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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
5
Dr Ruel May dentist lists office hours from 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. The note indicates a closing period from the first to the twenty fourth, though the year and exact dates are not specified.
Monday visits noted from Joe and West Patrick and J. R. Knochs improving. Several residents and businesspeople appear in Brandon with a mix of travels, visits, and local developments. Noted deaths include Oscar R. Kersh and Mrs. John McDonald. The piece lists multiple community figures and upcoming church events.
Will Evans the Groceryman sells staple and fancy groceries with a full line of cigars and drinks. Everything is fresh, no telephone. Drop in. Coal oil is fire proof at 124 cents per gallon this week only.
Editor May of Brandon News and machinist F. B. Walrod claim a new mailing machine prints name and address on the paper margin. Operators could run it at 3500 an hour. A patent has been applied for and machines will enter the market soon at a fair price with guaranteed performance.
Results show Miss Mary White won elocution with Miss Irene Atkins and A G Mayers among the top in spelling A G Mayers and Henry Girdlestone excel in standing broad jump while A G Mayers and Cole Burns take running events. Edward Hobson and Margaret Buchanan headline egg and sack races with Buchanan and Wynn in multiple early speed challenges.
The Union Advocate reports the Farmers' Union state lecturer H. W. Bradshaw suffers a physical breakdown and cannot return to lecturing. Widely known and beloved, his absence is felt across the state as friends hope for recovery and a return to his work educating farmers.
For sale two lots in Brandon Mississippi on the south side of the public square and on the south side of Government street opposite L E Washburn brick store house. Each lot has a two story frame store building. Addressed to William Buchanan Brandon March 31 1908.
Marriage license notices list Dan L. Tucker and Mrs. Lilian Roberts as a couple under colored designation. Additional entries mention Boone and Annia Leg, Max Jareen McGee and Lenora Wilson. The fragmentary text also references a tailor and clothing items, suggesting ads or notices about coats and vests.
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