Local notes from Brandon and nearby areas
Mrs. Maria Puckett visits Brandon friends. Chil dren's Day planned at Greenfield church with morning and afternoon services. Families from For est and Pela hatchie visit relatives. A new Stover gasoline engine delights W Palmer. Crop prospects improve in Brandon. Miss Ethel Cox heads to Madison Station then Johns for summer music teaching. Pacific Mutual Life reps in town. Rankin county circuit court opens first Monday in July before Judge Dobbs. News mourns the illness of the Wirtz child and praises Ed McIntyre and C L Martin for recoveries. Local ads from Jones Kennington and S J Johnson Co. Protracted Baptist meeting ends with seven baptisms. J A Gayden to Hot Springs for health. Tyrian Masonic St Johns day planned with banquet. Irene Atkins hired for primary. T J Harris re-elected for colored school. W A Ainsworth’s wife and child ill with pelagra. doctors find condition serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Atkins
Ora Robinson
T. J. Harris
Locals note political candidacies and a fatal shooting
Miss Margarite Richardson of Vicksburg visits Bentonia after touring Alaska with James M. Gillespie. D M Robbins and E P Hitt announce county treasurer bids for Democratic primaries next summer. A 30 year old Jim Hobson was shot dead at Virgie Harris's Cofer place. Judge Corley convened an inquest with six jurors, suspicion falling on Sam Harris, husband of the house owner. Harris jailed awaiting grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margarite Richardson
Vicksburg
James M. Gillespie
Bentonia
Miss Richardson
Vicksburg Newspaper Union
Mr. Gillespie
Alaska
National Editorial Association
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Clarion Ledger
Jim Hobson
J. C. Crain
Virgie Harris
Cofer
W. M. Corley
D. M. Mayers
L. C. Robinson
M. S. Hobson
E. P. Hitt
W. W. Robeson
W. S. May
Sam Harris
Harris
Watch on earth for $1.00 ends in tragedy in Dallas
Morris Gano McLaurin, 11, son of a Dallas physician, was killed when a bat flew from a scrub game and struck him above the left ear fracturing the skull. He stood on the sidewalk with his brother, not participating in the game. The incident occurred near a vacant slot, with the victim identified as R. L. McLaurin’s nephew of Vicksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Morris Gano McLaurin
Clarion Ledger
R. L. McLaurin
Vicksburg
Irene Hobson Cooper to Wed Mr Mayes Cooper
The News records a formal invitation from Mr and Mrs Samuel Hobson for the marriage of their daughter Irene to Mr Mayes Cooper on Tuesday June 28 1910 at 6 30 PM at the Presbyterian Church in Brandon Mississippi. A local ad notes a sale of purebred white leghorn pullets at 1.00 each and other small notices appear from Watsons and Mrs C R Garraway of Brandon Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hobson
Irene
Mayes Cooper
Presbyterian
Brandon
Mississippi
C. R. Garraway
Branden
Marriage license notice and dental office closure
Walter Thomas wed Miss Ella Donald and J C Coward with Miss Olivia Slade. Fred Dyle with Miss Fannie R Am mers Colored Walter Johnson with Rachel Andrews and Robert Murphey with Jennie McKay. Dental notice states office closed Monday and Tuesday June 26 and 27. H J Burnham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Coward
Olivia Slade
Fred
Dyle
Fannie R. Ammers
Walter Johnson
Rachel Andrews
Robert Murphey
Jennie McKay
H. J. Burnham
Hickory Grove plantation hunting lease notice
The Secret Lake Huntin and Fishing Club warns that the exclusive hunting and fishing privilege on Hickory Grove Plantation nine miles north of Brando1 is leased. Trespassers will be prosecuted. Signed by R. R. Busick president and W. H. Barnes secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory Grove
Brando1
Secret Lake Huntin and Fishing Club
R. R. Busick
W. H. Barnes
En gel-Wolff Second Annual Mid-Summer Sale Opens in Jackson
The En gel-Wolff Company starts a eight day sale on Saturday June 18 with no hour limits for bargain items. Entire stock of dry goods clothing shoes and more will be offered at deep discounts as the firm vows to carry only new season stock and never old leftovers. Many Rankin county residents are expected to attend this money-saving event at the corner of eet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Engel-Wolff Company
