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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
4
R H Henry of Hinds James D Thames and J W Collier appear as candidates in the 8th district race. The clipping lists their names and district involvement, indicating a political filing or slate. No further details on platforms or outcomes are provided.
The article notes T P Gore, a Mississippi boy, was renominated as United States senator from Oklahoma. It also mentions editors Noah and Noble selected as mayors of Kosciusko and Laurel, Mississippi, with editor remarks about fresh air curing poverty.
About 237 head of cattle averaging 1600 pounds each were sold in Kentucky for a gross $24,000. The sale price averaged 6.85 dollars per hundred pounds, underscoring the value of well raised cattle and profitable farming practices.
The Daily Mirror comments that street sides in London show neglect amid heat and dust. It notes Brandon in the same class with the world’s great city in one respect, suggesting urban challenges and public sentiment reflected in the page’s remark.
The article notes William Hill serving his 839th year of a life sentence for murder in a Massachusetts penitentiary. It claims inmates either escape, are killed, die, or are pardoned. many reportedly die soon after beginning a life term in the Mississippi prison system.
In Danville Illinois organized labor pursues defeating incumbent congressman referred to as Uncle Joe Cannon. The text argues workers should vote against the party of trusts and combines, claiming wage increases are offset by higher living costs benefiting manipulators.
Five were killed and two injured in an automobile wreck near Burlingame California on Tuesday. The article moves to caution about auto speed, urging drivers to stick to slower, safer speeds and noting dangers to occupants, pedestrians, and horses, with loss of life failing to deter reckless driving.
An eight year old Natchez girl died after rabies developed from a sore licked by a dog at Pasteur Institute in New Orleans. The dog was killed, a year or two late, and the incident is cited as a warning about keeping pets for children. The piece also urges voter engagement ahead of the upcoming primary, noting candidates for the seat of Hon. J. S. Williams and urging readers to choose among the varied contenders.
A handsome widow's boasts at a friend's gathering repel suitors while a visiting beauty's modest talk wins admiration. The piece argues delicacy in discussing men's charms, and urging mothers to teach tact to daughters. Ella Wheeler Wilcox cautions on how women speak of male relatives, invoking the Golden Rule.
Two large manufacturers settled a dispute with a mutually binding agreement after lawyers used the letters O K to sign. A suit challenged the phrase as slang, but a Illinois court ruled OK conveys universal understanding and is legally binding.
Notice to teachers states the white institute will meet at Brandon on the 17th and remain one week under J. M. Kenna of Summit Miss. The colored teachers institute will convene at Brandon on the 10th inst conducted by H. T. Buckley.
The Brandon News reports a new ginning plant built by the Gin Compress Company, featuring a 100 hp boiler and 75 hp engine, hot water heater, condenser, and a hydraulic compress. Warehouse work starts soon to enable direct cotton sales to buyers from Vicksburg, Meridian, and New Orleans at top market prices, with planters paid on the spot.
A speaker extols England's superior roads, claiming their beauty and quality would elevate any country. The author argues well paved highways would attract and enhance other benefits, preventing poor housing and ramshackle cabins. The reflection promotes national pride in infrastructure.
Clarence H. Poe writes from England that good roads stimulate development and resources. He notes good roads cost money but often pay back, and urges improved infrastructure at home despite inevitable costs.
Sir Fred eric Treves links bad teeth to appendicitis noting patients with the condition often have poor molars. Improper chewing leads to undigested food entering the bowels, reducing stimulation of peristalsis and possibly remaining in the cecum where decomposition occurs. The takeaway urges improving teeth and thorough chewing.
In Boston a woman helped a sick stranger with hot coffee in a railroad station. The grateful recipient sent gifts for years, culminating in Mrs. Harvey Bartlett receiving $3,000 in stock from Mrs. B. Lilley of New York with an option to cash out or keep for 8 percent dividends.
H. S. Herring secretary of the New Orleans Board of Trade, after a dusty trip, stopped for a drink of whiskey before fixing his hair. A lightning strike shattered the mirror and bureau where he would have stood, claimed as a near miss with divine warning about his liquor habit and zeal.
The piece catalogs dangers across many trades from stone cutters to bakers and telegraphers noting health effects and fatigue. It mocks harsh working life and ends by touting Brandon as an ideal easy place with a poor baseball team and quiet life, suggesting Jackson as an alternative for wealth and office.
A Louisville Courier Journal quote notes ambitious figures seek to suppress every noise in New York yet in Washington they receive $7500 yearly and occasional recognition by the presiding officer. The piece remarks on bellas who fade in the national capitol and shrink to pygmies in the graveyard of giants at home.
Mango pepper cultivation gains interest in the Humboldt fruit belt. T E James near Gibson pioneered the crop three years ago, yielding 500 to 600 bushels per acre. By this year about a dozen farmers grow it, prices around one dollar a bushel, with similar yields. Bell peppers sell in Jackson and beyond, winter open-air limits aside, surplus profitably made into pepper sauce. A Brandon area woman earned about thirty dollars from 120 feet of pepper with modest costs.
In a New York town, a renowned local lawyer known for drafting wills is asked about a late resident Mollit. He reveals the lawyer did the will and that the deceased left everything he had. The tale reflects village speculation on estate values and the lawyer’s monopoly in the field.
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