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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1911
Page
5
A flood of names visit Brandon and nearby towns this week as Percy day events and political activity draw residents to the area. Florence, Pelahatchie, Jackson, and Monterey figures join the traffic with Bank and hotel stops noted while candidates meet voters and celebrate the fourth.
For sale itemized notice offers a Remington typewriter in excellent condition for 30 dollars and a typewriter desk for 7 dollars. Contact C. H. Robinson in Brandon Route 2 to inquire or purchase.
Meerschaum, the oldest grade, forms in a hollow near Eski Schelir Anatolia once a lake. Other sources include Thebes Egypt Grubhitz Nuendorff Moravia and northern Spain and Portugal with Snir sections.
A Mississippi judge denounces liquor traffickers as a blight on youth and society. He urges the grand jury to indict those who sell to boys ages 15 to 20, condemning perjury and Cocaine and whiskey trade. The charge stresses truth and stiff penalties to curb the temperance law violations.
The community mourns William R. Taylor who died last Wednesday after a long illness. Interred at Brandon cemetery beside his wife, he leaves a son and is survived by parents and siblings. Funeral attendance and floral tributes reflected the town’s affection for him. He was a popular, energetic figure who died in harness. The notice includes an unrelated vaccine-style ad and political passages.
An ordinance establishes fire limits in Brandon within six hundred feet of the public square. It bans construction of buildings with sheet iron wood or other combustibles inside the fire zone. The measure passes with Yeas from McLaurin Sprague and Shields and no Nays.
The Brandon Mississippi city council approved an ordinance naming the Mayor as Fire Marshal and requiring a permit for any building from the Fire Marshal. The measure passed with unanimous votes and takes effect upon passage, dated June 27.
John S Sanders petitions Mississippi Governor E F Noel for a full pardon from a five year state penitentiary sentence for forgery. He claims lack of criminal intent and mental illness, notes a previously good reputation, and requests consideration at a hearing. Submitted June 4.
The northeast quarter of the northeast quarter less two acres off the east side and two acres in the southwest corner of section 12 township 4 range east is levied on as the defendant's property and will be sold to satisfy the judgment and costs. Witness my signature July 5, rerr. G. W. White, Sheriff.
The House approved the Underwood bill to cut wool and woollen goods duties by 220 to 210 with one Democrat voting against. Backers say lower wool costs help consumers and boost demand for woolen goods, while opponents fear revenue loss and expect Senate resistance. A reader testifies to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Petitioners urge Governor Noel to grant clemency to Perry Taylor who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in November 1908 at Brandon Mississippi. He was sentenced to five years in prison after a fight where he drove a pocket knife into an opponent wielding a piece of scantling. Born near Florence, he has a wife and children and prior good character.
Notice of sheriff sale under execution issued by Mississippi Foundry and Machine Company against C H Carroll. Judgment by J M Cade justice of the peace Hinds County. Sale set for August 7 1911 at the east front door of the County Court House Brandon Rankin County Mississippi. Cash bid for all defendant's interest in described real estate as listed in the record.
A cough remedy marketed for coughs colds and croup is noted as available through druggists. The text also cites a recent New York state legislature debate, presenting a list of strong nouns and adjectives as a playful parliamentarian’s vocabulary, including terms like snake hyena swine bull and thief, with a remark about Kentucky restrictions and related commentary.
An old Floren ce Mississippi advertisement touts Herbine to ease bowels within hours. It notes two dosing times a day and claims relief by morning after a bedtime dose, with price listed and seller Wm M Flowers of Florence Mississippi.
A proponent argues Senator Root’s minor amendments would nullify the reciprocity measure benefiting the paper trust. Critics urge passing the treaty as is and defeating all so called innocent amendments. The exchange frames the fight over the U.S. Canada trade pact and farm interests.
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