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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
8
Mr Waddell visited the St Louis market for a Great Clearance sale and purchased items at low prices. Goods are now being delivered to us to fulfill the intended distribution and sale plan.
Hattiesburg youth Eldridge Hurt, son of journalist Walter N. Hurt, traveled from Hattiesburg to Rio de Janeiro on a Norwegian ship with no money. He left April 17 after a dispute over a baseball game, endured storms, worked as a sailor, and was found healthy aboard the Charles Dickens at Pensacola’s quarantine station. He pledged to return home and not to run away again.
A youth leaves a Brazilian port to work unloading timber on the Charles Dickens. He faces hunger and danger, steals away at sea, finds work in a brickyard, signs an expedition contract, earns a meager wage, and is honorably discharged in Pensacola after six months aboard. He recounts poor food, confinement in Barbados, and racial bias aboard the ship.
The notice reports Crucilla Emma Patrick widow of William L Patrick filing for final proof on land in Rankin County Mississippi. The date is November 4 1905 with proof before the chancery clerk on December 13 1905. Witnesses named include D A Kersh G L Collier W T Marshall and J A Warren of Putts Mississippi.
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