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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
3
The article urges a renewed consecration to God at year start. It discusses using watch nights and prayer meetings to deepen Christian fidelity, stressing that lasting benefit comes from daily reliance on God’s grace rather than temporary emotional lifts. It emphasizes sustained devotion beyond one service.
A fable narrated by Mary Graham Bonner features the Skylark and his mate debating happiness and fear, contrasting life in the sky with being earthbound. Sky fairies remind them to value what cannot happen, while the skylarks celebrate soaring high and singing. The piece ends with a note on thinking pleasant thoughts and a brief reader comment about Bible and Shakespeare.
Gardiner Ayres offers a reflective verse about the turning of the year. The speaker welcomes the New Year and contemplates the gifts of time, urging perseverance, improvement, and a hopeful outlook for the twelve months ahead. Life is described as marching forward in a column of days.
A reflective New Year's verse urges a bright year and a sunny path. It emphasizes praise, looking back as the year ends, and the value of turning a fresh, clean leaf without soil or blemish.
A brief dialogue captures a policeman calling a man a loafer while the man retorts he loafs in his own time not on government time, quoted from the Louisville Courier-Journal.
B O Sellers reflects on Jewish history from monarchy through exile to restoration, stressing God’s separation of Israel from idolatry, the roles of Zerubbabel Ezra Nehemiah and prophets Daniel Isaiah Haggai Zechariah Malachi, and the rebuilding of the temple and renewal of worship with a call to study the Bible and live righteously.
A St. Louis meeting of the Mississippi Valley Waterways association plans immediate construction of fleets of concrete barges for the inland waterways. Twenty four barges will be built at St. Louis to ease railroad freight congestion between St. Louis and Southern river ports. The program aims to extend the system along the Mississippi and other waterways to ease national traffic.
The Jinks family, newly settled in their mansion, hosts a dinner hoping to enter society. Mrs. Jinks instructs Lena the cook to mash the peas thoroughly to prevent mishaps as Mr. Jinks grows nervous at dinner.
An old advertisement touts Boschee’s German Syrup for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles claiming fifty one years of use in the United States and promises rest easier mornings and natural recovery with 80 to 90 cent bottles. The fragment section shifts to a domestic scene where Tommy pleads with his mother to compromise and avoid punishment by influencing his father for a new dress.
An old advertisement promotes Mansfield Cough Balsam formerly Hungarian Cough Balsam that heals inflamed membranes and soothes tickling nerves. It claims usefulness for babies and lists prices at 25 and 50 cents.
A collage of excerpts cites camouflage as ordinary and notes Shakespeare’s Birnam Wood motif used to unsettle Macbeth. It also references Castoria, urging parents to check labels for the signature. The snippet mocks authenticity and hints at veterinary themes with stray cats and spaying comments.
An old advertisement warns that neglecting a cold can lead to pneumonia. It promotes Laxative Quinidine Tablets as prompt relief for coughs colds la grippe and headache priced at 25 cents.
An assortment of old ad copy and quips about health cures, hair dye, and moral maxims. The text promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine with promises of cure and a money back claim, hints at fashion, hair dressing products, and humorous lines on life values and wit.
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