Mrs Virginia Frantz gifted poetess of Brandon
Prominent among the library volumes is Ina Greenwood and Other Poems by Mrs Virginia Frantz born near Brandon in 1837. The piece chronicles her life from early poetry to marriage with Col A F Frantz, Norah, and later years of suffering ending in 1890. It notes her Christian character, love of flowers, nature, and poetry especially Ina Greenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Greenwood
Virginia Frantz
Mississippi
Brandon
Frantz
Miss Johnson
Queen Victoria
England
Charles Dickens
Shakespeare
Carlyle
William Dean Howell
Edward Eggleston
Virginia
North Carolina
Brandon High School
Wim. H. Potter
New England
Frank Johnson
Slé
A. F. Frantz
Brandon Republican
Brandon News
North
Niagara Falls
Fife
Presbyterian Church
Wordsworth
Ina
Tinone Ag
In Stock: Mowing Machines and Rakes For Sale
Local store advertises mowing machines and both hand and self dumping rakes. Also offers wire suitable for wiring hay bales, with ample stock available for customers.
NEW PROSPECT COMMUNITY NOTES AND EVENTS
Local items report visiting relatives from Riviera Texas and Vancleave Mississippi. Community members note improvements in Mrs Mary Robbins and Mrs Hattie Ferguson. Reverend Alliston will depart for New Orleans, lead a protracted meeting next Friday with services at 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Attendee Edna Buchanan praised for speech. County office hopefuls teased. Also covered are Attorney Knight claiming 250000 fee to settle a big estate, a new airship stabilizer invention, and a Birmingham murder incident with two brothers Jeff and William King found dead near railroad tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin County
Mississippi
Brandon
Leducation
Barker “Prairie School
Chapman Colored School
Jeff Sullivan
Chapman
Ophelia
Partius Bluff School
Scott County
Section Three
Harvey Taylor
N- Three
Dry Creek
Mt. Carmel
A. G. Fore
Superintern
Pennie Russell
Ray
Riviera
Texas
E. D. Robbins
Mary Robbins
Edd Rhodes Sr
Jim Lewis
Vancleave
Jennie Thomas
Hattie Ferguson
Brother Alliston
Bro. Alliston
New Orleans
Edna Buchanan
Edna
Wallo
Pearson
Alliston
Jeff and
William King
Birmingham
Ala
Local Notes and Railway Timetable Blend of Community News
A rural update from Brandon and Rankin area covers travel by B A Clark and Master Dave, students at summer normals with several girls away, local visits, and health notes on Ada Clark Abbie Gill J M Parker. The piece also mentions crop conditions, a typhoid case, and social events. The Virksburg Railway timetable lists eastbound and westbound trains with connections, plus sleeping cars and dining services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Clark
Dave
Brandon
Ada Clark
Rankin and Scott
Forest
Larintha Morgan
Dora
Asha Welch
Mendenhall
A. J. Grantham
John Gill
J. B. Barnett
Shiloh
J. F. Norman
Durant
Abbie Gill
J. M. Parker
Rankin
Gulf &. Ship Island Passenger Schedules 1910
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad announces passenger times for main line and Columbia division with connections at Jackson Hattiesburg and Gulfport. Schedules show departures from Jackson Hattiesburg Gulfport and destination Gulfport Ar Jackson and Columbia, effective January 2 1910, as listed by J L Hawley General Passenger Agent Gulfport Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Hattiesburg
Gulfport
Columbia
Silver Creek
Mendenhall
Gulfport Ly
Columbia Ly
J. L. Hawley
Miss
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Melis
We Bank
New York
San Francisco
Brandon Bank
Sidney L. McLaurin
Branyon
Mhuinery and Lumber Company
Walrod
Walrod’s
Christ
Jane Moore
Sadie
H. C. McLaurin
Lewis Milton Bourne
Patrick Henry
Hudnall
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, Va
C. Berry
C. Bruce
Je Co Robinson
W. L. Barrow
G. B. Harris
A. Man
Flint
Mich
Blue Bront
A. M. Shields
NEW Prospect
Knight
Chicago
Ua eaNavad Pubi
Alabama& Vicksburi
Cincinnati
Atlanta
N. Y
Meridian
Shreveport
Beyond
Vicksburg
Pullman
Chattanooga
Win
B’ham
H. Smith
Gen
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company
General Passenger Department
Kiey
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