Mississippi Railroads Spur Growth in Aberdeen and Delta
Mississippi reports active railroad development with Tombigbee line proposals demanding $50,000 stock from Aberdeen and Columbus residents. Belzoni Yazoo & Mississippi Valley branch resumes work aiming to handle cotton season, while Monticello and Mendenhall–Columbia branches show progress. Delta farming, labor shortages, and recentState tragedies in Copiah, Lawrence, Marion, and Winston counties accompany the updates.
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Tombigbee
Aberdeen
Columbus
Helena
National Guarantee Company
Chicago
Belzoni
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Delta
Illinois Central
Monticello
Gulf and Ship Island
Mendenhall
Columbia
Gulf Coast
Jackson
Clinton
Cooper's Wells
Raymond
Weevil Fear Besets Mississippi Cotton Growers
Coten planters in Mississippi express strong unease that the Mexican boll weevil will reappear this year. After last season’s localized devastation, farmers fear spreading infestations as hot weather improves cotton stands while weed control remains a challenge. The Texas outbreak likely fuels this anxiety amid uneven rainfall and steady corn yields.
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Mississippi
Texas
Postmaster Controversy at Goza Mississippi
A Black man is appointed postmaster at Goza in Copiah county spurring patrons to shift mail to Barlow. Locals in Theat No 3 threaten to close the office if he serves, citing a history of neighborly intervention.
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Mississippi
Goza
Copiah County
Barlow
Gaza
Theat No. 3
Eleventh and
Bluff Streets
Tondaloup
Amory and Tupelo Telephone Co Incorporation Planned
Articles of incorporation for the Amory and Tupelo long distance telephone company with cash capital of 10000 will be submitted for record in the near future.
Bishop Galloway to Speak at Wesley Birthday Celebration
Bishop Galloway accepts invitation to give an address at the bi centenary birth celebration of John Wesley. The event opens in Savannah Georgia on June 26 and spans four days with religious services lectures and commemorations.
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Galloway
John Wesley
Savannah
Hattiesburg Expands Mail Service With New Carriers
The postmaster general appointed Albert Hanley Jefferson Dees Cecil McLeod as carriers and Thomas J Shields as substitute for service at Hattiesburg. Free delivery began there on June 1.
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Hattiesburg
Albert Hanley
Jefferson Dees
Cecil McLeod Carriers
Thomas J. Shields
Cutworms Spurs Delta Replanting Across Regions
Cutworms have appeared in the delta prompting widespread replanting in many areas. Farmers report damage to early crops and are re-sowing fields to recover expected yields this season.
Mississippi Levee Exhibit Planned for St Louis Exposition
A canvass thirty feet long would display the Mississippi levee system from the Tennessee line to the Natchez bluffs, highlighting river protection. Louisiana has adopted a similar plan and a large Gulf Coast map may show Gulfport Biloxi and Pascagoula harbors.
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Mississippi
Tennessee Line
Natchez Bluffs
United States
Louisiana
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Gulfport
Biloxi
Pascagoula
Mississippi University to Open Summer Term for 600 Teachers
Chancellor Fulton announces six hundred teachers will attend the University of Mississippi summer term opening June 16 for six weeks.顶 The session features top educators and lecturers from across the United States with special courses for teachers while Oxford citizens prepare to host visitors.
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Fulton
University of Mississippi
United States
Oxford
Remarkable cows Inspire Farmers Across the Country
Agricultural columns report farmers boasting on high yields. L. B. Sojourner of Gallman Copiah claims his cow averages 37 pounds of strained milk daily and 17 pounds of butter weekly. Dr. Shepard of Holmes county touts a cow that produced six female calves in three years.
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Country Press
L. B. Sojourner
Gallman
Copiah County
Dr. Shepard
Holmes County
Confidence artists fleece Mississippi farmer with gold treasure claim
Two smooth con men in Mississippi targeted residents with a mineral red trick. They recently swindled John Franklin of Jones County out of 300 dollars by falsely claiming a golden treasure was found on his farm.
