Governor's Ball Planned for Institute Hall and Encampment Props
Duncan Memorial Park in Natchez lays out company streets for the Third Regiment encampment. Governor's Ball shifts to Institute Hall. a steamer excursion plan is announced with rail rates August 4 to 9. Public sentiment questions Sunday concerts while Bryan agrees to speak in Mississippi ahead of the initiative referendum.
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Duncan Memorial Park
Natchez
O. K. Wilds
Roral Route Company
Vicksbero
Greenville
Vicksburg
Senator Cordill
Percy Stain
Vicksborg
Hauer
Illinois Central and
Yasco & Mississippi Valley Railroads
Mississippi Central
New Orleans & Northwestern
Yasco Mississippi levee board set to award huge contract
The Yasco Mississippi levee board will meet August 2 to award contracts totaling 1 600 000 yards of levee work in Coahoma and Tunica counties. The estimate exceeds 1 000 000 dollars and aims to raise and stabilize the levee to withstand high water, reducing future repairs and enabling potential lowering of the levee as improvements finish within a year.
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Boards of Supervisors
Mississippi
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Yasco- Mississippi Levee Board
Coahoma
Tuniea
United States
Ixal
Sunday School Workers Push to Close Up City Services
Report describes a push by Sunday School workers led by Mayor T. E. Bateson of Mattiesbere to shut down street cars wagons and the light plant. The campaign aims to close city services amid agitation over street operations and public works. The piece also notes a $90,000 claim related to Nannie Mae Cochran’s death and mentions national mail carrier plans and Mississippi building plans approved in 1915. The article references electrocution incidents and crop updates in Coldwater, with recent rains triggering renewed plowing.
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Sun
Sanday
T. E Bateon
Mattiesbere
Cp Tee
Wealthy Heiress Edith Havemeyer to Marry Earl of Euston
Miss Edith Havemeyer, a very wealthy young woman from New York, is soon to marry Miles Havemeyer' s intended, the Earl of Euston. He is the eldest son and heir of the Duke of Grefton, and has been living in England for several years.
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Miles Havemeyer
Earl of Euston
Duke of Grefton
New York
England
Claflin creditors meet to elect receivers committee
In New York the creditors of the failed H B Claflin company prepare to elect a committee with power to approve or reject settlements proposed by receivers. Representing a large capital base, international banks trust companies and mercantile houses seek a seat. The Creditors Audit & Adjustment group pushes for representation. Mr Lehmann, a former US commissioner to the Niagara Falls mediation conference, is in discussions with Claflin’s creditors.
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New York
H. B Claflin
Audit & Adjustment
Lehmann
United States
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Claflin
Caillaux trial secrets spill as Mme Gueydan testifies
insiders reveal letters from the Caillaux case as Mme Gueydan describes life with Caillaux his threats and Machiavellian tactics. Labori says contents will be shown to the jury. Mme Gueydan’s testimony draws sympathy and courtroom tension. A separate Havana note reports a duel where Raul Nunez is wounded.
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Paris
Mme
Bertha Gueydan
Joseph Caillaux
France
Henriette Caillaux
Gaston Calmette
Gueydan
Pernard Labori
Mme. Caillaux
Mme. Gueydan
M. Labori
Maitre Chenu
Mme. Gueyper
Ferguson Wins Texas Democratic Nomination in Prohibition Era
Early returns show James E. Ferguson of Temple leading Thomas H Bal of Houston by about 46,000 for governor as pro prohibition forces lose the statewide measure. W P Hobby leads for lieutenant governor with B B Sturgeon close behind, while Prohibition amendment appears defeated by roughly 36,000.
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Texas
Hobby
Dallas
Tex
James E. Ferguson
Temple
Thomas H. Bal
Houston
Agriculture
W. P. Hobby
Beaumont
B Sturgeon
Paris
H. A. Halbert
Coleman
Fred W Daria
Gainesville
Democratic
Nationalists clash with troops in Dublin killing four
Dublin reports three men and one woman dead after a battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers fired into a mob. Wounded, including women and youths, crowd the streets as Nationalists and volunteers clash near Clonmel bridge amid arms seizure efforts linked to Howth rifle shipment.
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Dublin
King’s Own
Howth
John Redmond
Byme
Austria and Servia Split Over Ultimatum
Servia accepts most imperial demands and proposes appealing to The Hague while Austria issues passports to the Servian minister signaling near-war. Austria arrests the Servian chief sparking a grave international crisis and a potential conflict in Europe this week.
