1916: Mississippi State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis established in Simpson County

Mississippi State Sanatorium
Mississippi State Sanatorium
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1916: Theodore Bilbo becomes Mississippi’s thirty-ninth governor

Governor Theodore Bilbo
Governor Theodore Bilbo

Bilbo served from 1916 to 1920.

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1916: Legislature establishes state’s first Highway Commission

Suit worn by Theodore Bilbo
Suit worn by Theodore Bilbo

At Governor Bilbo’s urging, the legislature appropriated $6,500 per year for road construction in 1916 and 1917.

1916: Suffrage movement gains foothold in Mississippi

Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Women’s Christian Temperance Union joined forces to work on behalf of women’s suffrage in Mississippi.

1916: High school student builds Mississippi’s earliest known radio

John H. England of West Point is credited with this technological advance.

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