Frederic Speed a Prominent Mason Dies after Illness
Frederic Speed, judge of Warren county crime court and leading Mason, died at home after a lingering illness of several weeks. He served as grand master in 1852 and held numerous high offices across Masonry, including secretary and grand representative, with long service in the Knights Templars and other grand bodies. Speed was a well known figure from Illinois to Mississippi and esteemed across the United States for his contributions to Masonic work.
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Frederic Speed
Warren County Crimert
United States
Allowig
Speedeas
Joice
Huh Poest
Grand Council
Psd
Grand Combes
Somrs
Knight Templars
States
United
Elie
England
Linois Gani Lodge
Mississippi
Mississippi residents engage in sanitation and health efforts
Mississippi citizens show interest in sanitation and health under state leadership. The University of Mississippi director of health explains widespread wakefulness to adopt permanent improvements in disease control including forms of tuberculosis, with work conducted under the state board of health independent from university authorities.
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Ders
Univer
State Board of Health
Laymen Meet in Jackson on March 30 31
Local movement follows a win by C J Meddis traveling secretary for the Southern states. Shieh conferences are set for March. County totals reach 469000 dollars, with 12000 dollars involved for the county. Johnston comments on fair treatment for all.
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Win C. J. Meddis
Taveling
Mississippi to Fund Armory Plan Faces Bond Hurdle
Text of a fragmented report shows debate over issuing bonds to finance Armory E in Mississippi. The plan hinges on eligible use of funds and war department approval, with officials insisting bonds must support a suitable armory project or be redirected.
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Mississippi National
State Normal Building Plans Progress at Hattiesburg
State Normal College trustees met in Jackson to review plans for new administration and dormitory buildings plus cottages for instructors. Estimated cost ranges from 200000 to 225000 dollars with 258000 dollars on hand from Hattiesburg city and Forrest County. Construction expected to take about a year, aiming to create a premier Mississippi normal college.
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Jackson
State Normal College
State Normal
Hattiesburg
Forrest County
Mississippi
United States
Conductors Cannot Collect More From Passengers on Train
Jackson reports the railroad commission's 1907 rule caps rail mileage charges at three cents with exceptions for Gulf & Ship Island and others under special charters. Patrons asked if roads may charge four cents a mile when tickets are bought within thirty minutes of train time and no ticket was purchased.
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Jackson
Railroad Commission
Gulf & Ship Island
State Soil Survey Overseer Visits Mississippi
C F Marbent of the U S Department of Agriculture soil bureau is in Jackson to review soil survey work in cooperation with Dr E S Lowe Mississippi state geologist. The program aims to map soils and assess suitability for crops. Official reports show misappropriated sheriff funds paid to the acting sheriff by the bonded surety as required by law.
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Jackson
C. F. Marbent
Soil Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Marbent
E. S. Lowe
Mississippi
Lincoln
J. F. Greer
Moore
Batus C. Smith
Sherif
Pardon Petition for Ever Ett Lee and Mississippi Land Company Charter
Governor Noel is petitioned to grant a pardon for Ever Ett Lee a Neoshoba County inmate sentenced to 30 days in jail and $150 in fines for stealing a watch. The petition claims Lee’s ignorance and small value of the theft justify clemency. A charter is being prepared for the Central Immigration Company with $50,000 capital, HQ in Jackson and principals A Jones W W Simonton and J A Trautman.
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Jackson
Noel
Everett Lee
Neoshoba County
Lee
Central Immigration Company
Ths City
A. Jones
W. W. Simonton
J. A. Trautman
Kansas City
West
Leathers Lectures Spark Crystal Springs Cleanup Drive
Dr W G Leathers, director of Bible Health, opened lectures at Crystal Springs with a school talk to nearly three dozen pupils and a public evening address on sanitation and health. The talks launch a town cleanup coordinated by the graded school, endorsed by the City Board of Health, trustees and physicians, in response to a State Board of Health invitation.
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Health Board
Railroad Commission
Crystal Springs
W. G. Leathers
Bible Health
Save AD Ulue
City Board of Health
State Board of Health
Poultry Farm Planned in Copian County by Capital Syndicate
A large poultry operation is proposed near Crystal Springs in Copian County by a capitalist syndicate. The plan calls for at least 10 100 hens and full equipment to supply eggs and poultry to major markets and hotels year round, with backing from the capital group.
