Notice to Pipe Contractors for Rankin County work
Bid notices from the Highway Commission and County Board of Supervisors set bid deadlines in May and June 1921 for infrastructure projects in Rankin County Mississippi. Projects include 250 feet of No 2 double strength pipe and a concrete bridge on Rankin Turnpike east of Farish Bridge. Bids must be submitted to Pelahatchie and Brandon offices with right to reject any bids.
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Highway Commission of Federal Aid Project No
Rankin County
Pelahatchie
Miss
R. A. Stingly
Board of Supervisors
Rankin Turnpike
Farish Bridge
Brandon
Misssippi
D- Donnell
Carrier Pigeon Family History of Messages
Uncle Charlie Carrier Pigeon tells a tale of centuries of message carrying by carrier pigeons. The birds discuss pride in their work, centuries of service, and a motto to keep up the good work as they look to continue delivering messages through the ages.
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Uncle Charlie
Uncle Charlie Carrier Pigeon
Watkins Co. Seeks Agents for Direct Sales in Winona
Employment ad from J. R. Watkins Co. invites men under 50 to sell Watkins products to farmers. Offers territory, bond with personal sureties, and back-up support. Company notes 52 years in business and 20,000,000 products shipped. Address Department 111 Winona Minn.
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Watkins
Dertment
Winona, Minn
Riddle Portrait Relation Revealed
A man views a portrait and says that the man in the painting is his son's relation. The statement implies the portrait subject is the speaker’s son.
Soes With a Coach and the Clock
A fragment from a periodical notes a riddle about what accompanies the coach yet remains useless to it, while the coach cannot function without it. It then discusses people who time their achievements by watching the clock and contrasts those who slip into work with a reminder to stay focused.
Polynesian Health From Bare Life Lessons In Strength
Norman Hall observes in Harper’s that in Polynesia men bear heavy loads and swim long periods with ease, suggesting physical fitness under primitive food quests. He contrasts this with sedentary, overweight Western standards, noting resilient legs on those with fat stomachs and the absence of creeping pudginess among Paumonians.
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Polynesia
Sates
Norman Hall
Harper's
America
France
England
Boston Coffee Party of 1777 Seized Hoarded Goods
Abigail Adams writes from Boston on July 31 1777 about a scarce sugar and coffee market. A chorus of women reportedly formed a procession to a merchant’s warehouse opened the store, seized coffee, and locked it into a trunk before driving off, while bystanders watched in awe.
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Goffee
Boston
Abigail Adams
United States
Abigail
John
Philadelphia
Those Who Dare Not Smile
A reflective piece satirizes solemnity in life and the future, observing how some people banish joy from their hearts and faces. The author recalls meeting a well educated passerby whose rayless gaze suggests a chilly, doom filled demeanor.
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Heaven
Extraordinary Time Keeping Methods of Reckoning
A fragmented note discusses historical methods of timekeeping and their persistent difficulties. The snippet hints at evolving systems and challenges in measuring hours and moments across eras, indicating ongoing inquiry into calendars, clocks, and temporal standards.
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Sean
Thedford's Black Draught Vouched by Local Grocer
Nashville grocer W N Parsons touts Thedford's Black Draught as the best liver medicine for sour stomach indigestion and torpid liver. He says he relies on it daily, urges others to use it, and warns against imitations while noting its cleansing effects. The ad emphasizes original, genuine Black-Draught.
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Nashville
Thedford
W. N. Parsons
Parsons
Estray Grey Horse Seized Near Brandon R3
Estray horse weighing about 700 pounds with a left hip brand was taken up about 15 days ago. Owner urged to come forward at once to recover the animal and pay upkeeping and advertisement costs. Also an employment notice seeking people to sell hosiery with pay rates offered.
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Bell
Morton
C. H. Munn
Leesburg
Miss
R.S. Cannon
Brandon
J. C. Crain’s
J. F. Biggs
Mss
Old Time Cold Cure In Tea Remedy Suggestion
A small page promotes Hamburg Breast Tea from Mac Pharmacy as an effective cold cure. Boil water, steep a tablespoonful, strain, and drink a teacup full several times daily. Claims opening skin pores and loosening bowels helps break a cold. Describes the remedy as inexpensive, vegetable, safe, and harmless.
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Hamburg
Mac Pharmacy
St Jacobs Liniment Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
Stop dosing rheumatism with internal treatment. Rub St Jacobs Liniment on the tender spot and pain eases quickly. A 30 cent bottle at BRS drug store markets this harmless remedy for soreness stiffness and various pains without burning the skin.
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Sto. Seiatica
Neural
St. Jacobs Liniment
BRS
Trustee's Notice of Sale in Rankin County Mississippi
Trustee in Earnest Scott and Fannie Scott deed of trust to secure debt to R A Irby declares default and will sell land in Rankin County at front door of County Courthouse on June 6 1921 at legal hours for cash to highest bidder. Described as W of NE of Section 36 Township 5 Range 3. Title believed good, but conveyed as vested in witness 1.
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Earnest Scott
Fannie Scott
R. A. Irby
Rankin County
Mississippi
Brandon
Ee ‘Sa
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Dixie Wonder
Europe
St. Gothard
Alps
Goschenen
Airoto
Switzerland
Simplon
Wasserfluh
Khojak Pass
India
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Cumberland
Cumberland Mountains
Tennessee
Hoosac
Massachusetts
Detroit River
Harry C. Drum
Leslie
Hambone
Motorson
Estray Horse
Mills
Norristown
Cain
Rankin County Bank
S. L. McLaineid
W. H. Barnes
Roy L. Fox
Ford
West Jackson
R. G. Matheny & Company
West Capitol St
Rambone
Miss Lucy
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