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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
3
Local notes report Clinton visitor Rev Bryan Simmons and a Brandon Baptist meeting starting July 1 led by Dr M O Patterson and Rev J R Nutt. A 600 dozen eggs and 100 chickens truck bound for Jackson, and Shiloh school bond issue of 2500 dollars approved with 6 percent non taxable bonds. Jesus
Albert Shields explains the May sales surge outpacing December, aiming to keep the rush by better customer service. He touts Poultry Prescription and Flour brands, notes Egg scarcity as a factor, and mentions plans to devote time to road work while highlighting local hires and resignations.
E A Jackson of Brandon Mississippi offers a liberal reward for information leading to the recovery of a Wyoming stock saddle weigh about 35 pounds. The saddle was stolen from the barn on Wednesday night June 23.
Dr. John Edward Noble died suddenly at his home in Rankin County Mississippi at 5 PM on May 27 1920. He leaves three children Dr. Walter Noble Mrs Eula Noble Cole and Roy P Noble and many relatives. Funeral held in Jackson with Rev H M King and burial at the Methodist graveyard. He was born November 15 1847 in Smith County Mississippi and educated at Alabama Mississippi Virginia and Jefferson Medical College. He practiced medicine in Brandon and then Fannin where he built a dual career in medicine and commerce. He faced strokes in 1915 and 1917 before dying at home in 1920. He supported schools and religious life and cared for the needy. He is remembered as upright and charitable. May God grant the living to imitate his example.
A neighborhood hop advertises two chairs plus a regular three on Saturdays and introduces a Steam Cleaning and Pressing Machine. The service calls for trials and offers delivery anywhere in town.
A barbecue picnic is planned at Clarksburg Consolidated school on Thursday July 1 with addresses by congressional candidates Ross A. Collins and Webb Venable and an invitation to Senator Jas. K. Vardaman. The event will feature a baseball game and barbecue offerings as the community showcases recent school improvements, electrical lighting, a motion picture machine, and vocational programs funded in part by government aid. Local editor and Brandon News readers are invited.
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