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Copian County
Crystal Springs
Soldiers Home at Beauvoir Quickly Reaches Capacity
The Beauvoir Soldiers' Home is filled with forty or fifty veterans awaiting admission as road limits block transfers. Inmates reach the largest number since establishment, with requisitions for tents to house some awaiting intake. The adequacy of the current appropriation is in question as meals and new facilities strain funds.
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Beauvoir
le Fot
Boom for Farm School at Chalybeate addressed by Prof Cobb
Prof Cobb spoke Tuesday at Chalybeate on the Boys Corn Club and Domestic Science Club, outlining the purpose and value of agricultural schooling. He described what the Agricultural High School does for boys and girls and urged establishing such a school locally.
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A. Webb
Bers
Cobb
Lance
Acticiuress Hich
Clarge
Ome
Uhh
Beye
Siris
Trustees Buy Auto for Parchman Prison
Jackson reports the penitentiary trustees purchased a touring car for 1400 dollars to transport the superintendent and eleven convict camps on Parchman. The vehicle will cut monthly trips from several days to a single day, improving access across about thirty miles between locations.
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Jackson
Penitentuary Trieters
Trustres
Parchman
Beef Half Century Old Unearthed Near Vicksburg Landmark
A barrel once containing beef from Union siege subsistence near the Shirley House at Vicksburg was found after a cow uncovered it while grazing. Its contents were dessicated, indicating great age. Nearby residents reported the protruding end and helped reveal the aged relic.
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VicksOure
Shirley House
Grant
Vicksburg
Survey party plans route for new road to timber territory
Louisville surveyors map a feasible road through newly acquired hardwood and pine timber. Two large sawmills and a planing mill will be part of the site. Captain Sehryer, long in the lumber business, relocated from the North to oversee operations.
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Louisville
Sehryer
Guards Protect Illinois Bridges After Dynamite Threat
Messrs guarding the Mckinley and other bridges along the Illinois River and Mississippi near Springfield faced a dynamite threat. Concrete piers were damaged while guards with rifles and revolvers were posted at approaches to deter further attempts. Officials said the cause of trouble remains undetermined and pledged ongoing protection.
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Lola Moo
McKinley
S&s
Springfield
McKinlew Beidtee
Mississippi River
Mineswil
Pearts
St Louie
McKinlew
St Louis
Offinnie
Pit
Capital Coal Company
Beltine
Comnelow
Riverton
Peoria
Split
National Retail Furniture Men's Association Names Officers
Delegates at the annual meeting in Cincinnati elected officers for the coming year. Tryten of Omaha was chosen president and Michael Mulethill of St. Louis was named treasurer.
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Cincinnati
National
Truncated and disjointed items from misread 1800s issue
A garbled OCR passage describes freight rate disputes in Shreveport and Texas, a memorialized murder involving Norton and Wells in Kentucky during the tobacco era, a Tennessee electoral note, and a Michigan dog incident ending in a house fire. Names and places are scattered and uncertain.
Fire drives 50 women to flee fourth story plant
Fifty young women climbed down a fourth story fire escape at the Sterling ingulated plant as flames were discovered in the building. Fire officials and workers coordinated the evacuation without serious injuries reported.
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Chicago
Sterling Ingulated Fire Company
Barrow Trou
Snowslide Traps Hydro Electric Plant Crew at Jordaan
Telegram reports a snowslide on Jordaan mountain side trapping ten men and one woman from the Hydro Electric company plant. Rescue efforts rush to reach the workers as officials await word on condition and casualty status.
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Reno
Nev
Geath
Jordaan
Newark Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Detective Killing
In Newark Ohio Robert Cleveland pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the killing of detective Carl Etherington during an assault. He received an indeterminate sentence as his trial was called. In Weston West Virginia ten men were indicted for attempting to lynch William Orbes, a black man under death sentence for attacking Flora Anglia, with a penitentiary term possible.
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Newark. O
Robert Cleveland
Carl Etherington
Weston, W. Va
William Orbes
Flora Anglia
Four Workers Dead in NYC Building Collapse Debris
In New York at 12 1 and 1g East Eighty-seventh street a partially finished apartment house collapsed leaving four workmen buried under concrete. Fire crews recovered the bodies from the wreckage.
