominant Southern statesman and orator. It recounts his roles as lawyer teacher and congressman, his Civil War service, postwar diplomacy and eulogies, and his vision of Union through reconciliation.
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Kansas City
Star
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Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
Senate
Jarnac
Ivry
France
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Maintenon
Lamars
Maryland
Lberty
Georgia
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Texas
Oxford
Miss
South
England
Peloponnesus
Lamar and Conkling clash over treason remark in Senate
The 1879 Senate scene features James L. Lamar defending Jefferson Davis against a taint of rebellion in a fiery speech. Roscoe Conkling dominates with polished oratory as Blaine moves toward a third term, while Lamar rebukes a charge of bad faith and insists on dignified discourse.
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Congress
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Ingalls
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Cameron
Logan
Kansas
Iowa
Beck
Vance
Withers
Voorhees
New York
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Ppi
Mississippi
The Senator from Mississippi and the Lamar Retort
The article recounts a Senate clash featuring Senator Lamar's sharp rebuke of the Mississippi senator for alleged falsehoods. It notes Lamar’s defense of Senate decency and the later exchange with a conciliatory apology from Conkling. It reflects on Lamar’s famous silver dollar speech and his lasting impact on Southern leadership and the judiciary.
English Tourist and Irish Cabby Row in Dublin
An English tourist paying a cab fare is mocked by the Irish driver. The tour is poisoned by insults and the tourist concedes, discovering the name on his notebook was scratched out. The cabman retorts with a sharp correction, exposing a local slang and the punchline about the driver’s name.
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Dublin
Pat
Phwat
O'Grady
Farmer Jefferson’s Monticello Garden Memoranda
Washington and Jefferson admired farming and kept detailed garden records at Monticello. An excerpt from July entries shows cucumbers planted, celery sown, peas sown for fall, beans planted, and an Irish potato harvest.
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Washington
Jefferson
Monticello
Europe
Consult with a spirit medium by two comic gentlemen
Cholly and Fweddy discuss visiting a spirit medium to consult their ancestors. They dismiss ancestral pride as unimportant, noting their relatives were plain, common people and not worth recognizing.
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Chicago News
King Edward's Ireland address on peace and prosperity
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert arrived at Cowes and the king and queen were greeted warmly. King Edward issued an address to the Irish people expressing gratitude for loyalty and affection and urging self reliance, education, and industrial growth for a brighter, peaceful future in Ireland. Copies of the address would be posted throughout the country.
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Royal Yacht
Victoria
Albert
Prince of Wales
Edward
Ireland
Nts
Edward R. and
Ireland Prosperity Hailed After King’s Visit
London Aug 3 The king praised the Ireland visit and promised future trips as Irish papers forecast a new era of prosperity. Horace Plunkett received knighthood and a Victorian Order honor on board the royal yacht. Lord Iveagh contributed 250000 dollars to Dublin hospitals in memory of the visit.
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London
Queenstown
Ireland
Cowes
Prince of Wales
Horace Plunkett
Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction For
Lord Iveagh
Edward Cecil Guinness
Dublin
Counterfeit $5 Note Reported in Boston Bank
A counterfeit five dollar bill from the Fourth National Bank of Boston bearing check letter A and the 1882 series was found. It is a photographic reproduction on bond paper with red ink lines simulating silk fiber and the numbers colored with a pen.
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Washington
Fourth National Bank of Boston
Tillman, Register
Morgan
Gould System plans solid trains to Chicago and Pittsburgh
New Orleans Aug 2 A C Bird traffic director of the Gould system says by year end solid trains will run direct to Chicago and Pittsburgh from New Orleans and Galveston with further entries soon into Baltimore Indianapolis.
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New Orleans
A. C. Bird
Gould System of Railroads
Gould
Chicago
Pittsburg
Galveston
Baltimore
Forty Thousand Dollar Suit Over Unauthorised Wheat Investment
William Wilmerton of Rock Island County sues the Merchants' Brokerage & Commission Co in St Louis circuit court for 340000 alleging the firm invested his corn capital in September wheat without authorization. Garnishment and arrest of funds against Traders' Bank and others accompany the action.
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St. Louis
Merchants’ Brokerage & Commission Co
Gay Building
Third
Pine Streets
United States
William Wilmerton
Rock Island County
Ill
William L. Mersey
Germania Trust Co
Mr. Wilmerton
Traders’ Bank of St. Louis
Arthur F. McIntire
G. Louis Stern
William J. Peck
McIntire
Traders’ Bank
Stern
O. W. Deppeler
John J
Baldy
Ryan’s Turf Investment Co
Fourth and
Olive Streets
Ryan’s Turf Investmentoncern
Wilmerton
Rock Island
Higdon, Longan and Hopkins
Hopkins
Coroner Holds Mrs Guller In Poison Candy Case
Mrs Ida F Guller was held by a coroner s jury for the murder of six year old Ewart Mears Checksfield, who died after eating poisoned candy. A mittimus orders her bound to the grand jury and she will be moved to Carlinville.
