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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
5
An early advertisement urges readers to seek prompt eye examinations when sight problems arise. It promises honest advice, scientific eye exams, and fitting of glasses with in stock and made to order frames. It touts spectales and repairs at low prices backed by a strong local reputation.
Harry Watson, a Brandon optician, is listed as a second class mail matter at the Brandon post office. The notice records his status and location, reflecting a mailing designation and regional service.
Local items from Brandon and surroundings note court and board meetings scheduled for next Monday, multiple visits and advertisements, travel plans, and community events. Notables include Oscar Martin visiting from Louisiana, Peyton Davis leaving for Shreveport, and J. A. Taylor and Son advertising. Rural incidents cover fire loss near Pelahatchie, a shooting in Jackson, and upcoming church meetings and fairs.
A fragmented testimonial warns that headaches may erode mental power and vitality, urging prompt but proper pain relief. It touts a patent remedy from Dr. Miles Medical Co, claiming personal relief and recommending others, with a brief mention of price and dosage.
The Philadelphia Times hails a stylish fair daughter from the South who became a beloved figure at a famed summer resort, drawing many friends and admiration for her graceful presence. Advertisements note various remedies and goods amid local commerce, including Prickly Ash Bitters and paint, with shop notices from H A Busick and associates and a sale of flour to Brandon, Mississippi.
A telegram from the Big Four General Passenger Agent to Queen & Crescent outlines the Twentieth Century Limited route, departing Cincinnati at 2:00 PM daily and reaching New York by 9:30 AM with dining car service. Excess fare $4, service touted as worth it. Also includes a local testimonial for Chamberlain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets priced at 25 cents.
Rice price changes listed alongside a home for sale in Brandon Mississippi. The house has six rooms on the first floor and three in the basement with two stairways, a large gallery, and a garden on two acres with Bermuda and clover pasture, water for stock, corn or potato patches, a barn with four stalls, and cash or time sale options. Contact W A Loffin in Jackson or Dr J T B Berry in Brandon.
At cost for two weeks starting Friday August 1 sells entire summer line in New York including Ladies Hats Flowers Trimmings Shirt Waists Underwear Belts Ribbons Laces Hat Pins Fans Handkerchiefs Veilings Ties Baby Caps Silk Parasols specialty in laces many items offered at equally low prices come to see us for bargains
Stapleton and Gates of the Interior Department Jackson Land Office publish a notice that a new settler has filed to prove his claim for W1-2NE 1-4 and NE 1-4 NW1-4 in Township 3 North Range 5 East. Proof will be made September 4, 1902 before the Chancery Clerk in Brandon Mississippi. Witnesses listed: G D Franklin, W H U McLain of Mayton. N K Holyfield. J J McLain of Puckett.
Notice announces final proof required for a settler in Rankin County Mississippi. It names the claimant and witnesses and states the final proof must be made before the Chancery Clerk in Brandon on September 10, 1902. It references the land description Township 3 North Range 5 East and nearby residents. The notice also includes unrelated local business ad text about a barber in the Old Gem Building and a hydraulic chair.
Corrected Thursday prices list standard and fancy groceries, staples and feedstuffs. Items include flour at 1.50 to 4.65, corn meal 3.40 per barrel, sugar 5 to 6 cents, salt 1.25 per 200 pound sack, molasses 40 to 50 cents, coffee 8 to 15 cents, rice 5 to 8 cents, crackers 10 cents, meat and lard prices, feedstuffs with corn 87k per bushel, oats 65 cents, hay 12 per ton, bran 1.35 per 100 pounds, cattle 2 to 24 cents, hogs 4 to 5 cents, wool and hides prices, fruit and dairy items, eggs 10 cents a dozen, butter 1.50 per pound, chicken 2.25 per dozen, ice 1 per 100 pounds, and several per dozen or per bushel items.
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