Rankin County News Notes Wedding Bells Echo
Rankin County notes list social visits, travels, and local happenings. J J Clark visited Braxton. Tom Sheppard from Copiah visited Cato. Mrs F M Morgan and daughter Serentha visited Star. Ellen Martin guest of sister in D Lo. W W Kersh held court. T B Barnett and wife of Stonewall visiting relatives. J L McIntyre on Braxton trip. John Thorn from D Lo bought cattle. Frank Little near Braxton. B A Clark to Braxton. Sam Berry visited Virgil. weather dry with cotton lice abundant. Mollie Russell Kate and Wallace visited W Chapman family near Johns. Ada Pope and family of Mendenhall visited creatives. Prof H Cook elected teacher for eight-month session. Dr A J Price succeeding well. Bro Johnston and Mrs Johnston retired from Gulfport after successful meeting with 18 new members.
Prayer and music stir a sleepy Thomasville town
The community laments missing choir attendance and hopes for stronger church music. Readers note Dr Kelly’s Jackson trip, social circles, and local visits by Mrs Haddon and others. Several residents plan college, business trips occur, and a July ice cream supper for the Baptist church is announced. Floyd Alford suffers illness, Penn Edwards and Annie Boyd wed, and Edgar Tutt faces trouble tied to past church ties and drink.
Local Nuptials and Community Notes in Fannin
Miss Annie and Mr Edwards wed at night by Mr Lewis of Fannin. An attempted wedding Monday failed for unknown reasons. Our baseball team challenges Brandon for the Fourth. Tobe Ellis and family visited Dr Robinson. John Ratliff and wife and others attended preaching. Charley Moore visited town. New lamps arrived. thanks to Miss Hattie Davis. Faulkenberry family and Baker brothers fishing on the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Fannin
Annie
Mr. Edwards
John Ratliff
J. W. Boyd
Lizzie Ratliff
Ophelia
Charley Moore
Hattie Davis
Goshen
Glorious Fourth Buzz Amid Local Happenings
Langford notes warm weather and stressed farming due to heat. Gardens nearly burned up while farmers suspended work. Youth anticipate a grand Fourth of July celebration. Sick residents show little improvement. Bethune Gordon Sanderson and Miss Annie Harper visited from Jackson for the weekend, with Miss Kate Ferguson also visiting on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethune
Gordon Sanderson
Annie Harper
Jackson
Rankin notes on weather and local life
Dry spell persists despite a brief shower with quick soil drying. John Mize from Concord preached at New Prospect Baptist church while the pastor was away. Miss Kate Kersh recovering from appendicitis. J M Buchanan ill this week. Mrs Minnie Wilson and son Howell visiting uncle J A Buchanan in Hebron. Miss Jessie Kersh home from Memphis Training School for Nurses. Berry Sallie, ex-resident, visited. Miss Sallie and Florence Robbins visited Brandon and Hebron neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Prospect Baptist Church
John Mize
Concord, Church
Minnie Wilson
Howell
J. A. Buchanan
Hebron
Jessie Kersh
Training School For Nurses of
Memphis
Berry Sallie
Misses Sallie
Florence Robbins
Brandon
Rain Seen Then Crops Demand Water Across Delta
Pelahatchie notes rain relief but warns crops still thirst as Delta counties struggle for water. Local births, visits, and illnesses color a busy community page with updates on families including Walters, Till, Ragan, Phillips, and Colllom, plus church plans and forthcoming protracted meetings.
Local social notes and visits in Mississippi towns
A roundup of visits and family travel from Kemper to Meridian including Miga Ella Robinson returning home from Kemper county, Eva and Julia Myers in New Orleans to visit their uncle, Minnie Myers visiting her mother B. H. Nobles and her illness, Caine of Sunflower county visiting A. E. Martin, Madie Ella Morse Nettie Nobles and Willie Nobles with Ella Warren family, an ice cream supper at H. L. Myers, Annie Carter Marion Carter visiting Pearl Ragsdale near Cooperville, a gathering at Bob Brown’s home, and crowds planning to travel to Brandon for the Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miga Ella Robinson
Kemper County
Eva
Julia Myers
New Orleans
Minnie Myers
Meridian
B. H. Nobles
Madie
Ella Morse
Nettie Nobles
Willie Nobles
Ella Warren
H.L. Myers
Annie Carter
Marion Carter
Pearl Ragsdale
Cooperville
Bob Brown
Brandon
Rain Prayer and Town News From a Dry Season
In this town update, J. D. Dickson and R. G. Berry travel to Jackson for business despite dry times. Mrs. Mary Taylor at Ed Butler's is reported no better. The village lists four stores one gin and mill and much local talk. Rain came last Thursday though partial. Farmers return to work hopeful for a good crop. cotton lice appear reduced, corn revived. Rev. C. E. Welch preached at Hickory Ridge and Clear Branch services. Protracted meeting at Hickory Ridge moved to July 8th, S. Bee Culpepper invited to assist. Fireworks planned for Brandon on the Fourth with hopes of strong turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Mary Taylor
Ed Butler
Hickory Ridge
Bee Culpepper
Brandon
Jackson
Tongaloo
Canton
Madison
Rain brings little relief in Pisgah social notes
A Pisgah update notes a light shower last Thursday failed to improve dry ground while community events fill the week. Ice cream socials at Worley and Goshen entertain many. Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Faulkenberry visit relatives. preaching by Brother Lewis draws crowds. Penn Edwards and Miss Annie Boyd elope Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Edwards
Annie Boyd
Health of the neighborhood shows strain in rain drought
The health of this neighborhood is not very good as rain remains needed. Miss Vaida Martin, teaching near Bay St. Louis, has returned home due to sickness. Miss Alice Barlow, visiting the Myers family, returned to Harrisville with Miss Eunice Myers. the community was saddened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Martin
Jackson
Will Philips
Vaida Martin
Bay St. Louis
Alice Barlow
H. L. Myers
Harrisville
Mies Eunice Myers
Distressed crops and a humorous homegrown critique
The passage reports widespread crop distress from drought and lice on cotton, noting poor late cotton and dry conditions from Tongaloo to Canton. It also includes a testimonial about Electric Bitters helping a Kansas woman, plus a satirical tale on how country editors profit from life events and obituaries.
