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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
2
Poem fragment from Fobe Kendrick Bangs laments bygone days of poverty and hunger while celebrating the simple joys of scant means. The speaker claims pride in earned wages, scarce comforts, and the moral stance of valuing poverty over wealth, ending with a humane counterpoint about not depriving the poor of joy.
Her Majesty arrives unexpectedly to spend a weekend with the Boy. They discuss city life, and she tours the capital while souring on country ways. A Hindu Majji charms her with soul talk and a promised romance, contrasting with domestic frictions and comic observations on magazines and manners.
A curious romance unfolds as a woman recounts seances on the beach with Majji and the inn gossiping observers. She hides her marriage while pursuing a dreamlike romance, then returns to the inn with the Boy to revisit the mysterious seaside ritual.
Mexican Herald reports Leo pold Batres excavating a southeast of the Pyramid of the Sun. The dig reveals subterranean rooms and two to three story houses in a buried city with a red painted tower. A Toltec king’s skeleton lies beside a red painted tiger along with shells obsidian jade idols knives snakes and large copper bronze chichehuite and perite objects.
Workmen trimming a large maple on Levi Grant’s Main street property uncovered a massive honey deposit inside the tree. The bees swarmed in force as slabs of honey were removed, the site long known as a bee tree. The Hartford Courant notes the honey’s buildup likely spanned years and the tree’s hollowing for a hive and storage was extensive.
A compilation of snippets on women in labor and society including France’s mission to study U S conditions to raise wages and standards, a Kansas harvest job by a Missouri labor bureau worker, reflections on mistress and maid relations, orchids contracting by a New York woman, manners and unselfishness, and observed diversity among women with five archetypes and contrasts.
The speaker describes building a career by steady shorthand study at home, taking dictation, accepting a small starting salary, and learning all aspects of the business to become valuable. She stresses continual learning, expanding the mind, and aiding the employer to earn advancement.
Fashion notes describe waistcoats of embroidered linen paired with woolen street suits. Buckles of silver appear on shoes belts and armbands. Tortoise shell shades plus pale tan and white lace trim update outfits. Long coats from Venetian to Irish lace and fluttered coque hats rule the chic look.
A lengthy ad style passage touts Pure White Lead for paint and lists a trade mark and a book offer on the subject. It mentions teething remedies, a London car density, Argo Red Salmon, and a Missouri River ploughing plan by C. Bacrett to improve navigation. The piece ends citing the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
A Houston Post quotation contrasts rich men with criminals, claiming rich men are men of good judgment but arguing they rob the poor while stealing from each other would yield more money. The snippet reflects a critic's view of wealth and crime.
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