Peruna praised by doctors for catarrh relief
A medical testimonial from Dr. Llewellyn Jordan and George C. Havener M D lauds Peruna Medicine Co. claims its suspicions are relieved by the product. Readers urged to write Dr. Hartman at the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio for free advice if results are lacking.
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Treasury
Llewellyn Jordan
U. S. Treasury Department
Columbia College
West Point
Peruna
Geo. C. Havener
M. D
Anacostia
D. C
The
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
George C. Havener
Sny
Pax WN
Columbus Av
Oston
Mass
August Koenie
Hamburg
August Koenig
Mississippi State News Washington's Donation
State Treasurer Lampton received notice from Greenville that the January tax settlement for Washington county will total 35000, with total January settlements for December collections near 750000. Water Valley Military College has suspended, Col Maury to Gainesville to head a female college. Delta labor scene shifts as negro refugees move south, delta planters report rising acreage and growing labor demand.
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Lampton
Greenville
Washington County
Treasury
Water Valley Military College
W. P. Maury
Gainesville
Tex
Water Valley
Col. Maury
Whitfield to Issue Education Circu lar for School Term Expansion
Superintendent Whitfield plans to issue a circular to county superintendents and citizens outlining the need for further educational reforms. The document aims to extend school terms and improve school buildings, with Whitfield addressing court meetings and the public on this agenda.
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Whitfield
Habeas corpus trial ends in Georgia murder case
The habeas corpus trial of Dr. J. J. Harper, R. T. McCormick, Burt Johnstone, W. A. Harper and Albert McGee for the murder of William L. Lawrence at Eastman logging camps concluded in Ellisville. Harper and McCormick remain jailed, Johnstone and W. A. Harper posted bond, McGee was acquitted. A special term of the Jones County Circuit Court will hear the case.
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J. J. Harper
R. T. McCormick
Burt Johnstone
W. A. Harper
Albert McGee
William L. Lawrence
Jonesboro
Eastman, Gardner & Co
Ellisville
J. R. Enochs
McGee
Jones County
Measles claim Vicksburg child as lodge plans advance
Jesse Earle son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Nield of Vicksburg died last week from measles amid a city outbreak. Three other children in the same family are ill. In Raymond a Masonic committee plans a new lodge building to replace a structure lost to fire a week ago.
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Jesse Earle
C. M. Nield
Vicksburg
Masonic Lodge
Raymond
Insurance Commissioner names deputy insurance commissioner
Insurance Commissioner Cole announced last week the appointment of Fred West to deputy insurance commissioner. The position had been vacant since the resignation of Deputy Pointer several months ago with Cole noting the business did not require a replacement until the new year.
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Cole
Fred West
Pointer
Longtime Newton County Justice of the Peace John W Norman
John W Norman of Newton county is described as one of the country’s longest serving public officers. He has held the office of justice of the peace in his county for thirty years without interruption and is regarded as good for many terms more.
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John W. Norman
Newton County
Mr Norman
Resignation of Indianola Post Mistress Sparks Uncertainty
Minnie M. Cox tendered her resignation as post mistress of Indianola effective January 1 but the postal department has not named a successor and the office remains closed. Bondsmen seek guidance from Washington while local business suffers from mail disruption. Rumors arise of a Grenada to Greenville barge line on the Yalobusha River, with a local company already forming and buying a tow boat. Grenada aims for lower transport costs through river competition and Mississippi River link.
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Indianola
Minnie M. Cox
Postal Department
Washington
Grenada
Greenville
Yalobusha River
Fireworks display sparks move to ban in Natchez
The careless discharge of fireworks in front of Mose Jacobs’s confectionery last month set fire to his display. The Natchez board of aldermen will consult the city solicitor to determine if an ordinance banning fireworks sales would stand.
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Mose Jacob
Natchez
Board of Aldermen
Mississippi treasury assures funds for 6 percent bonds
Treasurer Lampton reports a Chicago holder warns January 1 1903 interest due. He says the state will have ample money to pay interest and still maintain a respectable surplus in the vaults, countering fears raised by recent treasury conditionPublications.
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Lampton
Chicago
Mississippi
Treasury
Natchez Mardi Gras Gunboat Petition Proposed
At a Natchez Mardi Gras Association meeting held last week a plan to petition the secretary of the navy to send a U S gunboat to Natchez during Mardi Gras on February 24 1903 was approved. Senators and representatives from Mississippi will be urged to seek Secretary Moody’s support for the move. Judge Thomas Rober, superintendent of the three local packet companies, proposed the idea.