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Mississippi
John Franklin
Jones County
Grenada Doctor Called to Succeed Deceased Vicksburg Pastor
Dr. Charles Hinman of Grenada has been named to succeed the late Dr. H San som at Christ Church in Vicksburg. Hinman has not yet accepted the position.
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Charles Hinman
Grenada
Christ Church
Vicksburg
H. Sansom
Hinman
Farmers and Merchants Bank Files Incorporation Papers
Articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state for the Farmers and Merchants Bank located in Amory. The bank has a paid up capital of 2500 dollars with privilege to increase to 5000 dollars.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
Amory
Insurance firm seeks permit to operate in Mississippi
The Atlanta Birmingham Insurance Company has applied to the insurance commissioner for permission to do business in Mississippi. Papers are prepared and forwarded, with the company ready to start this week. Hon. C. M. Williamson of Jackson named attorney and Richard Griffith named State director.
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Atlanta-Birmingham Insurance Company
Insurance Commissioner
Mississippi
C. M. Williamson
Jackson
Richard Griffith
Merritt levelled charges against former Tulloch in 1898 case
Postmaster Merritt accuses former Washington post cashier S. W. Tulloch of presenting a false voucher in 1898. Merritt details blank signatures on payrolls and unlawful payments. he also defends Tulloch removal as justified and denies higher officials' influence.
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Merritt
Washington City
Tulloch
Washington
Payne
W. Tulloch
Washington Post Office
Post Office Department
James P. Wilett
Willett
Mr. Merritt
Heath
Young Driver Under Arrest In Jewels Disappearance
James McCue a 23 year old driver for Manhattan Express Co arraigned before a magistrate and held as a suspicious person. He is connected to the disappearance of jewels valued at $10,000 shipped by Mrs. David Strauss to Chicago that never reached destination.
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New York
James McCue
Manhattan Express Co
Adams Express Co
David Strauss
Chicago
Armour Packing Plant
Armour & Co
Missouri River
Live Stock Exchange
All Quiet at Jackson Camp Jackson Quiet After Sundown
Jackson Kentucky May 30 residents report calm town with no increase in guard. Roads remain under surveillance with no press censorship. Correspondents kept inside Camp Jackson after sundown as dispatches go via messenger boys to the telegraph office.
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Jackson
Camp Jackson
Desolation and Death in Gainesville Tornado
A two minute tornado devastated Gainesville Georgia and nearby towns killing at least 100 people and injuring around 40. The Gainesville cotton mills and Pacolet mill cottages suffered near complete destruction with many women and children among the dead. A relief effort formed with surgeons arriving from Atlanta and funds sought for mill workers left jobless.
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Gainesville
Southern Railroad
New Holland
Pacolet Cotton Mills
Pacolet Company
Joseph Logan
Jones General
Jones
Smith
Pacolet Mills
Atlanta
Lst
Pacolet
Southern Depot
Homer Ash
Gordon Ash
Maude Gordon
Loggins
Mary Duncan
Miss Woody
Knowles
Ed Nabors
J. M. Camp
Baby
Waddell
Ethel Lile
Lula Jackson
Miss Clack
Claudie Shedd
Annie Garrett
Jack Murphy
Grady Lee
Dorothy Sloan
Ed Nagles
Nathan Jones
Hawington
W. T. Henderson
Clare Gordon
Bessie Skinner
Annie Shubert
Joe Shubert
Daisy Bryson
Perry Conner
Willie Boone
Doc Stovall
Alonzo Force
J. E. Summerville
Ola Miller
Doc Clark
John Simpson
James Simpson
General Cumming
Miss Neal
Miss Loggins
Alice
Neeley
Janie Ledford
L. R. White
McGee
M. W. Bobo
Byrant
Bennie Hendrix
T. A. Coker
John J. Mayne
Marion Willbanks
H. L. Phillips
Tom Truelove
Wm. Westmoreland
Albert Loyd
O'Kelly
R. H. Pass
Agle
Hendrix
Bryer Anderson
T. P. Ivey
Pass
George Jones
Summit Street
Southern Station
White Sulphur
Columbia Scholarships Awarded to Students From South
Columbia University Council announced forty one scholarships with representation from eighteen states and several territories. Among southern scholars are Horace L. Jones of Harriman Tennessee in Greek J G Hamilton of Hillsboro North Carolina in American History and Charles R Stockard of Washington Mississippi in Zoology.
