Mississippi Agriculture Urges Youthful Talent To Lead State
Hon. J H Simpson urges white Mississippians to embrace scientific farming and education to boost yields and income. He criticizes ignorance and indolence among some farmers, praises younger growers who invest in stock, soil, markets, and premium farming, and calls for statewide agricultural advancement through fairs, trucker associations, onion crops, and road improvements.
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Mississippi
J. H. Simpson
House of Representatives
Mr. Simpson
Mpany
Lawmaker Congressman Charged With Bank Failure Fraud
A congressman faces fraud charges linked to a bank failure. Separately a demonstration occurred at a funeral, drawing protest and police attention in the same era.
Four Indicted In Ohio Trust Case Involving Laning
Norwalk Ohio four prominent citizens face indictments linked to the Ohio Trust Company collapse including JF Laning Republican congressman for the 14th district and renominee. Accusations involve soliciting deposits by salary statements and misusing bank assets for personal gain. Additional indictments expected as inquiries into the Norwalk Savings Bank failure continue.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Ohio Trust Company
JF. Laning
James Ogvidds
F. W. Christian
William Perrin
Laning
Salar Watements
Steck
Harry French
Cleveland
Bond Building Company
Norwalk Savings Bank
Mississippi Mews and statewide big issues
A Mississippi roundup notes plans for a Mobile Jackson and Kansas extension toward New Orleans with county impacts in Jones Perry Lamar Pearl River and Hancock. Revenue probes reveal vent credits in Washington county and tied assessments while education leaders convene at University of Mississippi July Mt and 15. The Yazoo Mississippi delta levee board meets to set taxes and review the depository law.
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Jackson
Kansas
Wirt Adams
Washington County
Greenville
Board of Supervisors
Yazoo Mississippi
Indicted Banker Freed After Quash Motion in Wisconsin Case
United States Circuit Court in Sanborn granted a motion to quash an indictment against former officials of the defunct National Bank of Lady Smith Wisconsin. They were accused of deceiving a bank examiner by a false report to the comptroller.
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Fau Claire
Burlington Route Convicted of 28 Hour Law Violations
Springfield district court found the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. guilty on two charges of violating the 28 hour law by keeping livestock in cars beyond 23 hours and ordering five hour breaks for food and water. The railroad faced fines of 10 dollars and costs on each of three counts for cattle shipments from Kansas City to Coatesville and Avon, and a sheep shipment from Harlem to Shelbina. Judge Humphrey directed a verdict of not guilty in a separate Ed ward Harsch case after excluding evidence.
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Springfield
Woolted States District Court
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co
Kansas City
Coatesville
Tfl
German steamer Europea missing off Norfolk coast
All hope abandoned for the German steamship Europea which sailed from Hamburg forty five days ago bound for Norfolk Virginia. The vessel was to have reached its destination in the final days and nothing has been heard of the ship in forty days. The Europea carried a crew of thirty seven men.
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Parchman
Norfolk
Hamburg
Germany
Landslide Blocks Trains Across Montana Region
Report from Whitefish in Flathead county says a landslide stalled Northern Pacific trains carrying hundreds of passengers. No clear passage likely within 48 hours. Northern tracks washed out north and south of Helena, Montana, delaying service.
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Helena Mont
Whitefish Flathead County
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Helena
Butte, Mont
Mutre
Hain
Ths
Passengers Hurt In Derailment Near Millington
A Lackawanna train derailed near Millington New Jersey injuring several people when the locomotive tender and three cars left the tracks at a switch on Friday. Authorities investigated the cause and expected to file reports soon.
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New York
Lackawanna
Millington
N. J
Fourteenth Ohio Indorses Bryan in Delegates Nomination
William G. Sharp of Elyria was nominated by the Democrats of the Fourteenth district in Mansfield. The convention endorsed William J. Bryan for the presidency and elected delegates to the national convention.
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Mansfield
Ohio
William G. Sharp
Elyria
Wiliam J. Bryan
Portland Police Hunt Band After Glendale Opera House Bomb
Portland authorities pursue a conspiracy group after a dynamite bomb in Glendale Oregon failed to explode due to a defective fuse. The device used a five gallon oil can packed with 24 sticks of dynamite in the opera house vestibule, risking heavy loss of life.
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Portland
Ore
Glendale
Oregon
Raleigh man Ira Oakley accused in Va murders and Fuquay Springs arson
Ira Oakley, arrested in Clarksville Virginia, was brought to Raleigh charged with the murder of Mrs. J Underwood and her young son and the burning of their Fuquay Springs house to hide the crime dated February 1 last.
