Parable of a Florist's Genius and a Frost Night
In a rural tale from London Answers, Dick Russell a bachelor florist builds a gas powered orchard protection system to save his neighbor Helen Remington and Uncle William from a severe frost. His bold plan proves successful as remonstrances fade, revealing love and social judgment reversed.
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Dick Russell
Dink
Uncle William
Na ‘Webbe
William
Prittlewell
Russell
Aunt William
Bill
Miss Remington
Paradise
Remington
London
Elephants Versus Automobiles In Chicago Trade Tale
A Siamese working elephant could be bought for 650 dollars but the Chicago Tribune notes the ongoing cost of feed exceeds the price of an automobile, highlighting the economic comparison between animal care and car ownership.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Mississippi Cad Dates Spark Farmer Indifference in State Campaign
Mississippi farmers show reluctance to engage candidates for governor and county offices, with many agreeing not to canvass door to door and to let voters decide. The State post office expands clerk staff in several towns effective July 1, and Alcorn county approves bonds to gravel roads, while Corinth allocates gravel to streets.
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Postoffice Department
Mississippi
Jackson
Stoo
Corinth
Greenville
Alcorn County
Pearls Found In Fish Lake Spark Local Industry Hopes
Fisherman Will Yager reported finding several first class pearls among mussels at Fish Lake near Greenville. Some pearls measured large with perfect shape and luster and valued at $100 each, boosting expectations that pearl fishing could become a local industry.
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Fish Lake
Greenville
Will Yager
Demand for Agriculture Education Passed to Legislature
A general call exists for a law to require agriculture and horticulture in public schools by the next legislature. The State board of education has considered the topic but doubts the success of the program and whether action will occur without legislative direction.
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State Board of Education
Tax Lien Oversight Seen Prompting Law Change
County tax collectors in Mississippi largely ignore that a poll tax judgment creates a lien on personal property. Unsatisfied delinquents go unpenalized, likely pushing the legislature to draft a clearer law at the next session.
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Mississippi
Counties Publish Delinquent Poll Tax Lists Under Sea Wright Bill
Several state papers released delinquent poll tax lists from their counties despite meager pay under the Sea Wright bill, the maximum compensation limited to $25 per county. The lists published so far are larger than in previous years due to extensive delinquency.
Poor weather dampens Clay county truck crop plans
Despite no hard freezes, persistent rains halt land prep and planting in Clay county. Farmers report below average acreage as early potatoes and peas remain unplanted. Peach and plum trees are in bloom but expert estimates warn the prospective crop is damaged.
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Clay County
Pensacola Meridian and Northwest Railroad Charter Recorded
The Secretary of State Power last week recorded the charter of the Pensacola Meridian and Northwest Railroad Company. Incorporators include John A. Lewis of Meridian W V DeLahunt of St Louis Henry M Coudry and Murray F Smith of Vicksburg. The line will run from Pensacola to Water Valley Winona or Grenada Mississippi or Memphis Tennessee.
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Pensacola, Meridian & Northwestern Railroad Company
John A. Lewis
Meridian
W. V. DeLahunt
St. Louis
Henry M. Coudry
Murray F. Smith
Vicksburg
Pensacola
Water Valley
Winona
Grenada
Mississippi
Memphis
Prohibition Executive Committee Named and Dredging Planned
The Prohibition mass meeting on February 17 approved a campaign committee including Judge L Brame W B Walker W T Lowry W A Henry Rev B C Trigg B T Hobbs T M Evans Rev F L McCue Mrs A H Longino and others to push statutory and constitutional prohibition. Hon J H Price will serve as temporary Supreme Court justice and dredging of Pascagoula channel will begin later this month improving harbor facilities along the gulf coast.
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L. L. Fitzhugh
L. Brame
Jackson
W. B. Walker
Aberdeen
W. T. Lowry
Clinton
W. A. Henry
Yazoo City
Rev
B. C. Trigg
Greenville
B. T. Hobbs
Brookhaven
T. M. Evans
Gulfport
F. L. McCue
A. H. Longino
J. H. Price
Magnolia
Supreme Court
Justice Terral
South Mississippi
Terral
Pascagoula Channel
Pascagoula
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Sound
Grant’s Pass
Supreme Court Reverses Louisiana Murder Conviction in Williams Case
The court voids the Lafayette county murder conviction of Hamp Williams, a Black man, due to Judge Lowrey’s denial of a change of venue. Chief Justice Whitfield notes Montgomery case precedent would have favored the venue shift.
