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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
4
Rankin County invites all residents to the first child welfare meeting at the school building next Saturday May 25 at 3 p.m. Read the government call below and support the movement by attending. Faithfully yours for the children Meddie L. Robinson Chairman Rankin Co.
The Children’s Bureau urges Americans to protect all children during wartime. Children under five face preventable deaths, and the campaign seeks to save 100,000 lives in the second year of the war through better child care and access to expert guidance. England France inspire local units to expand efforts nationwide.
Classified style column offers for sale 112-Disc Harrow 12-Disc Breaking Plow 16-Shovel Riding Cultivator priced around 50 dollars. Lost cattle description: yearling heifers and steers branded with O. rewards offered for recovery information. Also sale of Big Mexican Seed Corn at 3.50 a bushel or 1.00 per peck. Milk cow with calf listed in Brandon area.
Bank cashier R L Fox swears the Rankin County Bank Brandon Mississippi shows assets 458,712 22 with capital stock surplus undivided profits and deposits including time certificates and cashiers checks. Notary W S May attests on May 17 1918. directors listed.
A historical bank condition report for Citizens Bank in Florence Rankin County Mississippi shows resources including loans, bonds, cash, currency and deposits as of May 10 1918. The document includes attestation by cashier I W A Rogers and directors J H Rogers J H Singletary, with notary R G Berry, plus a trustee sale notice for land in Rankin County under a deed of trust with J A Spann Co and Pelahatchie Bank.
Notice summarizes land office proceedings for John Stubbs of Brandon filing final five year proof on land in Choctaw Meridian, with witnesses R A Warwick G Warren W L Bary Gale. and bids sought by Rankin county for June 1918 supplies and bridge work, plus notices of meetings and ads from Brandon, Mississippi.
Rankin County School Board will meet in the County Superintendent's Office at 10 o'clock on the first Monday in June, June 8, 1918, to transact any school business before the board. Schools wishing to present matters should prepare petitions for presentation. Signed H. H. Bullock County Sup't.
J. E. Marti reports two cows with young calves at Brandon Brand Farm, with care by Brandon and Migs.
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