Meridian Visit Highlights and Independence Day Notice
Little Joe Smoot visits Meridian as Next Monday marks the Glorious Fourth. Rankin County Bank to close Monday July 4. Rev Galloway to Louisiana for series of meetings. Miss Ora Robinson heads to Columbia University for a school work course. Mr and Mrs Collier return from Edwards. George Martin and children from Fort Worth visit C E Martin family. Several locals host and visit relatives across towns including Dry Creek Forest Mansfield Shreveport and Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Robinson
Columbia University
New York
Weekend Visitors and Local Notes From Brandon
Miss Susie Blue Buchanan hosts Misses Dorothy Zeller of Yazoo City and Ruth Alford of Jackson. John M. Myers, south of town, arrives with a wagon of early watermelons. Preacher Bratton to speak at St. Luke's Church Sunday at 11. Mrs. Bessie Cocke leaves for Antlers after visiting her sister. Mrs. Mayers and daughters travel to Danville, Ky. to visit daughter Mrs Lee. Court to convene July third Monday in Brandon. docket short and jury list next week. Weather notes warn boll weevil damage. Miss Fannie Jack and Mrs. S L McLaurin depart for Columbia Univ New York for summer study. S M Roberts in Brandon reports crops promising, little cotton planted. Dr C A Thomas in Boston to attend meeting to visit brother W D Thomas before Tucson. William Ramsey, longtime A W railroad conductor, dies in Meridian at 68. survived by wife and one son. brother James Ramsey also a former conductor died recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William. Ramsey
A. & W. Railroad
Meridian
James Ramsey
Gulfport Notes Tie Local Life To Cotton And Cards
A Brockway style column notes varied Brandon area life. Darnall departs for Gulfport after four weeks in town. Gulfport prospects include beach homes. Crain reports strong Mississippi county cotton, boll weevil absent, yields 1 bale per acre. Ziller rents public square lot for large billboards. Rodgers announce birth of daughter Etta Alethia. Washburns visit Union. Estes suffers paralysis, treatment ineffective. Wires on square host acrobatic rat show, drawing crowd nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J- H. Crain
Wilson
Ark
F. R. Ziller
Meridian
Buchanan
Mr. Ziller
South
Mississippi
Alabama
Greenwood woman joins Brandon fishing party in Three Prong trip
Mrs Lola May DeBerry of Greenwood spent a day with Brandon relatives and friends. A fishing party including Mrs G C Russell of Finkbine and Misses Russell Stamps Cunningham and others returned from Three Prong after several days of fishing and lake breezes. A jail escape attempt by a negro prisoner was halted by Sheriff Harrison who drew his gun to stop the breakout. The prisoner remains in the steel cage until his jail term ends. Johnson Hall hosted a charity event Friday night for the Methodist parsonage fund, well attended and enjoyed. Mrs Lilian Shields presided at the time school and students performed in old fashioned costumes, raising a nice sum for the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Washburn
Litttle
Mayne
Jean Myers
Union
Newton County
Estes
Jackson
G. C. Russell
Finkbine
Russell
Daniel
Stamps
Brandon
Cunningham
Canton
W. 8. Thornton
W. S. May, Jr
A. J. McLaurin
Harrison
Johnson Hall
Methodist Church
Lilian Shields
Rankin County Notice Sealed Bids for Fence Supplies
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the undersigned clerk of Rankin County Mississippi up until 1 o'clock noon on the first Monday in July 1921 for fence supplies and related materials. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Signed B D NELL Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin County
Miss
Ald County
D. Nnell
Notice of bid opening for Pelahatchie Creek bridge on Stump Bridge Road
Sealed bids will be received by Rankin County Supervisors clerk until noon on the first Monday in July 1921 for constructing a bridge over Pelahatchie creek on Stump Bridge Road near Busick place. Bids per plans on file in the clerk’s office. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Rankin Counciss
Pelahatchie Creek
Stump Bridge Road
Busick Place
Re and Paarihen
Loy Sears
Notice to Bid Repairs on Dixie Highway Cable Bridge
Rankin County Mississippi invites sealed bids for repairing a cable bridge on the Dixie Highway near Florence Beat 1. Bids due 12 noon first Monday in July 1921. Plans and specifications on file in the clerk of the board of supervisors office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cidaniguet
Board of Supervisors
Rankin County
Miss
Dixie Highway
Florence
France Builds Oil Industry Legacy at Pechelbronn
France has long neglected oil but now develops its industry. Early refining attempts began at Pechelbronn, dating back four centuries. For about 180 years a refinery operated there, marking the enduring history of French petroleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Frances
Pechelbronn
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Albert Shields
A. M. Shields
Ohlever
Brandon Miss
Harry Watson
Pythian Castle
C R. v. Seatter
Century Building
Jackson, Miss
W. W. Holmes
East Capitol Street
J.D. Graves, Jeweler
D’lo
Little Joe Smoot
A. E. Harper
Dry Creek
Town
Leroy Atkins
Forest
J. C Atkins
G. W. Pollock
Mansfield, la
E. J. Robinson
I. W. Shields
Shreveport, la
Mrs. Shields
Miss Irene
Ann Stevens
Greenville
Mattie Cofer
Mrs. Buckley
Memphis
WB. Collier
J. T. Knight
Rankin County Bank
Galloway
Tesday
Louisiana
T.H. Collier
Edwards
George Martin
Fort Worth, Texas
C. E. Martin
Buckley
Igarette
Susie Blue Buchanan
Dorothy Zeller
Yazoo City
Ruth Alford
John M. Myers
J. C. Maxey
A. G. Thornton
Bratton
Bessie Cocke
Antlers
Okla
E. E. Jackson
Mesdames
W. H. Barnes
H. L. Shields
O. E. Martin
The
Woman’s Missionary Union
D. M. Mayers
Susan
Mary Louise
Danville
Lee
Louise May
Louis
Robert Burns
Clinton
Bessie Billingslea
Forest Stubblefield
Hon
Mrs
A. B. Stubblefield
Circuit Court
Dock Thornton
Marks
Minnie Lee Stacy
Houska
Albert Thornton
Mr. Thornton
Mary Thornton
Fannie Jack
S. L. McLaurin
S. M Roberts
East Rankin
C. A. Thomas
Boston
American Medical Association
W. D. Thomas
Tucson
Ariz
Ceeda
John B. Darnall
Geo. T. Darnall
Darnall
Gulfport
Mr. Darnall
Gulfport Herald
S. F. Rodgers
West Capitol Street
Etta Alethia
Etta May
Mr. Rodgers
Jackson Sanatorium
Lola May DeBerry
Greenwood
W.G. Barnes
Brandon, Miss
Matra Bank
F. J
Jackson, Mississippi
VIA
Illinois Central
Chicago
Michigan
Ontario
New England
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Colorado
California
Yellowstone Park
Canadian Rockies
Illinois Central Railroad
W. H. Brill
New Orleans
Bees
Bill
Lasouer & Mans Tobacco Co
Orkin’s
A. J. Orkin
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