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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
6
A tyrannical Western factory boss, Mr Blake, orders a two foot thermometer hung over a latch. Carpenter Sam defies him by moving the device, erases the circle, and rehangs it over a nail to prove his point. The boss boasts he knew best, while the bookkeeper and workers laugh at Sam’s ingenuity.
A New York Medical Journal piece urges suburban homeowners to install screens and ventilation to exclude flies and mosquitoes. It links rising infectious disease morbidity to insect presence, noting mosquitoes spread malaria and yellow fever while flies mechanically transfer various fevers, including typhoid, and promotes cleanliness and household health.
The petition to Governor Noel from Rankin County citizens requests a pardon for Jim Alexander a colored man convicted at the February term of Rankin County court for rape. They state he has been punished sufficiently and sign by B Lowell W C Anderson and others.
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