Interest Aroused in Knapp Day Literature
Literature on Agricultural Day arrives as interest grows in Knapp Day events. Officials outline programs and speakers for the observance.
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
1
Knapp Memorial Day Plans Stir Mississippi Schools
State education leaders in Mississippi consider December 12 as Knapp Memorial Day with lectures and demonstrations. Aimed to honor Seaman A Knapp, the program seeks to fund a farm and school endowment, construct life and education centers, and establish demonstration schools statewide as a lasting tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mississippi
of State
Evane J. SN
Seaman A. Knapp
South
School of Life
General Education
Tod
Dr. Knapp
Ftr
Effect of boll weevil on Mississippi cotton harvest
Forest Mississippi reports cotton receipts in Scott county fall sharply due to boll weevil. Current season forecast under 2 000 bales statewide as buyers and farmers note poor crop rotation and cultivation practices. Forest last year produced 8 500 bales. county ginnings under 1 500 bales. East Mississippi farmers largely ignored crop rotation advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Jackson
Mexico
Yerger
Mississippi State Penitentiary Board
Mississippi Rail Lines Face Rate Complaint
The Enochs Lumber and Manufacturing Co. petitions the railroad commission against most Mississippi railroads except the Alabama and Vicksburg and the New Orleans and Northeastern for higher rates on builders finishing and general woolworking materials than on bulk lumber. Attorney General Collins seeks to restrain thirty-one near beer establishments from operating and to penalize drink sales. Governor Ridgley Powers, a reconstruction era official, has died in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Enochs Lumber and Manufacturing Co
Railroad Commission
Mississippi
Alabama
C. Powers
Los Angeles
City council pledges to monument fund and suit settles
Columbus officials donate 500 to the United Daughters of the Confederacy monument fund. The Lowndes county Civil War soldiers memorial debt stands at 83,221.55 and a 1,000 donation is sought to finish payment. Yazoo City suit over a box car death settled after trial discussion. Mrs. Barnes sought 25,000 against J Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Stephen D. Les
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Lowndes County
Yazoo City
M. E. Barnes
Crystal Springs
J. © Railroad
Crystal Plin
Yazoo
Railroads Challenge Mississippi Sand and Gravel Rates
Federal court suits await injunction rulings as railroad interests push to block the Mississippi Railroad Commission rate on sand and gravel. A conference between the commission and railroad representatives failed to yield a settlement, with Dr. F M Sheppard noting the proposal from the railroads was unsatisfactory. The rate, claimed to be essential for road building, faces ongoing legal and regulatory scrutiny amid talks of possible compromise before court hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mississippi
F. M. Sheppard
Sheppard
Commission
Wll
Wreaths Honor Grant and Lee as Daughters Visit Capitol
United Daughters of the Confederacy visit Washington to place wreaths at the Grant and Lee statues. Virginia delegates back Mrs. Littleton’s push to transfer Monticello to the state, with Mrs. Frank Anthony Walke leading Virginia’s opposition. Most Virginia delegates signed the Littleton petition, while Mrs. Walke cites failed talks with Mrs. Littleton as a reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mra
Frank Anthony Walke
UUC
Monticello
Virginia
Mra. Walke
Mra. Littleton
Littleton
A. J. Campbell
Walke
Amendments Defeated in State Election Returns
State Secretary J W Power reported 55 counties’ returns showing all amendments failed. The initiative and referendum plan drew 19 447 votes, about 5 000 behind. The bill style change got 21 634 votes, roughly 1 000 short. The nine jurors civil case plan led with 22 246 votes, still about 2 500 behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
J. W. Power
Mississippi Boosters Eye Advertising Drive
The Commercial Secretaries' Association of Mississippi plans to adopt robust advertising methods modeled after Southern peers to promote state development. Meridian reports an agricultural high school effort may have suffered a setback with a failed $25 000 funding initiative. Jackson notes Abe Goldstein seeks a pardon while Natchez murder case survivor children oppose. County attorney offices were abolished in 24 counties per the November 5 general election results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Mississippi