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Bunker Hill
Ida F. Guller
Ewart Mears Checksfield
James W. Checksfield
C. C. Robinson
Russia to bar foreigners from Manchuria for six years
Berlin dispatch reports the Cologne Gazette claims Russia informed Pekin it will prohibit foreigners from staying in Manchuria now. After six years of restored order, the region would open to foreigners for free commerce, signaling a future policy shift. A noted frontier character dies in Deadwood. Calamity Jane, born Mrs. Jane Burke, dies at Terry near Deadwood. She wished burial beside Wild Bill Hickok in Mount Moriah cemetery. her husband is reportedly in Denver and a daughter resides in North Dakota.
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Cologne
Pekin
Russia
Manchuria
Frontier
Deadwood
Jane
Terry
Mount Moriah
Wild Bill" Hickok
Jane Burke
Denver
North Dakota
Evansville to enforce Sunday closing and slot machine ban
Evansville Indiana will shut saloons and remove money slot machines after Mayor Charles G Covert orders closures from midnight Saturday to 5 AM Monday. The Sunday closing law will be strictly enforced as reform follows July riot prompts from ministers business groups and citizens. Police will close all gambling rooms and keep them shut, though duration of reform remains uncertain.
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Evansville
Ind
Charles G. Covert
Covert
Oyster Bay Incident: Abusive Language Directed at President
A Oyster Bay resident named McCann shouted profane insults at President Roosevelt and his family as they drove to Christchurch Church. Secret Service moved to have him leave. he rode away on a bicycle when ordered. The President did not request charges.
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Charles Sumner
Peter the Hermit
Marcus Cato
Sumner
Brooks
James G. Blaine
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Christchurch
McCann
Secret Service
Sagamore Hill
Convicts Kill Pur suers After Folsom Escape
Placerville California August 3 convicts who escaped from Folsom prison remain at large after a fatal clash with pursuers at Grand Victory mines Sunday night. Militia and sheriffs deputies found the bodies of Festus Rutherford and W C Jones. Al Gill wounded and Philip Singer killed. Rev Dr Chas K McHarg prominent New York Presbyterian minister dies at 80.
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Placerville
Cal
Folsom
Grand Victory Mines
Festus Rutherford
W. C. Jones
Jones
Philippines
First Tennessee
Thirty-seventh
Volunteer
United States Infantry
al. Gill
Philip Singer
Sam
Lotus
Webber Creek
New York
Chas, K. McHarg
Porter
France
Cooperstown
Cuban treasury reports $3.5 million after payroll
A Havana dispatch notes the Cuban treasury held 3.5 million dollars after government employee payments on Friday, up 400 thousand from the June 30 balance. Meanwhile New York records show 42 thousand aliens entered in July, 1903, up from 36 thousand last year and 28 thousand in 1901.
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New York
Tribune
Havana
United States
Chemist Prof Ludwig Mond Dies in Rome
Rome reports the death of Prof Ludwig Mond the noted chemist who passed away Saturday morning in Rome. Born in Hesse Cassel Germany on March 7 1839 he achieved world renown for his research and industry work.
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Rome
Ludwig Mond
Hesse-Cassel
Germany
Mississippi Electoral Vote Plan Shapes Governor Race
Mississippi eyes the first primary to decide the governor race under a plurality system. Counties carry electoral votes. 266 total votes allocated. The piece lists county by county vote weights and notes plans to rebuild Lyon after a fire with estimated loss under $18,000 and specified insured contributions.
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Adams
Alcorn
Amite
Attala
Benton
Bolivar
Calhoun
Carroll
Chickasaw
Croctaw
Claiborne
Clarke
Clay
Coahoua
Copiah
Covington
DeSoto
Franklin
Greene
Grenada
Hancock
Harrison
Hinds
Holmes
Issaquena
Itawamba
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Jones
Kemper
Lafayette
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Leake
Lee
Leflore
Lincoln
Lowndes
Madison
Montgomery
Neshoba
Newton
Noxubee
Oktibbeha
Panola
Pearl River
Webster
Wilkinson
Winston
Yalobusha
Yazoo
Mississippi Cotton Crop Late And Varied In Condition
Reports from correspondents across Mississippi indicate the cotton crop is late statewide with some areas in good condition and growing rapidly while others show small, grassy, or poorest crops ever seen. Corn crop prospects are highly encouraging with large plantings and potential for sale across many sections.
