Local News Highlights Georgians and Mississippi visitors
A long list of brief notes recounts local travel and calls on residents, including Dr J T B Berry visiting Forest, Senator A J McLaurin off to Neshoba fair, Mrs A H Longino staying at Busick's, and many others from Jackson, Yazoo City, Madison, Canton, and Brandon. Mentions of school vos, teachers meetings, and upcoming events fill the page with social and civic routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. B. Berry
Forest
Noble Brown
Fannin
A. J. McLaurin
Frank P. Williams
T. A. Taylor
Madison County
W. R. Taylor
G. A. Cox
J. A. Cox
J. G. Cox
Jackson
Kate May
Pelahatchie
T. D. May
Isaac
Dixon Gayden
Leland
Memphis
C. C. Russell
Bolton
Julia Johnson
Meridian
Brandon
J.D. McCaskill
Bolivar
Washington
Dewitt Dickson
Lawrence County
James Leitch
Canton
D. M. Mayers
W. P. Murray
E. F. Muse
Star
J. C. White
A. P. Miller
Will Foulks
R. Whitten
Fannin Baptist Church
J. C. Robinson
Pisgah
J. T. Knight
Jerry Chapman
Rankin County
Marriage License and Business Ad Note
Marriage license listed for J. A. Edwards and Rosa Ella Neal, both colored. General Davis and Emma Easterling mentioned. Also an order pitch for Studebaker James and Graham Old Hickory and Tennessee Wagons with immediate shipping and factory-price comparison. T. McCleland Hard
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J. A. Edwards
Rosa Ella Neal
Davis
Emma Easterling
Studebaker
James & Graham
Tennessee
T. McCleland Hardware, Co
Jackson, Miss
Old Hickory
Pre-Inventory and Bona Fide Cost Sale Notice
Advertisement from H A Bustok Co and Jackson Hardware Co promoting a cost sale of general merchandise in Rankin county starting August 9. The note promises genuine values and urges inspections to buyers, plus a listed property sale for a comfortable dwelling near Brandon's school and terms for purchase, with incomplete contact details.
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Rankin County
H. A. Bustok Co
Brandon
Hardware in stock at T. McCleland Hardware Co
Jackson Mississippi store advertises in stock goods at T McCleland Hardware Co with emphasis on saving time and money Buy now for hardware needs as described in a terse industrial ad style from a local paper
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T. McCleland Hardware, Co
Jackson, Miss
Are, Co
Jaslene At
Sane
Editor Appeals to Delinquent Subscribers in Love Letter
A newspaper exchange accuses an editor of addressing delinquent readers with a flirtatious appeal. The missive jokes about subscribers in arrears and uses ornate, affectionate language to urge payment, ending with a promise of further development and a tease about linseed oil.
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Deas
Arears
Woman Subdues Brutal Driver On Busy Chicago Street
In a crowded Chicago thoroughfare a stylish young woman confronted a cruel horse driver. After he ignored pleas to stop, she wrested his whip, disabled him with blows, and broke the whip before police arrived. Citizens hailed the punishment as well deserved.
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Chicago
The
Saratoga Monitor
Best buggy made is Bab cock in stock at Mc Peone Hardware
Mc Peone Hardware in Jackson reports the best buggy is Bab cock and more are arriving. The shop emphasizes current stock and upcoming shipments to meet demand.
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Babcock
T- Mcpeone Hardware, Co
Jackson, Iss
T. McCleland Hardware, Co
Jackson, Miss
Facts About Mexico From the Modern Mexico Source
Mexico features ten volcanoes and a 6000 mile coastline with vast onyx and marble deposits. The nation holds fifty nine lakes, numerous lagoons, and spans about 750, cen square miles. Cotton factories employ over 25,000, the Valley of Mexico sits 7500 feet above sea level, and Mexico is roughly ten times larger than Great Britain.
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Mexico
Great Britain
Peru
Chihuahua
Local Tax Licenses Issued in Rankin County 1908
A list of Rankin County residents who received Internal Revenue licenses for the year ending June 30 1908 as compiled by Sheriff G W White and Collector J O Thompson includes S S Rhodes Pelahatchie and A G Thornton Brandon. The Brandon Drug Co. is noted for year ending June 30 1908.