Pain Balm Restores Woman From Severe Back Pain
George Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio read Dayton Volkszeitung and bought Chamberlains Pain Balm for his wife who suffered eight weeks with terrible back pains. After a few days she felt renewed and the pains vanished before the bottle was finished. He thanks the paper and urges others to try the liniment sold by A G Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Tutt
J. G. Cammack
Fannin
Edgar
George Schaub
New Lebanon
Ohio
Dayton Volkszetung
Chamberlain
A. G. Thornton
Chamberlain’s Colic Remedy Ad Extolling Urgency
A vintage advertisement urges readers to buy Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy now to prevent summer emergencies. It claims universal success for bowel complaints in children and adults and emphasizes avoiding nighttime trips to town. Sold by A. G. Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Thornton
Ess
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rankin County News Notes
Cato
Mrs
J. J. Clark
Braxton
Tom Sheppard
Copiah County
F. M. Morgan
Serentha
Star
Ellen Martin
D’'Lo
W.W. Kersh
T. B. Barnett and Wife
Stonewall
J. L. McIntyre
John Thorn
D'Lo
Frank Little
B. A. Clark
Sam Berry
Virgil
Eureka
Mollie Russell
Kate
Master Wallace
W. Chapman
Johns Sunday
Ada Pope
Mendenhall
H. Cook
Mayton
A. J. Price
Bro. Johnston
Johnston
Gulfport
Thomasville
Dr. Kelly
C. B. Haddon
Ethel
Harperville
W. D. Thomas
D. M. Myers
Dobson
Mrs. Berry
Monterey
J. M. Bullock
Garrett
Ernest Lacy
Steen
Létide Whild
Asten
The
Academy
Erwin Lee
Vena Bradford
Floyd Alford
J. T. Ellis
Dr. Noble
John Slaughter
Mr. McKinnon
Tobe Ellis
Dr. Robinson
Pisgah
O. P. Brown
Walter Smith
Winnie Dixon
Baptist Church
Lou Moss
Nora Wilkinson
McComb City
Henry Boyd
Samuel Kersh
Tutt’s
Brandon Boys
W. Robinson
J. W. Faulkenberry
Mrs. Faulkenberry
Messrs
Jim and
Sam Baker
W. B. Worley
Langford
Kate Ferguson
Kate Kersh
J. M. Buchanan
Pelahatchie
Joe Walters
Lou Lessell
Will Till
Email Ragan
Morton
Ed Kelly
Hinds County
Saturay
Frank Jones
Lucknow
Mrs. Kline
Osborn West
Mrs. Cain
Misses Mollie
Mug Williams
Eula Phillips
A. B. Colllom
Geo. Miller
Omar Kersh
Louisiana
J. M. Evans
Shiloh
Langford Boys
Mr. Berry
Simpson County
Walter Berrry
Oscar and
Clifton Bullock
G. M. Beaver
Mr. Beaver
C. Kade Jones
O’’ ‘‘Gars
Miss Maude Maum
Lumberton
Annie Williams
Clarksburg
Daisy Heslip
Mrs. W. ©. Barksdale
Little Son
A. P
A. G. Baker’s
Callie Kendall
Steve Stevenson
E. G. Myers
Luther Gray
D’lo
I. O. J. Wimterly
Lynwood
Nettie Pollock
Earl Russell
M. E. Church
Walter Berry
Alex Williams
Mrs. Taylor
Plain
Fred William
Watts Webb
Walter Boteler
Melton William
M. ©. Stubblefield
Miss Grimes Walters
Port Gibson
Gudson Massengale
Hickory
Nola Walters
T. B. Holloman
Clarion Ledger
Mrs. Caine
Sunflower County
A. E. Martin
J. D. Dickson
R. G. Berry
W. W. Williams
Cleary
C. E. Welch
Clinton
Clear Branch
H. Smith
Mrs. Hilton
King
Mrs. Gatling
White
Cynthia Faulkenberry
Mollie Davis
Leesburg
Scott
Scott, Bowne
Gorsis
Pearl Street
New York
Lend Rene Iiene
Ireet
A. L. D. Rhodes
A. C. Norman
Younster
Lodge
LEGAL
A. G. Mayers
Rankin County, Miss
P. Henry
Miss
S.L. McLaurin
J. T. B. Berry
Brandon, Miss
Agegeee
A. G. Bilaurin
Brandon, Miss. Mee
Clyde R. Stinily
Pelahatehic, Miss
W. Owens
Mils
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