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Dupreme
Ware Whit Owens
Lafayette County
Hamp Williams
Lowrey
Whitfield
Montgomery
Williams
State press weighs governor candidates and issues
The State press has begun a close analysis of governor candidates and the issues they present. The campaign is likely to focus on men and measures, narrowing the race to radical versus conservative elements and the winner as the chief advocate of one side.
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F. M. Runnells
The
Meridian Star
Bureau of Agriculture, Immigration and Commerce
Mississippi sees surge in charters and episcopal prospects
Gov Lon gino approves new corporate charters totaling about 2 million in capital stock. A large batch awaits his signature. Rev Frank Page of St John s Brooklyn is suggested for Bishop of Mississippi to fill the late Hugh Miller Thompson s vacancy. The diocesan council in Jackson meets in April to consider the nomination.
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Mississippi
Longino
Frank Page
St. John’s Church
Brooklyn
Hugh Miller Thompson
Episcopal Diocesan Council
Jackson
Longino Announces Candidacy for U.S. Senate
Governor Longino declares his bid to succeed Hon. H. D. Money in the United States Senate for the term starting March 4, 1905, outlining his plan and aims for the chamber.
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Longino
United States Senate
H. D. Money
County approves new Sumner jail and courthouse progress
The board of supervisors inspected the Sumner jail and accepted it for the county. The two story brick jail contains six steel cells and steam heat with sanitary arrangements, costing 8000 dollars. The courthouse foundation of sand stone and granite, valued at 22000 dollars, has been laid and is planned for completion before July Circuit Court.
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Board of Supervisors
Sumner
Beware of fakirs selling worthless fertilizer formulas
Mississippi farmers are warned to beware fakirs who travel selling patented fertilizer formulas at low cost. the Mississippi Experiment Station offers free information on fertilizers, requiring only a two cent stamp for materials.
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Mississippi
Mississippi Experiment Station
Four Drowned in Millie Mine Disaster Iron Mountain
In Iron Mountain Michigan four men died and four more are missing after a flood rushed through the Millie mine fourth level. Twelve worked that level. four escaped. Known dead are Henry Jaeger James Williams John Davey and John Richards. One body recovered. In Fontiac Illinois Cardiff Coal Co mine explosion kills three and injures fourteen with dead listed as John McClosky Joseph Huett and Zrei Azofino. Miners were awakened by the injured at the shaft mouth and bodies removed. several injured may die.
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Iron Mountain
Mich
Michigan
Millie
Henry Jaeger
James Williams
John Davey
John Richards
Fontiac
Cardiff Coal Co
John McClosky
Joseph Huett
Zrei Azofino
Dramatic Reconciliation Stuns St Louis Divorce Case
In St Louis on March 14 Countess Anna Lee Rogers Brockenhaus von Lowenheim reconciled with Count Lowenheim and withdrew her divorce suit after a dramatic scene in a lawyer’s office. The Count pleaded for withdrawal while attorney F M Estes pressed for service details as the couple rode back to New York.
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St. Louis
Anna Lee Rogers Brockenhaus von Lowenheim
F. M. Estes
Count Lowenheim
Estes
New York City
House Starts Investigation Into Bribery Attempt on Textbook Bill
Jefferson City March 14 The house adopted a resolution to appoint a committee of Representatives Eversole Walkice Tapley O Fallon and Hildreth to investigate Speaker Whitecotton's charge that an attempt at bribery sought to defeat the Davidson textbook bill. Whitecotton said a member reported a $100 offer for a committee vote against the bill. Davidson of Marion said he would provide evidence.
