Mississippi press and political notes and notices
Secretary of State J L Power. Dr W B Sanford of Corinth moves to Memphis. Income tax collection to be enforced by revenue officers. Zellner Co Memphis assigns for creditors. Congress funds Shiloh Battlefield National Park. Birmingham Age Herald to be sold by court order. Various notes on editors and marriages. Delta planters fix wage scales for farm labor. Prof Provine hosts chemistry reception at Mississippi College. Holmes quotes on progress. Outlook remains hopeful for crops and economy through cautious farming. Yazoo City visit note. Water, Farley Herald item on Castor oil mention.
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Vicksburg Commercial Herald
J W Provine
Mississippi College, Clinfco
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Mississippi notes and plans span politics and expo news
The Aberdeen Examiner reports on lignite finds in Jolmes county and a Mississippi election landscape with six candidates in Yallabusha county. It notes upcoming events from New Orleans preparations for Mard Gran to the International Exposition in Atlanta and health officer Dr. Jenkins's praised quarantine efforts.
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New Orleans
Yallabusha County
Water Valley
New York
William T. Jenkins
The Price of Cotton and Continental Price Pressures
The Cotton Factors Association of New Orleans backs reducing cotton acreage to rebalance supply and demand. They note Europe and Liver pool expectations push prices down for 1895 and warn that without acreage cuts the South risks a nine million bale crop and lower prices next year amid silver demonetization debates.
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New Orleans
Jackson
America
Ndia
Egypt
India
Europe
Liverpool
Continent
Clarion Ledger
Legacy of the old South and a mystery hair in a maple
The piece reflects on the fading of plantation darkies era amid southern memory. It describes an 1880s to 1890s perspective, notes the decline of enslaved workers, and recounts a Nebraska and Nebraska-like hardship report. It closes with a curious hair found in a maple, sparking theories of a past atrocity or superstition.
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Dixie
Georgia
Haoda
Kosta
Darky
Altlanta
Vitaliy
New York
Dr. Price
Tabor's dramatic rise and fall from Colorado fortune
The piece recounts Horace O Tabor's ascent from Leadville shopkeeper to immense mining wealth, including the Little Pittsburg and Crysolite mines, and his later bankruptcy and disintegration of his fortune. It notes the divorce from his wife and his decline over five to six years, ending with reflections on the impermanence of great fortunes and their redistribution to society.
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Ho W Tabor
Colorado
St. Louis
New England
Kaosua
Free State
Leadville
Litte Pitteberg
Robert E. Lee
Washington
Tabor
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