Dentist Dr Ruel May Announces Short Closure
Dr Ruel May, Dentist, states his office will close Tuesday and Wednesday, March 3rd and 4th. He adds he will be at Florence on Tuesday, March 3rd.
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Florence
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
5
Local notes and social gossipy updates from Brandon
Mrs. Wm. Evans visits Edwards and many local residents are listed as grippe victims or visitors. Mentions include Jas. Tripp of Jackson, Major Pat Henry, Mrs. J. D. McCaskill, Albert Hobson, Miss Julia Cofer, C. A. Williams, Mrs. Geo. Darnall, A. G. Williams, and countless neighbors visiting, recovering, and hosting. Several short items note ministers, sales, marriages, travel, and local business.
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Wm. Evans
Edwards
Ada Dewees
Jas. Tripp
Jackson
Pat Henry
J. D. McCaskill
Albert Hobson
Forest Sunday
Julia Cofer
Sam Hobson
C. A. Williams
Geo. Darnall
A. GC. Williams
H. L. Myers
C. H. Bethune
Brandon
Lucile Pearson
Mittie Johnson
Florence Green
E. E. Jackson
Parchman
Alex Williams
Jim Ellis
Watts Webb
J. H. Glass
Grippe
Miss Griffin
Lexington
L. W. Ozier
H. €. Washburn
Will Mangum
Greenfield
Helen Collier
Meridian
Mobile
J. H. Whitfield
B. F. Mulhollan
Pelahatchie
Joe Neal
Knox McNair
Thomasville
T. D. May
Aene Meaiers
Fannin
J. R. Sneed
Canton
Seattle
B. F. Abel
Lela Purvis
J. L. McCaskill
Abel
Id. F. Purvis
J. B. Hutton
Roudebush
Madison
J. R. Preston
E. C. Comifort
Presbyterian Church
This Place
Jayne
Wm. Jayne
Local Classified Notices and Small Advertisements
A compact page of local notices and small ads listing names such as J. E. Phillips, Miss Martha Whittington, and several others with occupations and affiliations. The items promote cheap coats and vests, prize winning Rhode Island Red eggs at $1.50 for 15, Allen Hybrid cotton seed at $1 per bushel, mammoth bronze turkey eggs, and rental or sale offers. Also includes stallion service, poultry, nursing training inquiries, home for sale, and exchange offers.
Molasses Crop Records From 1907 Harvest
A. C. Williams reports 175 gallons from about three fourths of an acre, with others yielding about 300 on his mill. R. M. McCallister states 154 gallons from a quarter acre, and 460 gallons for neighbors. Many African Americans raise enough for home use and occasional sales, with one farm having eight squads producing year round. The narrative commends effort to live cheaply at home to avoid trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Williams
Mi I
Survey of Pearl River From Jackson to Lockport Bill
Representative Jno Sharp Williams introduced a bill for a Pearl River survey between Jackson and Lockport, noting non navigability. Jackson board of trade resolutions urged full navigation from Lake Burnside to the gulf, but Congress likely to kill rivers and harbors. Williams seeks only the Jackson Lockport segment survey. The river from Lockport to the gulf is navigable at certain water levels, with boats moving between Lake Burnside and Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jno. Sharp Williams
Pearl River
Jackson
Lockport
Board of Trade of
Lake Burnside
Gulf
Brandon & Daniel Telephone Company Inception Meeting
Notice of the first meeting of the incorporators for organization to be held at Rufus at ten o clock a m Monday March 19 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon & Daniel Telephone Company
Rufus
Brandon Bank Stockholders Meeting Notice
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the stockholders and the board of directors of the Brandon Bank will be held in the Brandon Bank building in the town of Brandon, Mississippi, at ten o'clock a m Thursday March 5 1908. W H Barnes President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon Bank
Brandon
Mississippi
W. H. Barnes
Lost Bloodhound Chases Escapee Near Country Club
On February 18 near the country club house a medium size red bloodhound with smutty mouth and white tips on hind feet was chasing an escaped convict from Rankin prison farm. A $5 reward is offered by Capt. J. L. Rainey, Sergeant, Greenfield, Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club House
Rankin Prison Farm
J. L. Rainey
Greenfield
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Rankin State Farm
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Belle Haven College
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W. G. Barnes
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King’s Daughters
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Sidney I. Law
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R. L. Saunders
Colonel Adams
Emma Rchie
J. H. Hobson
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B. M. McAlliston
Mary Armon
Louvester McLaurin
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Ben Minor
Parlabee Winsley
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Lynwood
J. T. B. Berry
George Gordon
D. M. Ropsins
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