Mississippi farmers urged to prepare agricultural census data
The article explains that tax assessors will collect a detailed agricultural census this year in Mississippi. It urges landlords and tenants to prepare figures on cotton, corn, wheat, oats, hay, sheep, hogs, cattle and other stock to ease assessor workload and improve accuracy for the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. It also discusses a mutual life insurance proposal and various regional efforts to promote agriculture and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Holmes County
Smith
Lafayette County
George G. Hurst
Howard W. Odum
Mississippi
Saint Vincent de Paul on trusting Divine Providence
The quote urges calm, moderate care in daily affairs and leaving outcomes to divine guidance. It asserts that God's will ensures success without human overreach and that delays do not hinder what He plans. It emphasizes recognizing God's involvement and minimizing personal anxiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent de Paul
You Are The Architect Of Your Own Happiness
A quotation notes that the individual shapes his fate through passion and conduct. It cautions against blaming circumstances for sour receptions or rough travels, urging self awareness and restraint as one navigates life and its hills. The piece cites an inscription at a Swedish inn about bringing bread and meat wine to enjoy them.
Germany Elects New Reichstag Shifts in Socialists Losses
Berlin reports indicate government victory in general election with 20 seats for liberal, radical, and conservative blocs and a marked decline for socialists. Haase Bernstein and other socialist leaders lose key districts while Berlin shows mixed results and anticipated reballots.
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Berlin
Partes
Prince von Buelow
Herr Haase
Koenlesberg
Prince Hatzfeldt
Breslau East
Herr Bernstein
Reichstag
Breslau West
Herr Kaenpf
Mueller
Fulda
Roeren
Groeber
Erzberger
Tilo
Gruenth
Dortmund
Frankfort-on-the- Main
Lokal Anzeiger
Saxony
Omaha Arts Fines Prompt Reproductions Ban
Omaha authorities rule that reproductions of works by Van Dyck Rubens and Van Der Werff are not to be sold in stores. John Greenberg is fined and warned he could face jail if offenses continue.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha
van Dyke
Reubens
van der Werff
John Greenberg
Panama canal bid rejected as contractor Bangs exits
After a White House conference the bid by Oliver and Bangs to finish the Panama Canal for 6.75 percent of cost is rejected regarding Anson M. Bangs. Oliver may partner with another contractor or a New York firm if a satisfactory deal is found. Also notes famine in China worsens as refugees are driven back into the famine zone.
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China
Washington
Red Cross
Missouri Pacific Agent Charged with Murder at Carthage
C W Smith special agent for Missouri Pacific railroad is under arrest in Carthage Missouri on first degree murder charges for shooting Elias Smith a youth at the railroad station.
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Carthage
C. W. Smith
The
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Elias Smith
Canal Shonuts Tells Kansas City Knife and Fork Club
Portrait of local club gathering as Canal Shonuts discusses event plans with Kansas City Knife and Fork Club members. Notes social role, venue, and featured speakers shaping the meeting agenda.
Shonts Heads KC Knife and Fork Club Panama Talk
Theodore P. Shonts, recently resigning the Isthmian Canal Commission chair, spoke at the Knife and Fork Club dinner in Kansas City. He said the creative period of Panama work ended, construction begins, with 52 steam shovels at work and 20,000 men employed. He affirmed the canal will be dug in eight years and praised President Roosevelt's support. Stevens will continue as project head, and Shonts outlined focus on rapid transit for the Isthmus.
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Kansas City
Theodore P. Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Knife and Fork Club
Panama Canal
Shonts
Preadent Roosevelt
Stevens
FiretClace
Senator Russell A Alger Dead in Washington Home
United States Senator Russell A Alger of Michigan died at his Washington home after a brief heart trouble. Born February 27, 1836, he rose from farmer’s son to governor in 1884, secretary of war in 1897, and senator in 1903, dying January 24, 1907.
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Washington
United States
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Blaine
McKinley
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
Yaqui and Mexican Troops Battle Near Guayman
Reports describe a fierce clash in the mountain district southeast of Guayman Sonora. Twenty Mexican soldiers were killed and several wounded. The Yaquis were defeated with heavy losses but escaped with their dead and wounded.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Guayman
Sonora
Mex
Washington House Votes to Abolish Pension Agencies
The House votes to abolish 18 pension agencies nationwide and centralize pension payments in Washington. The enlarged pension appropriation bill totals about 135 million dollars. Soldiers and Wives in Same Grave The House committee on military affairs favors a bill allowing wives of enlisted men to be buried in the same national cemetery grave as their husbands.
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Washington
House
City of
House Committee On
Citizens and Bank Robbers Fight Near Tulsa
In Gans a mob of men clashed with five bandits attempting to rob the Bank of Gana. The desperate fight ended with the robbers driven off.
