Confederate Memorial Observed in Columbus
Early Wednesday crowds gathered to honor Confederate dead as a monument near the cemetery was unveiled by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Speakers spoke of the Confederacy's struggles and glories, with Emmet Cavett of Mississippi delivering closing remarks.
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Sykes
Columbus
Confed
Nexu
United Daughiie Confederacy
Confederacy
United Daugh Confederacy
Ips
Roger
Noxubee
Emmet Cavett
Brasa
Matrona’ Rifles
Biers of the Confederacy
Pris
Cav- A
Brooksville Medical
Tick Eradication Meeting Set Across Three States
Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee will host a joint tick eradication effort led by J A Kiernan of Nashville, a U S expert. Kiernan will review the situation, inspect the vat on the fair grounds, and convene staff to attend the eradication work across forty counties.
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Jackon
Ipp
Alabama
J. A. Kiernan
Nashville
United States
Kier
Municipal League to Discuss State Reform and Barbecue Event
The Municipal League plans its annual convention in Vicksburg on October 10 and 11 led by Mayor Parker. A Meridian committee head Hayes reports on findings about reforms for young men and municipal institutions. An additional meeting and response from Mississippi leagues are noted amid a barbecue gathering of Confederate veterans.
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Municipal League
Vicksburg
Parker
Hayes
State Charity Hospital Nears Completion at Jackson
The State Charity Hospital in Jackson advances with masonry walls up and interior work nearly finished before roofing. A $50,000 state appropriation rests on a $25,000 subscription from Jackson and Hinds County, seen as a prudent investment for future public needs and statewide support.
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Jackson
State Charity Hospital
Central State Hospital
Hinds County
Ruling on Cotton Shipments Circulated to Banks and Dealers
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruling requires that when cotton is shipped to a concentration point the original shipper note on the bill of lading that the shipment is for reshipment. If not billed as such the expense into the concentration point is void for reshipment. Banks and cotton dealers are distributing the ruling widely.
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Jackson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Terinarians Confer Improve Cattle Tick Fighting Methods
Veterinarians from the U S Department of Agriculture met at the Mississippi Tennessee Alabama tick effort led by Dr J H Kiernan to discuss state and federal methods. Ten more counties voted to join the program bringing total to forty as Mississippi lays dipping vats at Rankin farm under penitentiary trustees. Roosevelt will not return to Mississippi for bear hunt this fall due to other commitments.
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Jackson
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Department
J. H. Kiernan
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Kiernan
Boards of Supervisors
Wich
J. C. Gathings
Penitentiary Trustees
Rankin Farm
Trial postponed in Mose McMillan murder case
The 12 year old Mose McMillan awaiting grand jury action in the Leflore county circuit court after the alleged murder of his uncle near Sidon. The case was postponed to the November term for the grand jury to act. The September Bulletin from the Mississippi Agricultural Department is issued for free statewide distribution with articles on corn judging, statistics, road drag, farming, Johnson grass eradication, boll weevil control, and silk.
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Greenwood
Mose McMillan
Sidon
Leflore County
Jackson
Agricultural Department of the State
Mississippi
State Board of Health to Convene in Jackson for Medical Licenses
Dr S H McLean secretary of the state board of health calls a semi annual meeting in Jackson on the second Tuesday in October to examine 125 to 150 applicants seeking medical licenses. This will be the board's last meeting before a new board is appointed at the start of Governor elect Brew's administration.
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Jackson
S. H. McLean
State Board of Health
Brew
Great Help to Veterans and Pension Claims Rise in Mississippi
The article details Confederate veterans appealing to establish pension claims, noting Overman a Mississippi veteran from Canton who served in the Eighteenth Mississippi and was captured at Gettysburg. It highlights a push to preserve historical records and aid widows like Mrs. Overman.
