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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
5
Dr P P Walker, a dentist, will be at Florence on Monday July 24 at King, at Star on July 25, and at Braxton on July 27 and 28, with locations listed for each date.
Local notices list residents and visitors in Brandon including L. E. Washburn and Mrs. Stapleton among many, noting social visits, church activity, and upcoming farmers institute. Mentions address carpentry, building, education events, and local business from Jackson, Vicksburg, Laurel, and Star.
Fiddlers from across the county gathered for a lively contest with prizes to Virgil Allen Luther Crain and John Pierce. A band march through Court Square closed the event with Dixie as Wells Webb and others drew praise for clog dancing and double shuffles.
Mrs Annie Graham Collier wife of late John W Collier died Sunday in her 79th year after months of ill health. She lived a Christian life and her summons to heaven was welcomed. Funeral at Brandon cemetery Monday at 9 30 AM, largely attended. Rankin County Chancery Court on July 18 1905 issued letters of administration on Wilson P Stevens estate. Margaret A Stevens Admx P Henry Attorney notify creditors to probate and register claims within one year or be barred.
Positions guaranteed to young men who finish the course at the Commercial Institute of Meridian Male College. For particulars address M. A. Beason, President.
A crowd of Brandon residents and nearby neighbors enjoyed a moonlight picnic and dance at Cloverdell Farm three miles south of town. Chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. O H. E. Martin and Mrs. J. M. Bullock, the event featured host Rip Taylor who organized the evening and prepared the premises, earning praise from guests for a pleasant gathering.
Sunday proved the warmest day of the season with various local notes including J Luther Singletary visiting Florence and Mrs Mary Thornton returning from Jackson for her daughter’s illness. Updates mention typhoid in Hatiesburg, Sunbeams charity sales, and a note on a Pacific line. Also quotes about moral responsibility urge self-blame and caution about associations among youth. The Dry Creek High School trustees seek a good teacher and invite letters to A Harper at Thomasville, Mississippi.
Economy in travel tourist sleepers to California are first class in everything but name. They afford a comfortable and economical way of crossing the continent. Berth rate seven dollars from Chicago to California. Round trip smiles should be the legal tender in ticket payments for all routes including Los Angeles Santa Barbara or Sacramento.
J O Robinson Jr secretary announces a contest to be held at Goshen Springs on July 29 beginning at 9 o clock in the morning. All entrants should be present at that time.
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