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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
3
Oklahoma faces a shortage of 1200 to 1500 teachers as the statewide school system expands since statehood. Eastern Oklahoma’s 1907 rural schools and the newly created districts multiply teaching needs, forcing districts to recruit from surrounding states and hire teachers who may not meet ideal standards.
A small painted cask chained to rocks at the cape serves as the world’s simplest and best protected post office. It floats freely near Terra del Fuego, and ships passing by send boats to retrieve letters and exchange mail.
The note cites King Edward as connected to the digit nine. It claims his parents were born in 1819, he was born on the 6th, married in 63, and that adding certain numbers yields nine. It states his reign began in 1901, a planned coronation on the 27th, and a coronation on August 9, with sourcing from Tit Bits.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable catarrh and testimonials. It includes a Toledo druggist firm endorsement and price. The piece also recounts a Philadelphia dinner anecdote about Bishop Potter and the literary figures Landor Poe Hawthorne and others.
A bemused scene unfolds as an incautious girl issues a small demand to an office boy rolling her card into a wad. She pleads for care and a quick return so she can send it elsewhere, noting cards cost a penny each.
A mother and her son suffered sour stomach for months until a stomach specialist prescribed Grape Nuts. They improved quickly and regain weight, noting clearer mornings and rested days. They credit Grape Nuts for their renewed health and happiness, with the Postum Company endorsing the letter.
Washington measures on pulp and paper tariffs unfold with testimony from George Meyercord and John Morris. They reveal International Paper profits of 8.79 per ton and overall 29 percent return over ten years, plus claims of low U S labor costs and substantial wood usage. Norris cites wood supply, cross border pulp imports, and past market manipulation by paper interests.
Washington reports a total of 9,630,563 bales ginned and 26,638 active ginneries through November 14, with figures for the prior year listed as 7,300,665 bales and 26,521 ginneries. The census counts round bales as half and excludes linters.
Kaiser William appeared publicly for the first time since his interview with Chancellor von Bülow during the centennial reform of the city council. Prince von Buelow presented him with a printed sheet, and the emperor spoke only from it, showing willingness to follow ministers' guidance.
More animals suffer from foot and mouth disease in Lancaster and Northumberland counties with over ten counties under quarantine. State veterinarian Dr Leonard Pearson reports a girl in Danville displaying symptoms, raising concern of human infection.
President Samuel Gompers wins final approval for his full report at the American Federation of Labor convention in Denver. After a day and a half of debate the report was adopted despite earlier vigorous discussion over some contents.
At a Madison parish meeting planters adopted resolutions urging creation of a Vicksburg bureau of entomology and laboratory to study boll weevil under local conditions. They call parish cooperation, pledge weed control, and set 1909 credit rules restricting tenancy to owners with adequate property or stock collateral.
Springfield reports Abe Raymer, alleged mob leader in last August race riots, was found not guilty after four hours of jury deliberation on a charge of malicious destruction of property. He had earlier been acquitted in a murder case tied to the lynching of W. J. Donnigan. The grand jury issued 11 indictments, with no convictions yet despite several trials.
In Port Gibson Mississippi Ned Thomas a Black man carrying concealed weapons was arrested by Deputy Sheriff C J Mason. On the way to jail the suspect fled, Mason fired over the prisoner’s head. Circuit Clerk S H Bagwell shot the man in the neck, tearing lip and jawbone. Thomas was wounded and captured after a mile chase.
William J. Bryan and his wife were welcomed by representative citizens in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo as they traveled toward Monterey Mexico. He planned ten days in Monterey then a hunting trip along the Rio Grande before visiting Austin Galveston and returning to Nebraska.
Thousands of cattle swine and sheep are confined under a quarantine on animals from New York and Pennsylvania. Local authorities rush to curb the foot and mouth disease and avert beef shortages and price surges. Albert G. McDonald, leader of the Brooklyn Bar Association, dies at Sands Point from an overdose of paraldehyde. Prince Chun of China consolidates power, resents external interference.
Indianapolis reports that after thirty years in the Pennsylvania and Washington streets law offices Vice-President Fairbanks has vacated the rooms and moved his extensive library to his home where it is said to be stored in the attic.
Lena V Henry of Norristown Ga writes that after suffering severe female troubles a doctor said surgery was necessary. She reads about Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and after the first bottle she improves and is now entirely cured. She urges other women with similar troubles to try the product.
A vintage advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a 30 year standard remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache and nervous prostration and invites women to write for advice at Lynn Mass.
A Boston Globe item notes a curious incident where a 38-year-old mower, pulled by a 30-year-old horse and driven by a 63-year-old man, disrupted a New Hampshire farm scene, drawing unusual attention as the tale crosses to Dakota.
An OCR fragment advertises Micks Capuchine as a nerve tonic promising relief from nervousness and sleeplessness with trial bottles and regular sizes, alongside Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. It notes wind colic relief and gum softening priced at 25 cents. A Belgian blast furnace count shifts from 36 to 31 in operation year over year.
A Virginia mother recalls her infant daughter's six month battle with eczema leaving the child nearly skinless and bleeding before Dr. Cuticura remedies were used. The girl, now almost three, shows no sign of the illness. The ad cites eight cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment and dates from 1906. It also promotes Mitchell's Eye Salve for eye irritation and motion sickness.
A Baltimore American snippet discusses observations and old sayings about grapeshot and a fry-bounce joke. It promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a quinine and iron remedy for malaria prevention and general illness. The ad touts a 50 cent price for all ages and urges cleanliness as a remedy.
Edmund M. Gladden of Philadelphia returns from Europe with a rare almanac collection. He owns one of the few original Poor Richard's Almanac copies and a 1592 Spanish almanac with feast day dates and axioms. The British Museum houses an Egyptian almanac with red ink weather signs. The Chinese official almanac spans twelve volumes for daily life. The Nautical Almanac, costly at $20,000 per year, is led by a Royal Society fellow.
The Montreal Herald notes surprise at Bobs astonishment of Lord Roberts, who has spent three weeks mostly in bed or at state functions. The piece comments on Roberts' limited exposure to hockey as practiced in Canada, praising Bobs for his acquaintance with the sport.
An advertisement extols a world reputed product for health and happiness. It emphasizes genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted, physician approved family laxative, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co, and available from leading druggists.
Fragmented text shows unclear names and numbers. The readable portion hints at a price or date but no coherent event or entity is identifiable.
A witty exchange ends with the young man delaying his answer to a widow who asks his guess of her age. He humorously weighs age altering factors her looks and intellect, then departs with a smile. The Cleveland Leader excerpt reflects light social humor from a newspaper column.
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