Rumored Bulgarian Colony to Settle Mississippi Lands
Word reaches M old Miss that a colony of Bulgarians plans to acquire a cut over tract from Moss Point through Harrison and Jack counties. The land, once owned by J N Dantzler Co Moss Point, is said to be targeted by northern syndicates for colonization plans. Details suggest a staged settlement and community form of governance aimed at cultivation and self improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss
Erin
Harrison and
Jack-counties
Moss Point
J. N. Dantzler & Co
Indus
Jones Resigns to Take Animal Husbandry Post
Jesse Jones of Montgomery district farm demonstration agent resigns effective February 1 to become professor of animal husbandry at the Polytechnic Institute. Dan T. Gray will take over at North Carolina Experiment Station Raleigh. Jones has long served in farm demonstration work. his Auburn ties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merv
Ala
Jesse Jones
Montgomery
The
Polytechnic Institute
Dan T. Gray
North Carolina Xperiment Station
Raleigh
Jones J Dannacite
Auburn
Lacedale Man Takes Poison in Despondent Act
Ed B Pierce a 55 year old prominent south Mississippi businessman and lawyer living in Lacedale took two ounces of carbolic acid and died soon after. He had sold publishing company work, founded a bank, and later practiced law. His despondency stemmed from ill health. he left a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacedale
Ed B. Pierce
Net Take
Lucedale Drug
Drs. Dorsett
Bley
Mr. Pierce
South
Mississippi
Edward Thompson Publishing Company
Peoples’ Bank
Laurel
Mias
Black man sentenced to hang for Brundidge assault
Albert Warren, a Black man, was convicted swiftly in Troy for the December 23 Brundidge assault on Miss Alice Graves and sentenced to hang February 14. The dispatch notes absolute quiet in Troy and remarks that trouble tests manhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Albert Warren
Alice Graves
Brundidge
Troy
Syrup of Figs Tempts Relief From Constipation
An ad copy touts Syrup of Figs as a mild laxative for headaches biliousness and constipation. It claims gentle cleansing of the liver and bowels without drugging, urges asking for Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, warns against imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Company
Alabama Officials Plan Health Survey and Inundation Study
State health officers Dr W H Sanders to lead a sanitary survey of the Coosa river reservoir near Lock 12 to assess health impacts as land across four counties including Chilton and Shelby would be submerged. The same day the state board of medical examiners starts its semi annual licensing exams, and Alabama electors gather in Montgomery to vote for president and a messenger to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Highway Engineers
W. 8. Keller
Wen
State Committee of Public Health
W. H. Sanders
Alabama
Lock 12
Coosa River
Alabama ‘Interstate Power Company
Chilton
Shelby
Sanders
State Board of Medical Examiners
Montgomery
Washington
Hugh Roberts
Birmingham
Berryman
G. Betty
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
O Neal Names Two for European Trip
Governor O Neal will appoint two Alabama representatives to join the American commission formed at the 1912 Nashville congress. The body will tour Europe for three months starting April 26 to study cooperative rural credit systems. Those chosen must cover their expenses but may be reimbursed by the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Clarence J. Owen
Southern Commercial Congress
O'Neal
Alabama
American Commission
Congress
Nashville
Europe
Canada
Will Search for Body of Clerk Coot McKee
Walter Mask of Roche & Burke Undertaking Company left Mobile on the steamer John Quill for Coffeeville Alabama to search for the body of C S McKee second clerk of the steamer James T Staples. Mask carried an embalming outfit and believes the body remains in the hold and may be recovered without difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Mask
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Mobile
John Quill
Coffeeville
Ala
C. 5S
Coot
Third Alabama Congressman Clayton Endorsed for Wilson Appointment
Special to The Item from Montgomery Alabama reports growing support for appointing Congressman Clayton to a Wilson administration post. The movement originates outside the third district but likely enjoys backing from Mr. Clayton. several officials have sent letters urging the appointment and many have responded favorably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
United States
Woodrow
Third District
Clayton
Wilson
Gulf and Ship Island modernizes locomotives at Gulfport
At Gulfport the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Co upgrades engines by replacing wooden cabs and side boards with solid sheet steel and adding electric headlights. Thirty workers are suspended pending material arrival. A test of the new electric lighting will be conducted in Capt. J. T. Jones' private car en route to Jackson. The car’s interior features mahogany finish and a rich carpet, claimed to be the handsomest of its kind locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Guilt & Ship and Railroad Co
J. T. Jones
Jackson
Body of Chief Engineer Kopf brought to Mobile
