Mississippi Stock and Roads Drive State Progress
Mississippi shows strong stock breeding with Alvis Swift selling for 35000 after Memphis training, and Lincoln county road work improves under contract. The piece highlights alfalfa, river trade revival, corn and forage gains, and plans for agricultural high schools amid statewide rural development efforts.
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Lincoln
Mississippi
Brookhaven
Elbert Lovell
Fair River
Fair River High School
Leader Office
Layton
Monticello
Lincoln County
San Francisco Warned Koreans Plotted Bishop Murder
In San Francisco a warning note describes Koreans planning to assassinate Bishop Merriman Colbert Harris upon arrival from the Orient aboard the Korea. Federal and local authorities removed the bishop to Oakland after meeting the steamer and securing his safety amid tensions tied to the Stevens case and Korea under Japanese rule.
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San Francisco
Cal
Merriman Colbert Harris
Pacific Mail
Korea
Orient
Port Woodward
Golden Gate
Oakland
Washington
Durham W. Stevens
Haruns
Japan
Roosevelt Cables Sympathy to Japanese Emperor
President Roosevelt cabled condolence to the Emperor of Japan after a Japanese cruiser was blown up, causing heavy loss of life. He said the American people are deeply shocked and grieved, expressing profound sympathy and concern on behalf of the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Theodore Roosevelt
Guilty Verdict in Quadruple Colorado Murder Case
Canyon City Colorado resident Apsten fe vari alias Berninon was found guilty Thursday night of four murders. jurors recommended life imprisonment with hard labor at the penitentiary. The conviction is based on circumstantial evidence under state law.
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Canyon City
Apsten Fevari
Berninon
Frank Primetto
Ereo Fa Huffett
Dominic
Joe Minteh Jello
Colorado
Nine Die In Detroit Interurban Collision
Two trolley cars on the Detroit United Railway collided head on near Ypetlanti, about 25 miles west of Detroit, killing nine men and injuring around 30. Motorman Isa Fay died in the crash, with investigators blaming a possible overrun of orders.
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Detroit, Mich
Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Railway
Detroit United Railways
Detroit
Jackson
Here
Ypetlanti
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Isa Fay
Ambush of French Troop Detachment Near Dagana
Paris dispatch reports 21 native infantry and 3 European officers ambushed en route to Nowskehoot. All but one officer were killed. Dagana is a French trading post and military station in Senegambia.
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Paris
Dagana
West Africa
Nowskehoot
Senegambia
Tragic double deaths as man kills infant then shoots self
In Sioux City Iowa Frank L Horton shot and killed his baby girl on the steps of his ex wife home after she intervened then Horton shot himself in the street. Police report the case as a domestic tragedy resulting in the infant's death and the perpetrator's suicide.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Bis
Frank L. Horton
Horton
Burglars Blow Safe At Santa Fe Depot
Burglars blew open the safe with nitroglycerin at the Santa Fe depot in Tulsa early Wednesday but found no loot as money had already been shipped. A wrecked safe was found. a portion located later in a box car in Santa Fe yards at Collinsville.
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Tulsa
Okla
Santa Fe
Collinsville
Here
Thieves Take $5000 in Gems From Tacoma Jewelry Store
Three men robbed Frank C. Hart's jewelry store in Tacoma Washington on Thursday while staff were in a back room. They escaped with a wallet containing diamonds and other stones valued at about $5000.
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Tacoma
Wash
Frank C. Hart
Ten-Dollar Token From Cineconati Mining Co Sells at Sotheby’s
A $10 token minted by the Cineconati Mining Co in 1849 sold at Sotheby’s for $2,175. Only one other similar token is known to exist. The sale marks a rare example of early mining memorabilia changing hands.
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Mississippi
Archibald Smith
Agricultural College
Prof. Smith
London
Eng
Cineconati Mining Co
Sotheby's
America
Canada to Study Pulp Wood Export Ban
In Ottawa on a Wednesday session E NSN Lewis urged Parliament to form a special committee to examine prohibiting pulp wood export to the United States. The aim is to preserve Canadian forests and aid the domestic paper industry.
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Ottawa
Madame Gould and Prince De Sagan Arrive in Rome
Madame Gould and Prince de Sagan reached Rome from Naples and will proceed directly to the French Riviera from here. Their travel plans place them in Rome on a Thursday prior to their Riviera trip.
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Mme. Gould and Prince
Rome
Italy
Madame Gould
Prince de Sagan
Naples
Mme. Gould
French Riviera
Boy 13 Dies After Bottle Strike at Central League Game
In Grand Rapids a 13 year old boy William Haverkamp died at home from a head injury after a pop bottle was hurled from the bleachers during a Central league baseball game.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
William Haverkamp
Population figures for Washington from police census
The police census shows Washington D C has a population of 339 403 with an increase of 9 512 over last year. It records 241 920 whites and 97 483 negros in the city.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Dixon for Congress in Fourth District renomination
Madison Indiana congressman Lincol n Dixon was renominated by acclamation Thursday by the Fourth district Democrats in a party rally.
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Dixon
Congress
Madison
Ind
Lincoln Dixon
Shortages Reported in Kay County Finances
Guthrie Oklahoma Charles A. Taylor state examiner and inspector received word of a serious shortage in the accounts of the last county officials of Kay county under the territorial regime.
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Guthrie
Okla
Charles A. Taylor
Kay County
Poison Kills Surgeon's Wife in Guam
Mrs. Joseph McCarthy, wife of naval dental surgeon Dr. Joseph McCarthy, died from a morphine overdose after days in a coma. The incident occurred while the couple was stationed in Vallejo and Guam.