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Jackson
Department of Archives
South
Texas
Minstesp Plata
Lone Star
Mississippi
Canton
KR Hurt
Hurt
Thomas M. Griffin
Overman
John N. Balfour
Pora
Livingston
Old Vervion
Manowias
Lovebury
Savage Station
Malvern Mall
Maryland Heights
Gettysburg
Isa
More Wildcat Companies Target Mississippi Insurers
Mississippi residents asked Insurance Commissioner T. M. Henry about two Philadelphia firms Metropolitan Mutual Fire Insurance and Transportation Mutual. Henry replied neither firm is licensed to do business in Mississippi and questioned the value or standing of their policies.
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Jackson—Insurance
T. M. Henry
Metropolitan Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Henry
Transportation Mutual of
Heney
Mississippi
Pepper farming grows in Norwood area of Amite County
In Amite county near Norwood two small stations on the Varna and Mississippi Valley line serve one of the Souths few pepper factories. Locals around Norwood are expanding pepper cultivation as a main crop.
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Mississippi
Norwood 2
Littl
Varna
Mississippi Valley
Glewier
Amite County
Norwoodl
Beattie to Demonstrate Peanut Harvesting Near Hazlehurst
W B Beattie government peanut expert will lecture at Hazlehurst on peanut growing and harvesting. He will show practical harvesting shocking and curing techniques at a model peanut garden near town, drawing local interest.
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Hazlehurst
W. B. Beattie
Maglehurst
Beattie
Spencer car inspector killed in Spencer by two trains
Spencer, Miss. C hiwin Winn, 28, a car inspector, was instantly killed when struck by a fast passenger train and knocked under a second as two trains met near Spencer. In Mississippi, 50 000 acres of cut overland land from the Camp Hinton Company estate, once in receivership, has been sold by M G Way and W Hudson of New Orleans through J B Payne of Jackson, creditors committee. A syndicate with northern capital is believed to be the purchaser, with plans for colonization use of the land.
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New Fircial Institution
Meridian
Mississippi
Spencer
Camp Hinton Ivader Company
M. G. Way
W. ©. Hudson
New Orleans
J. B. Payne
Jackson
Northern Capital
Cotton crop in this section to reach only sixty percent in 1900
Estimates from Jackson area cotton buyers merchants and bankers indicate the cotton crop this season will average about 60 percent of last year. The note mentions Jasper and the Confederate monument drive supported by Daughters of the Confederacy. Lafayette County fair announced October 24 to 28 with 1500 dollars in premiums for farming stock preserves fruits needlework and more. Soil surveys of Warren county are being conducted by the agricultural department led by W E Tharp.
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Jackson
Cotten
Lafayette
Oxford
Vicksburg
Warren County
W. E Department of Tharp
P&m Agriculture
Taft Endorses Wiley Amid Agriculture Dept Controversy
President Taft publicly vindicates Wiley chief of the bureau of chemistry in the agriculture department from charges raised by a group within the department. Taft notes he delayed announcing his decision awaiting a congressional inquiry and praises Wiley's data and integrity while urging thorough impartial investigation.
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Heverly
Taft
Marty W. Wiley
Agriculture
Wilson
Ox Ns
Department of Agriculture
Wickertham
Bern
Department
Wiley
Wickersham
Southern Cotton Congress Forms to Stabilize Prices
At Montgomery the 500 cotton growers and bankers from every cotton state vote to place cotton at 15 cents per pound with a warehouse collateral plan. A permanent Southern Cotton Congress is created and to meet in Atlanta, backed by a French cloth guarantee up to 73 million dollars.
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Southern Cotton Congress
Atlanta
B. J. Watson
South Carolina
OS. Derret
Farm New Union
Man seeks wife while New York mayor rebukes him
Arkansas man William W. Vammey asks Mayor Gaynor for help finding a wife in New York. Gaynor replies that many women would be willing to marry him but questions his pickiness and attraction, noting no shortage of potential spouses. The piece also references a National Press query and a broader debate on self defense and racial tensions amid upcoming campaigns.
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New York
William W. Vammey
Arkansas
Mayer Daynor
Mumsney
Gaynor
Death of Confederate General W P Hoggs in Winston-Salem
Gen W P Hoggs a Confederate brigadier general and chief of the Transmississippi Department died at 85 at his daughter's home in Winston-Salem. Born in Augusta Georgia he graduated West Point in 1853 and joined the Confederate service in 1861.