South
Arkansas on-Wheels
Meridian
Abe Godlatein
Brewer
Goldstein
Natchez
Tragic shooting kills 11 year old in Mount Vernon
In Mount Vernon a father sent his two sons, Ralph Connor 11 and McKinley 14, to gather toys. A loaded gun discharged accidentally striking Ralph in the neck. He died within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Ralph Conner
McKinley
Georgia Supreme Court Rules Freight Rates For W&A Rail
The Georgia Supreme Court holds the state cannot regulate freight charges set by the Western and Atlantic railroad on traffic between Georgia points and Chattanooga. The line is state owned, and the decision shapes how rates are determined across interstate routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Gia
Georgia
Western & Atlantic Railroad
Chattanooga
State Supreme Court
Federal grand jury probes rebating by rail and mining firms
In Chicago a federal grand jury begins an inquiry aimed at indicting the New York Central Railroad Company and a new mining corporation on charges of extensive rebates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grams
New York Central Railroad Company
In New Mining Corporation
Nebraska church backs Holloway for 1913 moderator seat
Pittsburg reports that William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic "Commoner," has been nominated by Nebraska church brethren as a candidate for moderator of the general Presbyterian assembly in 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
William Jennings Hryaon
Church Brethren of
Nebraska
General Presbyterian Assembly
Col Gibson Who Helped Hang Brown Dies in Alabama
Lieut. Col. Joseph C. Gibson, once in charge of the troops that hanged John Brown at Harpers Ferry, has died on his Verbena plantation in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Joseph C. Gibson
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Verbena
Quarrels and Jump From Manhattan Bridge
After a quarrel with her fiancé, Charlotte F. Westland, a young widow, leapt 130 feet into the East River from the Manhattan Bridge. Police credit Thomas D. Jackemo with earlier preventing her from jumping before a subway train. They were crossing the bridge when she ran to the roadway and dived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charlotte F. Westland
East River
Manhattan Bridge
Thomas D. Jackemo
Big Bridge
Predicting Gardner as next Secretary of Agriculture
Washington rumors say Obediah Gardner of Maine, a senator and longtime Grange leader, will be named the next secretary of agriculture. Gardner, a leading New England farmer, was appointed by the governor to fill the late Senator Frye’s seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Obediah Gardner
Maine
Frye
Gardner
New England
Mains State
Studebaker Workers Organize to Fight Living Costs
South Bend Indiana 2500 Studebaker employees form group to curb high living costs starting with coal buying plan. The move reflects union style cooperation to lower fuel expenses for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
Perky Succeeds Heyburn as Idaho Senator
Boise reports that Governor Hawley declined to resign to seek the U S Senate and that Perky was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Beybara. The action leaves the Idaho delegation in flux as Perky takes the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perky
Heyburn
Boise
James Hawley
United States
Judge KR. 1
Beybara
Remembering God as Ground for Thanksgiving
A reflective essay argues gratitude must rest on remembrance of holiness and a transcendent God. It contrasts universal thanks with social differences, urging a high, memory‑driven gratitude rooted in divine sovereignty and justice. It claims true thanksgiving cannot exist without God and must honor his holiness.
Thanksgiving Favors Offer Novel Nut and Toy Treats
The display features natural looking peanuts three finches long with caps and toys, corn bars containing mobiles and airships, oranges apples and pears with caps and musical toys. A large yellow crepe bag holds bonbon snappers, gilt paper snappers depict fruit and hold tiny gilt vegetable and fruit charms. Paper vameskies shaped as turkeys, roasted and strutting turkeys, cranberries and pie wedges form pasteboard chocolate candy cases. Confectioners show sugar or crystallized fruits and nuts as novelties.
