Mississippi House approves obscenity bill amid racial tensions
The Mississippi lower house passed a measure making it a misdemeanor to sell obscene pictures amid arrests in Sunflower and Washington counties. The law now heads to the Senate, with supporters citing public anger and lynching threats against distributors. The day also saw a rapid passage of local bills, a private calendar with many readings, and an increase in the governor’s private secretary salary to 1500 dollars.
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Sunflower
Washington
P | Roosevelt
Booker Washington
White House
Bell
Senate
Delta
Governor Vardaman vetoes state normal school appropriation
Gov. Vardaman for the first time vetoed the $21,000 appropriation for the State Normal School at Holly Springs saying the education there does not suit negro needs. House and Senate votes stood 72 20 and 25 10 respectively with a two thirds vote needed to override.
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State Normal School
Holly Springs
House
Senate
Mississippi
Hildreth
Mississippi Insane Hospital
House Vote Fails to Override Governor Veto on State Normal School Bill
The Mississippi House rejected the appropriation bill for Holly Springs State Normal School by 64 to 48, missing the two thirds needed. Debate extended two hours and concluded at 11, with a motion to reconsider blocked by the speaker, dampening any chance to revisit the measure.
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State Normal School
Holly Springs
Mahon
Marshall
Yeas
Bates
Bell
Union
Washington
Blackwell
Brown
Burrus
Carradine
Caruthers
Yazoo
Coleran
Carroll
Coleman
Lefnvre
Cocily
Cowan
Cowley
Dalton
Denton
Lafayette
Eddins
Ellis
Errington
Ervin
Estes
Fontaine
Pontotoc
Forman
Foster
Garrison
George
Greaves
Heidelberg
Hollingsworth
Hooker
Kimbrough
Knox
Kyle
Lantrip
Meharg
Millsaps
Mixon
Morrison
McFarland
Jasper
Monroe
McGowen
Mac- Michael
Pope
Powell
Reynolds
Ringold
Robbins
Robinson
Choctaw
Sample
Smith
Holmes
State Legislature Adjusts Tax and Bills Across Chambers
The house passes a 6 mill state tax and authorizes a $200000 borrow if needed, while a half mill levy proposal fails. The senate approves an insurance bill removing the valued policy clause for property but not for real estate. Voting moves and amendments shape bills on boundary disputes and governor staff salary raises.
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Senate
Thomas
Holly Springs
Barber
Brooks
Board of Control
Capitol
Houge
Lawmakers Pass Circuit Court Redistricting and Bond Measures
The House approved the Circuit Court redistricting bill after the morning push by Mr. Smith of Holmes, rejecting amendments to county placements. Attention then turned to court session timing provisions before the bill passed. The Senate debated a $1,000,000 bond issue to refund the Chickasaw school fund at lower rates, leaving the matter unresolved at noon. The House defeated a $5,000 appropriation for investigating state institutions and prison board books, ending plans for that inquiry.
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Smith
Holmes
Calhoun County
Stevens
Judge
Cook
House
Prison Board of Control
State Revenue Agent
Brown
Louisiana
Mississippi
Cooey
Ross
Senate Session Passes Bonds for Roads and Voter Registration
The senate met at 9 o'clock with Lieut Gov Carter presiding. H B 306 authorizes counties to issue bonds for buildings roads passed. H B 233 references registration of voters to keep books open. H B 18 protects birds other than game birds with nests and eggs. moves to indefinitely postpone failed and the bill passed on third reading. H B 348 requires life insurance.
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Carter
Clinton
Croom
Thrasher
Weaver
Greaves
Pension Bill Debates Split Over Road Mergers And Laws
Lawmakers clash over railroad consolidations three systems Frisco Mobile Ohio and Southern railways with court questions looming. Senators Dunn Moore and McLaurin challenge the measure while others defend it as constitutional. House offices review state operations and approve funds for investigations and journal publishing.
Senate ratifies uniform school book bill amid surprise
The senate approved the conference report on the uniform school book bill by 23 to 15, surprising school book lobbyists who opposed it. The key issue was replacing the governor and attorney general on the school book commission with eight teachers chosen by the governor, plus ex-officio State superintendent of education. The house also ratified the conference amendments. only the governor's signature remains to enact the uniform law.
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Mobile & Ohio
Dunn
Friends of the
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Belk
Mississippi
Moore
Thirteenth
McLaurin
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Gulf & Ship Island
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Assur
Mississippi moves to end requirement for marriage license
A bill repealing section 2864 of the code would make marriage ceremonies valid without a license if approved by the senate and governor. The current code mandates a license for marriage to be valid, a requirement the house seeks to repeal.