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New York
Columbia University Council Today
South
Horace L. Jones
Harriman
Tenn
J. G. Hamilton
Hillsboro
N. C
Charles R. Stockard
Washington, Miss
Judicial election in Cook County yields Democrats dominant
Chicago June 1 report that fourteen Democrats and four Republicans won in Cook County judicial election from eighteen candidates. Voters cast a light turnout due to weather and straight party tickets were scarce. Among the defeated Republicans is Judge Elbridge Haney, ally of Congressman Lorimer.
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Chicago
Cook County
Elbridge Haneey
Lorimer
American Mormons Expelled From Thuringia Mission Area
Berlin reports two American missionaries William Stevens of New York and John Meyers of Chicago were expelled from Muehlhausen Thuringia under a decision to remove Mormon missionaries.
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Berlin
William Stevens
New York
John Meyers
Chicago
Muehlhausen
Thuringia
Harvard Edges Yale by One Point in Trials
Harvard led Yale by one point in the intercollegiate games trials in New York on Friday with Harvard totaling 21 and Yale 20 in the event.
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Harvard
Yale
New York
Crimson
Richard Smith Choir Boy Dies In Hoboken
Richard Smith a 16 year old choir member at Holy Innocent Episcopal Church Hoboken N J died today Funeral services will be held Wednesday The church choir he loved will not sing at the funeral after a dispute with Pastor Rev Father Magill His parents urged the choir to sing but were refused
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Hoboken
N. J
Richard Smith
Holy Innocent Episcopal Church
Holy Innocent Church
Father Magill
Cotton Stand Progress in Coffeeville Miss
Farmers report finally securing cotton stands after late spring and drought. Crops are about thirty days late with only about 90 percent stood. Outlook is gloomy but a good season may yield a full crop. Planting level matches last year as crops advance quickly.
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Bolivar County
Delta
Coffeeville
Miss
Secret Service probes peonage in Alabama region
The department of justice asks the United States Secret Service to investigate charges of peonage around Montgomery Alabama. Indictments cite a system where a white mediator helps secure labor contracts after a coerced conviction, with penalties up to five years or a 5000 dollar fine. Other Fatalities: at Plattsburg Mississippi two men killed in a knife fight. Coghlan family members injured. multiple deaths from lightning and gunfire reported across Alabama Kentucky and Tennessee including Meridianville and Middlesboro.
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Department of Justice
United States Secret Service
Montgomery
Als
Wilkie
Plattsburg
Miss
Coghlan
Stewart
Coghlans
Grand jury returns true bill against Robert N Franklin
The grand jury at Montgomery Alabama has found a true bill charging Robert N Franklin a prominent white resident of Goodwater with selling Joe Patterson into peonage and involuntary servitude. The purchaser is J W Pace a wealthy land owner.
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United States Court
Montgomery
Ala
Robert N. Franklin
Goodwater
Joe Patterson
J. W. Pace
Railway Crash Near Bryan Causes Major Losses
A deadly collision on the Southern railway near Bryan Aln claimed three engineers four firemen and one brakeman. The wreck ignited and destroyed 12 loaded freight cars and caused extensive damage to the engines.
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Southern Railway
Bryan
Aln
Fire sparks from train ruin Vicksburg furniture plant
Owners of a Vicksburg furniture factory were awarded 5000 dollars in damages after a fire caused by sparks from an Alabama and Vicksburg railroad train destroyed their plant. T H Boykin a traveling salesman from Meridian Miss died suddenly while seated at a restaurant table in Mobile Alabama.