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Europe
Austria
Al Copeland Joins Hungary Coaching for Olympic Team
Al Copeland, trainer for the Irish-American Athletic Club of New York, has been engaged by Hungary to train candidates for the upcoming Olympic games. The move signals a cross border effort to bolster Hungary's athletics program with American coaching expertise.
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AL Copeland
Ultimatum From Austria Threatens European War
Vienna warns Servia to apologize for Archduke Ferdinand's death and disavow involvement in the murder. Austria demands swift compliance, else Germany and Russia may act. The note signals a potential broad European conflict and a crisis over Bosnia and Slav provinces.
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Europe
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Austria
Servia
Germany
Hussia
Baron von Giesthe Gieslinger
Hebrade
Legation
Bosnia
Defense Traps Mme Caillaux in Calmette Case
Paris trial details reveal defense strategy misfired as Mme Caillaux allegedly shot Gaston Calmette after fear of letters' public release. Letters given by Mme Gueydan are read by Maitre Labori to counter the defense claim of fear.
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Caillaux
Paris
Mme . Caillaux
Gaston Calmette
The
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Mme. Gueydan
Procoser
Maltre Labori
Mime
Calllaux
M. Calmette
Maitre Labort
Fear of Civil War Follows Ulster Split Over Home Rule
Belfast reports express fear after Buckingham Palace conference failure. Ulster leaders had foreseen turmoil, and Sir Edward Carson with James Craig demand total Ulster exclusion from home rule. Businessmen, clergy, bankers, and manufacturers push anti home rule while trade stagnates and credit tightens amid looming crisis.
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Siir Edward Carson
James Craig
Ulster
Stenography Student B Gallagher Impresses Court
San Francisco report states B Gallagher, a two year stenography student, spoke before Superior Court Judge Evant and wrote a high-speed script with few errors.
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Cal
Evant
B. Gallagher
William Moore dies after 500 mile rowboat voyage for surgery
Pairbanks Alaska merchant William Moore who rowed 500 miles from the Porcupine river to Fort Gitsog to have his legs amputated is dead.
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Pairbanks
Alaska
William Moore
Three Men Die In Freight Wreck In Mississippi Territory
Three white men perished when 12 cars derailed on the Mobile & Ohio between Artesia and Mayhew. Vilette Atwell Ellisville Charles Strickland Laurel and Murray Thomas New Decatur Ala were identified by YMCA cards found on them. Atwell’s papers show he was married. Strickland’s body was taken to Laurel and Atwell to Ellisville. In Jackson the police chief post changed hands as Sam F. Nunnery, a barber from Liberty, was elected head of the police department amid factional politics and shifting loyalties.
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Mayhew
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Ellisville
Charles Strickland
Laurel
Murray Thomas
New Decatur
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Jackson
Sam F. Nunnery
Jackson Commission Connect
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T. P. Barr
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Nunnery
R. M. Taylor
Miss Collum Bailed After Indictment For Public Funds
Jackson Mississippi Belle Collum, former Phoeniz postmistress indicted for misusing public funds, posted bail by reducing bond from 1000 to 500. Bail furnished by Hon Clay Sharkey and Thomas W. McAlpin, approved by U S Marshal Cashman, enabling her to return home near Flora.
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Belle Collum
Phoeniz
Flora
Ricketts
Hon Clay Sharkey
Thomas W. McAlpin
United States
Cashman
Picnic for Masonic Children at Highland Park
The 100 children from the Masonic Widows and Orphans home enjoyed a picnic hosted by Hamasa temple at Highland Park for their benefit.
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Meridian
Masonic Widows and Orphans’ Home
Hamasa Temple
Highland Park
Lad Killed By Negro Near Heldelbure
Robert West a white boy died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Tow Simmons a Black man near Heldelbure after being brought to a local Meridian hospital for treatment officials said the shooting occurred several days ago
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Meridian
Robert West
Tow Simmons
Heldelbure
Holliday Undergoes Foot Amputation After Accident
Canton based insurance man Canton T C Holliday who shot his foot by accident on a train between Jackson and Canton had his foot amputated. Chancellor Cutter ordered a decree in the case of L P Coamer receiver for the First Natchez Bank against James K Lambert et al to dismiss as to Lambert but without prejudice as to the other defendants.
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Holliday
Canton
T. C. Holliday
Jackson
Woman Struck By Bat in Coldwater Incident
Emma Knight was hit on the head with a ball bat by Tobe Jones in Coldwater. She sustained serious injuries after being struck three times.
