Political tickets and local notices from Mississippi issue
A long list of statewide and local candidates for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general superintendent of education Supreme Court clerk land commissioner and railroad commissioners is given. The piece also notes a new newspaper start in Lumberton, a Grand Knights of Honor meeting in Jackson, pests in Crawfordville and other regional updates including a murderers’ sentence, a Supreme Court justice death, a banker’s stance on silver coinage, and a cream powder advertisement.
Advice to Cotton Growers on Marketing Strategy in 1895
President Hecroy D. Laxr of the American Cotton Growers Protective Association warns South growers of a deliberate price suppression by market manipulators and English interests. He urges slow, staged marketing, organization, and resistance to premature selling to preserve value, citing Texas crop conditions and international competition.
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South
Mogntebank
Annanies
Mali
England
H.M. Neil
Maisty
Cothnn Ieee
Neil
Manchester
Liverpool
Texas
Neill Bros. Shold
A. J. Rose
Agreniture
Europe
Hecroy D. Laxr
American Cotton Rowers Protective Associe- Coenen
Galveston, Tex
Amg
Hill Guards Form Military Company for Three-Year Term
Citizens sign to organize a Hill Guards military company under militia laws with a three year term. They elect officers for sixty days and approve fees for necessary expenses. Members pledge regular drill attendance and obedience to elected officers. Signatories include Gayle Beanland Audrey W Shands Jim Strawn Karl Keys and others.
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Hill Goards
KA. Bill
Gayle Beanland
Audrey W. Shands
Jim Strawn
Karl Keys
E. J. Anderson
J. K. Cowan
Claude Mitchell
J. R. Shinault
W. P. Shinauult
T. Shinault
L. B. Beanhead
McLemore Baird
Reddy Neilson
Buford Cowan
A. Temple
T. F. Matthews
T. D. Matthews
Ed. Wallace
Wood Williams
Lee Matthews
Will Hickey
P. Burt
Alfred H. Stephens
H.R. Miller
Short Talks on Advertisements and Women in Sheriff Roles
The piece argues advertising built major stores like Warnamsker's Siegel Cooper and The Fair in Chicago Bloomingdale's Macy's New York. It notes rising importance of advertising as a science and cites Bloomingdale Bros. spending 150 on a sale with substantial profits. It reports in Greene County Missouri Mrs. Helen C. Stewart named sheriff, possibly the first woman in the United States.
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Berghta
Warnamsker’s
Siegel Cooper & Co
Chicago
Bloomingdale's
Macy's
New York
Bloomingdale Bros
Greene County
Missouri
Helen C. Stewart
United States
College Hill Dots and Local News From Panola County
Four wagon loads of wheat passed through our town bound for the Abbeville mill from Panola County. Local notes report visits and homecomings from Memphis and Bright on Tenn. The Deer Creek Pilot praises a rich corn crop while a meteor dispute sparks a cross state legal muddle near the New York Pennsylvania line with three claimants and a guarded site.
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College Hill
Panola County
Abbeville Mill
Depost
Gulf Summit
Swackhammer
New York
Pennsylvania
Little John
Southern shift toward diversified farming and industry
The South is adopting new, profitable theories and diversifying crops beyond cotton. Improved water access, meat production, and growing manufacturing attract capital, boosting prosperity and reducing dependence on northern markets. The North and Globe-Democrat note rapid recovery and rising confidence in the South.
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South
Tegeh
North
Globe- Democrat
Cures for skin disease and soil fertility listed in ads and notices
An array of advertisements and brief notices promotes a skin cure and farm remedies, cites Prof. Tracy from the Mississippi Experiment Station, praises Alfalis and Vetch for soil restoration, notes local tax and public health mentions, and lists names and places such as Quitman, Canton, Paducah, and Tocopola with various individuals and testimonials.
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Prof
Tracy
Mississippi Experiment Station
Gmsses
Cole's Seating Sea They Tone Up the System for Horses
Granulated eyelids sore nipples eczema tetter and related skin complaints in horses are claimed to be cured by Cole's Seating Sea They tone up the system aid digestion and relieve losses while destroying nematodes. Packaged at 25 cents per package and sold by druggists.
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Cole
Clothes Do Not Define a Man on City Street Car
A poorly dressed woman with an infant rides a city street car. A conductor demands payment, but a fellow passenger in worn clothes pays ten cents. The act moves onlookers to praise the donor as a noble man beyond appearance. Georgia's Capt Hodnett farms, cans peaches, brandies, and sells dairy goods. Delegates to the State Convention return home after hot exertions and a strong State ticket.
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Oelentes
Georgia
W. H. Hodnett
Neal
Picayune
Bible details from Central Presbyterian amid stylized notes
A Central Presbyterian note lists Bible facts: 66 books totaling 773,682 words and 2,586,489 letters. It names counts for common words and a rare form, and cites chapter and verse extremes such as Psalm 117 as shortest and Acts 26 as finest chapter. It also references Kings, Isaiah, Esther, and John with curious superlatives.
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Central Presbyterian
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