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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1903
Page
8
Dr Hill health officer and Dr Baugh examined the Virgil area and found genuine smallpox in a mild form urging vaccination. Obituaries, local moves, church activity, weather woes, and social notes follow with numerous names from Polkville, Brandon, Magee, and nearby places.
An old column extols Tutt's Pills for many ailments and reports local rural news. It covers school progress with 65 pupils at Galilee, new teachers, moves in families to Rankin and Smith County, typhoid recovery, road talk, community events, a bridge project, Sunday school praise, and social gatherings including masquerade and house parties with guests and local marriages in Jackson and nearby areas.
An advertisement targets chronically ill, undernourished readers calling them walking sick and urges Scott emulsion as a remedy. It claims the product builds flesh and blood, strengthens nerves, and boosts appetite, promising free doses and noting the supplier Scott Bowne chemists in New York.
Weather remains unsettled as residents share updates from the delta and Pisgah. F. P. Bethune and O. H. Bethune travel to the state capital. Genie Sander son shows marked improvement. Mrs. J. T. Shields and children visit her parents. W. C. Harper makes a county trip. Wedding bells teased with a Biblical reference.
Weather turns sunny after heavy rain as J D Purvis recovers from illness. Reverend Burnham and wife return from Pelahatchie. Dr Robinson nears completion of new dwelling. Local youth enjoy a schoolhouse musical. Rufus Thorn dissolves partnership with Burnett and Thorn and will relocate to Pelahachie to work for Rhodes and Sanders. Mollie Clark returns with cousin Mrs Clark and Charlie. A daughter born to Witt Cox and wife. J Davis sells property in Braxton to Mrs Berry of Harris.
Davis plans Larrel home and Thompson Touchstone serves as acting mayor after vacancy. Braxton Collegiate Institute to open January 36th with W. Q. Sharp as principal. Partridge hunting figures, school quirks, illnesses, marriages, guests, and local business notes fill a wide slice of community life from Braxton to Florence and King.
Property description near Brandon on Westville road occupied for years by Ben Parker and later by Blob Fox, known as the old Methodist parsonage. Apply to Wm. Buchanan Brandon Miss, Ltd, 100 percent.
Administrators notice states letters of administration on the estate of E. E. McBeth were granted December 24, 1902, in Rankin County. W. S. Crook administers Brandon, Mississippi, January 1, 1903. Also a notice for publication for Willie E. Myers land claim in Rankin County assails final proof before the Chancery Clerk January 24, 1008 with witnesses John M. Myers J. Bass W. L. Barnett W. P. Stevans.
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