"Circa 1906-1920
The lowest-priced victor of the period, the Victor Junior featured an oak cabinet with nickel trimming. The horn was black japanned. It has a combination brake and speed regulator for 8-inch turntable. Original cost: $10.00.
"The Columbia Type B gramophone was known as the Eagle because it cost $10. The $10 gold piece was known at the time as the Eagle, so the phonograph acquired the same name. This machine has a nickel plated horn, key wind with open motor and...
4-H clubs; Mississippi; Walthall County (Miss.); Calves; Livestock exhibitions
William Henry Mitchell of Tylertown (Miss.) won top honors with his calf at the Walthall County Livestock Show and then went to Hattiesburg and won grand champion. His calf sold for $1 a pound, bringing $795 at the Forrest County Show in 1944.
African-Americans; Slavery; Starkville (Miss.); Physicians; Hogan family
Receipt for Mrs. Hogan's payment of forty dollars to Dr. L. O. Parker of Starkville, Mississippi, for medical visits for a ''Negro girl'' from August 21-30, 1863. $1.50 of the amount due was paid for by ""washing"". The bill was paid on January...
Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Poll taxes--Mississippi.; Slavery--Mississippi.; African-Americans--Mississippi.; Nathan, A.M. (Asher M.)
Tax receipt for $19.91 paid by A. M. Nathan to Holmes County tax collector for 1843 state and county poll taxes; taxable items include 1 Watch, 10 Head Cattle, 7 Slaves, 440 acres land. Received by J.D. Wyatt, Sheriff and Tax Collector.
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Taxation; Wells, J. W.; Wells family
Receipt for J. W. Wells' payment of $10.75 in taxes to the Confederate States of America, received by District 33 tax collector James B. Shelton, 1862.
Darden family.; Darden, Thomas L.; Patron's Union Association of Mississippi.; Lake Camp Ground (Jefferson County, Miss.); State Grange of Mississippi.
$10 stock certificate for Thomas L. Darden from Patrons' Union Association of Mississippi.
Grocery trade; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $55 to Arthur Foster for various household goods and repairs purchased from 1863-1864. Sarah E. (Sallie) Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888.
Guardian and ward; Custodian accounts; Itawamba County (Miss.); Probate courts; Education; Tuition; Slaves; Debtor and creditor; Taxes; Money; Crayton, R. C.; Tynes, Roena C., 1852-1880
Annual Report of W. D. Tynes Guardian for R. C. Crayton a Minor To February Term 1863 of the Probate Court of Itawamba Co Mississippi. As assets, Tynes lists five individuals indebted to the guardian account by notes, cash on hand of $900 in...
H.R. 1400; House Resolution 1400; G.I. Bill; GI Bill; Montgomery GI Bill; Montgomery, Gillespie V.; Representative Seiberling, John (OH); Representative Regula, Ralph( OH);
Dedication of the Ohio National Guard's newly constructed $5.3 million Army Aviation Support Facility at Akron-Canton Airport. Representatives John Seiberling (OH), G.V. 'Sonny' Montgomery, Major General Raymond R. Galloway-Ohio Adjutant General,...
William Morgan, Jr. of Morgan City, Mississippi, vocational student and 4-H Club member, sold this calf, Royal M. Mixture 3438074, in the Southern National Hereford Sale, Greenwood, November 10, 1943 for $550 to C.S. Whittington, Greenwood,...
1- Included in the Defense Authorization Bill in the House are two provisions to improve education benefits through the G.I. Bill. What will these provisions do?; 2- Mississippi Veterans will benefit from the construction of a $10.3 billion dollar...
Physicians; Medicine; Dentistry; Slavery; African-Americans; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $232 to Dr. B. F. Barry for a variety of medicines, tooth extractions, child delivery, and visits to members of the household, including slaves. Sarah E. Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888. 1864.
