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Library of Congress1909

Image 4 of East Mississippi times (Starkville, Miss.), June 4, 1909

The East Mississippi Times PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI Office in Times Building Opposite East Entrance of Courthouse Wm Ward Kclltor and Proprietor A Texas prophet predicts that the world will come to an end in July We advise delinquents to pay their subscription 2 r s Kangaroo meat is being served in New York restaurants People who have eaten it are undecided as yet whether to re gard it as a luxury or a misdemeanor Jackson has organized a crusade against the pestiferous and deadly housefly When Jackson cant organize a cru sade against some evil its a dull day at the capitol city Hear in mind that we are going to have the grandest big gest and best Fair this fall in the history of the Fair Associa tion The officers are doing their partlet the citizens do theirs Tippah county claims to have discovered coal and iron mines within her borders With these commodities in North Mississippi and oil gushers on the coast Mississippi may yet come into her own It is said that there are a number of SIOOOO counterfeit bills circulating in various portions of Mississippi and Presi dent Pirdsall editor of the Yazoo

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Library of Congress1907

Image 5 of The Tupelo journal (Tupelo, Miss.), August 2, 1907

1 T1 IM 1 _ SHOES J V For the boy qjSiiF lir hfrfs the real test 1 A shoe that will stand the rough IV and tumble wear of the average 1 1 young Amsv a must ho good V DIAMOND BRAND gL Shoes arc huilt for real hard every 8K L day service They stand severest Hglk Mf use vhich only a hoy can give yK Every pair has honest value both eVVj in material and workmanship agSium 1 Look for the Diamond Brand JF MAKERS vMjjktSjm MAKE MORE FINE SnOESJTMAn L other nousej f THE SAFEST AND QUICKEST WAY TO TRANSFER jVIONEY IS BY LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE For Fates apply to Local Manager CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE TELEGRAPH CO Incorporated XV SMlVMi J03WIX TUPELO SOUTHBOUND No 1 Exprees daily lv 1127pm No 3 Havana Lim daily lv 917 a m No 5 Express daily lv 1025 a m o 11 Week days lv 300 p m NORTHBOUND No 2 Express daily lv 620 a m No 4 Havana Lim daily ly 727 p m No 6 Express daily lv 502 p m No 12 Week days lv 1025 am 3 V Taylor jno m Beall General Manager General Passenger

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Library of Congress1888

Image 5 of The Grenada gazette (Grenada, Miss.), February 25, 1888

NEWSPAPER WORK tats end 8uKMtloiu to Journalletlcallv Inclined Ulrli Many reasons exit why the majority of women are unfitted for the general work of a newspaper office The usual veryday work out of which a great daily paper is created is not only tally but physically laborious to extent that breaks down the constitu tions of strong men Men who follow the profession continuously age faster and more frequently give out midway in life than those in other businesses or professions The number of old jour nalists is far less than that of physicians lawyers clergymen or tradesmen Feminine physique is seldom construct ed upon a scale that it can endure the intense strain of newspaper work Another reason than lack of physical endurance is that they arc not so read ily amenable to discipline The ccssfnl newspaper is the one with a welldisciplined staff The workers in each department must follow rigidly the instructions of the head of that de partment Individual opinions and notions must be made subservient to the policy of the paper and its general tone There is no latitude for the ercise of pet views Now most women begin to write from the standpoint of

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Library of Congress1956

Image 1 of The Petal paper (Petal, Miss.), August 30, 1956

i mu il i East Side By P D Certainly seems that in the Cow Palace last week there was a lot of Bull i On March If 19561 ran what has since been dubbed The Jackass Page On May 17th because of requests for additional copies of the page I ran it a second time Today for the same reason as of May 17th I am running it for the third time both press runs of March 15tn and May 17th being exhausted The exact number cf states from which requests have come fcr the page I dont know having not kept up with them but my guess is around forty At any rate I am indeed sorry to inflict the page again on my regular subscribers but it is my hope they will understand you know anything to make a dollar 1000 Reward for anyone proving any connection between me personally or this paper and any organization whatso ever with the exception of the Methodist Church to which I was at one time a member True I dont have a thousand bucks but I can of fer it safely because there is no connection no subsidy no affiliation