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Vallejo
Cal
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCcarthy
Navy
Guam
House Fire Destroys Homesteader’s Home and Infant
Hayes reports a house fire at the homestead of Yonk ers burning the home and an infant aged five months. The mother left the child asleep and was at a neighbor’s across the road when she saw the flames.
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Pierre
Hayes
Yonkers
Swedish Bark Granhild Ashore at English Bank
The Swedish bark Granhild, from Pensacola January 14 bound for Buenos Aires, ran ashore on an English bank. The captain and part of the crew have been landed at Maldonado in Uruguay.
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Montevideo
Granhild
Pensacola
Buenos Ayres
Maldonado
Uruguay
Burglar Slays Denver Policeman in Store Pursuit
Charles M. Beck, a Denver policeman, was shot through the heart and killed while pursuing a burglar into the Denver Photograph Supply Co. store as he made his last rounds of his watch.
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Denver
Charles M. Beck
Denver Photograph Supply Co
Representative DeArmond Proposal Bans Prohibition-Era Suits
Washington representative DeArmond of Missouri introduced a bill making it unlawful for the government to sue to sell intoxicating liquor in states enforcing Prohibition. The measure targets federal actions to undermine state prohibition efforts.
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Washington
DeArmond
Terre Haute and Merom Traction Co Receiver Appointed
Charles Harlan was appointed receiver for the Terre Haute and Merom Traction Co. Two miles of rails have been laid at a cost of about $50,000, for which scrip was issued.
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Traction Company
Terre Haute
Charles Harlan
Terre Haute and Merom Traction Co
Rutland Chief Constable Resigns After 27 Years
Rutland England chief constable William Keep resigns after 27 years in office and a 60 year police career. At 53 he is reported to be England's oldest chief constable.
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Rutland
Eng
William Keep
England
Mr Keep
Dog Steals Rich Jewels From White Plains Home
Jewels vanished from a White Plains residence were recovered in the garden after a pet dog dragged and buried them there. The owner, a dog fan cier, reported the loss and later found the valuables buried outdoors.
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New York
White Plains
Feud Rages In Kentucky. Ex-Sheriff Wounded In Store Fight
In Jackson Kentucky Ed Callahan ex sheriff and Jim Hargis ally fought John Spicer in Crockettville store. Spicer killed, Callahan mortally wounded by Spicer, Callahan’s son Wilson shot Spicer, then Spicer died. Another shooting in Jackson left Jim Fugate dead amid faction feuding.
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Jackson
Callahan
Leutenant
Jim Hargis
Flargisoesert
Daniel White
Hargis
Jim Fugate
Cockrill
Beach Hargis
James Elorgis
Spicer
Judgmenta
James B. Marcum
Curt Jett
Har Cin
Wilem Callahan
Rosie
Storms Hit Three States West to Arkansas and Missouri
A severe storm system swept Memphis and across the Arkansas river causing alarm and property damage. A tornado struck Enid and surrounding areas with destruction near Coldwater. In Springfield Missouri a tornado injured five and damaged towns including Pierce City Monett Ozark Strafford and others. Orchards and crops suffered across Green Lawrence Christian Wright and Webster counties.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Springfield
Frisco General
Missouri
Pierce City
Monett
Ozark
Strafford
Holman
Green
Lawrence
Christian
Wright
Webster
Cotton Rose Fifty Points In Memphis Market
Memphis traders pushed cotton prices higher as Manchester spinners entered the Liverpool market buying 15 000 bales. The day saw an advance of 25 English points, about half a cent, with weather maps boosting U.S. markets to 45 50 points by noon. The Memphis quotation gained another cent.
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Memphis
Tenn
Manchester
Liverpool
Indian Mounds Planned and Cotton Tax Refunded
Representative Wallace of Arkansas introduces a bill to erect mounds along the Mississippi River between government levees and the river at a requested appropriation of $50,000 for protection of life and stock. Representative Byrd of Mississippi seeks a refund of the cotton tax collected in 1864 1865 1866 1867 and 1868.
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Washington
Wallace
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Byrd
Mississippi
Booster Kills Baby In Tennessee Yard
In Lewisburg Tennessee a 15 month old boy Maxie Crockett was fatally stabbed by a rooster spur while playing in the yard. The rooster trampled and pierced the child’s skull causing instant injury and death.
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Nashville
Tenn
Maxie Crockett
Lewisburg
Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses Gambrell Case
The court overturns a lower ruling allowing a dying declaration from Grayson to reach the jury in the state vs Gambrell. The issue was the deceased’s alleged unbelief and the instruction should have been given to the jury before verdict.
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W. L. Gambrell
Supreme Court
Juaticn
Mayes
Grayson
Gambrel
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Clarion-Ledger
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Jones County
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Delta
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Canada
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Oklahoma
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Oxla
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Indian Mounds
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A. A. Weille
State Superintendent of Education
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Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
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Rend
Great Pier
Western Union Telegraph Company
Sunday School Board of
North Mississippi Ald
Durant
Greenville
Verona
State Board of Health
R. W. Owens
Tunica County
Tunica
John Joseph
Branch T. Archer
Port Gibson
Noel
John O. Black
Noxapater
Okolona
Mississippi Association of Elks
Biloxi
Pontotoc
Lindley Anderson
Board of Managers of
Crystal Springs Chautauqua Assembly
Starkville
Oxford
Georgetown Milling Company
Georgetown
Copiah County
Cuba
Jefferson Davis
B. H. White
EAGLE
Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Sunny South St. Louis Republic
Woman's Home Companion
Zoe
Seerreeen
D. BR Osborne
Meegrer
Teas
Geeorge Wesehington
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