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Died. Dexter William Fellows, 66, famed circus pressagent; of complications after an attack of typhoid fever; in Hattiesburg, Miss. Named for a race horse and a favorite uncle, Fellows grew up in Massachusetts, later publicized Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show. Colonel William F. ("Buffalo Bill") Cody, Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey...
...station platform. Delighted, he ordered an exhibition game for McComb this spring. Last week nearly half the population jammed their little baseball park to watch the Giants thrash the Cleveland Indians, 4-to-2. Next day, the Giants played the Indians in another exhibition game in Hattiesburg, Miss, where they were greeted by a brass band, a half holiday. After five balls had been pitched in the first inning, a downpour ended the game...
...Collier (now chairman of the potent Ways & Means Committee). Secretary Harmon has not made himself rich; much of his Y. M. C. A. work he did without remuneration. A heavy debt contracted in his family led him to give up a law practice, take over (with his brother) the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American. Like few other Southern editors he has consistently stood forth against lynchings, convict-floggings, local misgovernment...
...chubby-faced Governor-elect Conner is more than a windy swamp politician. Born near Hattiesburg 40 years ago, he was educated at the University of Mississippi, graduated from the Yale Law School at 22. He married his boyhood sweetheart, Alma Graham, now has one daughter. At 23 he was elected to the State House of Representatives and, with the aid of Governor Bilbo during a previous term, elevated to the Speakership where he served eight years. Later he and Governor Bilbo quarreled politically, which accounts for the skeleton. Off the stump Mr. Conner is a good-natured, well...