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New York
Eighty-seventh Street
Fisher to Be Successor to Ballinger as Interior Secretary
Chicago's Walter L Fisher named successor to Richard A Ballinger as secretary of the interior. Ballinger resigns dated January 19 and cites health. Taft accepts reluctantly but asks him to stay until Congress adjourns. Fisher's commission signed by the president and will take office within days.
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Washington, DC
Richard A Ballinger
Te Interior
Taft
Walter L Fisher
Chicago
Ballinger
Come
Congress
Taf
Ambassador Jayne Ordered Home for Germany Talks
Washington DC Ambassador to Germany David Jayne HU, Ameritas envoy, is recalled to discuss pending issues. The potash controversy tops the agenda as U S and Germany seek to resolve differences.
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Germany
Washington, D. C
David Jayne HU
Ameritas
Washington
Warship Robbery Suspect Missing Over Fifty Thousand
Washington police hunt Morse and Lee linked to the theft of more than $50,000 from the Georgia gas safe aboard the battleship. Morse is jailed on bond. Lee, believed hidden in Cuba, may have returned to the United States or a Caribbean port, complicating capture.
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Cuba
Washington, D. C
Lew
Atrantic
Guantanamo
Morse
Lee
United States
Caribbean
Wage settlement grants near ten percent rise for railroad workers
In Chicago the Wabash railroad approved about a ten percent wage increase for engineers firemen trainmen and conductors following a settlement of the ongoing wage dispute.
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Chicago, Ilinois
Goethals Planned to Lead Panama Canal Fortifications
Washington reports Col. George W. Goethals is expected to be put in charge of fortifications work on the Panama Canal zone under the sundry civil bill provision.
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Washington, DP. C
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Mexican Rebels Trap Federals in Mountain Ravine
In a valley near Plan Telanios ten miles from Momerunma, Madero forces trapped a detachment of federal troops led by Colonel Beeardke. About 250 federals were killed or wounded in the engagement as rebel advance units closed in during the campaign.
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Fl Paso
Texas
Madere
Beeardke
Vwonteoma
Mmormtain
Plan Telanios
Momerunma
Illinois Mine Dynamited Shocks Springfield City
A dynamite attempt at the Capital Coal Company mine endangered thirty miners and caused two violent explosions. The first blast occurred about 11 o clock, the second an hour later, shaking houses throughout Springfield and alarming residents.
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Springfield
Coal Compan
Baby Boy Born in Cameron Dam Case Surrender Factor
Mrs. John Dietz wife of the Cameron Dam defender in Sayer county Wisconsin gave birth to a baby boy at W Gustafson s home near Rice Lane. The event is said to have helped induce the surrender of the outlaw in October and delayed the trial planned for this week. McPherson Kansas fire destroyed Colburn Bros four story mill valued at 10000 with a large quantity of wheat.
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Si Pani
Minnesota
John Dietz
Cameron Dam
Sayer County
Wis
W Gustafson
Rice Lane
McPherson
Kansas
Colburn Bros
Lees! Option Bill Defeated in Nebraska Legislature
LincolnNebraska county option method of voting on the liquor license question failed in the Nebraska legislature. The option bill received 50 votes in the house, short of a legal majority.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Five Men Dynamite Viola Bank Safe for 50 Cents
Viola Kansas five men dynamited the State Bank of Viola safe and obtained fifty cents in small change. They left the money on their hand car near Norwich Kansas when pursued by a posse.
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Viola
Kansas
State Bank of
Norwich Kan
Assassin Kills French Mission Chief in Fez Incident
In Melilia Morocco E Mangin head of the French military mission at Fez was assassinated by the son of the Moorish war minister. The killing follows the execution of two Moorish soldiers recently ordered by Mangin.
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Melilia
Morocco
E. Mangin
Fez
Negro Kills Eight Persons in Kentucky Shooting
In Hart county, a man named Doc Masey, described as a reero and said to be insane, killed a Negro deputy sheriff and seven members of a family before escaping. The gunman is at large as authorities pursue him.
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Glasgow
Kentucky
Doc” Masey
Hart County
Macey
Eigm
Maseyw
Miss Anita Tolliver wed to Hoquiam merchant in Vancouver
In Vancouver Washington Miss Anita Choltz a 22 year old actress of Spanish descent married Lew Ting a wealthy Chinese merchant of Hoquiam Washington. The ceremony ties together families from Pacific Northwest towns amid a mixed crowd.
