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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
8
A period advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles claiming it remedies scalding urination night-time urges and inability to hold urine It invites readers to request a free sample bottle and a booklet from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and to mention the newspaper notice in correspondence
A heavy rain last Tuesday washed lands and boosted crop prospects. Hog and hominy supplies look good next year while typhoid fever affects several locals. Sheriff candidate J L Buchanan visited, and Robt F Brown sought votes he missed on the 6th. County Line church held a large meeting with fifteen accretions.
The Rock Hill protracted meeting ended last Thursday with seventeen accessions, thirteen by baptism and four by letter. Attendees reported a very uplifting time as Brother Welch of Clinton conducted the services with Pastor Miley.
Rain brings crop optimism in Thomasville as visitors, church actions, and memory tributes fill the town. Miss Ethel Haddon and sister stay with Mrs. W. D. Thomas while Virgie and Shellie McNair visit Smith and Simpson counties. The church calls and accepts Brother Welch for next year after two sermons and dinner on the ground. A cemetery fence fund is organized by a three person committee Bettie Bullock Lafayette Singletary and Benson Miller with heartfelt verses on remembering the dead.
Advert reads that Paine's Celery Compound can cure sleeplessness rheumatic and neuralgic pains dyspepsia and general weakness. It cites a Kentucky user Mr William S Gibson aged 65 who after three bottles reports restored energy appetite and ability to work and move freely as when younger.
An obituary tone reminiscence laments a loved one's death and burial, then urges community contributions for a grave fence with flowers. A Mississippi clipping follows with a pastor’s note defending a ministerial minutes dispute in Rankin County Baptist Association and offering to mail letters to churches missing association notices.
GEO G HURST states the institute will span two weeks and addresses miscreants described as backs and dead beats in a terse, formal notice. The message emphasizes discipline and duration.
Arrangements allow Steen's Creek High School students to take a thorough bookkeeping course taught by a graduate at a lower cost than business colleges. Business department students may also pursue literary studies. For details contact Geo. G. Hurst or R. D. Maum in Florence, Miss.
For sale three parcels including a house and lot near the depot in section 9 a second house and lot known as the school building in section 15 and a blacksmith shop with lot at the southeast corner of the public square in section 15. Apply to W. E. Craig for prices and terms.
A teaching position at Dry Creek School offers a salary of $500 per month. The school is located nine miles south of Brandon, Mississippi. Interested applicants should call or address JOHN McNAIR in Thomasville, Mississippi.
The Methodist meetings will begin at Monterey next Saturday with a church dinner on Sunday. Additional meetings start in Thomarsville on the fifth Sunday with a church dinner, and in Rock Hill on the first Sunday in September with a church dinner. Everyone convenient to these churches is invited to attend.
The Institute began at Florence on August 17 with good attendance and daily arrivals. Practical methods aim to modernize Rankin county schools, surpassing older practices. Teachers are urged to attend, share ideas, and elevate local education. Money is being…
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