Gold in Autumn’s River of Ages and Thanksgiving Hunger
The passage reflects on enduring belief in buried wealth and divine guardianship, describing autumn gold as timeless. It contrasts the harvest season with Thanksgiving’s dual hungers, the field’s hunger and the harvester’s, suggesting a perpetual tension between toil and sustenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilla
Munsey
Horrible Conditions Near Constantinople Amid Cholera Crisis
Chaos and fear grip Constantinople as battle lines harden along Tebatalja fortifications. Cholera rages with over a thousand daily cases and a rising death toll. refugees flee toward the capital while authorities struggle to provide water, medical care, and safety for foreigners.
Turko Greek Rule Ends Amid Anarchy in Saloniki
Dispatches report continued Albanian pillaging in Northern Epirus and Argyrcastle Crete areas as lawlessness widens. Washington seeks protection for American citizens and property until U S Wardens arrive, with prompt responses from Britain Austria America France and Germany Italy all weighing in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nathan Saxton
Wardhins
Cordicem
Briish
Avetican
Frecch
Austin
Germany
Italy
Wilson calls extra session and Bermuda trip noted
President-elect Wilson announced plans for an extraordinary session of Congress after April 15 to push tariff revisions. He said the move would restore business certainty and pledged reforms, while noting he would sail to Bermuda for a quiet vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress
Woodrow Wilsa
Elert
Eoogress
Denecrets
Aelfic
Bernewda
Tragic Sleep Mishap Ends in Fatal Shooting
In a sleeping car near Treton New Jersey Gladys Myers fired at a burglar while half asleep hitting her mother Miss J Rape Myers who was en route to New York to buy a wedding trousseau and jewels. Miss Myers died shortly after at Treton hospital as the shooter recalls waking to a curtain movement and grabbing a revolver from beneath her pillow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rape Myers
Gladys Elinbeth Myers
Pennsylvania
New York
Treoton
Miss Biyers
J. Blair Islard
Salem
Mia
Myers
Winder
Fred
Muse Myers
Taft Fixes Panama Canal Transit Rates
President Taft issues a proclamation establishing canal tolls for foreign shipping. Merchant vessels pay 1.20 dollars per net ton of earning capacity with ballast ships discounted or adjusted. Naval and certain military vessels face 50 cents per displacement or 1.20 per net ton for designated ships under established tonnage rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Panama Canal
Congress
Women Drinking More in Washington Says Attorney
Albert E Shoemaker of the Anti-Saloon League reports women and especially young girls in Washington becoming more addicted to liquor while men grow abstemious. His remarks have stirred women nationwide and sparked discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mes
Washington
National Capital
Albert E. Shoemaker
Anti-Saloon League
District of Columbia
House of Commons adjourns after wild scene injures Churchill
Amid chaotic scenes following Premier Amouith’s bid to rescind last Monday’s home rule amendment defeat, a book hurled by an opposition member struck Winston Churchill in the face. He was slightly stunned but unhurt aside from a red mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amouith
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
Churchill
Carnegie hero fund tightens time limit for rewards
The Carnegie hero fund commission in Pittsburgh restricts rewards timing effective June 1. From now on acts of heroism must be performed within three years of the application date to be considered, replacing the previous open-ended rule. In Indianapolis, Edward F. Clark testifies at the dynamite conspiracy trial that he carried dynamite in a market basket to target suspension jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Indianapolis
Ind
Edward F. Clark
Susanion
United Daughters choose New Orleans for 1913 convention
The Washington based United Daughters of the Confederacy voted unanimously to hold the 1913 convention in New Orleans. The New Orleans delegation conducted a strong campaign for the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Daughters of the Confederacy
New Orleans
Foley Named General Manager of Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago announces the appointment of Thomas J. Foley as general manager of the Illinois Central Railroad. Foley, formerly assistant general manager, succeeds W. L. Park who held the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas J. Foley
