Weather and crops report for Mississippi
The week brought 1 to 4 degrees above normal temperatures with fair skies and scattered showers. Cotton made good progress with many picking regions near completion and boll opening fast in the delta. Corn, peas, and potatoes yielded well while fall crops remained poor amid drought and water shortages. Gins ran at full capacity and farm activity continued across the state with various public notices and local developments noted.
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Mississippi
Batesville
Jackson Brick Company to Build Plant on Alabama and Vicksburg Road
The Jackson Brick Company organized with 10000 capital and will start erecting a plant on the Alabama and Vicksburg road two miles from the city. Two more brick plants are promised with sites already purchased.
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Jackson Brick Company
Alabama & Vicksburg Road
Three Die in Head on Collision Near Natchez
In a early Sunday wreck on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley line 20 miles north of Natchez three men died and two were injured when a northbound passenger train collided with a southbound local freight. Engineers Schesler and Hatchett and fireman Mackey died. conductor Yearwood and brakeman Allen were injured. Orders to meet at Stampley were reportedly not followed.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Natchez-Jackson
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
William Schesler
Natchez
Emil Mackey
John Allen
Negro
R. J. Yearwood
Pas
Natches
Stampley
Big Ed Rice Nabbed With George Sharron in Bank Theft Case
St Louis police arrested "Big Ed" Rice alias J P Brown and George Sharron at noon Saturday as they entered the National Bank of Commerce. Pinkerton detectives had watched following an attempted forged check by Harry Brumby. Rice, a famed crook, has spent about half his life in prisons and recently served a ten year term for a Pittsburgh bank job.
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St. Louis
Big Ed" Rice
J. P. Brown
George Sharron
Beast Bank
Rice
Shannon
Sergt
Cornelius Meehan
National Bank of Commerce
Pinkerton
Harry Brumby
Big Ed” Rice
Inspector Byrnes
New York Police Department
Pittsburg
Storm Chooses Cayman Islands Path. Panama Gulf Vessels Report
Anxiety grips Mobile as a fierce Caribbean storm cuts off contact with Cayman Islands. Residents await word from Caymans and Caymanian seafarers seeking ships expected days ago. reports say the hurricane was the worst seen, with seas running high.
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Mobile
Ala
Cayman Islands
Caribbean Sea
Cuba
Mexican Gulf
Forgeries and debts tied to L P Stuntz in Coulterville
In Coulterville Illinois two years after L P D Stuntz married into a local family he formed an ice cream business and joined a church. He vanished recently, and several local banks report forged notes bearing citizens names totaling about 4000. Also noted are broader regional reports on Building Association League assets and a separate suicide case in Benton Park.
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Coulterville
L. PD
Stuntz
St. Clair County
L. P
Japs Renew Fight at Port Arthur
The Japanese resume clashes at Port Arthur with four hours of combat near Hihlaong mountains and claim several Russian trenches captured including a small hill. Reports say Kuropatkin teams up forces for another attempt while Russia shells positions near Shakhe and Linshinpu. Dispatches note fortifications near Mudken and possible Russian maneuvers toward Liao Yang as weather hardens fronts.
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Hihlaong
Dalny
Port Arthur
Petersburg
Shakke
Sakharoff
Lamating
Linshinpu
Shakhe
Mudken
Liao Yang
Tokio
Taitse River
Benabhu
Kauta Pass
Kuropatkin
Hold Position After Mukden Battle Ends in Stalemate
Reports from Mukden dated October 24 describe both sides holding lines left after the big clash. Russian forces reinforce their positions and prepare for potential winter defense north of Mukden, while Japanese aim to seize initiative as harsh weather approaches.
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Mukden
Liao Yang
Complicated Tragedy Ties Detective to Higgins Thomasson Case
Reports in Peoria and Waterloo connect the June death of Detective Murphy to the Higgins Thomasson intrigue. In Waterloo investigators doubt murder in the death of Eleanor Woodcock, a wealthy farmer’s daughter, and now lean toward accidental death from burning rubbish. Sheriff Bruch finds matches and footprints inconsistent with a killer, suggesting the girl’s own frantic actions as she burned. The Woodcock funeral was held Saturday.
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Peoria, Ill
Higgins- Thomasson
Murphy
Waterloo
Ill
Eleanor Woodcock
Thomas Kennedy
Bruch
Ruch
Woodcock
Miss Woodstock
Mrs Gavit Loses $25,000 Worth of Jewelry in Transit
Albany reports police across the country were alerted after Mrs E P Gavit wife of the Municipal Gas Co secretary and Anthony N Brady heir to a gas fortune misplaced a small satchel containing jewelry. She left it on a Grand Central Station seat Friday afternoon and only realized the loss after her nonstopping train departed toward Albany.
