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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1903
Page
8
An old column repeats the Swamp Root kidney remedy pitch and assorted local notes. It extols Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure and urges readers to request a free sample, while interspersing community updates on visits, travel, and local events.
Health generally good in the community with several visitors and travels noted. Mark Becknell remains quite ill while Mrs. Becknell’s mother visits. Jackson residents GC P French and Mrs. Tvasley visit relatives. Mr. Norton visits Mrs. Becknell’s mother. W H Alliston family hosts. Robinson and Gayden social with residents. no Monterey news last week. crops improving after rains. F J Smith returns from Braxton. Annie and Arminda Cooper trip to Jackson. Monterey Graded School has not yet selected a teacher. trustees seek qualified applicants.
The Lodabar column reports health improving for R. W. Harp after cancer removal, notes visits among families, plans for a July 4th celebration in Florence with a singing and photography, and mentions ongoing church and social activities. Weather is hot and dry, farmers seek rain, and Robt Warren is ill with a slow fever.
Miss Augusty Miller visits relatives in Memphis Tenn. Albert Williams of Memphis visits grandparents. Rev W P Chapman held regular appointment. Many candidates canvassing this week. Langford literary society gaining members. Community health is good though rain is badly needed. Old corn will twist without rain. Prof Little to teach singing school at Johns in August after candidate runs end. Little to sing at Johns next Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs John Chapman visited J D Chapman’s family. Dr J C Shotts visited M C McIntyre’s family.
Edward E. Phelps born in Connecticut and Yale graduate rose to anatomy and surgery professor at Vermont University then lecturer at Dartmouth College. He attained the country’s leading post and made the world famous discovery of Paine's Celery Compound, praised as a cure for nervous ills and impure blood.
Editor notes Rev Mr Boone from McHenry Harrison county extols Rankin county as ahead of coast counties in industry and morals. He condemns whisky and urges statutory prohibition while recounting protracted meetings and baptisms. He mentions Maj. Vardaman opposing whisky law changes and says he will vote for Alex Price for representative. He plans to return to Puckett mid July for more preaching.
Don visits Mrs Tom Webb as Alma Webb of Star visits friends. Bible questions posed about David Saul and Passover. June 30 a jolly crowd from Fannin travelled to Pelahatchie creek for a day in the woods. Slaughter family plus Miss Bessie White visited Madison. Oakdale preaching drew a large crowd. Ida Lee and Tom Moore visited Jackson. Sunbeams plan an ice cream supper at Fannin Baptist. Dry spell persists, rain desired. J P Sanderson from Jackson and Mrs Maum of Clintor visited. Bethune went to Jackson on Friday. Mattie Alexander of Brandon visiting Annie Harper. T A Chapman returned last week.
Fragmentary historical notices include the death of William H Moss of Fannin Mississippi on June 19 1908 at age 75 and a lengthy obituary praising his mercantile honesty and family devotion. The text also contains correspondence from Meridian Jackson and an official response by Mississippi supreme court justices on voting eligibility and primary election law questions presented by C C Miller in 1903.
An aged note states that AG Williams issued an opinion asserting a person must have been registered four months prior to a specified action. The fragment hints at eligibility or timing rules, but lacks details on the action, jurisdiction, or final ruling.
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