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Library of Congress1961

Image 1 of The Petal paper (Petal, Miss.), April 6, 1961

0 w As a result of the recent news stories about the citizens councils the sovereignty commission and Billy C Barton The PetalHarvey Dispatch PO Box 355 Petal Miss commented as follows THE PETALHARVEY DISPATCH REPRESENTS THE PETALHARVEY AREA The PetalHarvey Dispatch is the only newspaper domiciled in Petal Miss In a news release out of Jackson Miss last week re ference was made to the fact an individual Barton who is in controversy with the Citizens Council of the state is a close friend of P D East publisher of the Petal Paper Petal Miss At the present time there is no newspaper published at Petal by P D East The only newspaper of record in Petal is the Petal Harvey Dispatch published by the Leaf River Publications and it has no connection whatsoever with any other news paper ever published here We hold no brief for the Citizens council the Sov erignty Commission or P D East We do believe that this newspaper supported by the business men and the citizens of Petal should be fully rec ognized as the only newspaper representing Petal and its citizens The citizens council should be more careful in its presentations and

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Library of Congress1948

Image 4 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), April 8, 1948

There is a photographing machine on a lower floor of Grand Central Station which is a marvel even in this day of mechanical miracles In appearance it resembles the body of a honsom cab You step inside sit insert a qarter in a slot and press a button In just one minute there is delivered to you automatically your photograph already framed For an other nickel a mailing envelope is also furnished The first days of spring have broght a new look to New York Side streets which had been piled high with snow are clean from warm showers Store windows have chang ed from their winter dressing to bright mildweather colors like the clothing of passing pedestrians Cen tral Park has taken on a verdant mantle set with diamondlike lakes And out in the suburbs residents have removed their overcoats too soon done too much raking on their vards have become overheated caught colds and now are taking the modern version of sulphur and mo lasses I recently had occasion to ride the Pere Marquette railrdftd from Grand Rapids Michigan to Chicago and I was much impressed by the dining car service This railroad is owned by the Chesapeake

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Library of Congress1898

Image 4 of The Grenada sentinel (Grenada, Miss.), September 10, 1898

7 THE SENTINEL GRENADA MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 ISM now The question is asked organize to DEMOCRATIC TICKET For Congress 4th District HON A F FOX Hay U to plentiful in Connecticut that it sella for 1 00 a ton Contrary to the general belief Connecticut has never ceased to be full of hayseed Three members of the cabinet Day Bliss and Longdo not use tobacco in any form and they therefore prob ably enjoy Bliss all Day Long The Memphis woman who stole her rivals teeth would also have stolen her toenails perhaps if given an opportu nitywould have gone after her tooth and toenail as it were Birds bicycles and balloons have at last been found to be useless or nearly so as adjuncts of war Men money and martial ardor are the stuff of which victories are madethe three Ms against the three Bs An exchange observes that Spain has more sunshine than any other country in Europe3000 hours ayear But nobody will begrudge Spain her sunshine for she has nothing else save honor and her honor haB been shown to be a mere matter of moonshine The war proved that one mule was worth a dozen

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Library of Congress1903

Image 8 of The Grenada sentinel (Grenada, Miss.), June 6, 1903

THE COLD TRUTH How much do men owe to newspa pers for whatever notoriety reputa tion or fame they may acquire or have thrust op them As the New York Press says before the populace in vainwithout the newspaper He spreadeagles the constitution in vainwithout the newspaper His clarion voice wakes up the universe in vainwithout the newspaper His most astounding fin ancial enterprises serve him in vain without the newspaper His scien tific researches and achievements are in vainwithout the newspaper His wireless telegraph would be an accom plishment of small meritwithout the newspaper His successes in every walk of life are in vainwithout the The newspaper is the Of course 4 Your great man Shines newspaper famemaker of the age some of the fame is cheap but it sat isfies the living wearer of the cloak even though posterity change it Let the newspaper cease to mention in any way the names of men who fancy that their fame is secure and they would soon drop out of signt Ex y y Weak Are due to indigestion Ninetynine of eveiy one hundred people who have heart trouble can remember when it was simple indiges tion It is a

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Library of Congress1912

Image 4 of The Grenada sentinel (Grenada, Miss.), November 29, 1912

je Srenatia entinel remfca UMiUiffi O F LAWRENCE Editor and Pururhrr oo Subscription 100 pet Year in advance When Subscription not paid in advance or before the expiration of twelve months the price is 125 3 months 35c 6 months 60c Entered si the Pott Office at Grenada Miaa a SecondClaaa Mail Matter ADVERTISING RATES display matter and readers furnished on In Memoriams and Cards of Thanks The Official Organ of Grenada County 1 1 Advertising rates on application Obituaries 10 cents per line SOME FAIL TO APPRECIATE THE NEWS PAPER The county newspaper is the unit of journalism The great city papers pay little heed to the individual except he be a distinguished one The county newspaper has started many a young man on the road to success and distinction It notices his early aspirations and his boyhood or youthful triumphs and it is impossible to measure the force and extent of words of praise fittingly bestowed they quicken the aspiration and fire the soul of the youth The county newspaper throws its bouquets to the living it pays its tribute to the dead tolled and the rainbow of hope and prosperity is made to arch their skies social

