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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
5
Local residents and visitors listed include L. Fox, Rhodes, West Cole of Jackson, Frank P. Williams, Mrs. J. C. Atkins, Miss Lola Horne, Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens, Jack Redfearn of Holbrook, S. Maxey, B. Collier of Columbia, R. V. Shields of Forest, Dr. Mills of Jackson, and families like W. F. Owen with Ola and Verna. Mentions cover travel, calls on business, visiting relatives, housing work, and a new porch on a corner brick storefront.
A roundup of Brandon residents and events including A. E. Harper of Thomasville in town on business Mrs R F Brown injures her ankle while walking to prayer meeting Powell to run Georgetown Lumber Co Saw Mill and other locals such as Will Marshall visiting for business Mrs Cammie Smith Walker shopping in Jackson for a commencement concert and plans for a new concrete walk past the News office and Bank building.
Sorghum seed and stock peas offered by W. G. Barnes. One pure blood Angora billy, several high grade kids and nannies, cheap. Wm. Mayers, Brandon, Mississippi.
Mrs W T Johnson formerly Miss Alice Shields of Durant died at her home in Durant yesterday morning at 9 o clock. She married W T Johnson and leaves a husband a daughter Bertlee a father a mother and two brothers. Funeral services were held today in Durant with relatives Mr A M Shields and Mr H L Shields attending.
Mrs Malinda Baker aged 67 died at her home near Langford February 13 1908 and was buried February 14 in Oak Dale cemetery. She leaves five children and was a member of Oak Dale Baptist church. The friend’s prayer asks that the earth rest lightly upon her.
Several subscribers asked to change their post office addresses but their present addresses were not provided. The News cannot process the changes without both old and new office names. Changes will be made only when the old and new office addresses are named.
In a citywide appeal from Rankin County friends, the Jackson Hardware Co. touts its store as offering the most complete up to date hardware line in Jackson. They claim to have the largest stock ever and to offer the best prices on screen doors screen windows and wire screen cloth.
Considerable rain presses farmers to hustle to stay ahead of Gent leman Green as Armstrong nears completion of a new storehouse. Visitors include Dora Lee and Lou D Ellis, Matt McLaprin, Harkey from Jackson. Mrs Ellis and kin host. Miss Katie Belle Ferguson joins Miss Ida Lee in Jackson dressmaking. Brother and Sister Grice recount a pleasant time at the convention.
In King, rain disrupted Sunday and Sunday night attendance for Sunday school and prayer meeting. Local farmers are busy with tasks, some fishing. The column lists residents and visitors to Star, Simpson county, and Crystal Springs, plus a Fargo anecdote about a postmaster coroner and a fatal hospital misdiagnosis.
A Boston Record note describes a small boy in a South Boston drug store. He wrinkled his face and shuffled his feet, prompting staff with a memory test. He asks the clerk for a place with many American soldiers, guessing Fort Sheridan and Manila, then correctly names Manila as the place and requests Manila extract for flavoring ice cream.
A fragment from a 19th century column features a back‑and‑forth on what makes a statesman. A boy asks what a statesman is, and a child’s answer, “A statesman is, just the same,” echoes the old joke about speeches, trust, and leadership.
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