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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
4
A health advisory promotes an inside bath by drinking a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and intestines. It claims benefits for headaches stomach trouble and general purification, urging readers to buy phosphate and start daily use.
The excerpt notes that phosphate acts on the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. It mentions lime stone phosphate as an inexpensive white powder that is nearly tasteless, implying its wide applicability and easy use.
An animal matching description left Goshen Springs on May 2. R S Baker offers a liberal reward for information leading to recovery. Trustee notice details a deed of trust from A D Offutt securing debt to Mrs A J Easterling and Mrs S F Johnson, recorded in Deed Book 4 page 588 Brandon MS. sale of described lands in Rankin County to satisfy default scheduled May 31, 1919 at the County Courthouse.
The land described in Township 4 Range 2 East and the SW of SE in Section 31 of Township 6 Range 2 East totaling 89 1 4 acres, formerly conveyed to Jos Ascher by W C H C Strauss and by Mrs E M Didlake to Jos Asher, then to A D Offutt on September 19 1917. The title is believed good but only the trustee’s vested title will be conveyed. Dated May 7 1919.
Potato slips advertised for Porto Rico and Round Leaf yam at $2 per 1000, farm pickup or $2.50 packed for shipment from J. C. White's Farm, Brandon, Mississippi. In Rankin county, a 1919 bond election for Steens Creek Consolidated School District seeks $15,000 for building and repairs, with 6 percent interest, 20-year serials, election on May 30, 1919 at Florence schoolhouse, commissioners named, ballots designed, results to be reported next board meeting.
Sealed bids for Federal Aid Project No. 5 on State Trunk Road between Jackson and Meridian will be opened at 12 noon on June 2 1919 at the Brandon courthouse and must include a five hundred dollar bid guarantee. Plans are on file in Jackson and Brandon offices. Xavier A. Kramer is State Highway Commissioner.
For sale a well marked seven eighths Hereford bull calf ten months old. Seller: A. E. Harper, Brandon, Mississippi route 2.
Methodists of the South plan a May 16 to 25 drive to raise 265 million for missionary work at home and abroad. Ten million will fund church, school, and hospital expansion in the South, with added rural minister salaries and new mission schools in remote areas. Special effort will mobilize laymen since services will occur even where a pastor cannot preach weekly. Despite the large sum, church loyalty is expected to drive the total.
Letters of administration granted by the Chancery Court of Rankin county Mississippi appoint Susie B. Buchanan administratrix of Lucy Thomas deceased. Creditors must probate and register claims within one year or be barred. This the 10th day of April.
A fragment notebook item lists a lost half bull half bird dog with clipped ears and a $5 reward. It also advertises 540 acres of land near Brandon depot for sale with timber and settlements. Additional notices seek timbered land purchases and a surgeon obstetrician in Jackson Mississippi with contact details.
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