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Library of Congress1918

Image 3 of The Grenada sentinel (Grenada, Miss.), September 27, 1918

r g fti rra areUAaat ugJ ttqra MM3gsubJKwa NEWS FROM OVER THE COUNTY J WOLFE SCHOOL NOTES little brevities after an absence of sev eral weeks Mr and Mrs Walter C Keelin of Rosebloom spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs A S Wolfe and family The Misses Whitten were Grena da visitors Friday afternoon Mr J C Whitten was a Scobey visitor Saturday Mrs W M Little was a recent guest of her grand daughter Mrs Joe Mitchell Mr Phinis Osborne is working in Here we come with our Charleston now Raleston Whitten of Rosebloom was a recent visitor ot his cousin Laiand Whitten Mr and Mrs Ed Brunson and lit Cascilla of tie daughter Francis recent guests of Mr R K Rice were and family Mrs W M Little and grand Whitten daughter Miss Annie L _ are visiting relatives and friends in and around Sardis this week Misses Pearle Hughes of Rose bloom and Ocean Shackleford of Center Point spent Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Zania and Jessie Whitten Miss Modie C Wolfe spent Satur day night with Mrs Sadie Mitchell Mr Spencer Osborne was a Gre nada visitor Saturday afternoon Ray Mitchell of Rosebloom was a

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Library of Congress1916

Image 2 of The daily commonwealth (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.), September 23, 1916

THE DAILY COMMONWEALTH J L GILLESPIE Editor and Publisher AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE Commonwealth Building UNION ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE TELEPHONE NO 33 Entered at Greenwood postoffice as secondclass matter Office 207 Market Street c v t Cit Editor aul Solicitor 1 y 1 office Foreman n Pressman SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail or Carrier 15 Cents a Week 50 Cents a Month 8800 a Year Mrs J L Gillespie J B Hainan Michael Busam B B Barnes Shelby 0 Tanner Single Copy 5 Cents ADVERTISING RATES ON REQUEST GREENWOOD MISS SEPTEMBER 23 1916 TO OUR DAILY SUBSCRIBERS We are trying to get our carriers lists system atized in a manner to prevent subscribers missing their papers Our carrier boys should become familiar with their routes in a few days and de liver the papers promptly and accurately to each of you Therefore be patient with them Among the Big Dailies who believe in the old established customs of exchanging and are stick ing to their friends we are glad to note the old reliable Commercial Appeal the Daily NewsScim itar the Vicksburg Herald Laurel Ledger Green ville Daily Democrat the Clarksdale Register the Greenwood Commonwealth and the Two Dollar a Year

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Library of Congress1918

Image 4 of Oxford eagle (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.), July 11, 1918

OXFORD EAGLE Official Organ of Lafayette County and City of Oxford Published Every Thursday GEORGE W PRICE Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year In advance 130 Six Months in advance 75 Three Months in advance 40 No Free Copies no pairs sent on credit to anyone Declaration of Independence for American Publishers Self preservation is the first law of nature is a saying as old as the hills but one that has been disregarded by many and by publishers of the small country weekly it has been entirely ignored The Oxford Eagle under the present management has never been guilty of asking for support on the grounds of help ing the paper It has insisted that it wanted no subscribers or advertisers who did not get value received VY e have tried and have lived up to what we promised the people of Layfayeete countyto give them a paper in keeping and in proportion to tair appreciaion and patronage It matters not how much brain and eneigy a publication has behind it if the community be ignorant unconcerned and careless the paper will show it The newspaper reflects the true condition of the community in which it is published

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Library of Congress1945

Image 4 of The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser (Pascagoula, Miss.), October 12, 1945, (SECTION ONE)

1 To Keep A Free Press Free Recently the newspapers of tins country made annual observance of Newspaper Week and once again we looked on with interest and mixed feelings as one great journal after another and many a small one treated its readership to an editorial diet of sanctity and selfpraise We are proud of the free American press and would rather be a part of this business than any other But we cannot help regretting a maudling element in our business which seeps into the editorial pages oi ine nation on such occasions as News paper Week To get down to details one theme we do not like to see spread across these pages is the theme of selfcongratulation because wethe newspaper industry honestly report the news It is a newspapers implicit duty honestly to report the news No newspaper in America ex ists without its own slants and opinions and spe cial axes to grind whether these be on behalf of some ideal or on behalf of some very special and selfish interest But the tradition of a free press demands that the newspaper leave these slants and opinions to the editorial pages and that its newscolumns