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Jefferson City
House
Eversole
Walkice
Tapley
O'Fallon
Hildreth
Whitecotton
Davidson
Marion
Principal Witness Found Insane in Snyder Murder Case
Toledo March 14 Mrs Kit Brady principal witness in the Anna Snyder murder case today was found violently insane from brooding over her knowledge of the crime A police official says this development will prevent solving the murder mystery Mrs Brady was the only person to see the murderer leave the victim's side
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Toledo
Kit Brady
Anna Snyder
Roosevelt weighs extraordinary session to push Cuban treaty
President Roosevelt has not fixed a date for an extraordinary session but may call Congress if the senate alters the Cuban reciprocity treaty to require house action. He aims to ratify the treaty and push Panama canal plans, believing the senate will act at the current session and by late next week.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Distribution of population by drainage basins in the United States
The census bulletin shows 53 percent of Americans live in the Atlantic drainage, 44 percent in the Gulf of Mexico drainage, about 10 percent in the Mississippi drainage, 4 percent on the Pacific coast, and 0.5 percent in the Great Basin. Foreign born majorities cluster in Atlantic regions, with high African American concentration in Atlantic and Gulf regions.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Great Basin
Pacific
Gulf of México
Coghlan Goes to Honduras to Protect American Interests
The Caribbean squadron led by Admiral Coghlan was ordered to Honduras to safeguard American interests as political unrest grew. The force includes the Olympia Panther Marietta Vixen and Brutus with the Vixen to remain at San Juan under commandant, while Coghlan engages at Puerto Cortez and Ceiba.
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Washington
Caribbean
Coghlan
Honduras
Navy
Darling
San Juan
Olympia
Panther
Marietta
Navy Department
Justice Day Diagnosed With Pneumonia
A 1:40 p.m. bulletin reports Justice Day has pneumonia in the lower left lung. He is doing very well with no complications or unfavorable symptoms, as signed by B. L. Hardin and Wm. Ostler.
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Washington
Justice Day
Judge Day
B. L. Hardin
WM. Ostler
Surgeon Dies On Ship After Morphine Error
A Marseille telegram to the Journal via Paris says Dr. Michaude, a surgeon aboard the Laos steamer of Messageries Maritimes, died after injecting morphine by mistake and administering atrophine. He calmly related his experience to military doctors before passing away within an hour.
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New York
Marseilles
Paris
Herald
Michaude
Laos
Messageries Maritimes
Chicago Train Collision at Fortieth Street Crossing
A Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train collided with a freight at the Fortieth street crossing on Friday. Three passengers were slightly injured and a temporary panic ensued.
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Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Fortieth Street
Chicago Junction Railway
Gunboat Scorpion Arrives From Porto Rico
Mobile Alabama reports the United States gunboat Scorpion has arrived from Porto Rico and is anchored in the river opposite Isla de Luzen. Local observers note the ship’s presence as a signal of ongoing naval activity in the region.
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Mobile
Ala
United States
Scorpion
Porto Rico
Isla de Luzen
Inquest Update Ties Pennell Death to Burdick Probe
Justice Murphy says an inquest on the deaths of Arthur R. Pennell and Mrs. Pennell will follow the Burdick inquest. All individuals named in the Burdick murder case will be subpoenaed if reachable. In Washington the Senate met in executive session minutes after convening with Senator Hawley present after illness.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Washington
Senate
Cullom
Hawley
Conn
Denver Doctor William P. Munn Dies After Illness
Denver official notice reports the death of Dr. William F. P. Munn at his home on March 14 following a severe lung hemorrhage two weeks earlier. He had lingered between life and death.
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Denver
Col
William FP. Munn
Exterminated Family Tragedy Near Bellefontaine
August Krause, 40, killed wife Lizzie Rice Krause and six children with a stone hammer near Bellefontaine, then fatally wounded himself. Inquest notes he feared a repeated mania, praying nightly with his wife for strength to resist. The eight member family included Carrie 11 Emma 9 Phillip 7 George 6 Genevieve 3 and Fred 4 months.
