Yankee farmer could build a pyramid with a lever
Edwy HE Benedict of Waterbury Connecticut argues in a Literary Digest letter that ancient pyramids were raised by simple levers and fulcrums using blocks’ own weight. He says farmers and boys used pry methods, greased rollers, and staged blocking to fit stones, proposing to contract a new pyramid with wartime style teamwork.
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Benedict
Waterbury
Conn
Mr. Benedict
Literary Digest
Chancery Court summons and land sale notice
State of Mississippi to Van Kersh of Dallas Texas must appear September 1921 to defend Lavinia Patterson suit. July 19 1921. Land sale trustees J E Ross C T Vinson announce August 18 1921 at Virgil school house 2 acres and old school house to be sold at public auction between 12 and 1 o clock.
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State of
Mississippi
van Kersh
Metropolitan Avenue
Dallas
Texas
Chancery Court
Rankin
Lavinia Patterson
A. D
S. D. Donnell
Watkins, Watkins & Eager
Jackson
Miss
Virgil School House
J. E. Ross
C. T. Vinson
For Sale No 5 Oliver Typewriter Offered
The Brandon News lists a No 5 Oliver typewriter for sale priced at 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olliver
The
Brandon News
Backache and Kidney Ailments From Uric Acid in Meat
Uric acid in meat can irritate the kidneys and cause backache, cloudy urine, and bladder unrest. Symptoms include heaviness, dizziness, and stomach upset, with relief sought when kidney function feels overwhelmed or weather worsens.
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Nick
Miss Spring Back On The Job In Timber Country
A rugged poem recounts the return of Spring as a force in forests and work camps. Men complain of weather and women, noting Spring’s power to thaw, halt, and boss the timber scene, overturning plans and turning labor into a jumbled effort. The speaker, a woods worker, laments losing control to the season in a hard living, frontier voice.
Old-Time Cold Cure Promises Safe Plant Tea Drink
An advertisement touts Hamburg Breast Tea as a cheap vegetable cold remedy. It urges readers to visit a ny pharmacy to buy a small package and drink it hot at the onset of cold or grip symptoms, claiming safety and harmlessness.
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Hamburg
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief for Aches
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a universal remedy for rheumatism tense aching joints backache sciatica and neuraglia. It claims fast pain relief with a 35 cent bottle and urges readers to buy at any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobs
Sciatica
Williams Hammer Mill and Mill Outfit Sold at Bargain
Complete Williams Hammer Mill No 00 with sacking elevator and ball bearing 35 hp Superior gasoline engine. Includes No 5 Sandwich Corn Shucker and Sheller, power or hand sheller, 24 inch French burr grist mill, and assorted shafting pulleys belts. Sold separately or all together. Contact W S May Brandon Mississippi.
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Williams
W.S. May
Brandon
Miss
Three Prongs Club Incorporators Charter
The Three Prongs Club charter lists W S Thornton W H Watson and W L Maxey as incorporators. The Brandon Mississippi domicile is given with five thousand dollars capital stock and shares at 166 67 each. The organization aims to own a hunting and fishing venue and to uphold Mississippi game laws for fish and game protection with a fifty year term.
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W.S. Thornton
Postoffice Brandon
W. H. Watson
W. L. Maxey
Postoffice
Brandon
Miss
State of
Mississippi
Thornton
W. H
Three Promgs Club Incorporators Acknowledge Articles
In Rankin County Mississippi on July 19 1921 W H Watson W L Maxey and W 8 Thornton acting as officers of the Three Promgs Club acknowledged signing and executing the articles of incorporation as their act. Notary Roy L Fox witnessed.
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State of
Mississippi
Rankin
Thornton
W. H., Watson
W. L. Maxey
Three Promgs Club
Roy L. Fox
Trustee's Sale of Rankin County Mule Portfolio
A Rankin County Mississippi trustee will auction on August 15, 1921, cash to the highest bidder at the courthouse. The sale covers a list of described mules and mares including Lex, Gray Mag, Pepper Head, Nig, Bear, Blue, Kate, Cora, Rhody, Pet, Mike, Ida, Tige, Jim, Dave, Dock, Ella, Jeff, Dick, Lice, Bob, and Mabel in the chattel deed of trust dated April 30 1920 by R S Taylor and J H Wallace to secure debt to R K Gough.
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R. S. Taylor
J. H. Wallace
R. K. Gough
Chancery
Rankin County
Mississippi
Alex
A. Talbert
Gray Mag
C. B. Team
Pepper Head
Tchula
Scar
Bear
Meyer Brothers
Blue
McWilliams
Fikes
Kate
Cora
Rhody Scar
Pet
Mike
Ida
Tige
Jim
Dave
Dock
Ella
Jeff
Mabel Tought
Rankin County Assessment Rolls 1921 Recapitulation
Recapitulation of Rankin County real and personal property assessments as of February 1, 1921. Polls show counts by race and sex. assets include livestock, vehicles, household goods, machinery, timber, lines and equipment, debts, bank deposits, and corporate stock values.
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Rankin County
Board of Supervisors
County tax totals show real and personal property value
The report lists real property valued at 3,994,680 and personal property totaling 5,102,380 in the county. Timbered lands, cultivatable acres, and uncultivatable lands are itemized with specific valuations. The board of supervisors will likely raise over 200,000, and Assessor Ward credits the recap.
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Board of Supervisors
Help Wanted Sell 187 Products Direct to Farmers on Credit
Male help wanted. Business expanding to farmers on credit. Own team or auto under 50 and able to give bond. Twenty million use our products. Good territory open. Write J. R. Watkins Co. Dept 114 Winona Minn. It’s your life chance. Human ignorance is why there is so much hair tonic sold.
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J. R. Watkins Co
Winona
Minn
Ely's Cream Balm Advertisement Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement urges readers to use Ely's Cream Balm to relieve head colds and nasal congestion. It claims the antiseptic cream clears air passages, soothes inflamed mucous membranes, and provides instant relief from stuffed nose and headache.
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Ely
Sealed bids for school tallyho service sought
The Brandon Consolidated School district invites bids to operate tallyho service from Hebron and Bethel schools to Brandon for 1921-1922. Bids must bond $500 for faithful performance for nine months, with first class equipment on the board supplied schedule. The board may reject any bid. J A Lindsey, Secretary.
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Brandon Consolidated School District
Hebron
Bethel
Brandon
J. A .Lindsey
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Emai Ornare
Hood Hi
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South President St
E. B. Smith
Pantaze Cafe
Proyal Hotel
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Orlando Glick
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