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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
5
Dr P P Walker, dentist, announces he will be at Florence on Thursday and Friday, July 6 and 7, scheduling patient appointments during the visit.
Local mentions include votes at the bank, prizes to be awarded by A. M. Shields, health notes on Dave Puckett and Doc. Harry Watson, and town progress on Washburn’s two story brick building. Social visits to Brandon, school and church activities, the U.D.O. meeting, fiddlers’ contests, and several advertisements caution residents to attend sales, the Loom End sale, and bargains from J. A. Taylor & Son. The piano contest results and community events at St Johns Day, Baptist church, and the Rankin turnpike raids are noted along with obituaries and a death notice for William Busick.
Edgar Pitman of Box 203 Brandon Mississippi offers several fresh milch cows for trade or exchange for a good mule or a good mare.
Town mourns Mollie A Dobson 63 widow of Col Sol Dobson after death at Chester House Tuesday morning. Lifelong Brandon resident mother of Will Spann and Drs Tom and Walter Dobson, parishioner of Baptist church. Funeral at Chester House conducted by Rev Moore. Sympathy offered to bereaved family. Special agent A G Thornton recommends Prickly Ash Bitters for cleansing before hot weather.
The A. and M. Normal opens June 20 and runs four weeks under President J. C. Hardy who organized a summer school for teachers in agriculture gardening and manual training. A common school curriculum course will be offered with foreign lecturers. From July 3 two weeks institute conductors will be trained by authors and experts. Specialists will appear and a general conference of education is set for July 8 and 4 with county superintendents educators and friends invited.
William Reed, sole son of Mr. and Mrs. J C Reed, died unexpectedly on Sunday June 11 1905 from a scissors wound beneath the right eye. The loss brings profound sorrow to a deeply bound family, including a sorrowing father, mother, and grandfather.
The report notes harvest progress with mixed yields, measles and dysentery in nearby areas, a religious awakening, and local neighbors. A marriage of Gayden & Co. sales events include big factory cost sales and excursions. The piece ends with Monticello Press reporting on Mr. and Mrs. Harris’s marriage and reception in Rankin County.
A Missouri case states that the chicken and egg crop is consistently produced year round and forms a major part of people’s living. The author notes eggs stay at least 10 cents a dozen and that even small chickens contribute dollars in value, implying poultry cash value surpasses cotton in monetary terms.
The Okolona Messenger notes how fowl and eggs fetch 15 cents and up as hungry tables drive demand. It argues most households raise chickens, many run small businesses, and ship birds by the hundreds, while cotton remains the larger money crop since daily consumption still sustains the economy.
A devotional poem by Annie J. Flint published in Advance encourages faith and perseverance. It emphasizes that Christ leads the believer through trials and pain, with his nail pierced feet already treading the path to God, and calls readers to follow with courage and hope.
Personally conducted tours from Chicago on the Union Pacific North Western Line depart July 6 12 2 and August 10 all inclusive with rail fare sleeping cars hotels side trips and expenses. Full information from A Hutchison Manager 212 Clark St Chicago IL.
An old advertisement summarizes Ballard's Horehound Syrup and other products. It cites patient testimonials from Hutchinson Kansas and Westmoreland Kansas praising relief for coughing asthma consumption and bronchitis and claims Snow Liniment cures an old facial sore believed to be cancer with a request for a bottle.
In the district court of the United States southern district of Mississippi Mayers Timber Co and D M and Sarah B Mayers were adjudged bankrupt on June 17 1905. The first meeting of creditors will be held in Brandon Miss at S L McLaurin attorney office on June 30 1905 at 11 00 a m. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint trustee examine bankrupts and conduct other business. J B Stirling Referee in Bankruptcy.
John A. Gayden reports two estrays from his pasture: a small bay mare six years old branded buckle on left jaw with a white facial slit, and a two year old colt with white face and white hind feet. Reward offered for information or delivery at Brandon. Also mentions Prickly Ash Bitters as a remedy for bilious sluggishness in hot weather.
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