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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
3
Advertises flexible land loans with quick approvals and low rates, notes on depot visit by a war tank, and a string of local updates. Mentions residents such as Epps Wilson, J. R. Massengale, Mrs. Foulks, Miss Neva Lindsey, Walter R. Patrick, Leslie Simmons, G. W. Traxler, and Fred Yerger, plus school and civic events including Star High School exercises and Rankin County Salvation Army drive progress.
White with tan ears lost dog described as half bull and half bird. Ears clipped. Reward offered five dollars or liberal reward for information leading to recovery.
About 100000 Porto Rico and Round Leaf yam slips offered for sale with ready stock. Priced at 2 per 1000 at farms or 2.50 per 1000 packed for shipment. Contacts include B F Moore and J C White's Farm Brandon Miss. Also notices on Armenian and Syrian relief. Mrs Ira Shields, chairman Rankin Co, seeks community response. Timbered land and timber purchases invited. Write or see T H Collier.
A for sale notice describes a well marked seven eighths Hereford bull calf aged two months. The seller offers the healthy young animal for purchase and notes its breed markings. Potential buyers are invited to inquire for details and price.
A. E. Harper of Brandon Mississippi announces a box social at Pearson on Friday night May 9. Five cents admission grants entry to a short program. All are invited to attend and bring a box to support the Pearson Cemetery Association and its graveyard fence project.
Strayed from my place, a light roan horse with black mane and tail sheared. Marked A.S.A. on the left shoulder. If seen, notify A. C. Knott, Jackson, Mississippi, and receive a reward.
The Allies plan to arraign William II of Hohenzollern for supreme offenses against international morality and the sanctity of treaties. Holland would be requested to surrender the royal refugee for arraignment before a five judge panel of the Allied powers. The proposal includes trial before military tribunals for offenses committed in war and to deliver those charged within German borders. The State Department issued articles for the peace treaty, marking a surprise shift as Secretary Lansing had opposed international trial previously.
A list of offenses by Central Powers forces groups crimes into three heads: against opposing armies with gases and harmful weapons, against naval acts endangering survivors, and against civilians in occupied areas. Proposals include prosecutingWilliam II of Hohenzollern for a supreme offense against international morality, via a special five‑judge tribunal with Allied powers seeking extradition from Holland.
A World War I letter from Wilkes in St Aignan France dated March 16 1919 expresses longing for home and a resolve to mature through service. He criticizes politicians arguing about postwar matters and urges practical leadership. He asks for letters, notes homesickness, and expects to be sent mail soon as he nears possible return.
An old ad promotes Rad Salts for kidney health amid claims it flushes kidneys and ends bladder disorders. The notice also lists Farm land near N.W. Branden depot for sale, 540 acres with pine and timber, offered through PAT HENRY, agent, and a seed sale for tea pedeza at $4 per bushel by A E Harper of Florence, Michigan.
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