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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
3
Miss Laura Berry of Jackson visits Brandon friends and relatives. Many locals and visitors from Jackson and Newton gather for family visits, weddings, and Red Cross drives as leaders praise community efforts and wartime support.
Rice and cane seed prices listed for multiple varieties including Upland Rice white at 10c per lb Japanese Cane 20c Amber Cane 15c Orange Cane 15c Early Speckled Velvet Beans $2.75 per bushel Osceola Velvet Beans 3.75 per bush Spanish eye 2c Mosby Prolific 1.00 per pk Hasting Prolific DE 3.75 Jones Prolific 1.00 Latin price notes and incomplete legible entries for Native Red Cob White Dent and other seeds from Jackson Mississippi.
Francis Lee Weille graduated at the head of his class from Marion Alabama Military Institute after high school in Brandon. He won a scholarship to the University of Virginia but was once disqualified for a medal account. the telegram notes he would arrive in Vicksburg tomorrow morning. The Vicksburg Herald reports the same.
The Brandon Consolidated School closes a successful term with baccalaureate by Rev. Dr. Lafferty, a primary concert, and a Miss Carey Bruce music recital. Graduates include Agnes Barnett Myra Lindsey Gussie Myers Walter May Earl Jones and Albert Shields with diplomas to be delivered by Supt. H H. Bullock. Also notes a local sale and a missing horse report with rewards.
Red Cross notes list colored members Brandon Charity Hunter Katye Evans George Smith Jack Finch Wm Sutton Perry Coleman. The item records the names of individuals associated with the organization.
Store news notes new stock in nations and fancy dry goods with a tip to try here before you buy. Shumate razors guaranteed for life and everything in hardware is offered, promising potential savings for shoppers.
Farm notice advertises sale of eggs from Blue Andalusians and Silver Campine chickens at $1 for 15. Parcel post rate $1.25. Eggs priced at $3.00 per setting, Brandon Mississippi.
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