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Tulsa
Gans
Here
Gana
Senate approves House salary rise to 7000 for officials
In Washington the Senate backed the House plan to raise salaries for senators representatives and territorial delegates to 7000 per year while the vice president speaker of the House and cabinet members would get 12000. The vote was 538 to 21 after a nearly three hour discussion. A cabinet only amendment failed and the 1919 postponement proposal also failed. President Roosevelt urged ship subsidies in a special message. Senator Pomeroy spoke on child labor to support a bill banning interstate commerce in goods made by child labor. An urgent deficiency appropriation bill was reported by Mr Plate.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House of
Wen
Howe
Rooselt
Poveridge
Indiana
Areles
Plate
San Francisco
Hayes
California
Editorial Rages Swettenham Over Crisis in Kingston
The Daily Telegraph condemns Governor Swettenham for autocratic bullying behavior during the crisis. It praises American naval aid for removing debris and rescuing bodies while denouncing the governor’s conduct and lack of leadership.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Daily Telegraph
Gov. Swettenham
Davis
United States
Twenty Miners Die in Colorado Mine Explosion
Twenty miners lost their lives in an explosion at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. mine near Primero, about twenty miles west of Trinidad. The company has ordered twenty coffins from a local undertaking establishment.
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Trinidad
Colorado
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co
Primero
Railroad car trust prompts speculation in Iron Trade Review
The Iron Trade Review notes the Pennsylvania Railroad forming a $1,000,000 car trust after a $200,000,000 issue of stock and bonds, signaling possible freight car expenditures. Commander Robert J. Peary resigns the presidency of the American Geographical Society. Archer M. Huntington, son of Collis P. Huntington, is elected.
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Cleveland, C
The
Iron Trade Review
Pennsylvania Railroad
Peary
New York
Robert J. Peary
American Geographical Society
Archer M. M. Huntington
Collis P. Hunting Ton
Lynching in Vardaman's Home Town
Henry Ball a negro was lynched at Greenwood Mississippi the home of Governor Vardaman. He had attacked Mrs Graves of that place.
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Vardaman
Jackson, Miss
Bailey Wins Re elected United States Senator
Bailey secures re election by the Texas Legislature in a formal confirmation process. The victory cements party leadership with Bailey continuing as senior U S senator. The action reflects a legislative affirmation of his term and duties.
SENATORS RE-ELECTED IN MULTI-STATE BALLOTS
In a string of state legislatures, United States Senator Joseph W. Willley was re elected in Texas by 105 to 4 in a joint session. Bailey defeated opponents in the House 89 to 35 and 19 to 10 in the Senate. Montgomery reelected John T. Morgan and E. W. Pettus to the Senate for terms ending in 1909 and later. Warren unanimously chosen in Cheyenne with Republicans backing him for a third term, Democrats naming Collin Hunter as alternative.
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Austin
Tex
United States
Joseph W. Wuilley
Senate
Bailey
House
Cecil Lyon
T. M. Campbell
Balley
Montgomery
Ala
Easton
John T. Morgan
E. W. Pettus
Altter
Morgan
Pettus
Cheyenne
Wyo
Warren
Collin Hanter
Elkins Re-elected U S Senator in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports the West Virginia legislature, voting in two houses separately, gave Stephen B. Elkins a large majority for his third Senate term. The outcome confirms Elkins’s continued leadership and party support.
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Chaleston
W. Va
United States
Stephen I. Elkins
Oregon Elects Seniors to U S Senate
Salem Oregon Fred W Mulkey Republican of Portland elected to United States Senate for short term Jonathan Bourne Jr Republican of Portland elected for long term Senate Also Columbia 8 C Both houses of the Legislature elected 2 R Tillman to United States Senate The election will be ratified In joint session
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
Fred W. Mulkey
Portland
United States Senate
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Columbia
R Tillman
Cullom and Simmons Re-elected as US Senators in Separate States
In Illinois, Senator Shelby M. Cullom was elected to a fifth term in the national Senate. In North Carolina, F. M. Simmons was re-elected by the legislature as United States senator.
Tidal Wave Devastates Indonesian Islands With Heavy Losses
A telegram from the Dutch East Indies reports a tidal wave on January 11 that destroyed the island of Tana and damaged Simaju, with casualties likely over 1,800 and the southern coast submerged. The figures are uncertain due to damaged records.
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Tana
Simalu
Dutch East Indies
The
Hague
Dutchast Indies
Simaju
Ife
Bock Islands
Earthquakes Shake Sicily After Kingston Disaster
Since the Kingston disaster Sicily has felt several light shocks that continue to alarm residents. Mount Etna and Stromboli show ongoing signs of volcanic activity.
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Sicily
Rome
Kingston
Etna
Strombolk
Wright to retire from diplomacy this August
Washington reports Gen Luke B B Wright the American ambassador to Japan will retire from the diplomatic service next August to return to Memphis Tennessee and resume the practice of law.
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Japan
Washington, D. C
Washington
Manila
Luke B&b. Wright
Memphis Tonn
Compromise Passed On Foraker Resolution In Congress
The Foraker resolution authorized the committee on military affairs to investigate the Brownsville affray of August 13 and 14 while not questioning the legality or justice of any presidential action. Mine Workers elect officers in Indianapolis as the annual convention closes with President Mitchell attracting 71,000 votes. The election used a referendum among locals.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Foraker
Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Indianapolis
Ind
Wunhired Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Train Wrecked Near Death Ney Injures Several Passengers
A Southern Pacific passenger train was wrecked near Death Ney causing multiple serious injuries among aboard passengers. Rescue units respond as authorities investigate the cause while hospital admits several victims.
