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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
2
A young knut deemed unfit for service volunteers for farm work on his father’s land. He toils across moorland in loggins and a Norfolk jacket, telling a friend he has “gone back to the land.” He boasts of transforming wasteland into valuable golf sink-like terrain through hard work.
An odd blend of old time advertising and humor, featuring a Cincinnati claim that freezone stops corn pain and lets it be lifted, plus a comic exchange about a “Declined with thanks” rubber stamp invention for poets. The piece mixes medicine pitch with satirical dialogue.
A wartime debate questions halting whisky production to conserve foodstuffs. One speaker notes men preferring their drink in liquid form, challenging the feasibility of a total embargo during the war.
A compact flower stand, a German invention, can be extended to fill an ordinary window space. The note adds that only busy men find time to perform the necessary tasks.
Governor Bilbo issues a call for 600 volunteers but the War Department counters the plan. The First Mississippi Infantry needs 100 men to reach peace strength, and Col. Hoskins says recruiting will continue. Adjutant General Scales invites eligible men to request transportation to Jackson, with group enlistments requiring prearranged arrangements.
Jackson will be the only city in Mississippi with an elective conscription board. Mayor Walter A. Scott leads the Jackson unit, while counties handle registration elsewhere. Governor Bilbo moves toward a holiday observance for conscription day.
A roundup of Mississippi notes includes a patriotic rally at the Mineral Springs hotel Inka, a wool cooperative shipment by Progress growers and shippers association, the death of C EB Franklin of Pontotoc, and the Pontotoc dairy cattle purchase. Other items cover school closings, flag raisings, a fatal train strike near Pattison, lumber and fire losses, and local civic meetings across counties.
This lesson explores Jesus promise of the Holy Spirit as Paraclete the Spirit of Truth and helper who will dwell in believers. It outlines the Spirit’s roles convicting the world of sin righteousness and judgment guiding into all truth and deepening intimate fellowship with Christ for the disciples and all believers.
An old advertisement urges replacing calomel, claiming Dodson's Liver Tone cleanses the liver without salivation. It touts health benefits, non salivating, vegetable composition, and a money back guarantee, asserting vivid improvements by morning and broad consumer use.
A collage of brief quips and jokes from a historical page. Includes a rural garage anecdote with Mr Erastus Pinkley as a sick man who believes he must stay to work among gasoline. Other items reference war economy jokes and weather notes, ending with a remark on rainfall relative to Mississippi river volumes.
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