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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
5
An old essay argues glasses are needed for many head and eye troubles misattributed to other causes. It notes increased eye strain from daily work, glasses strengthen weak sight, brace children's developing eyes, and offer genuine rest from fatigue whereas medicines offer only temporary relief.
Local brief rounds up church services meetings births and marriages in Rankin county. Highlights include preaching at Baptist and Methodist churches, upcoming St Johns day celebration, lodge activities Knights of Pythias and Daughters of the Confederacy, school commencements, and community notes on residents visiting relatives and moving away.
Friday evening in Pelahatchie an installation of the Knights of Pythias lodge was aided by about fifty attendees. Senator McLaurin delivered a welcome address, followed by a response from H. M. Quinn. A sumptuous supper was served around midnight. The lodge begins with twenty five members.
My office will be closed the 19th 2th and 21st P. P. WALKER May 12, 1908. Tom are you going to the County Sunday School convention at Pelahatchie on the 16th of July I intend to do so. I am superint endent of our school and anxious to be an efficient superintendent and am going to the convention to learn from the experience of old superintendents who will be there. The object of these conventions is to impart information on all lines of Sunday school work. Fresh groceries arriving daily. I have just received a barrel of North Carolina Roe Herring. Try them they are fine. H. A. BUSIOK. DAUwut
On Friday May 8 in the parlor of the Gayden house a chapter of the Mississippi Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy was organized with Miss Bessie McCaskill presiding. Officers elected include Mrs. Wm. Walker president and Miss Annie Henry cor sec. Charter members numbered eleven. The group aims to honor the Lost Cause, aid veterans, and raise a monument in the cemetery. They invite widows daughters sisters and mothers of Confederate veterans to join and assist.
The Prairie States Incubator introduces a new agency section hailed as the world’s best. Officials tout cutting edge facilities and expert staff while neighbors await demonstrations and pilot programs.
A consumer asserts Groves Taste Less Chill Tonic contains only lemon, quinine, and water, arguing the label reveals a tasteless formula. The claim implies no cure is promised and the ad stresses a no cure no pay message, prompting scrutiny of the product’s advertised efficacy.
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