Mississippi State Crops Report Notes Late Cotton Across Counties
The weekly Mississippi crop report for September 7 describes cooler than normal temperatures and dry, windy conditions slowing cotton opening. Rust blight and shedding are widespread in central and southern counties while the Delta and northern areas show variable yields. picking, haying, and fodder pulling progress across regions.
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Mississippi
Delta
Northern
Coahoma
Bolivar
Tallahatchie
Holmes
Issaquena
Sharkey
Tegun
Yazoo
Warren
DeSoto
Tate
Benton
Tippah
Alcorn
Union
Yalobusha
Calhoun
Pontotoc
Chickasaw
Webster
Cotton crop ruined by rust blight across the state
Reports from all over the state describe rust and blight devastating cotton. In ten days damage reached 25 percent as sudden dry weather, cold nights, and strong winds took a heavy toll. A two-horse crop farmer cut expected bales from twenty three to fifteen, with similar losses reported statewide.
Statehouse clerks likely to lose posts after elections
It is understood that very few of the department clerks now holding desks at the statehouse will hold their places under the newly elected officials.
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Statehouse
Sunflower County Land Deal Closes At Indiano la
Judge Moody and H M Montgomery purchased the Lake Wood plantation a 1500 acre estate from E H Smith for 24000 dollars cash. The closing occurred last week in Indiano la, Sunflower County.
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Sunflower County
Indianola
Judge Moody
H. M. Montgomery
Lakewood
E. H. Smith
Dry weather keeps Le flore County cotton crop short
The region endures continued dry spells and cotton yields are one third below prior expectations from three weeks earlier, signaling hardship for growers in the area.
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Leflore
State Superintendent Whitfield Pushes School Levy Talks
State Superintendent Whitfield spent part of last week in Carroll and Montgomery counties urging boards of supervisors to approve additional levies for common school support. This week many boards will consider raising levies for school purposes.
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Whitfield
Coahoma County
Pearl River
Marion
Hancock
Boards of Supervisors
Carroll
Montgomery
Lightning Change Agents Proxies Falsify Deportees
San Francisco report says six imposters were shipped to China on the Gaelic in place of six Chinese nationals ordered deported by U S District Judge De Haven. One arrest made. officials suspect a ring. The genuine detainees were moved from the county jail to the Pacific Mail dock and onto the Gaelic five hours before the switch.
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San Francisco
China
United States
de Haven
Pacific Mail
WCTU Aims to Expel Smoot From Senate
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union has launched a campaign to expel Senator Reed Smoot of Utah. Ten thousand letters and petition forms are being sent from Evanston to local branches for senate investigation and potential expulsion if he is a polygamist or seen as violating state laws and church authority.
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Chicago
The
Record-Herald
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Reed Smoot
Utah
United States Senate
Evanston
Senate
Smoot
Mormon Church
Fifty Poisoned at Fairfield Fair in Orange Cider Scandal
At Fairfield Indiana on Saturday fifty people were poisoned after drinking orange cider from a stand run by M J Garwin and Frank Donnelson. The dye contained arsenic and several victims, including a Birmingham boy, were unconscious or in danger. Garvin jailed. Donnelson escaped and Garvin to be tried Monday.
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Fairfield
M. J. Garwin
Frank Donnelson
Bell
Birmingham
Garvin
Donnelson
Explosion on Olympia Kills Two Sailors at Navy Yard
In Norfolk on a Saturday night blast on the cruiser Olympia’s deck followed by fire. Corp Yerkes died from a head wound and Seifert perished from severe burns after the alcohol keg exploded aboard the ship. Three others were struck by fragments. the missing master-at-arms and theft of the alcohol were reported. Separately at Jefferson City three local women named as division sponsors for the Confederate Veterans reunion in Columbia on September 24 to 26.
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Norfolk
Olympia
Navy Yard
Corp. Yerkes
Marine Guard
Yerkes
Seifert
Jefferson City
Mary Gantt
Virginia Allen
Helen Mann
United Confederate Veterans’ Association
Columbia
Rumor Claims White Star Leaves IMC for Ismay Family
From Liverpool dated Sept 13 a circulating rumor says the White Star line may soon sever ties with the International Mercantile Co. and revert to British ownership under the Ismay family.
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Liverpool
White Star Line
International Mercantile Co
Ismay
Bond County Teachers Elect New Officers
Bond County Teachers association met Saturday in Greenville Illinois and elected H A Meyer of Pocahontas as president Hattie Koonce as vice president Claude Studebaker of Woburn as secretary and Irene Wiseman of Smithboro as treasurer.
