Jackson fair exceeds all others in state agricultural show
State Fair notes praise for Manager McKay and Jackson supporters who funded and organized the event. F H Lewis of Scranton promoted coastal fruit and crops, while convict labor provided cotton and corn. Livestock and poultry impressed, livestock stock improved, and horse and mule breeding highlighted. Two Cajuns from Louisiana, Sam and Tom Strong, jailed near Clinton for horse theft with stolen animals found among their gear.
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Jackson
Ent
McKay
Mississippi
F. H. Lewis
Scranton
Tennessee
Missouri
Sam
Tom Strong
St. Landry Parish
Clinton
Columbus
Martin
Vicksburg
Brandon
Hugh
McCaskill
Closing Out Sale Delayed by Sickness at Dry Goods Store
Sickness delays preparations for a closing out sale of dry goods and more. The store urges customers to hurry, promises rapid clearance of all stock, and notes a new line arriving soon. Prices will speak for themselves, with a complete pants line newly received. The first day of January is the target to be clean out.
Healthful Foods for Various Ailments From Kansas City Journal
List of fruits vegetables and juices with claimed benefits for gout liver kidneys nerves and digestion. Warns tomatoes for gout no for tom gout sufferers and lemon juice as a gargle for sore throat. General note on currants beetroot spinach celery and lettuce as remedies.
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Kansas City Journal
Sheep and Goats as Weed Killers Profit Debate
The article weighs sheep against goats for weed and sprout control on farms, finding sheep more profitable overall due to wool and meat value while noting goats are cheaper to raise. It argues every farm should raise up to twenty sheep to keep pastures clean and warns dogs threaten flocks. It closes with a Memphis obituary for Eddie Eudora Kersh, born 1896, who died October 29, 1908, leaving a widowed mother and several siblings.
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Memphis
Tenn
Eddie Eudora
Leon
C. E. Kersh
Brandon
Miss
God
J. A. Alford
New-Home sewing machines threaten small capitalists
A letter warns that men with one or two thousand dollars face business ruin from New York City led trusts. It argues fear of Bryan and Taft power pressures small capitalists, claiming large financial interests will crush any business in their way. Signed W. G. Barnes.
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Bryan
New York City
Taft
W. G. Barnes
Local business ad fragment hints at plans and prices
Fragmentary text shows a hotel reference and a business offer with phrases about gas, exchange, a good run, and mentions persons or entities such as C. D. Hope Es exposed as a prop. future site note. Evaporators and mills appear as equipment tags. The legibility is limited but indicates a trade listing.
Lost red Irish setter Noel found return details
A large red Irish setter answering to Noel on collar and lock is lost and should be returned to Jno. M. Berry at 2 Florence, Miss, or R. Burns at Brandon. further arrangements for reward or pickup are implied.
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Noel
Jno
M. Berry
Florence
Miss
R- Burns
Brandon
For Sale or Trade Cotton Seed Offer
For Sale or Trade. Sixty bushels of Genuine Kings Improved cotton seed for sale at Te per bushel, or will trade one bushel for three of common seed. 4 Wy Me Coktey.
Estrayed cattle near Clarksburg Mississippi report
A dark brown cow with white spots marked crop over and under bit right ear and crop under half crop left ear and a yearling red steer marked crop slip right ear and saw set left ear. Notify E. H. Holmes Jr. Clarksburg Miss.
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E. H. Holmes, Jr
Clarksburg
Miss
Fine Thorough Bronze Turkeys For Sale In Mississippi
Several fine thoroughbred Bronze turkeys are offered for sale. They are described as among the best in the state. Interested buyers should contact Mrs. J. W. Summers in Lynwood, Mississippi.
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J. W. Summers
Lynwood
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Rankin County
Brandon Bank
Eleonora
Brandon Mercantile Co
Brandon, Miss
Theo
Sweeny Jackson
Jackson, Miss
Capital Street
State Fair
Albert M. Shields
Trust
Standard Oil
Needle Trust
New York
Aman
C. D. HopeEs
Phat Neeee
W. Arnes
It.j
Thorough
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