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Raleign
N. C
Ira Oakley
Clarksville
Movement Formed to Oppose Women’s Suffrage in London
A group led by influential women including the Countess of Jersey and Mrs. Humphrey Ward organizes a campaign against granting women the vote. Prominent writers and social reformers join the effort to mobilize opposition across society.
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London
Countess of Jersey
Humphrey Ward
Tragedy at Union Springs Post Office
Alan Postmaster A. C. Walter shot and killed his wife and then killed himself at the Union Springs post office where she worked as a clerk. Walter had recently been removed from the postmastership.
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Union Springs
Alan
A. C. Walter
Gas Explosion at Prest-O-Light Plant Hurts Eleven in Indianapolis
A blast at the Prest-O-Light Co plant on South Street in Indianapolis damaged gas tanks and injured eleven people. No fatalities were reported.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Prest-O-Light Co
South Street
Skipper William Crawford Drowns Off Grimsby
In front of three sons, William Crawford of Bridlington, skipper of the Grimsby smack Mary Leak, went overboard and drowned at sea after telling his sons they could do what they liked with the ship.
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Grimsby
William Crawford
Bridington
Mary Leak
Crawford
Kansas Storm Kills Two In Phillipsburg Area
A tornado near Phillipsburg Kansas kills two children and injures two other people in Salina region reports indicate a devastating weather event.
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Kansas
Salina
Kas
Phillipsburg
One Dead Two Hurt In Chattanooga Holdup
A holdup near the southern city limits left one man dead and two women wounded. Names of the deceased and injured have not been released.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Kirke La Shelle's Widow Weds at Scarborough
Mrs. Maxie Nadine La Shelle widow of Kirke La Shelle the theatrical manager and Joseph Howland Hunt were married at the country place of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vanderlip Scarborough New York.
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Kirke la Shelle
New York
Maxie Nadine la Shelle
Joseph Howland Hunt
Frank Vanderlip
Scarborough
N. Y
General Buller Dead He Conducted Operations for Relief
General Sir Redvers Buller died while serving as commander in chief during the ongoing relief efforts at Ladysmith. He led key operations aimed at lifting the siege and securing supply routes for the town.
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Ladysmith
Fought Battle at Colenso and Bal l er's Boer War Roles
English general Sir Redvers Buller led the relief effort at Ladysmith during the Boer War. In December 1899 his siege attempt across the Tugela failed, Boer forces repelled his pass, and Buller was replaced by Lord Roberts. Buller later faced scrutiny for the Ladysmith decision.
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London
Redvers Henry Baller
Ladyy Smith
Redvers Buller
Transvaal Republic
Great Hritein
South Africa
Baller
Wat Cristmas
Pretoria
Ladysmith
Redvers Hanller
Haller
Tugela
O>lence
Ambosnes
George Falte
Lagesmith
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener Ander
Buller
Emaland
Atttempts
Ladremith
WIRELESS REPORTS WRECK UNKNOWN VESSEL
The Savannah reached New York after wireless from the Merrimac off Cape Romaine said two lifeboats with shipwrecked people were picked up. Details on the wrecked vessel and survivors were not released due to fog and unclear messages.
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New York
Savannah
Merrimac
Cape Romaine
Local man fatally shot on porch in Marion
A resident of Marion, John Hreen, was shot on his porch late Sunday. He staggered into his home and died at his wife’s feet as his clothing burned. The report notes racial tensions and mentions a prior incident in nearby Johnstone County.
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Marion
John Hreen
Johnstone County
Wartime court martial sentences at Sokolow attack
A wartime court martial sentenced eleven men and three iris to death for attack on a post car at Sokolow on the Vestals railroad last January. A bomb killed two soldiers and wounded ten, and safes were looted after the carwreck.
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Warasaw
Iris
Sokolow
Vestals
Fire Ravages Key stone and Big Muddy Coal Mines Near Pittsburg
The Keystone and Big Muddy mines east of Marion near Pittsburg in southern Illinois are burning for four days. Firefighting efforts have failed so far and flooding the mines is planned as a last resort to control the blaze.
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Marion
Iill
Keystone
Big Muddy
Here
Pittsburg
Illnois
Aeronaut Frederick Weed's body recovered in Passaic River
In Belleville New Jersey the body of Frederick IL Weed, the young aeronaut who drowned after sinking in the Passaic River on Sunday, was recovered Monday near the original sinking point. His body was entangled with the large American flag he carried.
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Belleville
N. J
Frederick IL. Weed
Passaic River
Wood
Champagne Dispatch Totals in 12 Months End March 3
Total champagne shipped from the Champagne districts in the year ending March 3 was 33,734,618 bottles, versus 171,395 bottles in 1906 07 and 35,591,135 bottles in 1905.