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Bond County Teachers
Greenville
Ill
Bond County Teachers’ Association
H.A. Meyer
Pocahontas
Hattie Koonce
Claude Studebaker
Woburn
Irene Wiseman
Smithboro
Chicago Press Club entertains newspaper men
Western newspapermen public officials and prominent politicians from several states with their wives were guests of the Press club of Chicago on Saturday.
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Chicago
Press Club
Official figures show Vardaman leads in Mississippi primary
The Mississippi secretary of state released final primary tallies for August 27 with Vardaman expanding his gubernatorial lead by 6 783 votes. Total turnout rose to 99 281, up 1 556 from the first primary, and a full county by county vote roster accompanies the results along with senate and representative nominees.
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Secretary of State
Vardaman
Cruiz
Senate
House of Representatives
Ain
State Senate and House Members List by Districts
The document lists state senate districts with named senators from districts including Scranton Hat tiesburg Shubuta Columbia Brandon and more. It also provides a detailed house membership by county with officers from Adams Alcorn Amite Benton Bolivar Calhoun Carroll and others, noting Ita wamba未 sent returns.
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Covington Eee E Ene Eee Een Eee
DeSoto Ee
Franklin Ee
Greene
Ee Eeeee
Grenada
Eek Eee Eee
Harrison
Jones Ever
Eeneee
Lowndes Eae Serene Ae Ene O
Madison
Eeneene Ee
Marion Eee See
Marshall
Eaeeee Enee
Monroe Eee Eee Ene
Eesmweesee
Tippah Eee
Yazoo Na Total
Senate
Horace Broomfield
Scranton
J. T. Parks
Hattiesburg
D. W. Heidelberg
Shubuta
Henry Mounger
Columbia
Patrick Henry
Brandon
Clem V. Ratliff
Summit
Charles W. Frith
Bates Mill
G. Wood Magee
Monticello
James A. Clinton
Natchez
Stephen Thrasher
Port Gibson
M. S. McNeil
Crystal Springs
W. J. Croom
Bolton
W. K. McLaurin
M. F. Smith
Vicksburg
J. M. Stephenson
Morton
C. C. Dunn
Meridian
J. D. Doss
Louisville
A. T. Dent
Macon
Presley Groves
Oklahoma
H. B. Graves
Canton
A. M. Hicks
Myrtleville
H. J. McLaurin
Rolling Fork
H. H. Elmore
Lexington
Wiley Sanders
Kosciusko
W. W. Magruder
Starkville
W. R. Scott
Eupora
M. A. Franklin
Columbus
G. A. McLean
Winona
C. E. Harris
Sumner
James Moore
Oakland
W. W. Stone
John L. Hebron, Jr
Greenville
E. H. Moore
Rosedale
James Gordon
Okolona
House
Itawamba
Adams
E. E. Brown
C. N. Winston
Stanton
Alcorn
J. T. Dalton
Rienzi
G. W. Bynum
Corinth
Amite
J. Foreman
Nat
Polk Tolbert
Gloster
Attala
John F. Allen
Hallum
Arthur Reynolds
Ethel
Benton
R. M. Owen
Ashland
Bolivar
J. C. Burrus
Benoit
Julius Lesser
Duncan
Calhoun
T. M. Murphree
J. L. Batets
Pittsboro
Carroll
S. B. Turner
Varden
A. J. Coleman
Old Salem
Chickasaw
N. W. Bradford
Houston
J. R. Gilroy
Woodland
Cuoctaw
L. Robinson
Ackerman
Claiborne
J. W. Clark
Hermanville
Clarke
W. M. Espes
Enterprise
Clay
John Millsaps
West Point
J. E. Carradine
Montpelier
Coahoma
W. A. Alcorn, Jr
Clarksdale
John A. Suddoth
Friars Point
Copiah
J. B. Errington
Hazlehurst
W. B. Lockwood
C. E. McMichael
Wesson
Covington
G. W. Holloway
Mount Carmel
DeSoto
Julius R. Tipton
Hernando
A. S. Meharg
Franklin
D. P. Butler
Little Springs
Dan McLeod
Leakesville
S. A. Morrison
Hancock
J. Q. Fountain
Pearlington
E. M. Barber
Biloxi
Hinds
W. C. Wells, Jr
J. C. Ward
Jackson
P. D. Ratliff
Raymond
Holmes
S. M. Smith
H. 8
Hooker, Jr
E. N.ple
Ebenezer
Issaquena
L. C. Dulaney
Grace
W. D. Bullard
Jasper
Tula
Lauderdale
W. R. Denton
Hookston
J. D. Stennis
Colle
B. Leake
W. A. Ellis
Carthage
Lee
J. M. Hoyle
P. E. Carothers
Tupelo
Leflore
S. R. Coleman
Greenwood
Lincoln
In Enid man’s odd buggy tale and Whistlers libel recall
A local Enid man jokes about buggy riding sparking tender feelings amid a quirky scene on a shady suburb street. The column then recalls Whistler and Ruskin libel case highlights, noting a courtroom moment over a painting shown upside down.
