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italian imagrants
This bottle is from the Salvo and Berdon Candy Company in Natchez. Natale Salvo, an Italian immigrant, ran a Natchez confectionery until his death in 1910. -
Fire sweeps through Pascagoula and destroys fifty buildings
The damage for the fire was estimated at $500,000. -
U.S. Senate investigates and censures Senator Theodore Bilbo
The former Mississippi governor was suspected of accepting bribes from defense contractors during World War II. He withdrawed from the Senate due to the charges, and died in 1947 due to cancer. -
Beer sale
Any city in Mississippi with a population of 2,500 or more could vote to permit or prohibit the sale of beer upon the petition of 20% of the qualified voters in the city. Therefore, a wet city could be within a dry county. -
court bans segragation at bus terminals
The supreme court bans segragation at bus terminals -
Gambling allowed
Under its provisions, gambling was legal on the Gulf Coast and along the Mississippi River if the voters in the eligible counties approved it. Casinos had to be located on navigable waterways, not on land. -
FBI agents arrest Ernest Avants
FBI agents arrest Ernest Avants after learning he was connectedc with the killing of Ben Chester White in 1996.
