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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
6
A London reader questions whether clothing or film scraps influence behavior. He recalls F. E. Chase stories of a man who buys old preacher’s coat and sports trousers, noting how combinations change his conduct from virtuous to reckless, with a reference to Hercules.
The caves near Rome, once relics of prehistory, now house residents avoiding high rents. Located under the British Art School and Italian College of Modern Arts, near the Porta del Populo and the national stadium, police efforts to eject cave dwellers have failed. The cave tenants return when attention shifts elsewhere.
A Popular Mechanics feature unveils an elaborate roadside home that weighs about 124 pounds and can be lashed to a running board. When erected it provides four bedrooms a dining area and a general room plus a 20 by 634-foot garage with screened windows and storm flaps. The tent operates independently of the auto, letting families travel with a movable shelter.
The piece contrasts US telephone speed with London delays and notes New York apartments, with a joke about a lodging house keeper offering a hall bedroom for $4 weekly in exchange for imitations. The London Times is cited as once denouncing the telephone as an American humbug.
The American Red Cross, after U S entry, dispatched a full commission in August 1917 to Serbia. It established hospitals fed and clothed refugees, provided medical care, dentistry for the army, and farm supplies to restore productivity. A photograph shows a little Serbian girl in distress as the relief program unfolds.
Notice states on June 23 1917 W J Bell by L W Bell executed a deed of trust to Pelahatchie Bank Pelahatchie Mississippi as beneficiary. The document indicates a trustee sale being conducted under the terms of that deed of trust.
Trust deed with default on indebtedness to beneficiary will be sold December 27 1919 at Pelahatchie post office by trustee C K Jones. Land described as Lot and dwelling on North side of A and W Railroad Right of Way with boundaries 110 by 200 feet. Title believed good but conveyed only to extent trustee holds. Also an overlaid ad for Prickly Ash Bitters claiming kidney tonic benefits.
Notice declares all lands owned and leased by H C Washburn posted with no trespassing hunting or fishing allowed. Read as posted property in Brandon Mississippi with strict prohibition and warnings to trespassers.
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