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St. Louis
Krause
Bellefontaine
St. Louis County
Otto Koch
Lizzie Rice Krause
August Krause
Carrie
Emma
Phillip
George
Genevieve
Fred
Minch Kills Brother-in-law Then Slashes Ex Wife and Endes Life
William Minch, a noted Tazewell county resident, rode to Adam C. Etzel’s home near Farmland and shot him dead. He then attacked his former wife, severing her ear and a finger before shooting himself near the Santa Fe depot, dying shortly after. Authorities note prior threats by Minch toward Etzel and his former wife.
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Peoria
Til
William Minch
Tazewell County
Adam C. Etzel
Minch
Santa Fe
Etzel
Fast Train Wreck Injures Five Passengers at Pomeroy
The Chicago limited west-bound on the Illinois Central railroad derailed at Pomeroy causing five injuries. Miss Ella Watson of Fort Dodge suffered a head cut. Mrs. A H Peterson, also from Fort Dodge, had a back sprain and bruises. An unidentified Rockford woman sustained a head wound. W D Hunt of St Louis had a cut on his hand and bruises. J T Perry of New York had a back cut. The chair car and one sleeper left the track. the train was at full speed and the cause is unknown.
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Fort Dodge
Chicago Limited
Illinois Central Railway
Pomeroy
Ella Watson
A. H. Peterson
Rockford
W. D. Hunt
St. Louis
J.T. Perry
New York
New Indictment Returned Against Dr Joseph Alexander and Rufus Cantrell
The grand jury has returned a new indictment against Dr. Joseph Alexander of the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons and Rufus Cantrell, the confessed "king of the ghouls." Alexander will be tried under the new indictment despite a separate case with a hung jury. The April 6 trial date may change.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph Alexander
Central College of Physicians and Surgeons
Rufus Cantrell
Alexander
Criminal
Attempted suicide aboard Pullman train in Charleston
Italian woman of culture named Tetano Jerado tried to slit her throat while the train entered Charleston yards. She is believed to have lived in Jersey City and recently arrived in this country. Hagaman’s exhumation ordered in Poughkeepsie to determine cause of death. brother Isaac Hazaman seeks autopsy and chemical analysis of viscera.
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Charleston, S. C
Charleston
S. C
Tetano Jerado
Jersey City
Hagaman
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Theodore Hagaman
New York
Wabash Motion to dissolve strike injunction denied
The Wabash employee filed on the 9th in St Louis to dissolve the strike injunction and denied all allegations. The Detroit Democratic judicial convention on the 10th nominated Judge George L Yaple for supreme judge for a ten year term. Arthur Pennell injured in the Huntalo NY auto crash died on the 7th.
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Wabash
St. Louis
Democratic Judicial Convention
Detroit
Mich
George L. Yaple
Mendon
Frank A. Hooker
Arthur Pennell
Huntalo
N. Y
John Gill
Charles Schley
Springfield
Til
Butte Mont
Cloth Casket Workers’ and Trimmers
Chicago
Arthur R. Pennell
Burdick
Buffalo
Kansas City Southers Railroad
Pittsburg
Kas
Rankin Station
E. W. Bonham
Ben Myers
Bramwell
James Nolan
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Kansas City
Missouri
United States
Lee Gorges
Latte River
Mike Karlosky
John Foegk
Republic Iron and Steel Mills
East Chicago
Kansas Senate
Frisco
Roosevelt
Louisiana Territory
Arkansas House
Senate
Arkansas
Kansas House
Kansas
Bailey
Olean
Garret Hedeen
Riley Hedeen
Poll County
Tenn
G. B. Evans
HI. S. Myers
Mabel Green
Lacon
Lll
Gov. Yates
Tlinois
Shawneetown
Ewart
Adelbert A. Ames
Minneapolis
Orange Springs
Fla
Chicago Limited
Illinois Central Railway
Pomeroy
Ill
Joint Scale Committee
Iowa
Anna Lee Rogers Brockenhaus von Lowenheim
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Dick Rusgell
Mr. Russell
Weather Bureau
Helen
Mississippi State News
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Prohibition Executive Committee
the New Justice
Gulf Coast Harbors
Perth
Illinois
Pontiac
Countess Lowenheim
Text Book Hill
Molle
Pennells
Senator Hawley
William P. Munn
Ilihois
Killa
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