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Library of Congress1921

Image 6 of The Neshoba Democrat (Philadelphia, Miss.), May 19, 1921

What It Means To Your Community Artemus Ward one of the great students of the psychology of pub licity once made the following ad dress before the merchants of a small town In New York and what he said said then is applicable now to mer chants everywhere A country weekly newspaper do 1 lug a business of five thousand dol lars a year is worth fifty thousand dollars to the business and profes sional men of the community and can Ik made worth one hundred thousand dollars a year to them If yon dont believe that statement try to get along wlthoutyour paper To talk about supporting your newspaper is about as damphoolish us to talk about supporting a store a bank or a manufacturing enter prise You wouldn be much in the world If you didnt trade in a store have a hank account and have some outlet for the energy of the citizens Too many business men look upon the local newspaper as an incubus a sort of charity Yet the local paper Is us much a public Institution us the public library the churches the hospitals or even the commercial club with the difference that It

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Library of Congress1909

Image 13 of The commonwealth (Greenwood, Miss.), December 17, 1909, (HOLIDAY EDITION, SECTION FOUR)

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMONWEALTH Being handicapped by the seemingly impossible improbability of having oth era bring as into print we deem it not inappropriate and not an unpardonable imposition to exercise oar high pre rogative and relieve oar systems of a little history and dope that may per haps be of little interest to those inter ested in The Commonwealth and its management The Commonwealth is now enjoying its fourteenth year of newspaper life After having been established and con ducted by former Governor Jas K Vardaman for a number of years Hon F R Birdsall of Yazoo City pur chased the office and successfully ed ited same for three years Nearly five years ago the present management came into possession of the paper The Commonwealth now owns its home on Market street and is here to stay The Commonwealth greets its readers today with as comprehensive an edition of a newspaper as ever issued from a Green wood press and in that affirms Its primacy corresponding to the primacy of the city that it represents and re flects Iu rejecting this special edi tion we called it our Holiday Edition which title has been abundantly jus tified

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Library of Congress1913

Image 4 of The commonwealth (Greenwood, Miss.), February 7, 1913

WHO IS WHO Here the 1 cret I11I cv 1 are the re hustling I line tiell Mglil CORIC a I liS d AllVI l TISI RS Mv Gr i Slate It t ri r IMenu d Fled ply c Hi A M it Mark 1 in While Slai fill I Brad k Ini A Si 1 M 12 a I Wot 1 Id S I I I I 1 I it I N Cliandl 16 17 Brent 1 1 N Shop Realty Co IS Hoffmans A 19 I II Wilkinson Bum 20 Words Smoke Ihm 21 2 Spates Collfertlol 1 Wllsc visions Tony Saunders Tailor 26 27 McIntyre Irug Stores 28 Woodworth linn nr Henderson A BiirJ IIini 2 ware Co We the iimlersignei selected lo award the prizes in the Who is Who foulest hen lv certify thiil the first if ptlr wins wni hv Miss Muv I 1000 llcnlcy 500 George Street the second prize of r 00 by Rich ard Limgnn Clarke LOO lumiir streetand that the mo been paid to the winners A J SCATKS urn MOV Inis F WHITMAN A R HEW Feby 5 1913 Judges I Abstract of Title Blanks for sah at

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Library of Congress1916

Image 7 of The commonwealth (Greenwood, Miss.), September 13, 1916, (WEEKLY EDITION)

APPRECIATED fraternal mention OF THE DAILY COMMONWEALTH Greenwood Comes in For a Deserved Lions Share of Good Advertising as a Result of Its New Daily Newspaper The Register is pleased to welcome j j j ts exchange table The Daily Com j realth the rcw daily started at I d last Friday Sept 1st by non Greenwu j l Gillespie who formerly edited Commonwealth For a tie a jear or more the business men of Greenwood have clamored for a daily realizing that so far as a weekly pa ncerned the town had out it and The Commonwealth is was ci per grown tje result of this clamor The Com ith is a very neat paper typo inonwc graphical Utest net be in competent hands afternoon out under r speaking contains the of the world and seems to It uses the Associated Press and starts very auspicious circuits We wish for the paper stances ahundant patronage and much success The editor of the Register knew years ago that tlie weekly in a large town voidd started The Daily Register in Clarks daie in 1D0S Wiseacres said at that that tlie paper would not pay and within three months would suspend

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