Social notes from Rankin County community life
A long list of visits and guests across Rankin County highlights Miss Sophie Langley and Miss Ora Robinson hosting at the Bruce and Sherard homes, with numerous residents from Jackson Clinton Florence and beyond visiting relatives and attending meetings. Local officials, merchants, and families circulate on business, leisure trips, and church events as crop reports and rural routing plans unfold.
Conversation of Two Women in Fall Weather
Mrs Winter notes the dreary fall feeling as they discuss indoor afternoons and early retirements, describing sleepiness and longing for outdoor light. The exchange centers on seasonal mood and household routines during dreary weather.
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Winter
Local visitors from Fannin and Bolton spend weekend here
Owen Brown of Fannin visited Saturday and Mason Birdsong of Bolton spent Sunday here while Rev. C. F. Em Bsbery was in town Monday.
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Owen Brown
Fannin
Rev. C. F. Em
Mason Birdsong
Bolton
Long trip narrator travels through Mississippi to Monroe
A Greenville physician rode a high wheel auto through here about 3 pm en route to Monroe. He noted 9000 miles on the odometer and delays from axle trouble. He blamed Mississippi roads as among the worst, while praising a Forest dinner at Farmers Hotel. Includes ads for buggy prices and home locks from Jackson firms.
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Greenville
S. C
Monroe
Georgia
Mississippi
Cam
Forest
Scott County
Farmer's Hotel
Jat Forest
Brandon Graded School Opens Term September 13 1909
School notice states Brandon Graded School will open for the ensuing term on Monday September 13 1909 by order of the board of trustees W M May secretary. Also an advertising line urges buying hardware from Howe Co Jackson Mississippi and mentions price quotes for next bill.
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Brandon Graded School
W. 8
May
Local hardware ads and notices from Brandon 1909
A collage of sales pitches and notices including theft report for a gold bracelet to MISS MARY BUSICK, shoehorned in with hardware offers at T. McCleland Hardware Co. Jackson MS and W. G. Barnes promotions. Also mentions cane mills, Wagons from Studebaker, peas sowing, and a Cumberland Telephone Co operator needed for Brandon office with September 1st start.
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Brandon
Mary Busick
Cumberland Telephone Co
E. C. Eden
Card of Thanks from Turley after August fire
T H Turley expresses sincere gratitude to the town for the help and efforts in saving belongings at his residence destroyed by a fire on the first Sunday of August.
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J. C. White
T. H. Turley
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A.J. M'Laurin, JR
Brandon, Miss
Henry & Henry, Attorneys At Law
Court House
Tally Heslep
Pelahatchie
T. A. Chapman
Rankin County Bank
E.a.may
Ruel
Merchants Bank
Jackson, Miss
Florence
J. W. Birdsong Notary Public
John Ohlever
Brandon Bank
C. R. Garraway
Rgeon
Miss
W. F. Willey
H. J. Burnham
D.ds. Johns
Rankin, Simpson Or Smith
T. M. Martin
Pelahatchie, Miss
T. B. Doxey Merchant
Gailor
E. Capitol Street
Jackson
Sophie Langley
Bruce
Mr. Wash Steen
Beat
Co. C. Herne
Ora Robinson
Sherard
W. T. Pate
W. F. Owen
Harris Collier
W. B. Collier
Tumbalo
Anna Archer
Clinton
Julia Walker
Albert Taylor
Madison
S. W. and
H. D. Tinmin
J. M. Williams, Jr
Langford
Henry Cofer
Natchez
J. P. Barksdale
Goshen
Edwards
Ruby Ellis
Mary Berry
Ruby Enochs
W. A. Terry
Mt. Carmel Inttis Wreek
Clara and
Nettie Horne
Josephine Martin
Chas. Garraway
Charles, Jr
Hattiesburg and
Mahned
Mesdames
F. B. Walrod
H. H. Holmes
Fanmin
J. C. Robinson
Pisgah
Senator A. J. McLaurin
J. P. Berry
Chester Thompson
Henry Busick, Jr
Lake Washington
R. F. Brown
Ed Davis
Rankin
W. R. Taylor
Hot Springs
Ark
Dora Horne
E. R. Thomas
Dry Creek
G. P. Wallace
Tehula, Wheeler, Clinton
Fadzeree
Greenwood
W. W. Kersh
John Ohtleyer
Draughon's College
Eula Noble
C. C. Russell
Indianola
Dr. Russell
Mrs. C. C. Russell
Bryan Simmons
Mayfield
J. T. B. Berry
G. C. Sprague
Baxter Burns
Smith
S. L. McLaurin
Walter Waddell
Will Ragsdale
Patrick
Alice Patrick
Patrons’ Unions
Lake
J. H. Causey
Downing- Locke Co
Mervin Darnall
R. E. Kennington
Jones Kennington Dry Goods
G. W. Day
Crystal Springs
Star, Miss
Loie Chester
Chicago
Harry W. Chester
P. C. Bruce
Whitfield Farm
Katherine Carr
Clarksdale
Alma Miller
Meridian
R. Burrs
Felahatchie Creek
A. G. Thornton
Stanton Thornton
Jim Glass
J. W. Birdsong
Wm. Buchanan
James
Wm. Buchanan, Jr
C. E. Martin
Col. W. W. Robeson
Pearl River
L. M. Horne
Post Office Department
Reneycanter
Brandonroth
Plummers’ Slough Bridge
Stump Bridge
Bramden
J. A. B. Jones
Magnolia
Roy Fox
Placid Blue Lake
Louisville
Jack
Rey
Deniel
Ore Bennett
Snow
Arthur Cellum
Balford
Paralee Thompson
Rebeccah Perkins
Mattie Gaines
Becky
Mattie
Paralee
Summer
Watson
Harry Watson
Optometrist
Opticians
McCleland Home. Co
Yale
T. McCleland
T. McClelland Howe. Co
Chattanooga
Columbus
T. McCleland Home. Co
W. G. Barnes
Mrs
H. A. Busick Co
T. B McClelland Howe. Co
A. M. Shields
T. McCleland Hardware Co
Uaes
W. S. Barnes
Hudnut
Jacob
Brandon Drug Co
J. W. Williams
Mer
Larness
Pearl St
J. B. Walthall
J. E. Moore
Bon-Ton Cafe
Capitol St
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph