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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
3
John Stephenson postmaster at Macon Mississippi faced danger after burglars drilled the post office safe and prepared a dynamite fuse. They left before lighting the charge, leaving the loaded safe intact. The postmaster fears opening the door, worrying a jar could detonate the blast. About one thousand dollars were inside the safe.
The October meeting notes show progress in rural schools including new libraries, manual training, drawings, and improved facilities. Schools listed include Lochabar-House Antioch Hebrew Ashley Bethel Corley Welcome Barrow Forest Hill Rehoboth and Dry Creek with various updates to walls, grounds, maps, and equipment. Margaret Graham signs off with intent to continue reporting.
A miller notes wheat that has been through the hospital for smut dis ease comes out polished and bright. He claims the drastic treatment yields grains that shine, reflecting faces as a sign of the disease’s impact on starch and flour quality.
A passage describes handling smutted wheat through a sequence of steps: wash, dry, scour, dry again, then brush. Wheat hospitals in elevators employ machines for washing drying scouring and brushing, leaving grain that is spruce and blooming as a football girl.
A humorous Victorian style provokes debate on bachelor girls. The speaker mocks the notion of a permanent single woman and contrasts romantic fantasies with real life. She argues women trade art for family, education for babies, and prefer a man over a teddy bear for fulfillment.
In Monroe County communities discuss building an alfalfa mill at Aberdeen to grind hay into stock food. About 2,000 acres are planted locally with some 6,000 tons produced annually. Farmers favor mixing alfalfa with corn and sorghum seed, as boll weevil pressure may push more acreage in coming years.
A Pleasant Day at County Line on November 26 featured an excellent school program with several schools present. Morning exercises preceded a contribution to the Baptist Orphanage. A turkey and pie feast followed, with Prof. Harper and Miss Gill praised for their cooperative work and a bright future predicted.
The Chancery Court of Rankin County requires Lou Thomas to appear on the fourth Monday of March 1909 to defend a suit brought by Moses Thomas. Clerk A Gayden and attorney H Norrell for the complainant filed the notice.
Real estate listing notes 10 acres in Brandon with a well improved property, a good three room house and two fireplaces. For more details write Wa. Watson, Brandon, Mississippi.
Notice states intent to warn any party against hunting or tracking on the property. The notice asserts no hunting shall occur and prohibits any pursuit or trespass. Intended to deter all individuals from engaging in hunting activities on the specified land.
The fragmented text appears to mention a $60 Life Bypying a chapter in the Big write to Harris panes UNIVERSITY. Details are incomplete and key entities or events are not clearly identifiable in the readable excerpt.
A terse note mentions an Automatic shotgun and stockage on hand, attributed to T McGleland Howe.
Bargain 820 acres moved to Springs north of Pelahatchie for sale. About 200 acres under fence with gin house thrashers and four to five springs. Stock farm with yearround water, 9-room dwelling, barn and 9 stock stalls, good well, etc. $10 per acre. 280 acres available or all. Five miles SW of Pelahatchie, 8 miles E of Brandon. Write or call 4 miles north of Pelahatchie.
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