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Vancouver, Wash
Anita [Hscholtz
Lew Ting
Hoquiam
Wash
Pittsburg
Troops Rush to Texas Border Amid Mexican Crisis
Dispatch from Taft reports a swift mobilization as about a quarter of the federal army heads toward Texas and Lower California to deter invasion, guard American and foreign property, and prevent arms from reaching rebels. The move aims to deter filibusters and potential collapse of order along the border.
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Cherhittesville
Ali Odieiale
Mexican
Gulf of Mexia
Texas
California
United States
Smithieren
Meare
Rio Grande
Blast Wrecks a Village In Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin
A massive dynamite blast at the Dupont Nemourt powder plant near Pleasant Prairie destroys most of the village. Two dead, many injured, and all 700 residents affected as houses collapse and debris blocks roads. Cause unknown. authorities expect investigations to take time.
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Pleasant Prairie
Wis
Dupont Nemourt Company
Here
Kenost
Hhe Place
Aristol
General Grant Selected as Military Aide for King George Coronation
Major General Frederick D. Grant of the Department of the Cas has been chosen as military aide on the staff of John H. Hammond the special ambassador to represent President Taft at the coronation of King George. Iowa City Clerk Reported Short. Council Bluffs Iowa M Cox state examiner municipal accounts has reported to Mayor Maloney that W. W. Casady city clerk was short in his accounts 7400
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Ger. Grant
Washington
Frederick PD. Grant
Department of the Cas
John Hare Hammond
Taft
King George
Iowa
Council Bluffs
M . Cox
Maloney
W. Casady
Princeton fund seeks Cleveland memorial tower support
The Princeton committee raising a fund for a Cleveland memorial tower within new university buildings has collected 95.50 dollars and aims to reach 4500 dollars as a goal.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton Committee
Cleveland Memorial
Hart County violence shocks Kentucky town
In Glasgow Kentucky a Black person was fatally harmed by a man described as mentally ill. Deputy sheriff and seven family members were injured as the suspect, named Masey, fled the scene. Authorities pursued the suspect after the attack. In Leavenworth Kansas, E A Lowery, a U.S. military prisoner, evaded capture for minutes before being recaptured and ordered to serve two more years.
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Leavenworth
Kas
E. A. Lowery
United States
Lowery
Berlin Prince Adalbert Stricken With Appendicitis
Berlin reports Prince Adalbert third son of the Kaiser has appendicitis and will likely undergo an operation. the outcome causes great concern.
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Berlin
Adalbert
Fragmentary verse note from unclear source
A garbled OCR fragment references a verse occasion and cleverness, but lacks a coherent narrative, names, or concrete details to identify event speakers or context. The text reads as an unfinished verse or note with stray phrases.
Prominent Doctor’s Rheumatism Cure Promoted in Ad
The page features an advertisement claiming a popular rheumatism remedy to be the best prescription. The text urges readers to mix and shake the preparation before each use and hints at rapid relief from joint pain and backache, citing testimonials and general promises of health improvement.
Unusual New York Tenement Fire Ends With Tears
A cellar fire in a New York tenement forced 18 families and firemen to shed tears after flames spread through stored acids. The chief fireman initially kept tenants in place, claiming the blaze was confined to the cellar, but occupants fled as more of the building suffered damage.
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New York
Siro the Onione
Weil
Seven Pensioners in One Family From Foulsham England
In Foulsham and neighboring parishes seven brothers and seven sisters aged eighty to seventy share Old Age Pensions. Their father Philip Lambert was a carrier between Foulsham and Norwich and they total 630 years in age. The family had 16 born in Foulsham, of whom 11 are still alive.
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Foulsham
England
Parieries
Philip Lawbert
Norwich
Domestic Amenities Says Father and Mother Debate Baby Blick
The fragment presents a domestic scene where a father remarks on the baby’s expression while the mother notes the infant shuts its eyes. The dialogue hints at family dynamics captured in a candid moment.
Postum touted as coffee replacement by editor Browne
An editor from the Rockford Morning Star endorses Postum, recounting coffee-related stomach troubles and health improvements after switching. He urges boiling Postum 15 minutes to extract full flavor and nutrition, claims benefits for digestion and nervous systems, and promotes the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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J. Stanley Browne
Wellville
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