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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
4
Editorial denunciations of fire trust and a look at Mississippi affairs feature in Great New York dailies. The piece references State Revenue Agent V. Robertson and poses a question about Untermyer’s influence in a cartoon related to Stokes Robertson.
Jackson correspondent reports in the Commercial Appeal that the supreme court rulings on the State Revenue Agent Robertson case favor the agent on every point. The court allowed the anti trust suit, appointed receivers to collect gar nisheed funds, held the Lever act did not suspend state anti trust laws, and held the civil statute of limitations does not run against the state.
The New York fire insurance trust, examined by Mr. Untermyer before the Lockwood committee, is denounced as a despotic combine. Several papers predict policy holders may gain from reforms, with critics urging prosecution for alleged fleecing and profiteering.
Mississippi readers reflect on Stokes Robertson vs foreign fire insurers and press honesty as newspapers once opposing the defendants fade from advocacy while a Rankin County chancery suit advances. Van Kersh must appear September 1921 in Jackson on Lavinia Patterson case per clerk B. D. Donnell.
Uric acid in meat may overwork the kidneys causing dull backache headache dizziness and a feeling of heaviness. If symptoms persist you should seek help to prevent becoming seriously ill.
One Williams Hammer Mill No. 00 with sacking elevator and ball bearings, a 35 h p Superior gasoline engine, a No 5 Sandwich Corn Shucker and Sheller, a power or hand corn sheller, a 24 inch French burr grist mill, plus shafting pulleys belts and related items. Sold bargain either separately or as a complete outfit. Address W. H. May Brandon Mississippi.
Male help wanted by J. R. Watkins Co Dept. 115 Winona Miam invites under 50s owning team or auto to bond and sell 137 products direct to farmers on credit. Twenty million use their products. Good territory open. It's your life chance.
Captain R N Hingston notes a spider consuming worn silk to recycle its own web. He describes a complete eleven inch circular snare swallowed and compacted into a tiny mass, the harmony and economy of the web, and its endless cycle of weaving and consumption.
The article compares male peacocks during breeding season noting wide color variation in the ruff from white to chestnut while praising the peacock’s courtship. It argues the jungle habitat shapes the bird’s green coloration and that peahens prefer spectacular tail eyes that evolved from simple spots.
James K Polk's inauguration featured a practical telegraph test at the portico with Morse transmitting to Baltimore and two inaugural balls, one at Carusi's Hall for all parties and another at the National Theater for pure Democrats. Polk attended both but dined with the five-dollar democracy, while Adams notes the seating and prices. Carlyle's digestive quirks and grey powder are recounted by Sir Richard Quain in the British Medical Journal, detailing his dyspepsia and gingerbread habit.
An inventor proposes a simple method to warm cold feet by rolling a large paper sheet into a tube placed under the bedclothes. The user inhales through the tube and exhales into it, creating a continuous current of warm air to heat the feet until asleep.
An unclear recruitment notice touts direct sale of up to 187 products to Mariners customers on credit. It targets individuals under 50 with a cam or ento device, promising immediate start and access to a claimed twenty million users. The fragmentary text reads like a sales opportunity or multi level recruitment.
A notice from W. By Sowell of Braxton Mississippi offers to trade a Chattanooga wagon for 23-4 any make. Another ad by A G in Pelahatchie Mississippi lists items for sale or trade including a Pratt gin with feeder and condenser, a Smith single box press, a grist mill, a line shaft and pulleys, and a Maxwell touring car seeking a good truck or milk cows. The entries reflect a rural trading marketplace with numerous farm implements and a vehicle listed for barter.
An old advertisement touts Ely Cream Balm for nasal relief claiming instant relief from head colds and catarrh. The notice lists a court action in Rankin County Mississippi, Daisy Walters defense in Anse Patrick et al vs Daisy Walters et al, dated August 16, 1921, with S. D. Donnell as Clerk.
A nostalgic remedy claims to restore natural hair color and shine by using Sage Tea and Sulphur. The ad promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a convenient, cosmetic product to darken gray hair and give a youthful appearance, not a disease treatment.
Sealed bids are invited for two bridges in Beat 4 Etachoochie Creek near Arthur Williams place and a slough bridge between Noblin and Coats. plans are on file with the clerk. Bids also due for feed stuffs and supplies for road districts, to be received by 12 o clock noon on the first Monday of September 1921. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Notice announces Wynn Downs liability assumption by Charles A Downs and asks for cattle buyers from W B T H Collier of Brandon Mississippi. Includes summons for non resident defendant O K Crosno to appear in Rankin County Chancery Court on the fourth Monday of September 1921 to defend suit by F L Beard. Court date set as August 10, 1921, by S D Donnell, Chancery Clerk.
An ad promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as an inexpensive, vegetable remedy for colds and grip. Instructions advise two tablets or teaspoons to steep in boiling water, drink as needed, claiming it opens skin pores, relieves congestion, loosens bowels, and cures cold.
An old advertisement touts Jacobs Oil as a harmless cure that stops rheumatic pain in joints bones and muscles. It claims to ease sciatica lumbago backache neuralgia and stiffness and urges readers to buy a 35 cent bottle to rub away pain.
A fragmented piece discusses drinking hot water every morning and claims it improves digestion and skin. It links water intake to cleansing the alimentary tract and blood, mentioning taste changes and headaches as possible detox symptoms. The text cites phosphates and minerals as the cleansing agents.
A parade of jokes folds practical cautions into everyday scenes. A husband refuses a cook while dismissing appearance, a couple recalls Robbins and Skeezicks, a census quip mocks rural happiness, and a golfer grimly calls golf a dangerous, distracting pastime.
A critic faults motion pictures for underplaying the human voice while a noted producer invites him to a studio to hear stage actors cry out. A separate notice references a trustee sale of land under a deed of trust held by G. Purvis ty Citisque.
Savings Bank and Trust Co of Jackson Mississippi dated August 10 1918 records in Rankin County Mississippi. Trustee will sell on September 9 1921 at the County Court House Rankin County for cash the described real property in multiple parcels across sections townships and ranges including E half NW quarter section 1 and additional tracts in sections 12 17 5 5 east and 4 5 east with various quarters and parcels totaling 85 and 97 acres and more across Pelahatchie Creek area.
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