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Albany
N. Y
E. P. Gavit
Municipal Gas Co
Anthony N. Brady
New York
Tragedy Follows Church Sermon in West Virginia
A West Virginia tragedy after a church sermon near Mill Creek leaves one dead and another fatally stabbed following a political argument among about six congregants. Local reports also note a 13 year old killed by a live electric wire in Illinois, a trainer dying from a knife wound at Elm Ridge race track in Missouri, fifteen earthquakes recorded at Johns Hopkins, and a heavy early snow blanketing Gaylord Michigan.
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Huntington
W. Va
Attle
Mill Creek
Big Sand River
Kansas City
Henry O'Connell
M. Boasberg
Elm Ridge
Russian Warships Bombard Hull Fishing Fleet Killing Crew
The Russian Second Pacific Squadron attacked Hull trawlers 220 miles east by north of Spurn Head early Friday. Crale and Crane were sunk. skipper and mate aboard Crale died. several crew wounded. Moulmein and Mino damaged. Seagull brought news to Hull as crowds gathered.
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Hull
Eng
A. M. Jackson & Co
Foreign Office
Admiralty
Rojestvensky
North Sea
Crale
Boatewain
Moulmain
Mino
Spurnhead
Smith
Leggett
Moulmein
Spurn Head
Flaher
London
J. A. Smith
Young Smith
Fierce Fire at Mexico Missouri Destroys Livery Barn
A Sunday blaze in Mexico Missouri destroyed property valued at 40000. A Black livery barn worker died, veterinary surgeon W R Kendall suffered fatal burns, and the First Methodist church and Lee Brothers livery barn were among the structures lost, with 365 horses reported dead. A separate Chicago item notes saloonkeeper William Knelerling shot during a robbery attempt. Also a Shanghai report says steamer Canton broke a blockade at Vindivontok.
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Mexico
W. R. Kendall
Lee Brothers
Chicago
William H. Knelering
Princeton Avenue
Remarkable Illustration of Careful Marshalling
Poem widely published highlights the value of careful marshalling and public apaly in a notable cultural moment.
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Ners
Levels and Looms of Whiskey Tobacco and Coffee
A reader exhortation argues against casual use of whiskey tobacco and coffee noting their narcotic effects and link to disease. It frames these substances as leveling forces in nature, urges self discipline, and promotes Postum as a caffeine free alternative to rebuild health.
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Naure
Illinois
Be Nature
Nature
Rome
Farmer's tame grouse befriends Vermont picker
In August 1903 a Vermont farmer named Rand found a young ruffed grouse and the bird approached him during apple and blackberry harvests. Over weeks the bird guided his wagon, sought food, and finally rode his knee. Rand posts the haunts to protect the tame grouse from sport.
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Mr. Rand
Vermont
Wrong Department Reply Highlights Medical Specialization
A poor mother seeks aid for her injured son at a dispensary but is sent away to the eye and ear department. The curt attendant explains the wrong room, prompting the woman to ask where the thumb and finger department is. The anecdote appears in Tit Bits and Chicago Journal remarks on widow’s thirds in law.
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Mississippi State News
Gulfport Harbor
D. Boylston
General Freight
Gulf & Ship Island System
Gulfport
Sons of Veterans
T. M. Henry
C. L. McKay
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Jackson
Quitman
Tom Taylor
Taylor
Secretary of State
Power
House
Senate
Department
Nashville
Con
Candler, Jr
Post Office Department
Aberdeen
Central Grove
Monroe County
Educational Bulletin
Ae Oo
Board of Control of
Salitte
State Revenue
Adams
Delta Development Company
Hall of Fame
New Capitol
Otho R. Singleton
Congress of the United States
James T. Harrison
J. R. Phillips
Ie County
Phillips
Feders Court
Belzoni
Yaxco Delta
Yazoo Delta
Yazoo City
Leflore County
Leflore County Bank
John H. McBee
Holmes County
Lexington
Henry
Delta Farme
Williams
Delta
Board of Control
J. A. Ware
Tanderdale County
J.N. Sandidge
T. R. Smith
Ruleville
San Antonio
Tex
Truleville
Hattiesburg
Robert W. Dowdy
United States Regular Army
Mississippi National Guard
South
Natchez, Miss
Fallore
Senger
Y. H. Hatchett
Carma Islands
L. D. Stunts
Building and Loan Associations
Building Association League of Illinois
Building and Loan Association of America
Henry J. Panzer
East Grotto
Benton Park
Texas
Houston
Walter Bragg
Squirt Belville
Elgin
Frank Lees
Cis
Kuropathin
Ogame
Nicholas
Col. Poutiloff
Nineteenth Rifles
Lone Tree Hill
Che-Foo
Riblung
Harbin
Cunningham
Bloomington
Fletcher
LaCrosse Wis
Carrie Wohlford
Dowsla
Bradford
Princeton
Higgins Thomasson
Hurphy
New York City
West Virginia
Greenville
Loren Frank
David Frank
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University Dimes
Egister
Michigan
Gaylord
Mich
Mull
Loas
Rons
Vindivontok
Shanghai
Canton
Viadivo Mok
Cesie
Weeds
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