22 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
1
Passenger trains schedule from Brandon lists eastbound and westbound timetables on the timetable page. It notes travel times and service direction with lines indicating routes and stops.
Local and personal notes cover visits among residents, sick lists, and upcoming spring plans. Notables include Mrs Mayes Cooper in New Orleans and Edna Buchanan returning from Clinton, with household movements and business ventures underway in Brandon and Florence area.
Thomasville notes recount a crowded beat contest at Johns, navy visits, visits by Lera Runnells and others from Insane Hospital Jackson, business trips to Jackson, and social rounds. Reports mention Rev. Carter at the Jackson orphan home, local railroad workers, new marriages Ira Cook and Lula Myers, hunting jaunts, and a plea to buy country hams and bacon with a price suggestion. A fire hose note closes.
An old clipping highlights Moline Acme steel plows praised for durability by Brandon Machinery Co. The ad mentions paying 274 cents cash or 30 cents trade for eggs and 1.25 dollars cash for corn. Also promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation and notes a farm mule for sale by Wa. Watson in Brandon, Mississippi.
Special offer on second hand wagons, one with low wheel and good lumber, suitable for wagon work. The other is a 23.8 farm wagon, cheap for cash or country produce.
For Sale. Surrey in good condition, cheap. T. D. May.
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