Mississippi State Fair Growth and Future Plans
Mississippi State Fair has expanded since 1904 with new buildings, livestock facilities, and permanent improvements. The 1908-09 plan includes an agricultural building, poultry hall, livestock amphitheater, hog house, implement hall, and a 5,000-seat auditorium funded by donors and fair revenues. The organization emphasizes state-wide support, a near-term goal of 100,000 attendees, and compares funding to neighboring states while noting Mississippi lacks state aid. The article also highlights cotton market moves and funds due for agricultural colleges totaling 35,000 dollars.
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South
Mississippi
Jackson
Mississippi Industrial Exposition Company
Capitol
Texas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Florida
Missouri
Edwards
United States Treasury Department
Acts of Congress
Mississippi Rural and Mechanical College
Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College
Denver Opens Democratic National Convention in Colorful Style
The Democratic National Convention opens in Denver with Thomas Taggart presiding. Opening prayers by Rt. Rev. James J. Keane and a formal call for convention follow. Elaborate decorations feature 52 stars, large portraits of Washington Jefferson and Jackson, and extensive bunting across the auditorium and streets. The city shines with electric displays and mass hospitality as delegates arrive.
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Denver
Thomas Taggart
National Committee
James J. Keane
Wyoming
America
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Committee On Rules
Theodore A. Bell
California
Edwin Sefton
Washington, D. C
John J. Martin
Missouri
J. C. Fenn
Indiana
Eugene W. Sulivan
Winois
H. D. Crutchfield
M. W. Blumberg
Theodore A. Fell
Insular
George Washington
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Bunting
Seventeenth Street
Fifteenth
Committee On
Two-Headed Turtle Monster at Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Record reports a live two headed turtle in the reptile house at the Philadelphia Zoo. The tiny freak, one and a half inches in diameter, arrived with terrapin in a consignment and eats voraciously with both heads.
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Zoological Gardens
Philadelphia Record
History of the Sugar Beet Innovation Timeline
The sugar beet's uses evolved from cattle feed to vegetable leaves and roasted roots. A German chemist Margerat noted root sugar content in the mid 1700s, and the first beet sugar factory opened in 1801 in Silesia with help from King Frederick Willem II.
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Margerat
Silesia
Frederick Willem II
Texas Onion Crop Expected to Gross Near Million
Texas onion crop this year should bring in almost three quarters of a million dollars in gross receipts. Excess rainfall damaged recent shipments and may have kept earnings below one million, a state agriculture report indicates.
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Smith
At the Card Table
The brief notes a poker scene with Horan and OBrien and Dorans and No in a playful bluffer exchange. It mentions spitting on high hands when no shade appears and hints at a humorous or cryptic card game moment.
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Horan
O'Brien
Dorans
Boll Weevil Damage Report in Louisiana and Cotton Outlook
A report notes considerable boll weevil damage in Louisiana while crops elsewhere show strong growth. Temperatures and showers aided cotton in Texas and other states. Alabama Mississippi and Arkansas saw good cultivation. Local rain affected some areas but overall season prospects remain favorable with abundant blooms in later sections.
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Memphis
Tenn
Texas
South Carolina
Georgia
Touisiana
Allahoma
Alabama
Mississippi
Arban
Negro escapes mob after brutal murder in Springfield
Joe James, a Black man, killed Ballard in his northern Springfield home while defending his family. He was captured at daylight after a mob chased him with a knife, then saved from the mob by police. identification confirmed. the crime described as cold blooded with the mother and daughter present.
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Springfield
Tlergy
Barland
Joe James
Pegro
Mallard
James
Balloon Flight Sets 805 Mile Chicago to Quebec Record
The Chicago to West Shefford long distance balloon race ends with Fielding San Anonin winning the international championship in 23 hours 17 minutes. The Ville de Dieppe faces near disaster on Lake Michigan with its navigator and a 17 year old assistant plucked from water before a dramatic ascent. The balloon lands safely at Benton Harbor after a near lake crossing.
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Chicago
West Shefford
Quebec
San Anonin
Aeronautic Club of
Lake Michigan
Ville de Dieppe
Mueller
Henton Harbor
Uncle Remus author Joel Chandler Harris laid to rest
In Atlanta a heavy thunderstorm accompanied the burial of Joel Chandler Harris known as Uncle Remus. Services were held at his home and St. Anthony's Chapel with Father Jackson officiating before interment at West View Cemetery.
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Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris
Aathor
Hemus
West View Cemetery
Harris
St. Anthony's Chapel
Father Jackson
Bishop Potter Improves Amid Hope For Recovery in Cooperstown
In Cooperstown New York Bishop Henry Codman Potter remains seriously ill with stomach and liver troubles. Physicians report improved condition tonight and yesterday with gains noted, fueling cautious optimism for a favorable outcome of his case.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry Codman Potter
Postmaster General Meyer Ill in Washington
It was learned tonight that Postmaster General Meyer, slated to guest with the Custus Club at the Martha Custus place on the James River, is suffering from ptomaine poisoning at his Washington home. His condition is serious and family members have been summoned from Massachusetts. The illness is closely guarded with little public detail available.
