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Newspaper

Brandon News

Location

Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1907

Page

3

Planting Will Be Necessary Sanatorium

A brief notice indicates that planting will be necessary at the sanitarium grounds. The item records maintenance planning for grounds and garden work to support the institution. No dates or names are provided.

Natchez Movement on Footh Establishment and Outlook

President Walt Clark of the Mississippi Cor port reports gloom over new agricultural efforts. An estimated 50 percent of acreage may need replanting next year due to weather delays and seed shortages. Memphis mills have shipped cotton seed worth about 180000 dollars, risking poor stands for new planting. Delta planters visiting the capital confirm Clark's outlook.

Walt¢ Clark pMississippi Leleniea Clark Memphis Mississippi Delta

Woman's Foreign Mission Society annual meeting called

The annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign Mission Society of the North Mississippi conference, Methodist Church, at Iuka, runs June 8 to 11. Opening sermon by Rev. Isaac D. Borders of Holly Springs. Mrs. C. H. Gibbs of Grenada presides. District conference dates set across Jackson, Biloxi, Meridian, Durant, Aberdeen, Greenville, Sardis, Corinth, with May to June sessions. Prof. Crider and J. B. Eckles to lead Delta state summer plan work, $1500 appropriated by Mississippi Geological Commission for field studies. Forestry survey co-operation with US Department of Agriculture urged. $500 approved for the work. Possible new sanitarium in Natchez. Chamberlain Sanitarium previously successful. Vicksburg rifle range progress. Gen. Fridge to arrange field trips before Columbus event. J. H. Currie of Meridian to give literary address at Landon Graded School on May 24. Albert Bankhead killed by train near Temney. circumstances under investigation.

Woman’s Foreign Mission Society of the North Mississippi Methodist Church Uka Isaac D. Borders Holly Springs C. H. Gibbs Grenada Mississippi Jackson Collins Seashore Biloxi Meridian A. F. Crider J. B. Eckles Gogument Delta Bahoma Bolivar Tunica Mississippi Geological Commission United States Department

Diversified Specials Plan Agricultural Train Demonstrations

Diversified Specials aims to run a demonstration train over rival systems mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway, with immigration and industrial departments coordinating extensive exhibits. The itinerary mirrors the 1906 trip, featuring Agricultural and Mechanical College experts and state experiment stations to explain culture methods, possibly with additional agriculturalists from other states. Date TBD, likely after primary elections.

Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway Illinois Central Yazoo Mississippi Valley Agricultural and Mechanical College

Strawberry Shortage Hits Mississippi Truck Farms

The Berry Growers Association at Durant reports only 36 carloads of strawberries shipped to Northern markets this season, down from 101 last year. Reports from Crystal Springs and other points confirm an unprofitable year as the season ends and berries drop in quality. Growers plan to switch to corn, cotton, and other crops.

Mississippi Berry Growers’ Association Durant Crystal Springs Gallman Madison Station Ridgeland

Natchez Rifle Range to Be Supplied for Guard Units

Adjutant Gen. Arthur Fridge will furnish equipment for a six hundred yard battalion rifle range at Natchez. Col. KE Bliss Baker, commander of the Third Regiment Infantry Mississippi National Guard, will oversee targets and markers for Natchez and other state commands. Competitive shoots among companies are planned through the summer with top marksmen earning a chance to attend the national rifle tournament at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, in September.

Arthur Fridge Natchez KE. Bliss Baker Mississippi National Guard Baker Put-in-Bay

Seven Suits Against Illinois Central Over Stop Damages

Seven black plaintiffs file separate damage suits in the Circuit Court seeking 1000 dollars each from Illinois Central Railroad for a Tongaloo station incident. They say they flagged No 5 southbound at a flag stop, the engineer saw the signal yet did not stop, leaving them at the station. They seek actual and punitive damages and judgment against the company.

Illinois Central Railroad Company Tongaloo

Citizen's League movement aims for a better community

Leaders of the Citizen's League in Jackson express confidence that the majority of residents will back their campaign for moral and practical community improvement, describing the effort as a movement forming from the league's initial steps and seeking broad support to advance social betterment and reforms.

Citizen’s League Jackson

Half Million Dollar Timber Lands Deal In Perry County

One of Perry counties largest land deals was completed when Knapp Stout & Co of Wisconsin sold timber lands to Cyrus D Jones of Scranton Pa for 479539 72 dollars the value of the transaction.

Perry County Knapp, Stout & Co Wisconsin Cyrus D. Jones Scranton

Wreck on Mississippi Central Railroad Kills and Injures Crew

A freight train on the Mississippi Central Railroad derailed one mile below Sumrall at high speed. Fireman Pete Hudson was killed instantly as crew members jumped for their lives. The engineer and another crew member were seriously injured, with one more man reported dead or critically hurt.

Satally Mississippi Central Railroad Sumrall Thei Pete Hudson Engihaer

Body of Marvin Chied found in marsh near home

The body of Horace Marvin Chied, son of Dr. H N Marvin, was found in a marsh near the Marvin residence about half a mile from their Dover Delaware home. There were no signs of foul play, clothing intact, cap over his face, and mittens on his hands. Detectives and the doctor believe he wandered into the marsh and drowned. locals who searched earlier found no sign.

Dover Del Hor- See Marvin H. N. Marvin Ollie Pleasanton Pleasanton Marvin Home Delaware Fiver Martin Horace

Southern Division meet sets five records in New Orleans

More than 100 athletes from several Southern cities competed in a major Southern division Amateur Athletic Union meet in New Orleans. Five new Southern records were established including mile in 4:55, five miles in 30 minutes, 120 yard hurdles in 17 seconds, 220 yard hurdles in 26.85 seconds, and standing broad jump at 10 feet 7 inches. The Young Men’s Gymnastic Club of New Orleans won the meet.