Ilinois Central Railroad
Mr. Foley
W. L. Park
Murder of Florida farmer and adopted daughter shocks town
Ovala, Florida near N. T. Berges and his 15 year old adopted daughter were found murdered near their home. Authorities report the crime as committed by a Black man, sparking a local manhunt and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovala
Fla
N. T. Berges
Lumber Strike Hits Merryville Mills In Louisiana
About 1000 lumber workers at the American Lumber Company mills in Merryville Louisiana walk out. They demand reinstatement of men acquitted in the Grabow trouble, a request that was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
American Lumber Company
Merryville
Lasteuck
Parents Kill Baby in Cincinnati River Tragedy
Fred Kipp and his wife, distressed after a 16 day old son, wrapped the infant in a shawl and threw him into the Ohio River, authorities report a deadly act attributed to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Fred Kipp
Ohto River
Cornerstone laid for U D C monument in Arlington Cemetery
A Confederate era ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery featured the laying of a cornerstone for the United Daughters of the Confederacy monument. Speakers praised the Confederacy while Corporal James Tanner of the Grand Army of the Republic urged reconciliation and a shared future between North and South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Seorth
South
Tid
Hamis
Arlington National Cemetery
Daughters of the Confreracy
A. Tierbert
W. J. Bevan
Hut Col. Herbert
James Tanner
Grad Army of the Republic
Tanner
Johnny Rebel
Jude Gro
Virginie
Stonewall Jackson
Waverthie
Cholera Threat Grows as Armies Press Toward Constantinople
Constantinople area tense as Constantinople and Bulgarian forces near Killos on the Black Sea coast. Cholera ravages Turkish troops along the Tehetalja fortifications in front of the capital with more than 6 000 cases reported. An eyewitness recounted 26 corpses buried in a single trench at Hademkeui, insufficiently covered by earth.
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Tebatalja
Darknnes
Sea of Marmara
Mark
Erygee
Thurelay
San Stefano
Amt
Whso
Peco
Semad
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Hademkewi
Killos
Black Sea
Bosphores
Hademkeui
Chiet
Spanish Premier Killed in Madrid as Anarchists Arrested
Madrid reports say Manuel Pardinas shot Premier Joe Canalejos y Mendes and died after arrest, while authorities round up most known anarchists in Madrid and other Spanish cities amid broad precautions to avert uprisings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Joe Canalejos Y Mendes
Manuel Pardinas
Farmers Congress backs oleomargarine color rule
At the closing session in New Orleans resolutions urged Congress to pass a law prohibiting coloring oleomargarine to imitate butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Farmers’ National Congress
Congress
Taft May Invite President Elect Wilson To White House
Washington has reports President Taft would like to entertain President elect and Mrs. Wilson at the White House before March. No invitation or date is set, but Taft expressed a wish to host his successor prior to his taking office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Wilson
Eames
Record prices at Hor library sale total 1.669 million
In New York the continuation of the library sale of the late Robert Hor realized record prices for rare old volumes. Three parts already sold brought in 1,669,135 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lnte
Robert Hor
Bank Robbery Exposes Wire Cut In Ochelata Town
Dynamite used in an attack on the Bank of Ochelata in Bartlesville area. Robbers blew open the vault securing 2,500 pounds and severed all title and telegraph wires feeding into the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Ochelata
Kia
Senator Isidor Rayner Stricken With Serious Illness
Washington reports United States Senator Isidor Rayner is seriously ill at his apartments after about two weeks of confinement to his bed. He has endured great pain and remains under medical care during this period.
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United States
Scorpion
Howphorus
Amatheus
Scutari
Asia Minor
Bosphorus
Washington
Isidor Rayner
Tas Bel Gaast
Tor
Blind Veteran failed in Fort Smith jail case
In Fort Smith Arkansas Joseph Dodson a Civil War veteran aged years old failed to pay his wife ten dollars and was lodged in the county jail.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Joseph Dodson
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