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Senate
Mississippi
Legislature adjourns with most bills disposed or laboring
A large slate of bills died on the calendar without action while a majority were disposed of, either killed or passed, reflecting a busy legislative session with many measures unresolved at year end.
Convict Sallie Mitchell Ordered to Testify
Judge Booth of the Second Circuit Court district has directed Oxford penitentiary officials to produce Sallie Mitchell a female convict for this week to testify in a current case.
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Second Circuit Court District
Sallie Mitchell
Oxford
Mississippi’s Industrial Boom Recapped By Yazoo Sentinel
The Yazoo Sentinel highlights Mississippi’s surge in industrial development driven by cotton prices and new charters. It notes million-dollar investments in January and February, growing farming improvements, rail and harbor growth, a Biloxi tarpon exhibit, planned land sales for homeownership, pecan farming expansion, and terrapin farms supplying high-end markets.
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Yazoo Sentinel
Mississippi
Jackson
Sentinel Office
Delta
Middle West
Grant denies snubbing president at banquet toast
Gen. Fred D. Grant rejects reports that he refused to toast the President at a St Patrick’s day banquet. He says he was invited to speak but not to discuss the presidency and explains his remarks while praising the President for his kindness toward his mother’s death.
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Chicago
Fred D. Grant
United States
Irish Fellowship Club
Philippines
Jefferson Guards to receive new World’s Fair uniforms
The Jefferson Guards expect new blue dress uniforms and khaki fatigue uniforms ordered for the exposition. One thousand dress and 590 fatigue sets were ordered with fatigue arrivals due for issue to new recruits. A side arm short sword will accompany the uniform, and the dress kit is described as a splendorous, parade ready outfit likely to outshine the Chicago Columbian Guards.
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Jefferson Guards
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Continental
Jefferson
Columbian Guards
Chicago
Dry wit of Joseph Jefferson told at Harper's Weekly dinner
Harper's Weekly notes Joseph Jefferson as an engaging after-dinner raconteur who leans to theatrical topics. He recounts a tale of a so called pass worker who tries to gain entry by a forged pass in his ex actor story. The manager writes pass the bearer on a shirt front. The gatekeeper accepts, then returns the man to surrender the pass.
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Harper's Weekly
Joseph Jefferson
Indiana
Pope Pius Celebrates St Josephs Day With Venice Themed Gift
On St Josephs day March 20 Pope Pius received congratulations from Italy and abroad. Members of St Peters club sent a basket of fruits and flowers shaped as a Venetian gondola. The pope thanked them and spoke warmly of Venice calling himself a helmsman for the bark of St Peters.
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Italy
St. Peter's Club
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St. Peter's
Russians Arriving in Manchuria as War Presses On
Report from Liao Yang on March 20 notes troops arriving in growing numbers while the health of the soldiers remains good.
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Manchuria
Liao-Yang
Paternal Harlequin Letter From Orient Utterly Grandiose
A humorous excerpt from Herper's Weekly reproduces a letter to a native gentleman seeking the daughter’s hand. The youth uses extravagant phrasing to describe his love, claiming deep affection and intent to join the family. The mock earnest tone lampoons language importation and courtship notions.
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Baboo
Cupid
Herper
Scarlet Fever Epidemic Closes Delavan Public Activities
Due to a scarlet fever epidemic, Delavan Wisconsin, has closed all city schools and prohibited church services Sunday schools and any public gatherings as health authorities respond to the outbreak in Chicago on March 20.
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Chicago
Delavan
Wis
Dundee Bank Cashier Indicted for Embezzlement
Francis B. Wright cashier of the First National Bank of Dundee Illinois was indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of embezzling fifty four thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Francis B. Wright
First National Bank of
Dundee
Ill
Federal Grand Jury
Estate settles Potts Hall claim against Gilman estate
In New York on March 20 the administrators of the late George Francis Gilman tea merchant reached a final settlement with Helen Potts Hall. She will receive 60000 dollars comprising 20000 in cash and 40000 in securities.
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New York
George Francis Gilman
Helen Potts Hall
Strike Called Off At American Can Co In Chicago
The Chicago strike by American Can Co employees ends as talks resume likely for arbitration to settle the dispute.
