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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
5
Local Brandon items list visits from J B Burns S J W Williams and others, plus family happenings. Citizens attend church school and political talk while plans unfold for a new hotel addition and an extended visit to Clarksdale. End with Fransiolis sale announcement and upcoming Manufacturers Unloading Sale opening Tuesday.
Notices list the May 1910 schedule of Justices of the Peace in Rankin County with beats, court dates, and post offices for Florence Brandon Clear Branch Pelahatchie Cross Roads Sand Hill Fannin Puckett and Braxton. Includes specific timings for civil and criminal business and court locations across beats and towns.
A noted society wedding takes place at the bride’s parents residence in New Orleans. Miss Rosa Menne becomes Mrs Fulton Neal with Rev Father Nitehart officiating. The home blooms in roses and lilies as the couple departs for Goshen Springs after a brief reception.
Beauvoir Miss May 16 T T Watkins Confederate veteran died at Beauvoir Soldiers Home at 9 o'clock aged 84. He came to the home in 1906 from Rankin County and was a native of Alabama. He belonged to Company I Sixth Mississippi Infantry. He leaves a married daughter in Texas and a grandson was with him at death. He will be interred in Beauvoir cemetery today.
In Brandon News letter, May 12, 1910, editor clarifies a circulating claim about Mrs W. D. Thomas being paid $15 for piano use at a school concert. The writer states she received only $5 to cover piano retuning after transport, and notes she spent all of it on tuning.
The Manufacturers Unloading Sale offers wholesale prices on a wide range of china glassware and kitchenware. Specials include half price on many items and a china counter with dainty pieces for gifts, plus weekly sales events from May 24th to May 26th and ongoing notices in Jackson newspapers.
Sealed bids for building a Mt Creek bridge near Jeff Butler's place in Brandon Mississippi are due by noon on the first Monday in June 1910. The board may reject all bids. Also included are citation notices for Rankin County chancery court, creditor notices for Evalina B Ellis estate, and a Brandon automobile ordinance detailing permit requirements and speed limits.
The mayor may impose a fine not over ten dollars upon conviction and the ordinance takes effect May 16 1910. Adopted by ayes McLaurin Sprague Barnes Shields. Also a Notice of Trustee's Sale by Mississippi Bank & Trust Company for Walter Weathersby deed of trust dated April 2 1909. Sale set for June 6 1910 at the Rankin County Court House in Brandon.
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