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Brandon Mercantile Company
T. B. Carson
Rankin
Ed Ferguson
Fannin
D. H. Loflin
Dry Creek
J. M. Stingily
Pelahatchie
McDowell
Nell Wynne Weatherly
Busick’s Wells
H. M. Quin
Clarion Ledger
Wade Patrick
Rankin County
Internal Revenue
G. W. White
J. O. Thompson
Brandon Drug Co
S. S. Rhodes
A. G. Thornton
Brandon
Casket and Furniture Line Just Arrived at Gayden
A complete line of caskets coffins and furniture has just arrived at Gayden. Call and see our stock are in need of them.
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Gayden
Zinc the Protector
Zinc is the best metal to guard iron and steel against corrosion. Popular Mechanics explains four commercial zincing methods hot galvanizing, sherardizing, cowperizing, and vapor galvanizing, with illustrations of each process.
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Popular
Lord Roberts Letter Prompts 450000 Boy Pledges Against Smoking
Lord Roberts letter on smoking read to 480000 schoolboys by Rev J M Drusette prompts 450000 to pledge not to smoke until age twenty one. Brandon Mercantile Co offers open top buggies and Old Hickory wagons for cash at discount prices.
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Lord Roberts L Etter
J. M. Drusette
Brandon Mercantile Co
Decrease in UK Shipbuilding Reports Sharp Decline
The London Financial Times notes the United Kingdom shows the largest quarterly drop in shipbuilding in 25 years with 101,600 tons less under construction than last quarter and 459,000 tons less than a year ago. Brandon Mercantile Co offers new furniture and cook stove lot arrivals.
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United Kingdom
London Financial Times
Brandon Mercantile Co
Texas school gardens lead city’s urban farming effort
The School Gardens of Texas reports San Antonio has the most school gardens of its size, with 919 garden plots attached to 29 schools. Gardens range from one tenth to one quarter acre, demonstrating a strong local initiative in school-based cultivation.
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San Antonio
Texas
Denmark’s Farms and Small Plots Across Lands
Denmark shows about two million farms and garden plots of ten acres or less and around one hundred thousand farms between ten and fifteen acres. Fewer than a thousand farms exceed five hundred acres, collectively under a million acres.
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Denmark
Bridge Bid Notice Near W C Johnson Place Beat1
Sealed bids will be received at the Chancery Clerk's office up to 12 o clock noon on the first Monday in September for building a bridge over a branch near W C Johnson's place in Beat1. Specifications are on file in the Clerk's office. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. MO A Gayden, Clerk.
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Charbon
Mills
Jackson
Methodist Church
J. J. Smylie
J. B. Burns
Burns
Smith County
Clarion-Ledger
Bill
Jones
Bill Barber
Rufus Burns
Burns Brothers
Scott County Register
Chancery Clerk’s Office
W. C. Johnson
Chancery Clerk's Office
MO. A. Gayden
Romani People Compared to Animals for Stealth
A fragment notes that the Romani are closer to animals than any European race, possessing lawlessness, abandonment, and natural grace in form and gesture, with a wary, stealthy look in their eyes marking them as human.
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Europe
Creosoted Polls Propose Woodpecker Damage Control
Local Brandon mercantile notes weeks of stock including caskets coffins and robes for men and ladies. The piece laments woodpeckers injuring fruit shade trees and corn, while suggesting naturalists see some birds as beneficial and accepting a balanced view.
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Brandon Mercantile Co
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J. W. Webb
Florence
A. H. Longino
Busick
Well Hotel
Robt. L. Aills
8. F. Dupree
Yazoo City
W. Birdsong
G. F. Dettwiller
Mempis
G. B. Miller
Langford
Wm. Walker
Russell
Prentiss
J. A. Butler
John Moseley
West Point
Sophie Ohleyer
Alonzo Lyerly
Hattie Cox
Teachers’ Institute
J. L. Skinner
W. B. Easterling
S. F. Dupree
A~ Sachs
Yazoo
Sti
Jim Dickson
Herring
Winona
Negro Institute
J. C. Bruce
W. A. Moore
Mrs. Shields
W. B. Collier
Tullahoma
Tenn
J. G. Foulks
Birmingham
Ala
Eliza E. Sanderson
J. S. Roberts
J. M. Kenna
Summitt
Hagar McAfee
March McAfee
Dr. Fairly
G. W.white
Brethie Son
Seampasas
T. McCleland Hard_ware, Co
H. A. Busick Co
Jackson Hardware Co
Business Appeal
Mex
Ico
Mississippi
Lord Roberts
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Denmark’s
Remington-Sholes
Fay-Sholes
E. T. Chambers
the Times-Democrat
the South
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