05 Jun 1902
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
1
An advertisement touts ladies and misses wear including children’s law quarters, mens straw hats, and a large assortment of gold and silver shirts at close prices. It spotlights an elegant range of gentlemen’s neckwear with latest knots.
A curio from 1795 by M. G. Saphier argues money defines human worth and power. It contrasts two classes, wealth and poverty, mocks wealth without merit, and poetically threads money through life, politics, love, and art. The piece questions what life means without money and mocks both the rich and the poor.
J M Brosius of Jackson Tennessee claims a new cotton gin without saws that preps cotton cheaply, leaves hulls nearly peanut shell clear, and avoids hull damage. A sample was mistaken for sea island by a veteran, with ginned cotton fetching 1 2 cents more per pound, signaling a potential 50 million dollar annual increase in raw cotton.
A report notes a gasoline stove explosion that burned a woman badly and left a running sore unhealed by doctors until Backlen's Arnica Salve cured her. The ad promotes Arnica Salve as infallible for various ailments and lists sellers A G Thornton, D Rhodes, and A C Norman among others.
Rankin County Board of Supervisors met with full attendance and approved road view reports, appointed J B Byrd overseer of road 24 beat 1, and allowed numerous county expense accounts including stationery, bridge work, vaccinations, farm wages, and costs in the Lipscomb cases. The board also approved deputy assessor appointment for 1902 and dismissed a petition for a new road. Adjourned to first Monday in July.
A Huntsville report describes two armed men robbing white farmer Tom Harless at his Esslinger place near Berkley. As he ate dinner, he was forced to raise his hands, had $4 stolen, and was bound to a tree with his limbs stretched by wire nails, detailing a brutal assault.
The notice recounts Mrs Julia Kennon Jaynes life from Tuscaloosa to Brandon Mississippi where she endured widowhood after the Civil War, raised six children, taught at Brandon Female Academy, managed the Old Castle estate, and supported her family through hardship with steadfast faith and hospitality. Her death is noted with reminiscence of antebellum refinement and resilience.
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