Rankin County
Sunday School Convention Program at Florence Mississippi
The program for the Beat One Sunday School Convention in Florence Miss is set for Wednesday July 6 at 10 am for one day. It lists devotional exercises welcomes responses songs addresses discussions and sessions on Sunday school topics with multiple speakers including Rev W S Allen J A Turner Mrs E K White and others. Delegates to the Immigration Convention are named from Brandon and local citizens are noted as visiting or traveling to Florida and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beat One
Florence
Miss
W. S. Allen
J. A. Turner
Warren Barlow
Song
E. K. White
Matt Taylor
Harvey Wallssweet Cuhers
J. S. Purcell
Edgar Misterfeldt
W. C. Ellis
Katherine Smith
W. E. Laird
Christ
P. B. Bridges
J. C. Cavett
V-Pres
Brandon
Jackson
Messrs
R. E. Gayden
H. A. Busick
M. E. Ward
J. C. White
W. B. Collier
W. Ls. May
F. B. Walrod
W. H. Barnes
A. G. Thornton
Geo. C. Sprague
Wm. Buchanan
S. L
Chancery Clerk's Office
Eutaculia Creek
MO. A. Gayden
Mississippi Health Board launches sanitation campaign statewide
The Mississippi State Board of Health inaugurates a statewide effort to improve hygienic and sanitary conditions with a director supervising a Jackson clinical lab. A bacteriologist will provide free diagnostic services to health authorities, plus field inspectors and public lectures to educate and mobilize communities. Governor Neel may sell 600000 in bonds. Jackson hosts reimmigration conference June 21 22. roads and school fund details appear amid local bond actions and infrastructure plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi State Board of Health
Jackson
McLean
State Board of Wealth
Dreams and Death Notices From A Mississippi Town
Obituaries and notices chronicle the 1910 deaths of Mildred Natalia Ferguson and Benjamin F Ferguson, noting Mildred’s age, religious reflections, and family grief. Ferguson is praised for Masonry, service in war, and faith, with burial details and resolutions of sorrow. Also included are local notices on Raleigh town status, political debates, and bids for bridge work in Brandon, with dates and officials named.
Bran Don Pressing Club Offers Skirt Cleaning Service
An OCR fragment advertises Bran Don Pressing Club near the west of Main Street, offering ladies' skirts cleaned and pressed at reasonable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Pressing Club
the Mar
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Harry Watson
Optometrist
Mrs
Maria Puckett
Ruth Cottrell
Greenfield Church
Nell Smith
Bertiee Johnson
Kosciusko
Ira Shields
Pelahatchie
W. ©. Palmer
Ethel Cox
Madison Station
Johns
R. H. Beaver
B. L. Owen
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co
Rankin County Circuit Court
C. L. Dobbs
Judge Dobb
John Wirtz
Holbrook
Ed McIntyre
The
State University
Mr. C. L. Martin
Jones-Kennington Dry Goods Co
S. J. Johnson Co
Capitol City
Baptist Church
Jno
A. Gayden
Hot Springs
Ark
Sevral
Tyrian Masonic Lodge
St. Johns
W. A. Ainswyorth
Star
Pellegra
Ainsworth
D. M. Robbins
Rankin Station
Cooper-Hobson
Watson's
Walter Thomas
Ella Donald
J. C. Baldwin and Family
Texas
Joe
K. W. Wynn
Florida
Crowder
Hinds County
Board of Supervisors of
Lauderdale County
Meridian District
Scranton
W. D. Bullard
B. D. Atwell
Ellisville
Woodville
Greenville
Auditor’s Office
Wilkinson
Chickasaw
Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co
Harrison County
Mildred Natalia
Jesus
Mildred
Grandfather
Benjamin F. Ferguson
Brother Ferguson
Clear Creek Lodge No
Patrick
Ferguson
M. E
Shiloh
Dickens
Brandon News
F. J. Lovett
J. L. Warren
Raleigh
Smith County
Vardaman
Percy
Chas. Scott
Lauderdale Springs
Messrs. Alexander
Senate
Witherspoon and
Byrd
Congress
Earl Brewer
Neyland
Chancery Clerk
Mt. Creek
Chancery Clerk’s
Iron Bridge
Pearl River
Terry
Fiddlin
Bob
Happy Valley
John L. Matthews
Robert L. Taylor
United States
Tennessee
W. G. Barnes
Rankin County Bank
Brandon, Miss
G. W. White
J. W. Birdsong
H. A. Busick, M. E. Ward, G. W. White
Mm. Buchanan
J. T. B. Berry
W. L. Barrow
D. B. Wilson, H. C. Patrick, W. B. Collier
C. W. Girdlestone
Charter Oak Ranges
Cook Stores
Martin Robins
Inna Robins
W. C. Barksdale
S. E
S. W
Bill
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