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Coldwater
Emma Knight
Tobe Jones
Women plead in Mississippi murder cases in New Albany
In New Albany circuit court Judge Crum and Judge Stephens heard pleas for Mrs Gertrude Stone and Mrs Ruth Perthey charged with murders. Mrs Berthey failed to produce key witness TH McNut, and testimony suggested violence on the defendant and a hat found in her room. Stone’s counsel cited typhoid fever in her Memphis child as reason for delay. In Jackson, Miss Belle Collum, former Phoenix postmistress, was arraigned on a federal indictment for embezzlement of about 1100 dollars, bail set at 1000 dollars, marking a notable first for a white woman charged in federal Mississippi court.
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Stone
Neal Potter
W S& King
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J. J. King
Jackson
United States Grand Jury
Belle Collum
Phoenix
Yazoo County
Freeny
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Postoffice
McDonald
Federal
Madison County
C. B. Greeves
Flora
B. Ricketts
Marshal Cashman
Mississippi
Timber Man Slain In Altercation Over Arrests At Red Lick
Natchez reports timber man Sam Humphreys aged 19 was shot in the right side by Constable Wilson Ross at Red Lick Jefferson county after an altercation during the arrest of two of Humphreys workers. He died at Champlain's sanitarium hours later. Humphreys accompanied by his brother Farrell 21. both men were married with families.
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Sam Humphreys
Wilson Ross
Red Lick
Jefferson County
Chamberlain
Humphreys
Ross
Farrell
Annie Jack Mc Laurin Dies in City Burial at Cemetery
Mrs Annie Jack Mc Laurin widow of the late RK S McLaurin longtime district attorney for 20 years and sister of Senator McLaurin died here and was buried in the city cemetery.
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Annie Jack McLaurin
RK. S. Mclaurin
Senator McLaurin
Charles C. Gressett Dies From Logging Road Injuries
Meridian news reports Charles C. Gressett died from injuries sustained in an accident on the Cotton States Lumber Co logging road near Suquelena.
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Meridian
Charles C. Gressett
Cotton States Lumber Company
Suquelena
Memphis traveler’s tip incident tests 1912 act
Jackson A M Sinclair of Memphis, a commercial traveler, was arrested at the passenger station after tipping a negro attendant ten cents for services rendered. The incident, involving Sinclair and the attendant, was used to probe the Mississippi anti tipping act of 1912.
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A. M. Sinclair
Memphis, Tenn
Failing Armistice and Carranza Delays Reported from Mexico City
Reports from Tampico and Mexico City say fighting continues with no ordered halt and Carranza has not arranged to assume government. Debates on Huerta concessions and Rothschild funding are noted while no transfer to the Constitutionalists is confirmed. Bombs found in a church in San Luis Portosi and Carranza delays his departure as observers question armistice claims.
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Tampico
Mexico City
Forres
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Carbajal
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Rothschilds
California
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Zapata Backs Peace Plan as U S Pushes Pacification
Washington reports indicate progress toward harmony among Provisional President Carbajal General Carranza General Villa and General Emiliano Zapata aiming to restore peace in Mexico. Zapata promises cooperation with the constitutionalists and emissaries from Carranza will discuss terms in Vera Cruz Tampico. Reginaldo Cepeda authorized to arrange transfer of government to the constitutionalists.
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Carbajal
Carranza
Villa
Emiliano Zapata
Mexico
United States
Zapata
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Reginaldo Cepeda
Carhbajal
Huerta Arrives in Kingston With Fugitives from Mexico
Gen. Huerta and followers including Gen. Blanquet sail into Kingston aboard the German cruiser Dresden from Puerto Mexico. They will stay a week or more at a hotel where other Mexican refugees are lodged.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Huerta
Mexico
Dresden
Puerto Mexico
Ad Wapce
Blanquet
Villa Skips Invitation to Mexican Entry Ceremony
El Paso Texas reports General Villa not invited to participate in the triumphal entry into Mexico. Despite the slight, Villa will attend the ceremony according to local dispatches.
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Villa
el Paso
Teras
Mexico
We future Mexico government and Huerta court rulings topic
Washington aides discuss with Mexican and foreign interests the stance of a Huerta era regime toward federal court decisions. Tampico reports Sir Christopher Cowdray met Gen. Huerta allies to push concessions. Carranza shows openness to no pre power amnesty, may affect peace talks.
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Mexico
Huerta
State Department
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Tampico
Christopher
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Carranza
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