21 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
1
A reflective column echoes a mother's moral influence at home and its ripple through family life. It extols warmth, charity, and duty within the home, contrasts women's guiding quiet strength with public power, and warns of moral decay when women lose their role.
Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, urges farmers to hold for 15 cents a pound as the cotton crop tightens and mills rush to meet contracts. He notes earlier calls for 11 cents and warns against selling below value, citing pledged bales and looming shortages that could lift prices unless buyers continue to pay their price.
Health Commissioner Darlington of New York declares tuberculosis curable at the American tuberculosis exhibition. He notes eight percent of late stage cases recovered and sixty percent returned to work, urges education and rejects patent medicines tied to alcohol. He cites sunlight, fresh air, good food and rest as essential treatments.
A Newton editor praises The Brandon News for rejecting whiskey advertisements and lauds local papers for upholding moral standards. The piece cites J C Moore’s jug trade, classic bay area editors, and calls for decency, church, and community leaders to oppose liquor promotion and protect children from its harms.
An ad states a skilled horseshoer is now employed, enabling prompt, high quality horseshoeing and general blacksmithing. The dealer also handles wood-work, painting, machine repairing, and saw filing, all in first class order on short notice. Give a trial.
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