Mississippi Governor Noel Urges Economic Diversification and Law Reform
Governor Noel urges diversification from cotton, expansion of agriculture and industry, improved roads, and federal cooperation to combat boll weevil damage. He calls for stronger criminal law enforcement, larger judiciary, county attorneys, liquor and narcotics controls, youth reformatories, and Mississippi River boundary coordination with Arkansas and Louisiana. He notes fiscal strain, outlines revenue projections for 1910–1911, and honors Senator McLaurin while urging prudent governance and public service.
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A J. McLaurin
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Mississippi Financial Outlook for 1910 and 1911
The document presents estimated receipts and disbursements for Mississippi for 1910 and 1911 based on 1909 figures. It notes pension fund constraints, penitentiary receipts, cotton sales totals, and calendar year distributions, with a December 1909 to November 1911 cash flow plan and hopes for ample funds to support pensions.
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Meat prices double at Cape Ameren shops over decade
President Tait cites excess consumer tastes as fuel for higher meat costs. He argues supply and demand drive prices, noting bacon and sirloin now cost far more than ten years ago while many hotels and restaurants report bacon as a plebeian staple but pricier for households.
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Ameren
Tait
Diane
Vettacom
Costae
Race Riot in Havana over Hotel Plas Bartender Incident
A Havana riot erupted after a bartender refused service to two Black patrons at Hotel Plas American house. Police reserves were summoned. hotel clerk fined 74 dollars. A Black crowd including Veterans National group protested in court seeking harsher punishment for the insult to the race.
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Hotel Plas
American House
Verve
Teeston
Seno Mirus del Trade
Government probes Barley Society under Sherman Act
Washington begins investigation into the Barley Society alleging restraint of trade and illegal operations. The inquiry targets possible connections with disturbances in Kentucky and Tennessee as prosecutors seek compliance and data from the group.
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Manny
Tobarro
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Barley Tebaers Society
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Justine B
Scenty
Tolwoen
Government posts first credit balance of year in fiscal report
Washington reports December fiscal operations show a treasury credit balance for the first time this year under the Payne Aldrich tariff in effect. Receipts total 59,275,528 with disbursements 57,711,705 yielding a balance of 2,115,741. Excluding Panama Canal and public works deficits, the year shows revenues of 21,919,910 against 51,754,575 a year earlier. Customs receipts lead the gain as Christmas spending ends and the treasury balance climbs to 20,109.01.
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Anamae Canal
After Services Texan Kills Inserter in Nacogdoches
Texan Will Parker was arrested in Nacogdoches charged with killing Charles McCrater after services. McCrater, intoxicated, argued with Parker who returned home, armed a shotgun, then shot Meroter. Meroter had served a penitentiary term. Springfield report notes cattle fever proclamation by Gov. Deneen.
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Will Parker
Charles McCrater
Mayo
McCrater
Parker
Alting Wen
Merroter
Meroter
Watson declines debate with Ellis over foreign missions
Thomas F. Watson, long-time Populist presidential candidate, writes to Atlanta churchmen that he cannot meet every person who asks for a public discussion on foreign missions. He yes he would debate William Jennings Bryan but not Ellis, a Philadelphia newsman, due to cost and schedule constraints.
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Thomas F. Watson
United States
William T. Ellis
Philadelphia
Watson J
William Jennings Bryan
The Realm of Friendship and the Lord's Great Bond
A sermon-like meditation on friendship with the Savior, urging diligent obedience, discernment, and unwavering commitment. It links intimate fellowship to moral discipline, shared understanding, and mutual service, comparing divine friendship to human kinship and quoting Jowett to exalt transcendent peace.
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P. Fton
Lake
Wordsworth
de Quincey
Coleridge
Dorothy Wordsworth
Wittat
Raleigh
Chriet
Peter
J. W. Jowett
Faith as the Great Necessity Inspires Life and Work
A discourse on faith as essential to pleasing God and moving people. Faith is active, enduring from dawn to dusk, guiding labor with divine inspiration. True faith operates by love, yielding hopeful visions and steadfast deeds.
Glorification of the Commonplace in the Gospels
Rev. George Hodges argues the Gospels glorify ordinary people. Jesus chose twelve plain citizens with no wealth or influence, yet they transformed the world by serving common tasks and appealing to the common man.
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George Hodges
Following God Requires Surrender to His Leading
A speaker argues that a person pursuing divine guidance must abandon paths God would not lead him on. Choosing one’s own will over God’s obscures guidance, while accepting God’s will reduces life’s guidance problems and builds confident steps in the Way.
Nothingness and the lure of self sacrifice
It is argued that negation cannot reveal goodness and that those who seek to be nothing often surrender themselves to any cause or altar. The text contemplates the paradox of self negation and commitment.
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Mississippi
Grami
Minsinsippi
Graund
Petit Jeres
Geel
Tennessee
Erstwitthettle
Erwin
Umiew County
Unicoi
Archem
Olnehield and
Hie
Attributes of Religion and the Life of Faith
The passage argues that losing the spirit and ideals of religion deprives life of fullness and mastery. It asserts that trained, developed, and educated living rests on religious attributes, and without them one cannot truly conquer the art of living.
Sensational melee and fire devastate small Mississippi towns
Scattered items report a dramatic street confrontation in Wikdereville with a woman prevailing after a provocative assault. The same column notes a house fire in Albert Fate, Jessica, killing two young children and injuring their mother. Other notices cover local officials, new area Erwin in Tennessee, school gains, life sentences in Bolivar, and mining accidents in Ducktown with two workers rescued.
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