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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
5
Weather notes say rains saved the corn and crops look better. Community updates include many locals visiting Jackson, preparing for July 3 events, and inquiries about politics. Names of residents, travel to Jackson, and school plans reflect everyday town life.
The News reports a special service for men and boys to be held at the Methodist church next Sunday afternoon at 4 30 invited all. Revival services continuing at the church with Rev O S Lewis assisted by Rev J S Lewis and Rev Roberts to run about ten days with daily services at 9 am and 8 pm. For sale by Brandon Drug Co.
Worth Your Attention offers pressing club memberships at $1 per month allowing two suits per week or a suit plus two pairs of trousers weekly. Cleaning is extra and prices claim 15 cents per suit cheaper than rivals. Special care for ladies skirts. Phone 92. W R Taylor.
Trustee Sol Welch will sell by public auction the northeast and northwest quarter portions in Rankin County Mississippi plus related parcels as security for debt to E N Ross. The sale is on June 30 1911 between 1 and 4 pm at Lynwood with good title believed but only best title conveyed.
Edwin Emerson in Success Magazine notes Mexico faces a leadership question as Porfirio Diaz nears end of life. candidates include Ramon Corral General Ramirez Enrique Creel Bernardo Reyes Francisco Madero and others with Madero as the sole opposition figure. The piece reflects on power, loyalty, and potential upheaval in a country ruled by Diaz for decades.
Letters testamentary were granted to Mrs. Mary B. Maynor on May 29 1914 by the Chancery Court of Rankin County Mississippi on the estate of John M. Maynor deceased. Creditors are notified to present claims to the Clerk of the Chancery Court for probate and registration within one year or be barred. Also includes an advertisement for fresh groceries by W G Barnes and an ad for McGees Baby Elixir sold by Wm Flowers Florence Mississippi, stating it contains no opium or morphine and costs 25 or 50 cents.
A Beat 1 rumor claimed the Steen's Creek and Brandon road from the Dixon place to Brandon would be discarded as a public road. The statement denies this, saying the road will be worked as usual and kept open if commissioners fail to act.
A collage of wry observations on gender, manners, and ambition. Jokes about women rushing to finish tasks, men joining churches, rumors, waiting, and the sly moral of making progress rather than waiting for fortune. Includes quips on clever trades and everyday life.
A fragmented selection of quips and scenes featuring a locomotive aviator, a basement worker, and a judge avoiding jury service. Snippets hint at class irony, ambition, and misfired wit, with edgy lines about training, talent, and conscience amid playful political critique.
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