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Mississippi
Boy Injured By Fence In Vicksburg Remains Alive
Little Tommy Floyd, the child severely injured by a fall on an iron fence in Vicksburg last week, is still alive though suffering greatly. Doctors say there is some hope for recovery.
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Tommy Floyd
Vicksburg
Suicide Saint Alice Smith at brother-in-law’s home near Minter City
Alice Smith was found dead by suicide last week at the home of her brother-in-law Jim Pleasants near Minter City. She had suffered from long illness and was in poor health prior to her death.
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Alice Smith
Jim Pleasants
Minter City
Election boards finish countywork with low registrations
Boards of election commissioners completed work in nearly all counties last week with adjournments in a few cases. The trend shows registrations trimmed by disqualifications, and the total list of qualified electors is not expected to reach 100000. Polls may total about 85000.
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Boards of Election Commissioners
Mississippi campaign to see lively hustling this week
This week promises a memorable period in Mississippi politics with vigorous activity likely at polls. In parts of the state high feeling and potential vote challenges arise where poll books may not have been purged by county election commissioners.
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Mississippi
Cane
Forest approves waterworks bond issue for 4000
At Forest last week a proposition to issue bonds of 4000 to equip a waterworks system was carried by a large majority. The ten council will proceed to place these bonds and ample water will soon be available. A proposal to take the bonds has been made and there is expected smooth disposal.
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Forest
Butcher Strikes Man With Club in Brookhaven Fracas
Emile Laborde struck W. R. Nettles over the head with a club at Brookhaven last week fracturing his skull and inflicting probably fatal injuries. Laborde, a butcher in Nettles’s employ, quarrelled over a settlement and renewed the dispute when they met again after a heated exchange.
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Emile Laborde
W. R. Nettles
Brookhaven
Laborde
Nettles
Undercharging Complaint Reaches Mississippi Commission
The secretary of the Mississippi railroad commission has received a complaint against Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company alleging charges below the minimum rate fixed by the commission at Pontotoc. The secretary cited the firm to appear before the commission on August 10 to answer.
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Mississippi Railroad Commission
Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company
Pontotoc
Gulfport Grocery Company Charter Recorded
The Gulfport Grocery Company charter was filed by Secretary Power last week. It establishes a strong mercantile concern in the state with a rock bottom approach and a capital stock of $100,000.
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Gulfport Grocery Company
Power
Gulfport
Houston Town Charter Amendment Approved
The governor approves an amendment to Houston town charter in Chickasaw county authorizing the city to employ counsel in certain cases and allowing the mayor to appoint special police.
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Houston
Chickasaw County
Woman and boy jailed in Columbus over infant death
A woman who once lived with Tink Galligher and her 8 year old son are jailed in Columbus. The boy reportedly shot and killed an infant believed fathered by Galligher who recently married. authorities say the crime was instigated by the woman.
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Tink Galligher
Columbus
Galligher
Furniture shipment for new capitol to depart Milwaukee
A shipment of wood furniture for the new capitol will start early next month from Milwaukee where it is made, with nearly all metal furniture already in place.
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Capitol
Milwaukee
Elder statesman collapses at Aberdeen basket dinner
Last week near Aberdeen a respected 90 year old citizen J. W. Wilson died of heart failure while seated at a basket dinner ten miles north of the city. The obituary notes his long service and standing in the community.
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Aberdeen
J. W. Wilson
Union Bank and Trust Company Chartered
The Union Bank and Trust Company with a capital of 250000 dollars and based in Meridian received its charter last week.
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Union Bank and Trust Company
Meridian
Family feud ends in fatal shooting near Hattiesburg
Mrs. Prince Odum fatally shot her brother Joh Rich at Richton near Hattiesburg last week five shots were fired four taking effect. The tragedy stemmed from an old family feud. Prof H L McClusky of Shuqualak has been elected superintendent of Jefferson County High School replacing Prof James W Bell who resigned.
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Joh Rich
Richton
Hattiesburg
H. L. McClusky
Shuqualak
Jefferson County High School
James W. Bell
Chicago Section Land and Lumber Company Charter Filed
The governor received the charter of incorporation for a mammoth lumber and timber improvement company named the Chicago Section Land and Lumber Company. It will be domiciled at Greenville Washington County with capital stock fixed at 400000. Incorporators are F. B. and H. Y. McMullen J. M. Cashin and R. B. Campbell. It is described as one of the strongest concerns in the state.
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Chicago Section Land and Lumber Company
Greenville
Washington County
F. B
H. Y. McMullen
J. M. Cashin
R. B. Campbell
Secretary Power notes record charter activity at SOS
Secretary of State Joseph W. Power reports the past week as the busiest in chartering history. Fees collected approached one thousand dollars. Thirteen charters were received and recorded in two days, the fastest pace yet, with several documents unusually lengthy.
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Joseph W. Power
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