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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
8
W C T U and Mission column argues lines are drawn against intoxicating drinks in business. It notes railroads ban off duty drinking to protect performance, and that temperance rules aim to keep employees reliable and loyal. It frames sobriety as essential for efficient service and personal liberty as economic discipline.
A state mourning over bloodshed linked to whiskey. The piece frames Texas as shamed and asks where the end will come, warning that every hour of whiskey causes fearful issues and more horrors. It urges haste to end the battle before more blood is shed.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer excerpt extols manhood as the core value behind naval power, laws, and industry. It argues enduring strength lies in real character over paper measures, praising resilience and discernment gained through life experience as the true measure of worth.
This piece argues that wrongdoing yields evil results and cites the proverb whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. It notes a common flaw: people often judge actions by immediate gain, failing to foresee long term consequences.
The article warns that choosing short term pleasure can trigger long lasting pain and advises weighing distant consequences. It notes that most people learn this lesson only after experience and toil.
A reflective vow asking for courage and calm to face daily work, avoid cowardice, endure loss without dread, and approach others with kindness good humor and open-minded pursuit of truth. The affirmation ends with a call to learn, improve, and live bravely.
A Memphis ad urges youth to seize chances now by enrolling at Memphis Commercial College, 46 N. Second St., Memphis Tenn. It stresses practical business education to boost value in the modern business world and urges readiness to grasp opportunities as they pass.
An advertisement extols The 20th Century Hair Tonic as a scientific hair food that cures dandruff scalp eczema stops hair loss restores color and softness promises rapid results even on bald bulbs not dead states it is not a dye and is guaranteed to work priced at 1.00 per bottle with express prepaid if not sold locally, and invites stamps for a book of particulars from The 20th Century Chemical Company Brownsville Tenn and Atlanta Ga.
The Emancipation Day gathering at New Hope Baptist Church near Monterey Mississippi drew four to five hundred attendees despite bad weather. Judge A G Norrell gave the keynote on character building, education and opportunity, with essays by Miss Mattie M Scott and Mrs Rachel Sanders and remarks by Mrs A Cannon.
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