Overalls Movement Tackles Clothing Prices in Kansas
The Brandon News surveys a nationwide trend to curb living costs by wearing overalls. Mayors and college clubs from Kansas to Alabama form overall groups, targeting profiteering as prices rise from 50 cents to 6 dollars per pair. Highlighting local resistance, the piece laments price jumps and urges action against profiteers.
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Kansas
J.C. Brogan
Kansas State Normal School
College of Emporia
Yale University
Roanoke
Grenville
S. C
Jackson
Meridian
Birmingham
Ala
National Association
War Drags Profiteers Into Public Scrutiny
The piece decries wartime profiteering affecting every trade, from sugar to meat to produce, as newspapers anticipate reduction sale ads. It rails against extortion and rising doctors fees for minor injuries, urging a method to compel fair business practices and curb predatory pricing.
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Department of Trade
Local residents host and travel for weekend church and visits
A round of Sunday visits and Saturday travel fills the community note. A. B. Collum returns home after Saturday trip while B. Latham attends Kee Springs church Sunday afternoon. Families including the Alford, Smith, Sherrill, Dixon and Whittington clans gather and travel between Langford Goshen Springs Leesburg and Jackson as Rev. Massey preaches at Goshen Springs.
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A. B. Collum
B. Latham
Kee Springs
I. C. Brown
Jackson
E. B. Alford
Son of Value
W. B. Smith
O. A. Sullivan
Langford
HB. Bethune
D. L. Alford
G. H. Sherrill
Leesburg
R. L
O. M. Latham
W. W. Dixon
J. J
J. W. Whittington
Goshen Springs
Notice of Registration Under Mississippi Law
Notice of Registration under the laws of Mississippi references Section 4122. The undersigned presents this declaration as required by statute, indicating compliance with registration procedures and authority. This record signals formal registration actions by the signer under state code.
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State of
Mississippi
Notice of Coma Sale and Chancery Notices in Rankin County
Multiple notices list public voter registration sites and dates across precincts in Rankin County Mississippi from May to June 1920. Also included are chancery summons for Sharron case, bond issuance details for school repairs, a foreclosure sale by trustee, a special commissioner land description in Rankin, a stolen pony report, and bids for county supplies, bridges, and machinery with dates and locations.
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Steens Creek
Plain
J Cleary
Mt. Creek
Star
Dry Creek
Pearson
Holbrook
Oakdale
Chancery
Tomarrow Sharron
Chancery Court
Rankin County
Mississippi
Salid Court
Joseph L. Sharron
S. D. Donnell
W. E. McIntyre
R. N. Warren
Standard Motors Finance Company, Inc
Brandon
H. H. Bullock
Anderson Trigg
Jackson, Miss
Board of Supervisors
Will Steen
W. H. Baskerville ‘Place
Scott County
Wildcat Creek
Joe Williams
Clear Creek
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West Capitol Street
The
Brandon News
W. S. May
Brandon, Miss
Fannin
Palm Beach
Brown Suede
Just
SP. McRae Department Store
Pisgah
Red Oak
Cross Roads
Shiloh
Antioch
Cato
Dobson
Pelahatchie
A. G. Thornton
Marvin Carter
Irvin Warren
T. W. Brown
Tee
W. H. Strahan, Et al
Stetson & Shoble
Mr. Man
Schloss Bros
Regal Oxfords
Black Vici
Edwin Clapp
Oxfords
Rus
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