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Natchez
Attorney Rogers Taken to Macon for Safekeeping
H S Rogers convicted of murder in Philadelphia and given life imprisonment, appealed to Supreme Court for new trial. Judge Hall ordered transport to Meridian but jail overcrowding led to Macon removal. Coroner's jury says A F Thrower died at hands of George Evans, Evans jailed awaiting grand jury verdict after waiving examination.
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H. S. Rogers
T. A. Byrd
Philadelphia
Macon
Noxubee County
Supreme Court
Hall
Rogers
Meridian
A. F. Thrower
George Evans
Evans
Whisky Wastage Sparks Hue and Cry in Holly Springs
Police officers poured out a confiscated liquor stash from a recent raid on blind tigers in Holly Springs last week. Onlookers lamented the loss of the spirits while humor and scolding filled the streets as the crowd watched.
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Holly Springs
Blind Tigers
Governor's bond issue case to be heard this week
The case challenging the governor's authority to call in the Mississippi bond issue will be heard before Justice Fitzgerald this week. It will test a single bond and proceed through the courts up to the Supreme Court for final determination.
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Mississippi
Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Postoffice Inspector Probes Vicksburg Letter Box Robbery
Charles Fitzgerald arrived in Vicksburg to investigate the breaking open and robbery of five street letter boxes on Christmas Eve. Police and postoffice officials support the theory of mischievous action and mail robbery, with a large reward offered for arrests and conviction.
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Postoffice
Charles Fitzgerald
Vicksburg
United States
Oxford university work begins on main building wings
Work is under way at the university in Oxford on the new building with foundations laid for two extensive wings to the lyceum. The contract was let at the latest trustees meeting and a dormitory project is expected to start soon with active operations planned in the near future.
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University In
Oxford
Lyceum
Railroad Charter Sought for Line From Burnside to Itawamba
An application to the governor requests a railroad charter for a line from Burnside in Tishomingo county along the Memphis and Charleston railway southward through Tishomingo and part of Itawamba. The route would pass through rich timber country and is backed by Memphis capitalists with sawmill and lumber interests who aim to begin building promptly.
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Burnside
Tishomingo County
Memphis & Charleston Railway
Tishomingo
Itawamba
Memphis
American Derelict St David Adrift Near Japanese Coast
The American ship St David, dismasted and short of provisions, drifts in the north Pacific headed from Manila to Tacoma. Captain Going sent supplies and evacuated one man, Harry John Johnson. The American Maru reported seeing the St David after a long voyage with virtually no provisions, eight days after a typhoon, amid hopes to reach Yokohama for repairs.
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San Francisco
North Pacific
Orient
St. David
Manila
Tacoma
Going
Harry John Johnson
Johnson
Harrington
David
Ryder
Yokohama
Jackies Courageous In Shark Infested Waters
Ensign Babcock and a Don Juan de Austria crew swam a mile through shark infested seas to place countermine buoys near Subig bay amid minefield maneuvers. The mission, led by Ensign Babcock, went unseen by searchlights and earned strong commendation. ships will soon move to Manila for heavy gun practice.
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Banila
United States
Don Juan de Austria
Subig Bay
Ensign Babcock
Evans
Manila
Two Engine Crews Killed in Vermont Collision
A wild engine crash on the Rutland railroad near Shelburne killed the two engine crews and likely fatally hurt a brakeman aboard the wild engine. Most of the New York to Burlington flyer crew suffered injuries though no passenger was seriously hurt as both locomotives were demolished and one boiler exploded.
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Burlington
Rutland
New York
Shelburne
Counterfeiters Den Raided in Wilmington
Secret Service Agent George S. Foster located a large counterfeiting den at 528 West Second Street Wilmington after a lengthy probe. Biagni Matearoso known as Mike Ross his wife Sabria Matearoso and Nicola Di Paco were arrested with ten molds mixing pots dies presses and other apparatus seized. About a hundred counterfeit dollars and partly formed nickels were captured and they face a US Commissioner Hollis hearing.
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Wilmington
Del
Secret Service
George S. Foster
Washington
West Second Street
Biagni Matearoso
Mike Ross
Sabhia Matearoso
Nicola di Paco
United States
Hollis
Insurance Cancellation At Lloyds Shakes Market
London December 3 Lloyds saw a surge of interest as three lines of the International Mercantile Marine Co the Leyland Dominion and White Star cancelled their insurance from January 1. The move is expected to extend to the rest of the companys lines. Brokers noted these contracts had lost money for over a year and welcomed the shift with calm.
