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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1922
Page
6
Reverend J W Dawson preached at the Methodist Church last Sunday with a sizeable but smaller crowd than prior weekends. Many local residents and visitors were noted at gatherings and visits to friends in Brandon, Jackson, and nearby towns.
Pelahatchie residents report guests and visits from Jackson Aliceville and So So Alabama. Emmett Gammill couple return from ten week Arkansas trip while Jerome Lyle stays with aunts in town and several families move or host relatives. Quiet illness improvements and camp reports also appear among the week’s social notes.
Dr. J W Scherenchewsky Assistant Surgeon General will establish headquarters in Boston to gather data with medical leaders. Cancer causes about one in eight deaths after age 45 and the effort seeks cooperation and data collection.
The American Bar Association panel urges federal limits on firearm sales citing 85 000 homicides in a decade and 90 percent by pistols. It argues it should be as hard to buy a pistol as poison and predicts Congress will act to safeguard public safety, noting New York’s imperfect state law.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs BE C Schooler hosted the Rook Club in a pretty afternoon. Rooms were decorated with summer flowers, zinnias and daisies. Guests included Mrs William Wells of Cuncan, Mrs B F Morris, Misses Jessie Owen, Bessie Billingslea, Nona Martin, and Bessie Ruth Lindsey. Ice punch and a delicate ice course were served.
Mississippi State Farm Bureau rolls out a statewide drive through October to recruit members. Bankers merchants and professionals join farmers in a cooperative marketing plan to boost cash returns and farm prosperity. Speaking events are set in Pisgah Brandon Pelahatchie Cross Roads with more dates to come. County Agent O L Simmons urges participation and requests communities to request a talk.
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