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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
6
Numerous short items report movements and visits by residents and officials, changes of address, engagements, and community happenings across Rankin County. Notable mentions include travel to Jackson, St. Louis, and Ed wards, new leases and moves to farms, civic notices, church and school events, and forthcoming legislative and prohibition activities.
The notice lists marriage licenses including R E Alliston with Sara Bass, J W Graves with Beulah Purnell, Dennis H Jackson with Alice E Wilson, Leroy Hobson with Annie King, and other pairs both colored and mixed entries such as Herman Butler with Minnie Batte, D Anderson with Maggie Sims, G Divine with Mag Donel, Alex Ruffin with Annie Lott, A Alford with Emma Stewart, John Johnson with Eric Tay or, Wm Smith with Francis Berry, H Hobson with Sophronia Duncan, Bob Harris with Laura A Duckworth, R Goldman with Rosa Green.
Miss Marie Edwards wed L W Ozier in a quiet ceremony at the Edwards home in Jackson. Rev W J Crisler officiated, with only close relatives present. The couple left for Brandon to begin life there, where Ozier manages the Cumberland telephone business. The notice, from the Clarion Ledger, also notes Busick’s cotton cash purchases and a steady cotton market amid a financial crisis.
Free. Send 12 names and addresses of music leaders and superintendents and we will mail a copy of our song book for 1908 Windows of Heaven No 6 J B Vaughan Athens Ga 21 We are now ready to supply anyone wanting eggs from our prize winning pen of Rhode Island Reds 1 50 for 15 A M Shields.
For sale a good pair of mules and two good milch cows. Apply L. C. Robinson in Brandon, Mississippi.
Eor Sale Cheap. One practically brand new sorry. For prices etc., apply to this office.
For Rent Several hundred acres of good pasture land with over 100 acres of creek bottom and plentiful water. Splendid summer and winter pasture at a bargain. Apply L. C. Robinson.
Mrs R S McLaurin advertises the largest line of shoes in Brandon with holiday specials from H A Busick Company. W G Barnes promotes fur niture and stoves and offers sweet and sour pickles. Brandon Drug Co and Brandon Mercantile Co advertise self rising buckwheat pricing. Phone No 36.
Two thousand bales of choice hay offered at 40 cents per bale by A L Hughes of Brandon Mississippi.
Double brooder in good as new condition for sale. Incubator handles 200 chicks for poultry operations. Sold by R P Walters at 35 dollars.
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