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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
2
The Brandon News lists rates for display advertising at 22 cents per inch and legal notices at 2 cents per word for first insertion and 1 cent for subsequent insertions. Obituaries and cards of thanks cost 1 cent per word, with instructions to count initials figures and abbreviations as words and send money with copy.
The piece contrasts the Republican National Convention in Chicago with the Democratic gathering in San Francisco. It argues the GOP campaign of misrepresentation damaged trust while the Democratic platform and consensus boosted confidence, claiming truth will prevail over deceit. It cites party bosses, a dishonest platform, and disillusioned Republican delegates as turning the electorate toward the Democrats.
A San Francisco convention is praised for exposing Republican hollow motives on the League of Nations and for showing delegates as free agents acting on conscience. The piece argues progress and prosperity will follow such a convention, contrasting with Chicago. It also reports on hazards from wood alcohol poisonings and severe hail in Wyoming, plus German and Turkish wartime notes and a missing money offer from Berry Crain in Brandon, Mississippi.
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