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London
Lloyd's Today
International Mercantile Marine Co
Leyland, Dominion and White Star
Coal blockade breaks as rail orders move coal
Illinois Central division orders dispatch of coal and side-track of dead freight to relieve motive power. Blockade in Williamson county fields eases as the plan takes effect. In Otis Louisiana a large fire destroys half the town and Town Marshal Everett Smith is killed in a saloon. Ohio Fuel Supply Co strikes a record gas well in Homer field with 14,000,000 cubic feet daily capacity.
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Carbondale
Til
Illinois Central Railroad
Williamson County
Alexandria
Otis
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Everett Smith
Zanesville, O
Ohio Fuel Supply Co
Ohio
Homer
Licking County
New Orleans Faces Fuel Oil Shortage For Coal Use
New Orleans on January 3 reports a fuel oil shortage forcing many homes and businesses to revert from oil burner furnaces to coal. The impact affects heating during cold spell and disrupts planned energy use in the city.
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New Orleans
LURKING DANGER OF BACKACHE PROMPTS KIDNEY REMEDY
Case of Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren of Fond du Lac Wisconsin details chronic back pain linked to kidney strain. He credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with relief and improved kidney function after trial offers, urging readers to seek the free mail trial from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. price 50 cents.
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Jacob D. van Doren
Sixth Street
Fond du Lac
Wis
Doan
Jacob van Doren
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
London sightseer recalls Lord Kitchener view
An amused Londoner tells a friend she secured a good view of Lord Kitchener. The friend wonders if he is bellicose. She replies that he is not, describing him as quite slim.
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London
Lord Kitchener
N. Y
Cure a Cold In One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Ad copy promises fast relief from colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and refunds if unsuccessful. A humorous quip from a Detroit Free Press clipping remarks on civility and a boxer challenge. The fragment includes a mock dialogue and a Cervantes quote.
Band Cuts Ice in Montana Post Tale
A winter tale from a Montana post recalls the band at General Grover’s command refusing to make music and being ordered to cut ice instead. The band, unable to play in the cold, ultimately agrees to ice cutting on the bluff above the river.
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United States Cavalry
Montana
Cuvier Grover
Detroit Free Press
Sheneral
Schmidt
The Woeful Wheel and a Curious Doll
In Westgate on Sea a young man wheels a baby carriage in the heat while a neighbor scolds from a window. The exchange ends with a request to share the doll for Amy, and an odd aside about a tonic claim from Mrs Robbins of Norwich New York in 1900.
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Westgate-on-Sen
Neigberhood
Manchester Guardian
Creorge
George
Amy
Baby
Automobile noises in the head a joke
A quip attributes strange sounds in the head to an automobile going round in there. The text also glosses over patent remedies and a wry judge's note about chasing fame via an airship of reverie ending in a fall.
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N. Y. Herald
Revery
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praise Letter
Mrs Laura Exons of Walkerville Ontario declares five years of ovarian troubles with discharge weakness and faintness vanished within weeks after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and urges others to try it The letter offers $5000 forfeit if its genuineness cannot be produced and provides Lynn Mass address for Mrs Pinkham with free advice available.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Laura Exons
Walkerville
Ont
His Little Scheme
A man explains a newspaper item about a house robbery and plans to show it to his wife. A friend doubts the usefulness, then realizes the unusual detail that the robbery occurred while a man attended church with his wife, prompting a request for a duplicate copy.
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Uhicago Tost
Helping It Along
A Chicago News item reports a warden describing a visiting man as handsome and kind while a visitor calls him a lovely murderer, highlighting a stark contrast in perception surrounding a prison figure.
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Chicago News
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Mayfield Medicine Mfg.co
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Atlanta
Ye Coastal Union
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Corona Colt
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Brockton
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Enabesis
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King OF Scrofula CO
Kokomo, Ind
Mississippi State News
Military College
Delta
George Evans Held
Cadversity Wings
Memphis Railroad
Pacific
Jackies
Vermont
DEN
Ilinois
Louisiana
Bright
Hillemhard
Detroit Freeress
Cervantes
Thos. Robbins
Norwich
Hale
Pike
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N.Y
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