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Winston-Salem
Whnora P. Hoges
W. B. Taylor
Augusta
Rogge
William Robertson Hoggs
Weat Point
Confederacy
Transmississippi Department
Southern Army
Schenk case near end in Wheeling court
In Wheeling West Virginia the case of Mrs Laura Schenk charged with administering poison to murder her husband John Schenk was passed when called in criminal court. The renewed term was expected to end with no further action as jurors disagreed in the first trial. Mrs Schenk did not appear in court.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Schenk
John 1 Schenk
Sebenk
Haggin to Back Burley Pool Financing in Kentucky
Report says multimillionaire James T Haggin agreed to fund the Burley Tobacco Society pooling plan in Lexington Kentucky. He is said to help erect a 2.25 million dollar factory for those in the pool despite prior opposition from President France Lebus and the society’s executive board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
France Lebus
Burley Tobacco Society
James T. Haggin
Jaggin
Militant Confederate Veteran Announces Reunion Dates
William E. Mickle, chief of staff of United Confederate Veterans, declares the twenty second annual reunion will be held in Maron Georgia and Los Angeles California due to a nonsmoking stipulation before age twenty five. Don Gates, son of A H Gates of South Pasadena, receives fifty thousand dollars from his parents as a birthday gift.
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New Orleans
Tien
William E. Mickle
The
United Confederate Veterans
Maron
Los Angeles
Cal
Don Gates
A. H. Gates
South Pasadena
Heat Forces Early School Dismissals Across City
Kansas City reports many younger students sent home early on Wednesday due to extreme heat. A 5 degree temperature is noted, with unusually high readings across the Southwest region.
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Kansas City
Southwest
U. S. Marksmanship Good at San Francisco Battery
The Lancaster battery at the Presidio fired twelve inch guns and scored four hits in four shots on a moving target from a 9000 yard range in San Francisco California.
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U. S
San Francisco
Cal
Lancaster Battery
Presidio
Green Goods Men Caught in Chicago Bond Offer Explored
Chicago police and U S secret service closed in on S A Potter famed for gold brick swindles across continents. Potter and companion Edward W Starklef face Philadelphia indictments for 24000 bond forfeiture while London and Scotland Yard involvement loom. Federal officials demand 150000 cash for Potter’s temporary freedom and a court will hear the bond dispute.
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Chicago
S A. Potter
O. F. Dewoody
Department of Fastion
United States
Scotland Yard Ten
Potter
Lomdion
Otter
Konge W. Post
United States Court
Potter Sud
Edward W. Starklef
Philadelphia
George A. Carpenter
Molter
Cotton State Crop Report Shows Open Bolls Across Regions
Memphis reports 65 to 84 percent of bolls open in eastern states with high temperatures delaying picking. Ginning is heavy and farmers expect higher prices though markets show no withholding. States such as North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas are mixed with forecasts ranging from smaller to larger crops and notable weather impacts.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Haina
Texas
North
South Carolina
Eorgie
Alabama
Worthe
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missouri
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Cotton Growers Confer Sets Strategy Against Federal Report
Montgomery hosted four thousand cotton growers from across the United States to unite on price policy and oppose federal cotton figures. Delegates included congressmen and senators, agricultural commissioners, bankers and merchants. Senator EO D. D. Smith attacked Wall Street and foreign markets, urging Southern farmers to seek financial independence and a fair profit, noting New England would demand thirty cents a pound for cotton.
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Montgomery
Ala
America
United States
Commissioners of Agriculture
South
EO D D. Smith
South Carolina
Wall Street
Liverpool
New Orleans
Ile
New England
Canceled Warrants Reported in Port Smith Area
Port Smith Arkansas and nearby regions report circulation of canceled Mississippi State warrants redeemed January 1 1006. Police note six conventions in the city and another 25000 block recently shipped to small Alabama towns for distribution. Streetcar workers, tavern owners and merchants are seen as principal victims, with farmers and rural merchants also affected.