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Reno
Ney
Southern Pacific
Marriage Contract and the Notion of Wife as Property
An essay from the New York Mail argues against viewing wife as property under the so called unwritten law. It compares possessive language to moral autonomy, noting that "my" implies obligation, not a right to kill, and stresses that a woman is an adult free agent, not a chattel.
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Pennsylvania
Gottle
Houwrbon
N. Y. Mall
Lone voter forms unelected council in Les Sables
In Les Sables, a single elector drafted a full list and cast all votes, including his own, electing ten candidates and triggering a legally valid result after no other voters appeared. The town council thus sits with one member, a precedent noted from a prior similar case. The episode mocks political engagement in the War department ahead of Clemenceau’s leadership.
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Les Sables
Department of the War
Lew Sables
M. Clemenceau
Perhapabile Energy
The Minister Dines With the Wrong Host
A minister, unsure of the dinner invitation, selects Mrs A- as the hostess and dines there. The next day he learns his mistake after meeting parishioners and realizes he confused Mrs A- with Mrs B- and vows to keep dinner plans in writing.
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Mra
Waa
Mrs. B
Pecan Orchards Growing In Southern Lands
Allan Dupre of New Orleans notes growing pecan demand mirrors peanut consumption in the north. He describes street vendors selling pecans in many forms and predicts southern orchards will mature in 15 to 20 years, shifting supply from Mexico to the southern states as a new industry develops.
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South
North
Allan Dupre
New Orleans
Mexico
High Time
A translated caption from Transavaive Tales notes a mother urging her daughter to quit practicing as the father’s nose already shows signs of it, a fragment from File head¢ Blatter.
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Emily
Attorney General Rules on County Warrants and Tax Payments
The attorney general outlines that state and county warrants are legal tender for taxes if not otherwise provided by law, and that county warrants may be received for taxes without restriction on their condition of county finances. The piece also notes the February distribution of the public school fund, totaling 5023? to 626,000 children, with Yazoo and Pearl River counties' allocations and Merid... district allocations led by Meriding and Jackson.
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Cochran
Meridian
Chickasaw
United States
United States Treasury
Whitfield
Yazoo
Pearl River County
Meriding
Jackson
Train Crash Drowns Engineer After Jumping Creek
A passenger train on the New Orleans and Northeastern railroad collided head on with a freight train at mile past 14. Engineer Jack Tew leapt from the cab seeking safety and drowned in creek water as he sank in sand and mud. No other deaths occurred though four freight cars and two engines were wrecked.
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New Orleans and Northeastern
Jack Tew
Lynchings at Greenwood Claim Henry Bell by Mob
Henry Bell a Black man charged with assault was held in Greenville jail for safety. A night last week an officer escorted him to Greenwood and, during a train stop for a bite, a mob overtook them and hanged him from a bridge.
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Henry Bell
Greenwood
Greenville
Greenwound
Bim
Farmer Kills Wife in Rain Wet Pistol Accident
Carroll county farmer ALJ Scruges accidentally killed his wife when a pistol discharged at his home after he dried it with a cloth in the rain. The incident occurred as he returned indoors with the wet weapon, fatally wounding Mrs. Scruggs.
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Alj. Scruges
Carroll County
Confederate Commissioner to Russia Manuscript Acquired
State department of archives and history receives the Lamar manuscript of instructions sent by Judah P. Benjamin to L Q Lamar during his service as Confederate commissioner to Russia. The document was turned over by Edward Mayes, Lamar's literary executor.
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State Department of Archives and History
W L. QQ
Laemar
Russia
Judah P. Benjamin
Edward Mayes
Lamar
Des Moines Ship Crew Headed to Mardi Gras in Natchez
Telegrams from Congressman McLain say the United States cruiser Des Moines with nineteen officers and 300 men has been ordered to Natchez for the tenth Mardi Gras celebration on February 11 and 12. The carnival attracts 10 000 to 15 000 visitors from Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Natchez
Mississippi
McLain
United States
Des Moines
Louisiana
Wheeler King Surrenders in Killing of Town Marshal
Wheeler King, linked with Sam and Leddrew King in the Mount Olive murder of Town Marshal Buchanan on December 24, is jailed in Jackson after Covington county sheriff placed him there. Several Franklin County negroes complain to Federal authorities in Jackson about being driven from the government home Steads, prompting a rigid investigation.
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Wheeler King
Sam
Leddrew King
Buchanan
Mount Olive
Jackson
Sheliff
Covington County
Franklin County
Cotton Mills Planned in Senatobia and Friars Point
It is reported that two new cotton mills are being planned in the state. Senatobia would have capital of 810,000 with local backing. Friars Point would use 125,000, funded partly by local and partly by Eastern capital. A fire at Tchula destroyed property valued at 5,000, suspected incendiary origin.
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Senatobia
Friars Point
Tchula
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