On the Road to Meccah tale from the desert voyage
A narrator recalls a Ramazan summer trek across a vast desert, aided by Fatimah daughter of Wahhabis. She nurses him back from fever, shares a bond formed across enmity, and dies after they reach the Wady Laymum. The knightly narrator mourns, ending with a grave for Fatimah and the admission of memory fading.
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Wis
al Sherif
Josef Wali-el-Din
Shiraz
Ramazan
Desert
Sheyek Sulyman
Himy
Upper
Nile
Azrael
Meccah
Zemzem
Bulak
Cairo
el Medinah
Stambenl
Labbayk
Allabomma Abbayki
Allahunima
Verhead
Paradise
Fatimah
Alexandria
Holy
Amy
Haji al Sherif
N. Y. Post
Mississippi Educable Children Census Shows Growth
The Mississippi census reports 630 649 educable children this year, up from 590 222, with county gains of 29 114 and district gains of 11 813 totaling 40 427. Twelve more separate school districts are listed than previously. Separate details list figures by districts and counties.
Circulars From Washington Warn Government Employees on Politics
Circular letters received by state government workers warn them to abstain from political activity under penalty of removal. The notices define partisan acts and require department heads to enforce strict compliance.
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Washington
Neual
Benson acquitted in Franklin county sheriff's safe robbery case
J. M. Benson, once convicted and sentenced to five years for complicity in the Franklin county sheriff’s safe robbery, has been acquitted after the Supreme Court reversed due to unreliable witness evidence. The case centered on a negro prisoner in jail claiming to identify him. The archives office also notes a Confederate war material collection adding biographical data on soldiers who died in service.
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J. M. Benson
Franklin County
Supreme Court
Benson
Department of Archives and History
Revenue agent lists back taxes in Monroe county
State revenue agent stirs Monroe county taxpayers by furnishing the tax collector a list of several hundred parties who failed to file deed of trust credits. The investigation covers 1896 to date and the credits on the list total about 2,500,000 dollars.
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State Revenue Agent
Monroe County
Methodist conference at Natchez opens November 10
The annual Mississippi Methodist Conference meets at Natchez starting November 10. Friends of athletics at Millsaps College push to lift last year’s football ban.
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The
Methodist Church of Mississippi
Natchez
Friends of Athletics
Millsaps College
Leflore County Fair Association Holds Second Annual Meeting
The Leflore County Fair Association met in Greenwood last week. A large rise in exhibits of cotton corn mule and horse colts cattle and other products excited plans for a permanent county fair.
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Leflore County Fair Association
Greenwood
Census agents to collect cotton statistics in Mississippi
Special agents of the United States census department will begin gathering cotton statistics in every county of Mississippi and other cotton states. They are appointed to produce the first report under the new federal system and to collect the most reliable data on the cotton crop.
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United States Government Census Department
Mississippi
Tragic Fire Burns Three Children in Holmes County
George Morehead’s three children perished in a house fire near Cruger Holmes County last week. The father left for work early, the mother briefly visited a neighbor, and upon return found the home ablaze with the roof collapsing. The children were reportedly locked inside.
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George Morehead
Cruger
Holmes County
Webb Town Near Tallahatchee Plans Piano Factory
The town of Webb in Tallahatchee County closes a deal to establish a piano factory to be incorporated soon with capital of $100,000. Charter papers are in preparation and the initial plant will manufacture piano cases with a plan to expand to full piano production.
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Webb
Tallahatchie County
Principal Wardlaw Arrested Over Exam Questions
P A Wardlaw principal of the colored schools in Yazoo City was arrested on charges of purloining and selling official examination questions. He faces criminal proceedings and license revocation. The prosecution alleges he obtained the questions from Supt Whitfield's office recently.
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Supt. Whitfield
Yazoo City
P. A. Wardlaw
Colored Echours
Wardlaw
Hulls and kin captured after Arkansas shooting rampage
Sheriff Brennan and a Gatling gun squad trapped the Hull family in Mississippi after they fled across the Yazoo river. W. G Hull and son R W Hull along with Mrs Allie Vaughan surrendered without a fight at Jackson jail. The incident followed an Arkansas sheriff and deputy shooting at Sterling.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Brennan
Warren Light Artillery
Hull
Connig
W. G. Hull
R. W. Hull
Allin Vaughan
Arkansas
Sterling
Hulls
Sheff Brennan
Yazoo River
Joe Seay
Yazoo
Hazel
Methodist Woman’s Mission Convention to Meet in Chattanooga
Kansas City reports the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church chose to hold its next convention in Chattanooga Tennessee with Mrs D C Miller extending the invitation. A key session opened with a committee of the whole to plan the coming year’s treasury solicitation and fund distribution.
