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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
5
Local and Personal Mention lists residents’ travels visits family updates and social events. Names include Spann Dobson Barnes Whitfield Cole Fairly Cox Folkes McCaskill Runge Wilson Runge Robinson Kersh Dobson and Pollock among others with church services phonograph entertainment millinery sales and a large Loom End ad at Brandon Mercantile Co.
Early morning to dewy evening notes advertise installation of the pastor at the Presbyterian church on Monday night June 26 with Dr J B Hutton and Rev H J Dumpaster assisting. Public urged to attend. Miss Bessie McCaskill’s Memphis visit cited. Items promote economy sales at J A Taylor and Son and J S Johnson Dry Goods in Jackson and Pelahatchie.
The speaker warns young people that misrepresentation harms their value and chances, noting deception leaves a lasting record and memory trouble. He argues hard work yields better pay than laziness and that honest labor beats pretending to be something one is not, unless a joke is truly enjoyable.
An old fashioned singing event at Star is planned for the second Sunday in July using the Old Sacred Harp song book. Prominent local singers from forty to fifty years ago seek to relive past harmonies amid a public dinner and community notices.
Personally conducted tours from Chicago to Portland with rail fare sleeping car hotel service and all expenses included. Options cover Denver Colorado Springs Cripple Creek Pike’s Peak Royal Gorge Salt Lake City San Francisco and Los Angeles with departures July 6 12 27 and August 10. For full information contact A S Hutchison manager 212 Clark St Chicago Ill.
Department of the Interior land office in Jackson Mississippi on June 17 1905 announces that the following named settler has filed notice of her intention to make final proof for land settlement.
In support of her claim, proof will be made before the Chancery Clerk in Rankin County at Brandon, Mississippi on July 26, 1905. Eureka Sheely, widow of John M. Sheely, deceased, seeks the rights to the sw34 sw section 8 township 4 north range 4 east of the Choctaw meridian, with A. F. 034 in section 10 and se Z se section 8. She names witnesses to prove continuous residence and cultivation: John Carter of Chapman, R. M. Gray of Dobson, D. A. Kersh of Patrick, and M. G. Sigrest of Chapman, Mississippi.
In the Southern District of Mississippi the Mayers Timber Co. and the D M and Sarah B Mayers firm are declared bankrupt. Creditors meeting set for Brandon on June 30, 1905 at 11 a.m. at attorney S L McLaurin’s office to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine debtors. J B Stirling Referee in Bankruptcy.
The narrative recalls Captain Chevalier of Richmond and a Mississippi heiress in romantic salons, Wilkinson County soldiers, and Col. Jas. D. Stewart of Jackson as a crowned hero. Mrs. Stirling signs the reminiscence urging Prickly Ash Bitters for health, appetite, sleep, and spirits with A. G. Thor nd ston as special agent.
Estray notice from John A. Gayden states a small bay Texas mare aged six was estrayed on the fourth Sunday in May from his pasture. The mare has a buckle brand on the left jaw and a white facial slit. Also missing is a two year old colt with a white face and white hind feet. Reward offered for information or recovery. delivery at Brandon.
An advertisement touts Herbine as a remedy for tiredness and ailments like headaches and rheumatism, citing a Texas user’s claim of superior results over doctors. It also pitches wheat and fruit farming in California as lucrative, promoting Chicago to California train routes and free tourist folders with travel details.
A Westmoreland Kansas reader reports Snow Liniment cured an old stubborn sore on the chin described as a canter. The note adds that sister Sophia J. Carson of Allensville Pennsylvania has a sore she fears may be cancer and requests a 50 cent bottle.
The Southern Passenger Association sets one fare plus twenty five cents for the Clinton and Columbus normals. Tickets at these rates on June 11 12 17 24 and July 1. Normals begin June 13 and run four weeks. H L Whitfield State Superintendent of Education Jackson Miss June 1 1905. Stolen From McRae Place 8 miles north of Brandon a mouse colored horse mule 6 years old stocky built not shod one white spot on right side of back about size of 50 cent piece. Mule taken from stable with blind bridle missing next morning. Reward offered for information.
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