Editorial notices and global unrest echo in Brandon
The Brandon News presents advertising rates and notices then shifts to world events. It notes strikes in Vienna with labor versus arbitration, Garranza’s campaign amid ballots or bullets, farm labor shortages, denim price rises, and Brazil upset by Germany delaying seven torpedo boats. It urges denim wearers to help farming and cites Brazil-Germany trade tensions.
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Garranza
Brazil
Germany
Berlin
Two Famous Aviators Arrive in Havana for Visit
Two renowned American aviators Lieutenant Alexander Roberts of Camp Mitchell New York and Lieutenant H E Barksdale of Jackson Mississippi arrived in Havana by the P and O steamers. Cuba honors Roberts as one of its own boys despite his wartime capture and prison camp ordeal.
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Cuba
Alexander Roberts
H. T. Roberts
H. E. Barksdale
Jackson
Miss
Air Service
Camp Mitchell
New York
Roberts
Germany
Two Cuban War Heroes Return After Victory Visit
The report follows two Lieutenants, one captured and later freed, and Lieutenant Barksdale, an ace with six German planes down and five stars. They trained and fought together, now in Havana for a brief thirteen day leave. They plan to sell seventeen Curtiss planes for sixty thousand dollars, with one deluxe unit priced at thirty five hundred. They stay at Mrs. E R Osorio’s home in Vibora, Havana.
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Red Cross
Havana
Barksdale
Cuba
Roberts
H T Roberts
E. R. Osorio
Vibora
Evening News
Brandon Cemetery Cleanup Meeting and Plans
Notice to all interested in Brandon Cemetery. A mass meeting at the Court House April 23 appointed Major Pat Henry chairman and J A Lindsey secretary to oversee fundraising and work groups. Committees were named to solicit funds, supervise cleanup, and contact distant supporters. They aim first to clean the grounds then repair or replace the fence.
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Brandon
Court House
Pat Henry
J. A. Lindsey
H. L. McCaskill
J. R. East
Ed. Martin
W. G. Barnes
Trix Maxey
Annie Robinson
J. L. Buchanan
G. A. Harrison
J. W. McRae
H. C Washburn
L. McLaurin
E. E. Jackson
J. C. White
Florence Burney
Daisy Stevens
Annie Henry
W. S. May
Susie B. Buchanan
Veterans Camp meeting called in Brandon for May 8 1920
J A Lindsey secretary calls Rankin Camp No 265 UCV to meet in Brandon on Saturday May 8 1920 at 11 am. Delegates elected for State reunion at Oxford. cemetery levy discussed. dues payable to maintain representation. Urges full attendance of veterans and notes prior meeting cancellation for lack of members. PAT HENRY commander. R S MAXEY adjutant.
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Brandon
Oxford
Pat Henry
R. S. Maxey
Adj’t
Mississippi
United States of America
Seaboard National Bank
City of New York
State of New York
Mississippi log wagon privilege tax act of 1920
An act imposing a privilege tax on log wagons across Mississippi counties. It sets rates: $10 for each 4 wheel wagon drawn by a single team, $20 for 4 wheel wagons with multiple teams, $35 for 8 wheel wagons, and $15 per trailer attached to trucks. Tax collected adds to county revenues and takes effect on passage. Approved April 3, 1920.
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State of
Mississippi
Brandon
Board of Aldermen
Town of
Pat
Enry
A. M. Shields
Notice of Substituted Trustee's Sale Rankin County MS
Notice is given that by virtue of authority as substituted trustee in a deed of trust dated April 21 1919 by R N Warren to Standhard Motors Finance Company Inc recorded in Book 53 pages 1 3 3 in Rankin County Chancery Clerk and substituted in Book and Page 156 default having occurred the undersigned will sell May 16 19 at the courthouse in Brandon at hours per law the property described as a white truck me PD Ti to highest bidder for cash
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R. N. Warren
Standhard Motors Finance] Company, Inc
Chancery
Rankin County
Mississippi
Brandon
Minstestopt
Seaboard National Bank
New York
Town of
United States OF America
Bible in Rhyme and Brandon Dog Ordinance
A Brooklyn Eagle verse outlines the Bible books in rhyme. Brandon aldermen pass an ordinance prohibiting dogs from running at large without muzzles, with fines and bond plans. A 1920 bond election in Brandon approved street improvements with bonds issued. A chancery notice in Rankin County commands non residents to appear for partition sale.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Joshua
Ruth
Samuel
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
David
Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Daniel
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonas
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Zecharian
A. G. McLaurin
W. G. Barnes
Carrie
Yeas
G. C. Sprague
Ws H. Barnes
W.S. May
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Brandon
Bealt
Bey
J. W. Holmes
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Memphis
Tenn
Annie Gaston
Chas
12Th
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Washington
D. C
Hazel Marie Straham
Wm. Roach Strahan
W. H. Strahan
Street
Chancery Court
Rankin County
Mississippi
Chasch
D. Donnel
Chancery
W. E. McIntyre
Notice of Registration and Incorporation Details
Mississippi notice lists registration dates across counties with places like Pelahatchie and Mt. Creek, plus a registrar signoff. It also records Hart er of Incorporation Purvis Lumber Co, naming A G Purvis J A Spann and H Myers, with Pelahatchie domicile, capital stock 95000 and par value 100, purpose to buy sell own lumber and timber assets.
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Clear Creek
Thureday
Isto
Cato
B. Gayden
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