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Chicago
American Can Co
New York Liner Collides With Troopship off England
The New York steamship grounded off Cape La Hague in fog and later rammed the troopship Assaye in the English Channel. Both ships reached Southampton for temporary repairs with no injuries reported. The damage and repair outlook remain undetermined until dry dock work proceeds.
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Young
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Cape la Hague
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English Channel
Assaye
Bombay
Lolda
Offhurst Castle
Eng
James Sellers
Representative Thompson Dies in Washington at 44
Washington March 21 Representative Charles W. Thompson of the Fifth Alabama district died Sunday afternoon of pneumonia after a week of illness. He was in his forty fourth year and serving his second term. He leaves one son Charles W. Thompson, his mother, several brothers and sisters. The body will be interred in Tuskegee after burial in the city cemetery Wednesday. The congressional committee and the pastor of Mount Vernon Place church accompany Thompson’s family to Tuskegee.
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Charles W. Thompson
Alabama
Thompson
Wooster Founder John Kauke Dies At 85
John Kauke, 85, a founder and longtime Wooster University trustee, died suddenly of heart disease Sunday. He was the first to endow a chair at the university and helped guide the school from its start to his death in Wooster Ohio.
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Wooster
John Kauke
University of Wooster
Wheat Belt Reports Rain Improves Wheat Condition
Kansas City reports from across the Kansas wheat belt indicate Sunday's heavy rainfall was general. Santa Fe headquarters at Topeka says wheat everywhere is in good condition.
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Kansas City
Kansas Wheat Belt
Santa Fe
Topeka
Mill Worker Injured By Saw At Palmyra
Sam McCullough living west of Palmyra Mo was fatally injured Friday at a saw mill when a heavy log he was lifting threw him onto the carriage and against the running saw.
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Palmyra
Sam McCullough
Here
McCullough
Rubber Co. Announces 7 Percent Footwear Price Increase
A circular from United States Rubber Co. sends out the seven per cent advance on all classes of rubber footwear effective immediately, in New York.
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New York
United States Rubber Co
Mrs Miles Improves Yet Remains Seriously Ill
Washington March 21 Mrs Miles wife of Lieut Gen Miles retired was reported Sunday night to be resting easily. She has improved steadily for the past few days but still is seriously ill.
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Washington
Miles
Washington State Press Association to meet in St. Louis
The Washington State Press association will hold its annual meeting on May 23 in St. Louis at the Louisiana Purchase exposition grounds. Members attending will discuss fair board invitations and association affairs with other press groups.
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Ocean Springs
Mississippi
St. Louis
Seattle
Wash
Washington State Press Association
Mystery of Rena Nelson Poison Candy Case Unfolds
Des Moines reports reveal Rena Nelson of Pierre South Dakota died after mailing poisoned candy to herself to frame Mrs. Sherman Dye Boone Iowa in a bid to gain a divorce and marriage to Nelson's lover. Officials confirm Dye innocent and Nelson the poisoner planning to mislead authorities.
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Des Moines, In
Pierre
5. D
Sherman Dye
Boone
Laughlin
Nelson
Dye
Goodner
Miss Nelson
Decoyed to his Death by Strikers in Kansas City
Albert Ferguson, a non-union hack driver, was shot and mortally wounded by four men, likely strikers, who lured him from a downtown hotel to the outskirts. The quartet escaped. In a separate incident Andrew Meyers, another non-union driver, was badly beaten by strikers, and a strike breaker’s hack was wrecked by union men. No arrests were reported.
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Kansas City
Albert Ferguson
Ferguson
Andrew Meyers
Nebraska Senate Race Heats Up As Drewes Enters
Hastings sees a telegram announcing ex-Congressman W. E. Andrews will seek Nebraska US Senate. Burkett has strong endorsements, with next winter’s election deciding who fills Dietrich’s seat. Meanwhile in St Louis a verdict returns ten years for murder, and Col Marmaduke remains gravely ill in Marshall.
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Hastings
Neb
W. E. Andrews
Treasury Department
Washington
United States
Nebraska
Burkett
Dietrich
St. Louis
Taylor
James Crittenden
McCartney
German Southwest Africa battles intensify. casualties reported
Berlin reports from Col. Luetwein governor of German Southwest Africa that fighting on March 13 forced a German retreat with seven officers and 19 men killed and many wounded.
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Berlin
Luetwein
Africa
The Carnegies Sail for Europe on St. Paul
Andrew Carnegie, with his wife and daughter, sailed for Cherbourg on the St. Paul. He expects to be absent until next fall.
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Andrew Carnegie
Cherbourg
St. Paul
Carnegie
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