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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
7
Brandon notices report local health issues with measles and flu cases, residents visiting from Jackson and other towns, and upcoming events. Officials, a postal inspector, and real estate agents appear in town for official business, while a new millinery shop and dog ordinances drive community planning. A prominent funeral and local moves to Texas are noted alongside civic updates.
Wanted wood choppers to cut 300 cords of wood at 50 cents per cord one mile north of the randon depot to burn a brick kiln. Apply to P. Barton or Jno. Gayden.
William Elbert Darnall and Miss Annie Eolin Crook were married Sunday at the residence of the bride’s uncle W. S. Crook. Rev. C. F. Emery officiated. Only relatives and intimate friends attended. The bride is the daughter of the late Samuel Crook and Mrs. Ella F yyise Crook. The groom is described as industrious in mercantile business.
The owner offers stud service from the well known stallion George Gordon at any time at their place. Contact is D. M. Rossins with the date noted as April 20 for reference.
The Rankin County Teachers Association held its final session in Florence on January 24 and 25 with about forty five members attending. The program covered English teaching equipment, punishments, and a keynote by Dr T P Bailey of the University of Mississippi. A high school course proposal, county oratorical contest planning, and a petition for a state normal school were approved amid calls to fund teacher training over other state projects. Bailey's classroom management book is available from Macmillan Co for 1.25. Next meeting will prepare chapters I V IX XII and XV.
Brief notice indicating items for sale at low prices through the local office. The wording is fragmented and offers little detail beyond the general offer. No specific items, names, dates, or prices are provided.
In spring 1864 Gen Banks failed to overrun the Texas coast as Dowling and 40 defenders held Sabine Pass. Narrow water and a sugar mill wing dam saved Banks’s fleet, sinking three gunboats while one surrendered after paroling 1,000 men. Dowling’s stand preserved New Orleans and the Confederacy’s coast.
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