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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
8
A Boston Transcript style quip recounts Willie bugging a baker about cake prices from $10 to $20 and choosing a one cent gingerbread rabbit. Agnes jokes about aging ailments after a man she spoke to comments on growing old.
A collage of quick quips and captions from a vintage paper segment. Items include gas humor, a carpentry joke, a mileage gag, a family quip about a corn doctor, and light social commentary. Ads announce AHAM TIRES and a distant mill and gin operation, with a man needed to sell tires for $130 weekly.
The Philadelphia Record notes a long distance piano contest in Croydon with 100 hours of nonrepeating playing and a Londoner Harry Kemp who has logged 67 hours but trails a world record of 82. It also covers an anachronistic British stamp issue for St Christopher and Nevis showing King George and Columbus with a telescope.
Glass bouquets for table decor are gaining popularity as they never fade and need less maintenance than real flowers. The trend extends to decorative glass baths that match contemporary bathroom schemes, signaling broader uses for colored glass beyond arrangements.
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the chancery clerk until 12 o'clock noon on the first Monday of December 1921 for building a bridge across Rocky creek in beat 5 and for furnishing all materials. Bids will also be received for feed stuffs for road districts. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. This the 9th day of Nov 1921. S. D. Donnell, Clerk.
Two African American men converse as one complains about a persistent fly. The other explains the insect is a horse fly, noting it buzzes around cows horses and jackasses. The exchange ends with a rebuke about calling someone a jackass while claiming you cannot fool horses flies.
A condensation of F A Walker's essay on animal worship and superstition contrasts ancient reverence for cats bulls and dogs with modern Bombay pigeons and everyday superstitions. It discusses belief as a substitute for proven truth and urges respectful tolerance toward others beliefs. Also included are fragments of a legal notice and local notices.
In Scientific American, S Leonard Baron describes cardboard spectacles with various openings that alter perception, including pinhole, horizontal, and vertical slits, enabling remarkable optical effects and reading distant print. Also notes Hall and Nordhoff debunking South Seas exotic myths, stating Tahitian women are conventionally dressed and the “dream” is a misperception.
Trustee J L Buchanan to foreclose W H D Purvis and M B Purvis deed of trust for S D Abernathy. On December 15 1921 sale at Pelahatchie post office of a house lot in Section 32 Town 6 North Range 5 East plus 4 horses 3 buggies and harness to satisfy indebtedness and costs. Title conveyance limited to trustee's vested interest.
Notice is given that letters of administration were granted to Mrs. N. B. Thomas on Nov 5 1921 by the Chancery Court of Rankin County Mississippi. All persons with claims must probate and register within six months from date November 8 1921. Failure to probate within six months bars the claim. Administratrix Mrs N B Thomas H L McCaskill Solicitor
Trust executed by Sylvester Catchings and Mary Jane Dear securing indebtedness to Minnie Hart Dreyfus foreclosed by trustee H V Watkins. On sale day a cash bid will obtain the Southeast Quarter of Section 11 Township 3 Range 2 East excluding railroad right of way. Sale follows default and court hours at Rankin County Courthouse Brandon Mississippi.
The speaker notes Thanksgiving turkey in Washington could rise to 79 cents per pound and jokes that if that happens they will eat corned beef and cabbage for Thanksgiving. The remark frames meat price concerns and a practical shift in holiday dining plans.
Remember the Youth's Companion from childhood Christmases and serials. The Companion remains the ideal gift for families with growing boys and girls, offering weekly stories current events editorials poetry and pages for boys girls and the family. Subscribe for 52 issues in 1922 and the Companion Home Calendar.
Lige Williams seeks a pardon from Governor Lee M Russell and the Board of Pardons. He notes a July 1921 Rankin County Circuit Court sentence of two years in the state penitentiary for grand larceny and asks clemency, pledging to reform and be law abiding.
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