Colombia Faces $20,000,000 Panama Canal Claim Clash
State Department reports show Colombia demanding 20 million dollars plus annuities in a bill to govern canal construction. The Hay-Herran treaty is rejected by Congress, while the Senate House committee proposes terms favoring Colombia and bringing in cash, annuities, and canal zone leases.
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United States
State Department
Beaupre
Bogota
Senate
House
Colombia
Hay-Herran
Commission
Panama Canal Railroad Co
Canal Company
Government of
Canal Zone
Panama
Colon
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Beapre
Hay
Lake Sunapee
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Panama Canal
Hoffmann Captured After Fatal Shooting in Illinois
William Hoffmann, who killed his father in law William Brandt in Macystown, is captured near Belleville by Deputy Sheriffs led by Klamm. He claims self defense and says his conscience troubled him. crowd threats of lynching were repelled as Hoffmann is jailed in Monroe county.
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Waterloo
Ill
William Hoffmann
William Brandt
Macystown
Belleville
Klamm
Thomas Ruch
East St. Louis
Ruch
William Tolin
Hoffmann
Moolle & Ohio
Monroe County
Wies Hotel
Porch Struck by Lightning at Springfield Mansion
Springfield Ill Sept 14 The executive mansion porch was struck by a severe storm bolt that produced two fire balls from the porch Gov Yates called the fire department but no fire was found fire marshal and part of the force responded and declared no blaze authorities call the strike one of the most terrific seen in the city
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Springfield
Ill
Executive Mansion
Gov. Yates
Old Defenders' Day Observed in Baltimore
Baltimore marks Old Defenders' day in memory of the 1814 Battle of North Point. The Baltimore Chamber of Commerce Stock Exchange and public buildings were closed as a holiday by legislative act.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, Stock Exchange
North Point
Tragic Fire Fatal to Clara Costello in Chicago Home
In Chicago on Friday night, Mrs. Clara Costello, watched by her blind mother, drenched her dress with kerosene and struck a match. She suffered severe burns and died shortly after at the hospital.
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Chicago
Clara Costello
Carnegie Institute Art Exhibition Opens November 5
The eighth annual Carnegie Institute art exhibition in Pittsburgh will open November 5 with paintings from American painters. Entries close October 1.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute
Four Die in Wreck Near Fairfield Wisconsin
Four persons were killed and several injured in a wreck on the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line six miles from Fairfield Wisconsin on Saturday.
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Fairfield
Wis
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Roosevelt Abandons October Extra Session Call
Oyster Bay N Y Sept 14 President Roosevelt after consultation with members of both chambers abandons the idea of an October extraordinary session. He now plans a session to convene November 9 as previously announced, a move not favored by most congress members.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Senate
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Congress
Reception to Admiral Dewey in Saratoga Springs
An informal reception for Admiral Dewey by the citizens of Saratoga Springs at the Saratoga club on Friday night was one of the most brilliant events of the September season. The gathering highlighted the visit by the United States naval officer.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Admiral Dewey
United States Navy
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Club
Mafia vengeance ends as Carranio killed in hallway ambush
Azanalo Carranio, pursued by Mafia vengeance for five years, was lured into a hallway by a stylishly dressed woman on Friday afternoon and shot to death by two men.
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New York
Azanalo Carranio
Norwegian Condor sails with Grand Cayman relief supplies
The Norwegian steamer Condor departed Mobile Alabama on September 13 carrying relief supplies for Grand Cayman storm victims. Funds for the aid were raised by private subscription.
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Grand Cayman
Mobile
Ala
Condor
Stern Extradition Hearing Set for Sept 19
Toronto judge fixed September 19 for the extradition hearing of Leopold J. Stern of Baltimore, indicted in Washington for alleged postal frauds.
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Stern
Toronto
Ont
Winchester
Leopold J. Stern
Baltimore
Washington
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