New Orleans Amateur Athletic Union Young Men’s Gymnastic Club

Memphis blows away injunction dissolving new commissioners

Against Mayor Malone, Memphis Chancellor Heiskell handed down a decision dissolving the temporary injunction against the newly appointed commissioners. The order clears the way for Malone and the city council to proceed with the five commissioners appointed by Gov. Patterson.

Memphis Heiskell Malone Pattersen

Wreck on Southern Near Greensboro Injures Several

A broken rail on the Southern railway near Greensboro Alabama caused a passenger train wreck. Several persons were injured as cars overturned though the engine stayed on the track.

Greensboro Ala Southern Railway Here

Wet taceum as be at is being investigated

A public inquiry notes that wet taceum is under investigation by eight board voters. Details remain unclear as the text provides limited readable facts about who is involved and the specific action being taken.

Mexican Legation Crisis in Guatemala Deepens Ties

The Mexican legation in Guatemala City faces possible closure after an assassination plot against Gen Barillas in Mexico. Indiscriminate arrests of Guatemalans and foreigners are reported, prompting protests from other nations. The U S states it will not jointly punish the assassins but may aid Mexico to preserve peace.

Emala Mexico Guatemala City Cabrera United States Guatemala Jose Lima Bariklas State Department Thompson Mexico City Central America Lima Barillas

Sylph Flagpole Falls Narrowly Missing Mrs Roosevelt

Mrs Roosevelt and several ladies aboard the yacht Sylph narrowly escaped injury when a flagpole crashed to the deck near the Washington dock as the vessel returned from the Potomac. The Sylph, after a misread maneuver, struck a tug boat but caused no injuries. Also aboard were Mrs Clifford Richardson of New York and Mrs Bacon, wife of the assistant secretary of state.

Washington Roosevelt Potomac River Clifford Richardson New York Bacon

Railroad Question Highlighted in May Speech

Washington reports indicate the railroad issue will be a major feature of the president's May 30 address at the Lawton monument unveiling in Indianapolis. Officials say specific points to be discussed have not yet been chosen, with consultations ongoing with interstate commerce commission members and railroad leaders.

Washington Lawton Monument Indianapolis Interstate Commerce Commission

Eighteen Georgia Mills Targeted Over Cotton Seed Meat

Acting on a state chemist report, Agriculture Commissioner McCandless announced an order by T G Huron prohibiting further sale in Georgia of cotton seed meat product from eighteen mills and requiring contracts to include a nitrogen percentage below the legal limit.

Atlanta McCandless T. G. Huron Georgia

Nine additional indictments handed by Mobile grand jury

The Mobile federal grand jury adjourned after returning nine more indictments for alleged lottery law violations. The Jamestown Exposition Board of Governors may propose a 350000 bond issue to finish unfinished work before June 1. The report mentions other assorted items and dispatches.

Guand Mobile Board of Governors

Unclear text excerpt from New York item

Fragmentary ware of garbled phrases mentioning New York and batten can’t establish a coherent event or named entities. Readable parts reference wet language and forgotten ideas without a clear subject, action, or outcome. Unable to determine a concrete news item or person to summarize.

Quick Quips and Ripples of Public Talk

A collage of witty lines and jokes from various papers and periods. The items feature quips on luck, danger, ships, wealth, cars, love, signs, marriages, politics, and society. Notable pithy exchanges include a captain and a hotel, a battleship price tag, a rich man’s son, a wild new auto, and social flirtations, all framed in period newspaper tone.

Cleveland Plain Dealer Puck Argonaut Milwaukee Sentinel Baltimore John Sillicus Philadelphia Alabama Ridgway Yonkers Statesman Lewis Erbout Benjamin Chicago Daily News Senator Sorghum Congress Washington Star Philadelephia Ledger

Pontiac as Leader and Laggard in Native American History

The passage evaluates Pontiac as both exemplary and flawed, noting his achievements as an organizer and strategist while contrasting his performances with Osceola Cornstalk Tecumseh. It highlights his death, the French Governor of St Louis burying him with honors, and Parkman's remark that a mausoleum city rises above the forest over his forgotten grave, from The Conspiracy of Pontiac by Lynn Tew Sprague in Outing Magazine.

Pontiac Osceola Cornstalk Tecumseh St. Louis Parkman Lynn Tew Sprague Outing Magazine

Our Vast Dairy Industry

The dairy industry ranks as a major sector with an annual value around 665 million dollars per government year book. It exceeds meat crops and, with dairy cattle totals, approaches 1.147 billion dollars overall, marking a dominant agricultural powerhouse in the economy.

Joseph Forgives His Brothers at Famine’s Call

A Sunday school lesson on Genesis 45 and 50 presents Joseph as a model of magnanimity and forgiveness. Despite betrayed by his brothers, he tests them kindly, restores family ties with Jacob and Benjamin, and embodies Godlike mercy, urging readers to imitate such enduring compassion.

Joseph God Benjamin Jacob Cas

Sleuths Track Jere Cooke in Elopement Case

Efforts will be made to locate Jere K. Cooke late rector of St. George's Episcopal Church Hempstead LI who eloped with Pioretta. The fragmentary text suggests a pursuit involving a clergyman and his spouse, with investigators seeking their whereabouts.

Parson Girt Jere K. Cooke St. George's Episcopal Church Hempmead Pioretta Ed Ae Miss Wader Aero Lay

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