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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
3
J. D. Wooley of Pelahatchie visited Monday while Miss Eloise Thomas stays with relatives in Thomasville. The Bonnie Lassie will perform as the Lyceum course opener at the school building on January 31.
The column records Rev. Mr. Ellis of Camden visiting daughter Mrs. J W Chisholm and notes many Brandon and Rankin County residents visiting, plus military family updates, court absence due to road conditions, local business ads, and community happenings from Jackson to Pelahatchie. It highlights Lieut Col Wynn’s wartime service, marriages, travel plans, and local social calls.
Justice Court will be held in Brandon on the second and fourth Tuesdays each month. All concerned should take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Mrs. E. F. Mullen of Sunflower visited her parents in Brandon. Mrs. Macon Patrick left for Greenville Texas after a pleasant stay. R. L. Myers was taken to Baptist Hospital Tuesday for an unspecified ailment.
The article explains headaches often stem from transient causes like fatigue, but persistent headaches may signal anemia or bloodlessness. It notes anemia is common in girls and indoors workers, and recommends Gude's Pepto Mangan to build up blood quality, improve appetite and color, and reduce headaches. It mentions that Pepto Mangan strengthens red blood cells and includes a caution to ensure the product bears the Gude's name.
A health tip urges drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels and prevent toxins entering the blood. The method is described as a harmless way to wash internal organs and improve overall health.
The State of Mississippi to Sallie Barbour Stoven Charles Stoven and Barbour Stoven and unknown heirs and devisees of C J Stoven Deceased you are commanded to appear before the Chancery Court of Rankin County Mississippi on the fourth Monday of March 1920 to defend the suit of C E Martin and W A Clements wherein you are defendants. This January 21st 1920 8 D Donnell Chancery Clerk H L McCaskill Solicitor for Complainants.
The State of Mississippi Rankin County to L B Davis a non resident defendant shows cause why you should not be removed as guardian for Hettie May Meadows a non compos mentis and why M O Meadows a bond surety should not be discharged petitioned by B O Meadows dated December 25 1919 filed by Chancery Clerk J A Robinson
A notary public notes on December 6 that Prank J. Cheney swore to be a partner in the firm F J Cheney & Co, operating in Toledo. The excerpt includes references to Catarrh Medicine testimonials and B J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
Notice of sale of Supervisors District No 2 articles at public auction in front of the Court House door on the first Monday of February 1920. Items include 8 mules 2 second hand wagons harness and related gear. Clerk of Board of Supervisors D. Donnell signs the notice.
A long trusted hair darkening mix once prepared at home is now sold as Sage and Sulphur Compound in drugstores. The formula, improved with additional ingredients, darkens gray hair in a single large bottle at low cost. Men and women can use it without obvious color change.
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