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Vicksburg (Miss
Alabama & Vicksburg
T. H. Boykin
Meridian, Miss
Mobile
Ala
Safe-blower to remain free after escape and capture
J E LLland escaped from a Jackson Mississippi prison and was later captured in Michigan. Authorities determined he will not be returned due to excessive expense.
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J. E. Llland
Jackson
Miss
Michigan
Business Men's League Organized in Meridian Mississippi
The Business Men's League of Mississippi was organized at Meridian with H. T. McKee as president and D. M. Mayer as secretary and treasurer.
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Business Men's League of Mississippi
Meridian
H. T. McKee
D. M. Mayer
Death by Electrocution in Huntington West Virginia
Jack Jennings aged 27 was electrocuted when his body touched a live wire in Huntington West Virginia. Death occurred instantly with authorities reporting a fatal accident.
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Jack Jennings
Huntington
W. Va
Wrecks and deaths highlight regional news from the South
Reports from Memphis and nearby areas recount the death of Hank L Owens in a hotel room, a mob killing of William Hopkins after an alleged assault near Bainbridge Georgia, a serious Mississippi train wreck near Lula with multiple injuries, a fatal soda fountain explosion in Union Illinois, a decisive Interst ate Cotton Seed Crushers meeting in Memphis, a major fire at Seaboard Air Line shops in Norfolk costing over 750000, and Natchez Mississippi transferring its water works to the city for 150000.
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West Bottoms
West Ninth Street
Baltimore
Ninth
Mulberry Streets
E. K. Machette
Schwartzschild & Sulzberger Packing Plant
Sergeant Coughlin
Twelfth Street
Union Station
Round House
Kansas City Flood Rages Amid Historic Deluge
Kansas City faces its worst flood as Kaw and Missouri rivers rise to 30 feet 7 inches with water covering twelve square miles. Armourdale and Argentine suffer heavy losses, fatalities unconfirmed, and the Union Station area flooded, rail lines sunk, fires burning, and thousands evacuated by boat.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas River
Kas
Armourdale
Kaw River
O’connor
Weather Bureau
Union Station
Argentine
Equity League Formed To Reconcile Labor And Capital
The American Equity League announced its purpose to reconcile capital and labor and align thinking men with the object. Thomas H. Cochrane is its president and Charles M. Schwab of the American Steel Corporation will confer with leaders this week to set proper lines of work. W. H. Baldwin Jr., president of the Long Island Railroad, will attend.
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New York
American Equity League
Thomas H. Cochrane
Charles M. Schwab
American Steel Corporation
W. H. Baldwin, Jr
Long Island Railroad
Cyclone Rips Welsh Area. Fatalities Reported
A cyclone near Welsh Louisiana struck at 6 pm destroying S B Carroll's two story house and outbuildings. Hired man Ed Burgess was killed. Carroll his wife and daughter injured. Two white men and a negro reportedly killed by lightning west of town.
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Welsh
S. B. Carroll
Ed Burgess
Crystal
River
Fla
Carroll
Forecaster Bowie Warns of Continued River Rise
St Louis May 31 Forecaster Bowie of the St Louis bureau predicts a continued rise in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers and warns threatened sections along the streams. Reports indicate conditions similar to the 1881 flood may recur and residents face renewed danger and evacuation risks.
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Bowie
Missouri
Mississippi
St. Louis
Memorial Day Shooting Ends In Death At Cairo
In Cairo Indiana on Memorial Day night Crutchfield a colored man died from a gunshot wound after a race related incident. An excursion train from Jackson Tennessee attempting to return faced racial friction as negroes were barred from a white car, attacked the car and stones were thrown. A shot from inside the car killed Crutchfield as the train began to move.
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Cairo
William Crutchfield
Jackson
Tenn
Crutchfield
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Tom Avery
Virgil Bass
Winston County
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Meridianville
John Moore
Middlesboro
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Thomas Cheat
South Pittsburg
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Leland
Business Men’s League
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Hank L. Owens
Lexington
Fransiol
Memphis
William Hopkins
Bainbridge
Lula
G. K. Russell
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Seabord Air Line
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Natchez, Miss
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