Howard tax case settled in Biloxi circuit court
The Howard back tax suit ended when the court instructed a verdict for the state on residence. Attorneys fixed back taxes at 40000 dollars, with 25000 to Harrison County and 15000 to Biloxi. The dispute centered on whether Frank T. Howard resided in Biloxi.
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Biloxi Miss
Howard
Mississippi
Frank T. Howard
W. A. White
County of
Harrison
Biloxi
Wirt Adams
State Revenue Agent
Ford, White & Ford
Messrs. T. Marshall Miller
New Orleans
George Dodds
Gulfport
Loss of Fine Mill Plant Blamed on Incendiaries
Biloxi Mississippi December 20 The new saw mills of W L Cowart across Back Bay ten miles north of Biloxi burned with beliefs that the blaze was incendiary in origin Cowart was in Biloxi and hurried to his home at the mill after learning of the fire and began tracing the crime.
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Biloxi
Miss
W. L. Cowart
Back Bay
Presbyterians Fail To Name Head Of College
Jackson Mississippi December 20 The board of directors of the Southern Presbyterian College of Clarksville met in the city and adjourned without selecting a successor to the late Dr J W Rosenborough head of the college A committee for the purpose will name the new head.
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Jackson, Miss
Southern Presbyterian College of
Clarksville
J. W. Rosenborough
Joseph Lomax 103rd Birthday Celebrated in Indianapolis
Kalamazoo Mich December 20 Joseph Lomax said to be the oldest Mason and newspaper editor in the world turned 103 yesterday at his daughter’s home in Indianapolis. He once served as first president of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad and edited the Kalamazoo Gazette.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Joseph Lomax
Indianapolis
Lomax
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Kalamazoo Gazette
Canadian Judge Sees Speedy Jury Action in Canada
Ontario high court member William Renwick Ridell told a Knife and Fork Club dinner in Kansas City that his thirty year practice never required more than thirty minutes to select a jury and two days to try a case. He contrasted this with long delays in the United States noting a murder case in London Ontario and several other trials. Cincinnati mayor Henry T. Hunt also spoke.
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Kansas City
William Renwick Ridell
High Court of Justice
Ontario
Canada
Knife and Fork Club
Mr. Ridell
United States
London
Henry T. Hunt
Cincinnati
Fine ruins uncovered in heart of Peru
Ruins of baths and palaces were uncovered in the burial Inca city of Manchu Picchu in Peru by the Yale Peruvian expedition, which returned here Thursday. Prof. Hiram Bingham, head of the expedition, said those in power in Peru at this time were not friendly to American exploration.
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New York
Buriel Inca
Manchu Pichu
Peru
Yale
Hiram Bingham
Governor Mann Declines Bryan Luncheon Welcome Etiquette
Richmond Va December 20 Governor Mann a Democrat declined yesterday to help welcome William J Bryan to a luncheon at a business men's club saying etiquette required Bryan to call on the governor first. Bryan will go to Norfolk today for a dinner honoring Governor elect Sulzer of New York.
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Richmond
Mann
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Norfolk
Sulzer
New York
Dr Kings New Discovery Fights Pneumonia Colds
The advertisement presents Dr King s New Discovery as the best medicine against pneumonia and winter colds with testimonials from Mrs George W Place of Rawsonville Vermont. It claims effectiveness for coughs colds and croup and offers a trial bottle free with a price of 1.90 for the full bottle.
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Dr. King
George W. Place
Rawsonville
Lamb Breaks Down On Stand At Rate Hearing
G W Lamb assistant comptroller of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad broke from testimony when a telegram arrived announcing his father was dying in Cincinnati. He left for his father’s bedside and the commission recessed. He had planned to finish evidence by Saturday with no further testimony until after the holidays.
