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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
2
The Brandon News lists W. S. May as editor and Stella May as manager of local advertising, indicating the paper’s administrative leadership.
A curious collage of quotes from newspapers, a Mississippi chancery court notice to Joseph Valentour requiring appearance on January 30, 1922 to show cause why the final account of the estate should not be approved, and a cabbage plants advertisement offering Wakefield frost proof plants at 25 cents per hundred postpaid from G. S. Ware in Pelahatchie Mississippi.
An advertisement extols Tanlac for relief from stomach troubles enabling normal eating and renewed energy. The notice touts guaranteed 10,000 mile Cord Tires by New Departure Tire Co. and includes an entry about posted Marl Hill lands and hunting prohibition by J. N. Forgy and Bro.
Yemas invites customers to visit for candies apples nuts and a rocker or iron bed as Christmas gifts. The ad promotes greatly reduced prices on stoves iron beds and related items with a promise of a good stock.
The board reviewed and approved numerous county expenditures including inspec tions, bridge and vat refills, supplies for election boxes, and salaries for sheriff jailers and clerks. Items from Brandon News and various contractors were listed, with adjournment set for the next regular meeting.
The American Red Cross approved $310000 for its role in the government backed clean up campaign to process disability claims for veterans. Of this sum $35000 is allocated to the American Legion to cover expenses of legion representatives in Veterans Bureau districts. The rest is to be apportioned among Red Cross divisions for the campaign work directly undertaken by the organization.
The Junior American Red Cross abroad aided 237,000 destitute children in the last fiscal year, up 200,000 from the prior period. The National Children's Fund, funded by schoolchildren, raised $420,557 for these projects, with $155,317 receipts. American Red Cross provided $700,000 in relief for Russian refugees in Constantinople and nearby areas.
The American Red Cross calls for a wide member increase as it reports roughly 10 million dollars annually spent on aiding disabled veterans and their families through national headquarters and 2,289 chapters. It notes 120,215 daily average services to veterans and families, 356,544 personal-problem requests, and 70,782 allotment claims handled last year.
A historical look at Rosetta town in Egypt later overshadowed by Alexandria. A French engineer found the Rosetta stone near the town in 1798, bearing hieroglyphic demotic and Greek inscriptions from 186 B.C. It helped scholars decipher hieroglyphs, was captured by the British, and now resides in the British Museum. The tablet stands 8 feet 9 inches tall, 2 feet 4.5 inches wide, and 11 inches thick.
The new coat of arms, now held by the College of Heralds in London, bears the motto A Mart asque ad Mare and sparks debate about Canada’s Dominion designation. A councilor cited Psalm 72:8, suggesting dominion from sea to sea, while the motto reflects freedom of thought across seas to the mother country.
The Red Cross Institute for the Blind near Baltimore trained 147 blind ex servicemen in 1920 21 to prepare them for life and work. Nineteen progressed to other institutions, twelve started independent occupations, fourteen withdrew for health, fourteen received on the job training and eighty seven remain in training.
The American Red Cross in Europe announces a six million dollar program to provide medical care and clothing for thousands of children in Central and Eastern Europe. Supplementing European Relief Council feeding, the plan opens child welfare stations in population centers lacking adequate medical care to restore health. Herbert Hoover chairs the related relief effort.
Notice in the chancery clerk's office invites sealed bids by 12 o'clock noon on the first Monday of December 1921 for building a bridge across Rocky creek in beat 5 and for furnishing all materials. Bids for feed stuffs for road districts are also requested. The board may reject all bids. Dated November 9, 1921. S. D. Donnell, Clerk. A separate paragraph suggests Henry Ford may take over the Muscle Shoals project and acquire a country newspaper.
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