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Port Smith
Ark
Arkansas
Easterekishoma
Mississippi
Tesrta
Riots Over Food Prices In Vienna Turn Violent
Vienna sees deadly food price protests after a large Socialist demonstration. Troops fired on rioters, many killed and wounded as barricades formed. About fifty thousand people attended demanding government action and food imports to ease shortages.
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Vienna
Miss Florence Hopgood to Wed Charles Gi Gates Without Show
In Minneapolis a society expected a grand wedding for Miss Florence Hopgood and Charles Gi Gates, son of a late multimillionaire, but the bride will marry in a simple home ceremony with the exact October date to be fixed later. Gates is described as a society man who hopes for no show at the wedding.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Florence Hopgood
Charles Gi. Gates
Hopgood
Mia
Ohctober
Mrr
Cates
Taft Faces Wave of Circular Attacks on Western Trip
President Taft will be greeted with thousands of anti Taft circulars at every stop on his Western tour. The Central Labor Union of Washington orchestrates the leaflets attacking his stance in the Wiley controversy. Labor leaders back Dr. Wiley and accuse the president of favoritism toward private interests.
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Washington
Taft
Central Labor Union of
Dr. Wiley
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Chemistry
Wiley
Taft skips chariot ride in Sedalia
President Taft will not ride around town in a state chariot pulled by eight mules during his Sedalia visit. The reception committee learned the president preferred an automobile instead. In related notes from California, Annie Murphy, claimed oldest woman in Tulare County and pioneer, has died at age 110.
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Sedalia
Taft
Notor
San Diego
Cal
California
Annie Murphy
Tulare County
Georgia cotton crop lags July forecast again says Hudson
Georgia commissioner of agriculture Thomas G. Hudson reports the cotton crop in Georgia, currently being picked, will fall materially short of July estimates, signaling slower harvest progress than anticipated.
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New Orleans
Georgia
Thomas G. Hudson
Rice famine threatens Manila and Philippines economy
A famine threatens Manila with rice prices rising beyond all previous records. The supply is strained and concerns grow for households and markets across the Philippines as the staple becomes increasingly scarce and costly.
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Manila
Will Fly Down Mississippi Aviator Nominated for River Flight
K Robinson, aviator, named by Trans Mississippi River Flight Association to attempt a 1917 mile Minneapolis to New Orleans hydroplane run. He plans to start October 11 from Minneapolis, aiming for a $20,000 prize via river city exhibitions. Flight will proceed in stages to align with Chicago waterways congress.
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Bt. Louis
Stugh K. Robinson
Trans Mississippi Hiver Flight Associaton
Orleans
Robinson
Minneapolis
Conventio
Chicago
Mississippi River
Lumber dispute endangers Texas Louisiana mills
Beaumont reports thirty six sawmills closed with fear of rising to fifty as timber workers and owners stalemate. Stocking dwindles at mills and prices rise while overall lumber market remains brisk threatening a sharp shortage.
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Beaumont
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Timber Workers Brotherhood
Let Each Individual Shape a Great Nation
A reflective piece urges sober self improvement over pride and greed. It emphasizes personal duty to study, work, and moral character as the path to national strength, justice, and progress, citing Christ’s guidance and the dignity of the individual.
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Hom
Minderifee
Christ
Pauls
Hood
We Don’t Pray Posed to Forget
Fragmentary line references danger and memory, suggesting a meditation on fear and faith. The text hints at ritual or prayer as a counter to forgotten peril, with a somber, reflective tone characteristic of a historical column or sermon excerpt.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Sporsmen
Jasper
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Denies Hele
Iscent
Permanent Congress
Barret
Driaoms Cry Mae
New Vie Mayor Geit
Abe
Ioasen
London
Lena
W. P. Boggs
New Westminster
Bank of Montreal
Vancouver
B. C
France
Solliers
Binforde Pictures Barrell
Orleane
Behrman
Schenk Wase Nears End
Green Goods
Post
Devine
Miss Hopgood
Philippines
Catania
Mount
Etna
William T. Nichols
Col
J. J. McCook
Seabright
N. J
John James McCook
Fighting McCooks
St. Paul
Treasury Department
Louvre
Paris
Minnesota
Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Trus
Bavarie
Mr. Edison
James P. Martin Paster
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