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Montgomery
Ala
G. W. Lamb
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Alabama Railroad Commission
Cincinnati
Louisville and Nashville
Lamb
Former Deputy Sheriff Dies in Birmingham Jail
Birmingham Ala Dec 20 Former Deputy Sheriff Henry Cole died last night after being found ill early today in the county jail where he was confined Authorities cannot yet say if death was natural or a self inflicted act Cole recently received a ten year sentence for the murder of Albert Nix at Blue Creek and faced indictments for the assassination of Felix Jellard at Lewisburg with further killing links.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry Cole
Cole
Albert Nix
Blue Creek
Felix Jellard
Lewisburg
Biloxi Carpenters Organize Local Union
Biloxi Mississippi December 20 A meeting at the Woodmen of the World Hall organized a Biloxi carpenters union with 21 members. Leaders expect rapid growth and plan to affiliate with the United Brotherhood of Carpenter and Joiners of America to secure a permittion in the new year.
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Biloxi
Miss
Woodmen of the World Hall
Carpenters
Atendance
United Brotherhood of' ‘Se Joiners
Amest 8
Seaver Offers Contract for Building Road
Seaver presents railroad contract to Biloxi citizens committee and refers it to the city council for action as the only body authorized to bind the city.
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Seaver
Biloxi
Miss
W. G. Seaver
Mississippi Northwestern
Citizens’ Committee
Irish Players Return After Queenstown Departure
Lady Gregory's Irish players sail on the Majestic from Queenstown to New York and plan a second tour of America, officials announce.
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London
Lady Gregory
Majestic
Queenstown
New York
America
Biloxi Officials Plan Park Improvements and Benches
Biloxi Mississippi city park commission plans to plant camphor trees donated by Mr. Watson and place benches along the beach foot of streets to aid visitors. They will request Louisville and Nashville railroad to use a vacant lot west of the park for a future extension to enhance the seaside recreation area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
City Park Commission
Watson
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Decree Pro Confesso in Government v Covert Land Case
A decree pro confesso was entered Thursday afternoon in the U S district court in the case of the government against Vicey Covert. The proceedings aim to cancel a land patent alleged to have been obtained fraudulently.
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United States District Court
Vicey Covert
Beacons Considered to Mark Biloxi Back Bay Channel
Captain B B Dorry of the United States lighthouse service and Assistant Superintendent E L Lanphier visited Biloxi on the lighthouse tender Arbutus to inspect marking the Biloxi channel into Back Bay with beacons. The Commercial Club and Congressman Pat Harrison had previously pressed for the inspection.
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Biloxi
Miss
B. B. Dorry
United States
New Orleans
Florida
Rio Grande
E. L. Lanphier
Arbutus
Back Bay
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Heart OF
Governor Mann
BILOX
Beechams Pills
Biloxi Back Bay
United States Light House
Dorry
Brick & Coal CO
ST. Francis
Bell
Braswell
Braswell’s Drug Store
Dauphin and Claiborne Sts
Opp
Cathedral
Mobile, Alabama
B. Luscher & Son
Jake Williams
Mobile
Farrow Coal Go
Royal and Canal Home
SMITH
Ithaca
Parker, Fox
Winchester
Remington
Barney Cavanagh Hardware CO
Partridge
Mickle
Southern Railway
Bell Phone
Battle House
Porter King
City Passenger and Ticket Agt
Turkeys Turkeys
Reliable
J. C. Brincat & Co
F. C. Horton
van Antwerp Building
Windsor Cafe
Albert E. Reynolds
Proprietors—Colden A Brown
OUR Bon Secour Oysters
Packard Shoes
Simon
Dauphin & Conception
Southern Hotel Buffet
E. Cor
Harry Horlock
Prop
L. D. Fry
L. D. Batre
W. Pres
F. Ladd
A. A. Michael
Merchant’s Bank
Louis Forchheimer
J. O. Bush
J. M. Walsh, D. P. Bestor, E. F. Ladd
Dr. Mobile
185 Street
T. Adams
M. D
Ph. G
Oph
Block Bros
Mobile, Ala
Auepenee Oats Naw Co
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
Office Northwest Centi and Conception
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