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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
5
An old time advertisement from Brandon professes free vision screening. It promotes glasses for blurred reading and frontal headaches, inviting Misses to learn if they have perfect eyesight and offering cost free assessment.
Evangelist John Moseley stays with family in Brandon as many locals travel. W Waddell visits Jackson. Capt. John R M O'Reilly heads home to Vicksburg. W R Taylor and Co advertise. Burns of Smith County visits Brandon friends. Mrs James Palmer of Lynwood guests L Ashburn. Will Robinson returns from Lobdell for a few days. R P Henry arrives from Washington. Genie McGowan of Cuba visits Sarah Knochs. Mr and Mrs W M Scanlan of Hattiesburg host Rev Robt Selby and family. Infant of Wim Buchanan dies. buried in Brandon cemetery. John Mangum goes to Crystal Springs to manage Chautauqua restaurant season. Rev J L Johnson of Clinton to preach at Baptist church next Sunday. Rev C A Powell of Hattiesburg to preach at Methodist church. Invitations extended to attend. George Pieres, Rankin farmer, presents a fine melon. Subscriptions drive notes melon on record lists. Investment inquiry from Pennsylvania company advertises safe small-sum investments. Clarion Ledger. H Kernaghan receives final settlement with government. 28 cent check enclosed. Brookhaven Leader notes Rankin county oratorical on July 4. David Harper wins contest, Lowell Pope second. event opened by Prof Hurst. L Petty and J M Nye noted. Henry East alias Ed 8, prisoner held for forcing conductor, conveyed here.
The narrative covers a confining tour from Meridian to Jackson and back to Atlanta where a prisoner escaped last March. Captain Petty praises the Atlanta penitentiary as a premier facility costing 500000 dollars with 380 cells and capacity for 700 inmates. It describes cell grades, privileges, and punishments, noting 351 prisoners and staff roles, plus the transfer of John O Rourke for horse theft as sheriff Brannon files the case.
P. P. Walker announces the dental office will be closed on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
The ceremony took place at the bride’s father R W Barr home near Holmesville on July 9 1902 uniting B E Therrell of Florence Mississippi with Miss Ida Lee Barr of Holmesville Elder J A Hutson officiated The bridegroom a Jackson merchant’s son is a Mississippi College graduate The bride completed Hillman Female College coursework The couple receives best wishes for a lifelong union A Magnolia Gazette note adds a separate sell request for a 60 inch Atkins saw in Brandon Mississippi dated June 11 1902
Estrayed from four miles NW of Pelahatchie around February 15. Mare is light colored with a barbed wire scar across the left shoulder. Reward for information leading to return. Contact Cade Myers in Pelahatchie, Mississippi. J A Spann and Co have moved into the Ross building and bought T E Wilson’s stock to better serve customers.
Notice from the Rankin County School Board announces a meeting in the courthouse office at 1 00 o clock am on July 25. All who have business should appear. the board will not sit more than two days. Also an unrelated ad promotes Smiths Nerve Restorer medicine priced at 1 1. A sale by A D.
Summary of a historic congressional session noting major passings including the Panama Canal Bill river and harbor and irrigation measures and many pension bills, while criticizing failures such as Cuba tariff relief militia law general staff trusts regulation and tariff reform. Also mentions a 50 cent price list and a local medicine claim by A L D Rhodes of Pelahatchie.
A collage of old world maxims and mock praise on life, love, and society. It jarringly mixes advice on manners, money, and gossip with quips about lawyers, dating, and public virtue, reflecting a newspaper page of breezy moral fragments and sly humor.
Market prices for flour, corn meal, sugar, salt, molasses, coffee, rice, crackers, starch and various groceries. Live stock and produce prices include cattle, hogs, sheep, hides, wool, tallow, beeswax, feathers, watermelons, cantaloupes, peaches, eggs, butter, chickens, ice, jars, and vegetables. Notices include Chamberlain Academy in Port Gibson and local medical ads and real estate offerings in Brandon.
A June 13 1902 telegram from the Big Four Route to Queen and Crescent Route outlines the Twentieth Century Limited schedule. Departs Cincinnati 2:00 p.m. daily reaches Cleveland 7:40 p.m. then New York 9:30 a.m. travel time eighteen and a half hours with dining car service. Excess fare four dollars. Signed W J Lysca.
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