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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
6
A man in a rain soaked alley contemplates suicide at a rotting wharf when a woman enters, shares her despair, and he halts his plan. He saves her from leaping, and they exchange a new vow of life and love, returning to seek a future among city lights.
In West Twenty third Street a fashionably dressed woman left a loading shop, cast a glance at her seat mate a stylish pug. She returned to her carriage and told the dog “Come, dearie, you’re lonesome without your mother, I’ll take you along.” A footman then transferred the dog to the woman’s arm as they departed.
Dr Charles E Woodruff argues light harms white races causing blondes to dwindle in warm regions. He cites Greek decline 500 B C as example, predicts Jewish resilience and warns against expanding franchise, linking climate and racial evolution to civilizational fate.
The article explores 1803 and later statutes regulating enslaved people in the Illinois Territory. It cites long bondage terms for men and women, registry of slaves by officials, kidnapping for export, and the salt-mining provision that allowed hiring slaves. It notes outfits issued to servants and possible whipping for lazy or insubordinate workers.
The Misses Malcolm, famed as neat housekeepers in Greenley, rush to Missouri after cousin Palmer Malcolm’s death. On the train, Sophronia frets about a spare room door left unlocked and a quilt left on a chair, fearing neighbors would misjudge them. Eudora reassures, locking the door to prevent disaster.
The piece extols Butte miners as a virile, united force arriving from Europe to America. It notes eight hour days and monthly wages around $105, with a Gibraltar of trades unionism in Butte. It highlights libraries, churches, and diverse organized trades, claiming Butte’s mining camp never experienced a boom.
Horicon resident Willard A. Van Brunt grand chancellor of Wisconsin consistory Masons presented the Egerton farm of 319 acres in Waukesha as a cornerstone for a Masonic home to be owned by the consistory. The gift valued at 75000 surprised rank and file. Dr. Miller head of Wisconsin consistory appointed a committee to formulate plans for the institution.
A Times-Democrat clipping describes a poster image showing a serene, superior man in graceful posture. The caption hints at calm contentment, clothing as spectacle, and self-assured elegance, with poetic allusions to maturity and triumph over troubles.
A collage of humorous quotes and light banter from Punch, Puck, Philadelphia papers, and others. Jests cover politics, science, pets, sales pitches, and social foibles with witty repartee and dated tone featuring scholars, clerks, agents, and everyday figures.
Thomas A Edison comments on how judges deem inventions obvious and thus unpatentable. He recalls courts invalidating Bilson patents for obvious improvements while noting his own struggle with a simple mechanism that resisted days of work. He jokes about inviting federal judges to solve the problem.
A country town woman asked a grocer by phone for bar le duc jelly glass cover holder as a Christmas gift. The grocer’s clerk replied he was unsure about that delicacy but noted they had some common barley in stock.
The Mississippi Home Insurance Company of Vicksburg shows growth in 1905 with assets of 233,202, net premium income 136,191, total income 158,989, losses 66,651, and a surplus of 39,905. President E C Carroll, secretary A J Miazzi, and manager Harry K Johnson push expansion as agencies open in southern states.
A student recounts poor nutrition from greasy foods and how switching to Grape-Nuts improved health, strength, and study performance. He notes his sister and brother also benefited, and claims many classmates saw similar gains using the product. The account is attributed to the Postum Co. endorsement and a miniature testimonial from Weilville.
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