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Richmond
Meyer
Custus
Martha Custus
James River
Washington
Massachusetts
Five Die In Sunyside New Mexico Storm Wrecks Town
A tropical gale struck Sunnyside New Mexico on a Thursday evening, killing ten people and injuring forty as every building in the 500 resident town was wrecked. The storm, a plains gale with hail, left many homes destroyed and blocked Fort Sumner and Guadalupe County. Fatalities include Henry Gerhard, his infant son, Mies Mack Alvarado, and two unknown Mexicans.
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Albuquerque N. M
Sunnyside
Fort Sumner
Santa Pe
Guadalupe County
Henry Gerhard Gerhards
Mies Mack Alvarado
Departure of Judge Taft and son to Hot Springs Virginia
Judge Taft and his young son Charlie Jett left Washington on Friday afternoon for Hot Springs Virginia. The scene at Inton Station showed a somber farewell with many residents expressing affection and good wishes. The great station was crowded as travelers moved through the busy departure.
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Washington
Judge Taft
Mr. Taft
Charlie Jett
Hot Springs
Juder Taft
National Capital
Bat
Taft
Master Charlie
St Louis to Arrive in San Francisco with Garfield Aboard
A wireless from the cruiser St Louis reports the ship 1060 miles east of its port with Secretary of the Interior James K Garfield aboard. It will reach San Francisco Monday night and a program for entertaining Atlantic Fleet officers includes athletic events, polo, football, aquatic sports, boxing, a grand ball and fireworks. Private entertainments and trips to Pearl Harbor are planned during the visit.
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Honolulu
St Louisa
Thin Port
James K. Garfield
San Francisco
Atlantic
Monerkrylin
Pearl Harbor
Family saved from gas in St Louis incident
Mrs Anthony Wolf, 25, wife of a barber of 1803 Case avenue, turned on gas at home and was taken to City Hospital Friday. She narrowly avoided harming her brother in law Robert Wolf his wife and Miss Frances Detter who were visiting. Mrs Wolf awoke others in time to shut off the escaping gas before all were overcome. Police say she also tried to drink carbolic acid and attempted to use a razor. Patrolman Collins accompanied her to the hospital.
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St. Louie
Anthony Wolf
Case Avenue
City Hospital
Robert Wolf
Frances Detter
Collins
Man Remanded After Fatal Shooting At Window Incident
Ralph Smith a young white man who shot and killed locomotive engineer C E M Stoltz of Roanoke after catching him peeping through a window at his sister during her undressing Friday was dismissed from custody by City Justice Badger. The coroner's jury verdict labeled the death a jumtr fable homicide.
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Raleigh Snc
Ralph Smith
C .E. M. Stoltz
Roanoke
Justion Badger
Manchester Chronicle settles Croker libel suit with apology
The Manchester Chronicle apologizes to Richard Croker and agrees to pay him 7500 dollars and to publish an apology in all national sporting papers for a statement it printed that Croker said reflected on his character.
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Dublin
The
Manchester Chronicle
Richard Croker
Croker
Fireworks Factory Blows Up on Steeplechase Island
Bridgeport Connecticut reports a fireworks factory on Steeplechase Island wrecked by a Friday night explosion. No one was inside the building at the time.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Steeplechase Island
Death of Joel Chandler Harris Editor of Uncle Remus Magazine
Joel Chandler Harris died at his Atlanta home on Friday night after a short illness. He was sixty years old and served as editor of Uncle Remus Magazine.
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Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris
French illiteracy compared to Germany in early data
The text notes compulsory education in France for about 25 years yet illiteracy remains high at 40 per 1 000 men and 60 per 1 000 women, while Germany shows far lower illiteracy with only four per 1 000.
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France
Germany
Worry Not Says Rear Admiral Evans Quote
The quote attributed to Rear Admiral Evans asserts that worry is useless for things beyond control while urging focus on what one can influence. It frames resilience as a mindset for handling uncertainty.
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Evans
Mississippi Governor Pursues Clemency and Prison Reform
Governor Noel weighs pardon petitions for convicts amid concerns about harsh sentences for illegal liquor offenses. He urges municipalities to aid prosecutions of blind tiger cases and links state help to improving local enforcement. Other notes include Maj. Muleaps gift to Milleaps College, a murder trial verdicts in Hall-Mizelle case, and state court adjournment details.
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Iow
Noel
Perso
Noel Malton
Hall-Mizelle
Meridian
Mire, Micelle
Fini
Hall
Mixette
Mi Voles
Wayne County
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Fleet
Peeping Tom
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Paper
Gees
Maj
KW. Muleaps
Milleaps College
Tre
George Kiehberger
Ucoahenms
Eiber
Supreme Court
Walter Toler
Keenville
Harry FP. Stone
Toler
Stone
League and Order Club
McClomb Cite
the Elks of
Clarksdale
Adoven Ases
Brookhaven
Board of
Adama, Jefferson and
Wilkinson
Columbus Postuttiee
Mississippi Commercial Travelers Association
Ringold
Sunflower County
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W. A. Montgomery
Leroy Percy
C. «. Smith
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Senate
Congress of American Prison Associations
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Coffeeville
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Yale Law School
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