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Kansas City
Woman's Home Missionary Society
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Chattanooga
Tenn
D. C. Miller
Swift execution in Hicks family murder case at Nacogdoches
Jim Buchanan, a Black man, pled guilty to the Hicks family murder in Nacogdoches Texas. He was hanged within hours after sentencing amid militia protection as mobs sought rescue. The case followed bodies found ten days earlier and a rapid trial with a rushed death sentence.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Jim Buchanan
Hicks
Buchanan
Spradley
Bowers
San Augustine
Shreveport
Henderson
Revolution Nearing End in Haiti as National Forces Gain Ground
A navy cablegram from the Cincinnati reports St Marc surrendering on October 14 and national forces occupying Gonaives after Fre nch and Hamburg-American presence. General evacuation of Mathewtown occurs with around 250 adherents leaving. Authorities expect capture of Gonaives within days and the revolution to end. The Cincinnati heads back to Cape Hayden after securing American consulate order.
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Washington
Navy Department
United States
Cincinnati
Nicholas Mole
Hayti
Gonaives
Cape Hayden
St.Marc and
British General Roberts Asked to Visit United States
London reports Generals Corbin Young and Wood invited Earl Roberts to visit the United States with a December 1903 visit likely. Roberts may cross to witness international yacht races and be joined by Generals French and Kelly Kenny while American generals seek to repay past courtesies.
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London
Corbin
Young
Wood
Earl Roberts
United States
French
Kelly Kenny
America
England
Tragedy in Wall Street Law Office Ends in Double Suicide
In New York on a Friday noon, William C. Turner shot and killed W. J. Mallard and Robert Hamilton in Cantor Adams McIntyre offices amid a dispute over a $5,100 shortage. Turner then killed himself with the same pistol as police say he faced no witnesses to the final moments.
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New York
William C. Turner
Climax Bottling Co
W. J. Mallard
Robert Hamilton
Turner
Cantor, Adams & McIntyre
Wall Street
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Odell
Cantor
Borough of
Manhattan
Mallard
Atlanta
Young Men's Democratic Club
Hamilton
Pittsburg
Goodman
Adams
Leventritt
McIntyre
Mr. Mallard
Meeks Family Murder Suspect Arrested in Atlanta
George Burrus, a private at Fort McPherson, was arrested on charges of aiding the Meeks family murder in Sullivan County Missouri two years ago. Authorities claim he is one of the two Taylor brothers involved. William Taylor was hanged while George remained at large. Police notified Sullivan County officials.
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Atlanta
George Burrus
Fort McPherson
Meeks
Sullivan County
Missouri
Burrus
Taylor Brothers
William Taylor
George
Tucker wood rim factory fire claims two lives
Springfield Ohio Oct. 15 The Tucker wood rim factory in Urbana was destroyed by fire Friday. Charles Migret son of the watchman was burned to death. Another son Carl Migret was seriously burned and may die. Property loss is $70,000.
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Springfield
Tuckerwood
Urbana
Charles Migret
Carl Migret
Explosion at Miami Powder plant kills worker at Xenia
Springfield Oct 18 The corning mill of the Miami Powder Co plant at Xenia exploded Friday, killing Joseph Griffin nearly instantly.
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Springfield
Miami Powder Co
Xenia
Joseph Griffin
Global harvest report shows Europe delayed and mixed yields
The Department of Agriculture summary notes Europe’s cool wet summer delayed 1902 harvest, with grain damaged or spoiled. Russia’s crop appears larger than 1901 and above five‑year average, while Britain and France report favorable to good yields and Spain anticipates a large wheat crop amid modest quality. Egypt faces Nile flood shortages affecting crops.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Europe
German Empire
Hungary
Ministry of Agriculture
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Denmark
Italy
Argentine
Australia
India
Japan
Spain
Upper
Egypt
Mob Wrecks Longford Joint In Prohibition Era Incident
A mob of about two hundred attacked Riseman's saloon in Longford Kansas on Thursday night. They wrecked the building, smashed twenty beer cases and ten kegs of whisky, and tarred and feathered a woman inside.
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Longford, Kas
Riseman
Summer Hotel at Point Chautauqua Burns in Fire
Jamestown New York October 18 The Grand hotel at Point Chautauqua and its contents along with the amuse ment hall and a summer cottage owned by the hotel company were destroyed by fire. The Beaver Falls and Buffalo syndicate owned the property. Estimated loss put at $200000. A separate report from Duluth Minnesota October 18 states diamonds and other stones valued at $7000 were stolen from the First National Bank building after Mrs Merrill forgot jewels in the vault and returned to find no trace of the thief.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Point Chautauqua
Chautauqua Lake
Beaver Falls and
Buffalo
Duluth
Minn
First National Bank
T. D. Merrill
Merrill
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