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London
Czar Loses Fight for Battleships
St. Petersburg reports the duma rejected a naval budget item by 144 to 78, halting $5,500,000 to lay keels for four battleships in the current year, striking a major win for opponents and a setback for military plans.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Gould De Sagan Wedding Delayed Plans
Paris lawyers for Madame Anna Gould report multiple delays in her marriage to Prince Helle de Sagan but expect the ceremony within a month.
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Gould-De Sagan
Paris
Anna Gould
Prince Helle de Sagan
Berlin Actress Peppi Weiss Fined for Assault on Rival
Fraulein Peppi Weiss, Berlin's noted music hall star, was fined $50 after a fight with Fraulein Madeline Wilden. The incident drew attention as Weiss held a popular status akin to Miss Marie Lloyd in London.
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Berlin
Fraulein
Peppi Weiss
Berlie
Marie Lloyd
London
Madeline Wilden
Yorktown to Patrol Behring Sea Seal Fisheries
The gunboat Yorktown has orders to depart Puget Sound on June 18 for a Behring Sea cruise to patrol seal fisheries. The move underscores U S efforts to safeguard maritime resources.
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Yorktown
Washington
Puget Sound
Behring Sea
Storm in Enid Oklahoma Marks Worst Kansas Weather Event
A severe Kansas storm battered Enid with historic intensity statewide. Officials reported record winds and flooding across the region, prompting evacuations and extended power outages as emergency crews mobilized.
Tornado and Flood Devastate Chester and Surrounding Towns
The Chester area faced a tornado that tore through Friday night causing two deaths and many injuries. Floodwaters 12 feet deep inundated streets in Chester and Malti, washing away twenty business houses. Nearby towns Scandia and Geneva report ruin, while Butte Montana endures torrents, downed wires, and halted services with extensive damages and track salvage under way.
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Chester
Kas
Scandia
Geneva
Shah May Abdicate To Russia After Persian Turmoil
Reported dispatches say the Shah may not return to Tehran before visiting St Petersburg to seek Czar Nicholas III’s intervention. Persian chaos is cited as proof Ali Mirza cannot govern without foreign military backing and the monarchy could fall with Russia’s temporary control.
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Nicholas
Russia
Burglar Caught After Attempt on Holy Redeemer Church
Rene Bacy a 35 year old self described Frenchman with no fixed address was arrested after an almost successful burglary at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer. He was found cowering near alarms set due to prior robberies and confessed no resistance to the crime.
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W. E. Henderson
Brookhaven
Henderson
Northwest
Keystone
New York
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Rene Bacy
Fifth Street
Racy
Paris Court Grants Installments in Nagged Necklace Suit
Paris counsel for Madame Anna Gould sought a delay in paying $24 000 to Mme Nemidoff the singer for a necklace tied to former husband Count Poni de Castellane. The court allowed $6 000 every three months citing her monthly income of $6 000 and inability to pay upfront.
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Paris
Anna Gould
Mme Nemidoff
Count Poni de Castellane
Attorney General delays suits against Standard Oil in fall
Washington D C Attorney General Honaparte said on Saturday that planned suits against the Standard Oil Co to be heard in Chicago would be postponed into the fall The proposed prosecution of the anthracite coal trusts for violations of the Elkins Act will also be deferred for the summer
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Washington, D. C
Honaparte
Standard Oi Co
Chicago
Taft Delegations Spark Chicago Fight to End
Allies brace for further contest fights after defeats in Alabama and Arkansas delegated to Taft. National committee remains undismayed and vows to continue challenging every filed contest today in Chicago.
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Chicago
Alabama
Arkansas
National Committee
Banker Robbed of $10,000 in Jewelry
W F fore ford president of the American National bank of this city was robbed on Tuesday last of jewelry valued at $10,000 in Los Angeles California.
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Los Angeles
Cal
W F. Foreford
American National Bank
Missouri Pacific rail line reports $400 loss per mile in Nebraska
Missouri Pacific railway officials filed a statement with the board of equalization claiming a total annual loss of 400 dollars per mile. The railroad operates 297 miles of track in Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Neb
Board of Equalization
Missouri Pacific Railway
Missouri Pacific
Nebraska
Plague Cases Reported in Port of Spain
In Port of Spain Trinidad two bubonic plague cases were reported and both deaths confirmed. No new cases have been reported.
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Trinidad
Port of Spain
Hallelujah as praise across scripture nature and history
The piece traces Hallelujah through Psalm 104 and Revelation, linking the term to glory, Providence, and mercy. It cites Israelite history, divine covenants, and moral judgment, praising God's mercy and justice amid worldly wickedness and prophetic fulfillment.
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God
Got
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph
Egypt
Moses
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