Legislature advances reform and officials change in Mississippi
The Brandon News notes the current Legislature passing beneficial state legislation and liberal appropriations. Judge Lamar Kasterling resigns as Chancellor of the Jackson district to practice law in Ruleville. Col. R. H. Henry retires after selling the Daily Clarion Ledger to Hederman Bros, who are expected to continue its success.
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Lamar Kasterling
Jackson
Ruleville
Miss
Lamar
Rankin County
Neck of the Woods
Col
R. H. Henry
Daily Clarion Ledger
Hederman Bros
Col. Henry
Hederman Bro
Clarion Ledger
Road bond election set for district two in 1920
S L McLaurin proposes a new vote on issuing 120000 road bonds for District Two. An April 6 election will determine authorization, with 70000 bond issue from last fall not to be issued. Federal funds will contribute at least 60000, and bonds issued in installments as needed to ensure fair road work.
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S. L. McLaurin
Hambone's Meditations on Spirits Saying Goodbye
A humorous lone voice contemplates spirits trying to talk to him asking what he would say. The piece ends with a plain farewell and a mix of dialect humor.
Public road district budget and road bond vote details
Board of Supervisors discusses district no 2 expenditures and road work. Notices include Estes Smith road petition review, sale ratification of a mule, 50 dollar Homer Walters tuberculosis hospital aid, and plan for court house roofing bids. Road bond election set for April 6 1920 with for or against bonds options. S D Donnell clerk Brandon March 3 1920.
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Robert King
Tom Branch
Joe Nathan
Jim Taylor
Richard Smith
W. V. Loveles
E. E. Jackson
Will Swilley
Brandon Machinery Co
E. N. Ross
W. D. Owen
Jim Stingily
T. A. Z. Roberts
Poperar
Beit
Estes Smith
W. H. Till
D. T. Bilbro
P. J. Cox
Homer Walters
General County Fund
Homer
Walters
Court House
H. N Austin
Rankin County Election Notice For April 6 1920
By order of the Board of Supervisors Rankin County Mississippi an election will be held at all election precincts in Supervisor's District Number Two on Tuesday April 6 1920 for the purpose of deciding whether the Board...
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State of
Mississippi
Rankin County
S. D. Donnell
Board of Supervisors
Brandon, Miss
Super- Wear
Said
Tugaday
Drink Hot Water With Lime Stone Phosphate Morning Cure
A health claim advises drinking hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate before breakfast to purify the digestive tract and flush poisons from stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It promotes regular use as an inexpensive tasteless remedy from a druggist.
Ely's Cream Balm for head cold relief ad claim
An old advertisement promotes Ely's Cream Balm to relieve catarrh and nasal congestion. It describes applying a fragrant antiseptic cream in the nostrils to reduce swelling and restore easy breathing, claiming instant relief from head colds and nasal blockage. A brief note at end mentions Gulf Coast Life Insurance Company in Gulfport Mississippi seeking honest, intelligent salespeople.
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Gulf Coast Life Insurance Company
Gulfport, Miss
Sage tea tures gray hair dark Sage tea tures
An OCR fragment combines ads and notices from Rankin County Mississippi 1920 legal notice shows Melton Belew must appear in chancery court March 1920. The page also includes a patent remedy claim Seely remedy and a cabbage plants sale notice from Brandon.
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State of Mississippi
Rankin County
Melton Belew
Chancery Court
Laurance
S. D. Donnell
Howie
Barred Plymouth Rock Segs A Bee At The House
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Plymouth Rock and a parent figure with a reader. The garbled lines suggest a local item about a household or domestic scene, but key facts and proper names are unclear.
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Plymouth
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Henry Noble
W. B. Worley
A. B. Boylin
Will Adams
M. B. Martin
J. S. Cawthorn
Austin-Western Co
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Gummie Lyles
Roy Harrell
Tom Holmes
Cliff Thornton
J. L. & O. Buchanan
L. E. Walrod
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Bill Ward
Cook
T. J. Jones
E. L. Harvey
A. Patrick
F. F. Russell
J. C. Searcy
Frank Mize
Tom Means
G. B. Everett
Ed Moyers
J. P. Smith
W. J. Graves
C. B. Chapman
Louis Posey
Owen Boone
E. Ross
Joe’ Crain
Irvin Warren
J. L
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J. H. Ponder
L. L. Kersh
H. O. Welch
J.D. Warren
Kelley Wilkshire
D.A. Collum
Neal Hodges
Sampson Bell
Harry McLaurin
Lionel Boone
West Ivey
Will Sutton
Will Minor
Niagara
Tappay
John C. Carter
EGS
Virden Company
Crson, Mil
Stankinson
Frankinson
Bon Ton
Brandon, T. D. May
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