Pay envelope support over aging homes reflected in preacher pay
The letter favors raising preacher pay envelopes over funding homes for aged pastors and praises regular pay during life over bronze tablets after death. Advertisements offer pure bred and grade cattle priced right from J W McRae in Brandon Mississippi and promote Prickly Ash Bitters as a liver and bowel tonic at $1.25 per bottle via A G Thornton agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill Gazette
J. W. McRae
Brandon
Miss
The Preacher's Pay and Its Burden on Families
The article argues that average preacher salaries across 12 denominations total $774 yearly, about $2.12 daily, with husbands, wives, and children needing clothing, schooling, medicine, and meals. It notes seven day workweeks, expected cheerfulness, and ongoing duties from pulpit to visiting the sick, while confronting the moral tension of earnings and spiritual reward.
Dream for Catarrh Opens Up Nostrils
An ad claims a remedy will clear blocked nasal passages in one minute, opening airways and relieving symptoms such as hawking, snuffling, headaches, and nighttime breathing struggles, promising easy breathing and full relief from cold symptoms.
Kidney health caution and Jad Salts remedy
An old health note warns that high meat intake damages kidneys causing headaches and fatigue. It suggests Jad Salts, made from grape acid lemon juice and lithia, to cleanse sluggish kidneys and ease urinary symptoms. The piece blends medical claims with church life mentions and a moral tone.
Assumption of Refinement and War Mockery
In a wartime exchange General Schrecklich and a colleague discuss atrocities with wry sarcasm. The remark undercuts brutal acts by suggesting allies should ignore or overlook them as polite restraint during conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Schrecklich
The Monarch Duster Brings Arsenate of Lead Dusting Ease
The Monarch Duster provides a practical way to apply arsenate of lead to cotton plants to combat the boll weevil. The device spreads the toxic dust evenly, is portable, and keeps the user safe. One operator can cover ten acres daily, priced at $18.00. Also notes: Fain Seed Jackson Mississippi and sheep for sale in Mendenhall Mississippi via O Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Prosperity via thrift and savings campaigns in the South
The piece extols thrift as core to national prosperity, urging saving over lavish consumption. It notes government efforts to organize saving societies and home ownership campaigns, cites building and loan associations, and stresses War Savings Stamps as a convenient nest egg for home construction and other aims, with the South lagging in ownership and savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor
Kentucky
North Carolina
Louisiana
Southeastern States
Middle States
South
Prickly Ash Bitters Offered by A. G. Thornton
An advertising notice promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as a health tonic for liver and digestive troubles. It claims the drink purifies and strengthens the system and is priced at $1.25 per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Thornton
Public Kiss Dilemma Lights Up Birmingham Debate
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet quotes a provocative exchange on public displays of affection. It notes that while many view public kissing as improper, the speaker argues it is the husband’s role to kiss his wife when publicly appropriate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Age-Herald
Citation Notice in Ran kin County Mississippi
Defendant Nettie Washington must appear in chancery court at Brandon on the fourth Monday of September 1919 to defend Reber Washington v J A Robinson Clerk H L McCaskill solicitor for plaintiff dated August 12 1919
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Washington
Chancery Court
Rankin County
Miss
Brandon
Reber
Washington
J. A. Robinson
H. L. McCaskill
Plif
Sage Tea Dandy To Darken Hair
A brief vintage advice item touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a fast hair darkener. It claims millions of bottles sold annually and promises natural looking, glossy black hair from a drug store remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Not a Bite of Breakfast Until You Drink Water
An old health warning extols morning hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the digestive tract before breakfast. It claims benefits from flushing the stomach liver and bowels to improve appetite and overall wellbeing, urging readers to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate.
Artistic Memorials in Granite and Marble
Amos Kendall of Columbus Marble Works in Columbus Mississippi offers high quality granite and marble memorials. He invites inquiries, offers samples and prices, guarantees satisfaction, and provides visiting arrangement details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Marble Works
Columbus, Miss
Amos Kendall
Brandon, Miss
Lands Posted Notice by A J Luther
Lands are posted forbidding hunting fishing or trespassing on all tied lands. A J Luther grants no entry or disturbance of property for any person or purpose. Public notice warns violators may face trespass actions under applicable laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Luther
Notice to Creditors in Rankin County Mississippi
Letters of administration granted by the Chancery Court of Rankin County Mississippi to J F Purvis administrator upon the estate of Willie A McLain deceased. Creditors must present claims to the court clerk for probates and registration within one year or be barred. Dated this 6th day of March 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Rankin County
Mississippi
Willie A. McLain
Aaid Court
Noticed to Creditors in Estate of W F Quinn Deceased
Letters testamentary on the estate of W Quinn, deceased, granted July 31 1919 by the Chancery Court of Rankin County Mississippi. Creditors must probate and register claims with the Clerk at Brandon Mississippi within one year or be barred. Martha Quinn Executrix solicited by Watkins Watkins solicitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Quinn
W. Quinn
Chancery Court
Rankin County
Mississippi
Aaid- Nw
Brandon
Martha, Quinn
Notice of Sale by Trustee on 1915 Deed of Trust
Isidore Dreyfus trustee will sell the Gertrude E Williamson property in Rankin County Mississippi on August 18 1918 during legal hours at the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of the section township and land described to satisfy the indebtedness interest and costs under a deed of trust dated November 8 1915 and recorded in Book 4 page reference the title believed good but conveyed only as trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude E. Williamson
Solomon Dreyfus
Jackson
Mississippi
Brandon
Rankin County
Eaid
Biprapectin Orca
Isidore Dreyfus
Stray horse mule with ear notch sought in Mississippi
MississippI notice reports a sunburnt brown mule or horse aged about ten to twelve with a slit ear from barb wire, medium build. The owner or informant N E Rye in Brendon, Mississippi is referenced with citation notice R-2.4. The notice from the State of Mississippi logs the straying animal and seeks identification or claim.
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W. Capitol St
Berlin
O. Welch
Mendenhall, Miss
Rankin County Sunday School
J. W. Chisholm
Susie May Barnes
Ross
Robert Myers
Tom Bhee
A. Bee
Dr Ferguson
Ents
Sentar
J. F. Purvis
Watkins & Watking,. “Solicitors For Executrix
Mrss
Philp Fits
Philp
Capitol St
Old Capitol
Cumberland
Philp Fabrics
Barnes & Fox
the Smith CO
S. State. and
Pearl Sts
Jackson, Miss
Kentucky Delight
Avery Plows
Jackson Hardware CO
East Pearl Street
N. E. Rye
Brendon
State. OF
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