The body of Chief Engineer John J. Kopf of the James T. Staples was brought to Mobile on Saturday afternoon. It was taken in charge by Roche & Burke Company and moved to the Kopf family home at 312 North Conception Street. Funeral set for Sunday at 3 PM with burial in Magnolia Cemetery. Delegations from the Marine Your Beneficial Association and the Men's Benevolent Association will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Kopf
James T. Staples
Mobile
Roche & Burke Company
North
Conception Street
Magnolia Cemetery
The
Marine
Your Beneficial Association
Men's Benevolent Association Tbe
Richmond Mistress Complains of Refrigerator Riddle
A Richmond woman laments her colored cook has broken nearly every household item including the porch thermometer. The maid replies with weary humor that they will have to take the weather as it comes, reflecting a resigned exchange over ongoing mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Yessum
Isn t Her Complexion Beautiful Natural remedy boasts quick skin cure
An old advertisement promotes Stuart s Calcium Wafers claiming pimples blotches liver spots and boils vanish as the blood cleanses. It emphasizes blood purity without harmful drugs and asserts a pimply face can be hidden no longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Che
Waters Rt
Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers Promoted as Nerve Vitalizer
Advertises Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers as a cure for nervous exhaustion and low vitality. Claims to restore energy, weight, and digestion, with a 50 cent free trial offer and one dollar full boxes via mail order from F J Kellogg, Battle Creek Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Kellogg’s
Kellogg Sanstone Wafers Trial Box Offer
A sales note for a free trial box of Kellogg's Sanstone Wafers requests 6 cents for postage and packing. The ad mentions Kellogg Co of Battle Creek and lists Mobile, New Jersey, and local stores including Sutton Bros and Bienville Pharmacy offering the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Kellogg Co
Hoffmaster Block
Battle Creek
Mich
Matt
Kellogg
Sanstone
Mobile
Sutton Bros
St. Francis Street
T. S.van Aller
Broad Street
C. H. Burkett
New Jersey
Cedar Streets
H. Baker
Gaual
Conception Streets
Bienville Pharmacy
Anna Gould to Attend Wedding of Her Sister
London January 11 Duchess de Talleyrand formerly Anna Gould travels with her husband and son to Irvington-on-the-Hudson for the wedding of her sister Helen Miller Gould. The Duchess, in frail health from grippe, says the ceremony will be soon after the party’s arrival and date is not yet fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
Duchess de Talleyrand
Anna Gould
Euston
Prince de Sagan
Mauretania
Helen Miller Gould
Talleyrand
Grippe
Anthony J. Drexel
Shepard- Gould
Drexel
Th Mauretania
Mar. Drexel
Peteey
W. Gould Brokawa
James
A. Blair
Sour Crook Choppers Elect New Officers at Bend Camp
Vinegar Bend Alabama camp officers were elected at the regular session last week. E. C. Delastain was named past council commander and W. M. Baxter became council commander. J. W. Wiedman was chosen adjutant with Heddethant and A. R. See See to fill remaining posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinegar Bend
Vinegar “Bend
E. C. Delastain
J. W. Wiedman
Hedtehant
A. R
Charles
Gulfport Bank Elects R. R. Perkins President
At the Bank of Commerce board meeting in Gulfport Mississippi on January 11 R. R. Perkins of Bay St. Louis was elected president. He also leads the Merchants Bank and Imperial Naval Stores Company. New directors Nat Owen C A Robinson and W J Gex join the board. The bank shows capitalization of 100000 dollars and surplus of 20000 with 300000 in deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Bank of Commerce
R. R. Perkins
Bay St. Louis
Perkins
Merchants Bank At
Imperial Naval Stores Company
Nat Owen
Bank of Leaksville
C. A. Robinson
W. J. Gex
Mississippi
Ship Island Lumber orders 17 500 berry crates for crop
Gulfport Mississippi January 11 The Ship Island Lumber Co at Sanford has ordered 17 500 crates to ship next season's strawberries, enough for forty car loads. In December the firm ordered $3000 worth of plants to expand the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Ship Island Lumber Co
Sanford
Rockefeller Delayed Due to Incoming Steamer
A Nassau arrival scene delayed the Rockefeller party as a steamer from Nassau with William Rockefeller on board reached port. The vessel waited for the tide and the party remained aboard or in rooms at the Royal Palm while awaiting passage, causing a postponement of their plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walene
Witefeller
Wag
New York
Stean
Nassau
William Feller
Er. Rockefellers
Rockefeller
Chappelle
Royal Palm
Sons of Counterfeiter Nets Arrests in Dragnet
Three sons of J N Rice were arrested in Chicago on counterfeit charges. Rice, repeatedly sentenced for counterfeiting, was noted by Judge Landis as having no hope for reform. Detectives report fake dollars and half dollars circulating near the Rice home and the sons named James George and Melvin Rice were alleged to have passed counterfeit coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. N. Rice
Landis
Rice
Atlanta
Tt Rice Home
James
George
Melvin
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Mloyf
Waree
Goast
Jones
Pierce
State Highway Commission, Health and Electoral Boards
O’neal
M’kee
Pur Olent
Peerless Laundry
Bell
St. Emanuel St
Gulf and
Ship Island
Engineer Kopf
Kellogg's
Sour Crook Choppers
Ebay Franklin
Franklin
Gulfport Bank
William Rockefeller
Miami
Dragnet
Halfeick
Hostetter
Mostetter
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