Brandon News Brief Highlights Local Events and Notices
The Brandon newspaper notes Mrs. J. M. Evans of Pelahatchie is ill with her friends hopeful for recovery. Road overseers will be appointed at the Monday Board of Supervisors meeting. Various town residents visit Jackson, King and Brandon as Elks host lawmakers, and a child, Robert Burns, remains critically ill. Sheriff sale ads, school praise, Masonic lodge meeting, and clergy notes fill the week, along with obituaries, railroad and bank updates, and local business promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Mies Myra Ritchie
Forest
Homefolke
Confederate Reunion Notices for U C V in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi February 28 and Brandon Mississippi February 24 191 - Commanding officers urged to organize the reunion of the U C V in New Orleans on April 25 26 and 27 and to collect dues to speed arrival at headquarters A meeting of Rankin Camp No 265 Brandon will be held March 1 at 11 am at the Brandon courthouse to handle reunion business Veterans urged to attend and pay annual dues to support representation in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ea&t
Vicksburg
Edwards
Bolton
Jackson
Brandon
Morton
Forest
Newton
Hickory
Ween Ee Av Meridian
West Bqund
Meridian
Runge
New Orleans
Mississippi
U. V
Miss
Rankin Camp
William E. Mickle
J. L. McCaskill
Mies
Rankin Camp No
Court House
P Henry
Maxey
Address to Boys by Judge Wofford Contains Moral Guidance
Judge Wofford of Kansas City urges boys to start right and avoid drinking, swearing, and trashy reading. He warns that absence from home and school, pool halls, saloons, and cigarette smoking lead to trouble and crime, urging honesty, industriousness, frugality, and a cheerful, right-spirited life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Wofford
Kansas City
Benjamin Franklin
Livain
Lincoln Advice to Lawyers on Discouraging Litigation
A fragment quotes Abraham Lincoln urging lawyers to persuade neighbors to compromise, avoid stirring litigation, and promote a moral tone in the profession. It warns against digging for title defects to profit and suggests posting Lincoln’s words in every law office, noting the value of peacemaker conduct.
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Lincoln
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Painful Disorder
A historical medical pitch claims PAZO OINTMENT provides a cure for itching bleeding and prolapsing piles. It promises a refund from druggists if the product fails within six to fourteen days, highlighting a confident dosage window.
Nigg er slur sparks church rebuke at Carolina camp meeting
At a colored camp meeting in Carolina a penitent used the slur niggers in a humble tone. The presiding elder gently rebuked him calling the term a reproach from white folks, while the penitent insisted the Bible mentions niggars. The exchange prompted a tense moment as locals discuss the name Pansy and drug ads appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
Demus
Helen Frances Huntington
Lippencott’s
Notice of Administratorship and Claims Barred
Administrator of the Henry Cole Atkins estate announces letters granted by Rankin County Chancery on February 9, 1906. All claims must be presented, allowed, and registered within the legal period or be forever barred. John C. Atkins, Administrator. Also advertisement for Barnes Ragland and McClure's Magazine representation at 97 East 28th Street, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cole Atkins
Chancery Court
Rankin County
John C. Atkins
Nicholson place farmer offers mule colts and pasture
T D May of Brandon Mississippi invites patrons to his property after March 1 for mule colts and access to his premier pasture. Also notes staple men's hose sold by H A Busiok at nine hundred a dozen and announces a new foreign mail rate cut to twelve cents a pound for four pound packages up to fifty dollars value.
Honor and honesty rise as dishonesty is revealed
The piece argues that public exposure of dishonesty shocks yet strengthens civic virtue. It asserts that dishonesty shows citizens still value honor and that leaders must act honestly. It urges older generations to teach the young that honesty remains essential for the world’s welfare.
Citation Notices From Rankin County Chancery Court
Multiple 1906 notices command defendants to appear in Rankin County chancery court in Mississippi. Citations name Tiney McNeil Pearl Puckett Emma Stingily J W Stingily Adam Mangrum and Anna Mangrum with dates in February March 1906. Also small classified item seeking a white woman 85 to 50 years for family aid and a sale or trade offer for a mare mule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Mississippi
Rankin County
McNeil
Chancery Court
Rankin
Tiney McNeil
Dobson
State of
Mississippi
Pearl Puckett
Inez Puckett
W. H. Coleman & Co
SOL BoBson
Emma Stingily
Said
J. W. Stingily
Adam Mangrum
Monay
Anna Mangrum
Sol Dobson
Brandon
Mids
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Rankin Co. Bank
Harry Watson
Brandon, Miss
Henry W. Jackson
Brandon Royal Lore Arch
Masonic Hall
E.H.P
B.berry
K. Pat Henry
S. Elds
Tyrian Lodge
A. F
A. M
J.T.B Berry
W. M. Rown
Brandon Lodge
K. of P
M.E. Ward
C. C. H. L. McCaskill
J.T
A. & W. Railroad
P. P. Walker
James Busick
J H. May
John Lowther
Florence
Albert Gayden
Clinton College
Brandon Knighta
Pythias
Jack Linton
Jack Malone
Hobson Place
D. M. Mayers
Bessie McCaskill
Annie Henry
Natchez
W. B. Smith
Fannin
Moudey Night
Scriona Flinesa
J. M. Evans
Pelahatchie
H. 8
Cole
E. H. Obleyer
A. J.mclaurin Jr
King
Southwest
J. W. Birdsong
Elks
Robert Burns
E. K. White
Brandon Drug Co
J. H. Richardson
Rankins County Bank
R. F. Brown
Plahatchie
T. L Gook
Yazon County
Thomasville
Tyrian Masonic Lodge
J. [. Covington
Briar Hill High School
McIntosh
Briar Hill
Dr. Watson
Campbell’s College
Brandon Royal Arch
W. P. Jack
Delta
Mr. Jack
R. Tipton
de Soto County
Bon J
Roberts
Tipton
Brandon Graded School
Hernando, Mies
The
Baptist Church
W. P. Price
G. W. Riley
Edward Graves
Dry Creek
W.G Runge
Range
O. W. Range
Oklahoma
Mamie Sue Robinson
E. J. Robinson
J. F. Robinson
Methodist Church
Brandon Cemetery
Mr. Moore
Methodies
Nelse Brown
Andy Harris
H. A. Basick
Jacob’s. Brandon Drug Co
Owensboro
Barnes & Ragland
Barnes & Ragland’s
Lincoln Oil Co
Cleveland, U
Daroo Jersey
W. E. Darnall
Texas
Brandon Drog
Alot of
Nabis Co
H. A. Busick’s
J. H Richardson
Wm. Buchanan
Avery
H* A. Basick
Brandon Miss
the Confederate Reunion
Robert Lowry
Miss Div
Hooper
Berry
O. E. Martin
Ined
H. A. Busick
McClure’s Magazine
Nicholson
Corporation of
T. D. May
H. A. Busiok’s
Asrance
Grip
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