01 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1917
Page
1
MUNN attorneys at law present a timetable for trains through Brandon listing eastbound No 12 and No 10 services. The document names J R East and W E Munn in connection with the schedule.
Local notices report illnesses and visits by residents such as J C Crain Lilla Darnall and C C Moore Brandon receives word of a grip epidemic and multiple travel shows. births deaths and church matters highlighted. Rev M O Patterson to preach monthly Brandon church may extend pastoral call to Rev S P DuBois wild cat captured by H C Washburn and pack of hounds. local business ads and a missing coat notice included.
Classified notice format listing multiple local merchants and offerings. AsgAN G. Barnes advertises school books and supplies, R. E. Gayden markets fresh evaporated apples, and G. R. Worthington of Brandon Depot promotes a 800 to 400 acre farm near Brandon. The notice notes new shoe inventory and price adjustments.
During illness W C Palmer appoints Oscar Polk as in charge of the shop. Polk is described as an efficient horse shoer and blacksmith who will handle the work and satisfy customers. Palmer extends respect and recommends Polk for all forthcoming orders. The notice closes with a promotion of W G Barnes and their footwear line.
Dayton area reports say influx of southern black migrants to northern cities fuels crime. Welfare officials Dr. Garland and Mead warn against labor agents promising high pay, citing two Alabama men who sold property to migrate, then faced hardship. Officials plan federal cooperation with southern mayors to curb abuses.
KE. A. Mead, superintendent of the State City Free Labor Exchange, warns labor agents deceiving southern workers. He notes false promises of high demand in the north and urges men to stay, citing low wages and higher living costs there. He calls breaking up families for such schemes wrong and criminal.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation as pleasant to take and natural in effect. It claims the medicine works so smoothly that users may not realize it was produced by medicine and notes availability everywhere.
To Canning Poultry and Home Demonstration Club Members at the annual Field Day in Florence on March 2 and 3 prizes are offered for best corn meal muffins plain biscuits best cake and best bread sticks and light bread For Home Demonstration Club an attractive exhibit of club work will be arranged Members urged to contribute articles from classes including fancy work sewing basketry booklets home conveniences eggs and egg dozen A club pin will be given to each canning and poultry member who contributes in sewing and cooking and all articles should reach by Thursday p m ex
A Waynesfield Ohio resident praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as reliable for twenty years. The note accompanies a home demonstration contact and recipe hints. It emphasizes strong community recommendations as the product’s best endorsement.
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