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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
2
Fragmentary excerpt appears to be a lyric poem with phrases about hearts, rain on blossoms, and memory. The garbled OCR includes names like Robinson and references to a Woman's Home Companion page, but specific publication details are unreadable. The item resembles a poetry snippet rather than a full news item.
At Four Corners High School the debating society debated how to use a million dollars. Friends Fred Blake and Berry Wilkins turned the talk to counting a million beans. Fred counts beans from Thanksgiving through January to prove he can reach the million first.
Fred undertakes counting one million beans to win a bet with Berry. Years of meticulous counting push him to the brink until his sister Katie accidentally reveals the beans’ true source, saving him from a doomed challenge. Berry's grudging respect follows as Fred realizes the stunt warned of overcounting and risk.
A thirteen year old relative of Clayton Morse visiting near Hadley Michigan used a bow and arrows to drive needles into pig backs causing laughter before being stopped by a thrashing. Mr Morse cut the missiles from the hogs with a knife and the boy urged one Morse boy to run away. They left for Milwaukee but were found the next night.
A Providence school near Provedence reports a refined mother's instruction to shield her daughter Muriel from slang and country influence. She forbids Muriel from sitting near the Williams boy, claiming his father is known to be part of a “bum lot.”
Since 1851 Australian gold output reached about 140 million ounces across the states, Victoria contributing over half. By 1904 Victoria trailed Queensland and Western Australia, which surged from 36,008 ounces in 1893 to over two million ounces, changing the leading producer dynamics.
Hayden Carrutts recalls a visit to a hometown where Judge Pingtree and locals staged a tour of so called improvements. Charlie, Joe Easy, Uncle Asa, and Tom Dodgetail guide the narrator through the east, north and south sides, ending with a comical country barn and a cider and cigars payback. The piece concludes that life in small towns is richer despite staged scenes and decay.
A Western city’s recently died writer, once incorrigible and a roadside wanderer, suffers a head injury after a collision at sea with his mother aboard. The trauma alters his brain, ending his vagabond years and directing him to use his experiences to help youths avoid the same path, and he pens many stories of his tramp days.
A correspondent recalls placing a hat on a cafe seat in a dim corner. A stout middle-aged man sat on it, crushing the hat beyond recognition. He refused liability, shouting that there was no liability for a hat left on the seat. The note ends with the correspondent awaiting an apology.
A snake bite lancet invented by Sir Lander Brunton is being rolled out by the Government in India to curb the 75,000 yearly deaths. One observer reports saving twenty lives in the past year using the device on cobras and karaits.
Readable text states total income for 14 317 incumbents of the Anglican Church of EEE reaches 70 percent share of millions, with mention of Reeves and Haves 4 Balt. The fragmentary note lists figures and names in a cryptic budget context.
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