Brandon News Candidate for Town Marshal
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
4
Taft Victory and Election News From The South
Taft overwhelmingly wins the presidency amid Roosevelt influence. Democrats gain a few congressmen and governors, solid South remains intact. Rankin county returns about seven hundred votes as more boxes are counted. Bryan Kern and Collier win strong congress support. minor party ballots present. A Hereford cattle sale signals profitable farming. Brandenberg arrested for forging a Cleveland letter praising Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryar
Solid South
Rankin County
Bryan
Kern
Collier
Congress
Scarlet woman in Jackson house causes trouble again
A disreputable Jackson house drew the scarlet woman back after summer orders. Officers failed to remove her, prompting calls for proper duty. Meanwhile a Jackson baby show drew 162 entrants, none from Rankin, risking blue ribbons if mothers had traveled with their infants. Rankin led the state in children and chickens but showed neither at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Rankin
Suspects rounded up near Reelfoot Lake Tenn for murder case
The militia has nearly finished rounding up suspects around Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee. Over 100 arrested, 30 to 40 discharged, about a dozen sent to Nashville for safekeeping, and the rest held at Camp Nemo. The alleged murderers of lawyer Rankin face trial in Union City circuit court and likely hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reelfoot Lake
Tenn
Union City
Rankin
Nashville
Camp Nemo
Beef Club Practice Among Farmers
A fall beef club brings eight or sixteen farming families together to supply fresh meat. A member butcher handles killing, cutting, and distributing portions weekly. Calves are fat yearling heifers, with the hide heart and fat handled by the calf owner or sold for credit. Each family gets roast and steak in rotation, ensuring a full calf is allocated over weeks.
Woes and Beef Prices Mentioned in Prohibition Era Note
Fragmentary notes mention Sonia and Gnow butcher delivering meat or notifying families about meals. References to beef prices and club benefits for neighborhoods appear amid unclear lines about pork and bacon prohibitions and wholesalers. The text notes low cattle figures and wholesomeness concerns in communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonia
Forest Register items on roads robberies and court cases
A collage of brief Forest Register items cites a big white 30 horsepower car at the Jackson fair auto races, postal route suspensions at Plattsburg Missouri, Scott county finances and a Wheeler King trial, Good Roads work near Forest, pickpocketing on a Jackson train, a Raleigh court mistrial in Gambrell's murder case, a distracted mother with a missing baby, and a tongue in cheek note on hard times and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Monday
Meridian
Jackson
Jackson Fair
Plattsburg
Clinton County
Missouri
Lattsburg
Scott County
Wheeler King
Mountain Creek Community Notes and Local Visits
Mountain Creek reports good community health. Mesdames R. M. and W. E. Laird visited Jackson for shopping. Miss Ida Bordeaux visits her sister at Crystal Springs. Mountain Creek and Hilton schools are taught by Evie Smith of Clinton and Florence Clark of this place. Webbie Laird and Kate Therréll of Florence spent Sat and Sun here. Dock Byrd prospected in Georgetown and may move there this winter. E H Laird visited Hardy Dear of Star who has been critically ill. Mrs W H Carley visited relatives at Mt Olive and Collins. Mrs Alford and Misses Evie Smith Lilian Bridges and Florence Clark went to Florence Saturday. Joe Moore was in town last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames R. M
W. E. Laird
Jackson
Ida Bordeaux
Crystal Springs Mountain Creek
Hilton
Evie Smith
of. Clinton
Florence Clark
Webbie Laird
Kate ‘Therréll
Florence
Dock Byrd
Georgetown
E.H. Laird
Hardy
W. H.carley
Mt. Olive
Collins
Alford
J. P.clark
Evie ‘Smith
Lilian Bridges
Joe Moore
Local notices and union meeting at Leesburg
Frost after pleasant week as farmers stay up with work. Rev Blackman preached at the church. Visitors Ruby Wilson and Tom Rodgers joined services. Rankin County Farmers Union met Leesburg Local on October 23 24 with prayers addresses and a secret session. A sermon on friendship and keeping a young heart follows noting old and new friends and the value of sociable ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin County Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America
Leesburg
J. N. Lyles
J.c.robinson
Waller
Acella
J.C. Robinson
D. A. Kersh
Central Local
Lee Oe
A Cruel Jest In A Frayed Ark Tale
Noah makes a dry remark as the ark floats, suggesting those threatened by Sverage aires should be thankful, in a fragmentary historical newspaper snippet with nautical humor and biblical allusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Aires
Well Bred Dog Thief Exchange Fable
A buyer accuses a seller of pawing a thief dog that allegedly stole three loaves yesterday. The seller defends the dog’s breed, insisting it was a good bred dog. The quip highlights a playful exchange over a mischievous pet.
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The
Brandon News
W. S. May
Brandon, Miss
L. M. Horne
Broughton Brandenberg
Cleveland
Taft
Forest Register
High Hill
Mathew’s Hill
Forest
Rev. W. B. Lansing
Bullard
Raleigh
Will Gambrell
Roy Grayson
Taylorsville
Gambrell
Supreme Court
J. J. Stubbs
Collins, Hughes and Tulles
Raleigh, and
Nobles
Morton
Graham
Washington
Post Office Department
Benjamin Franklin
Pelahatchie
Minnie Wilson
Joe Bishop
Nannie Carr
Scott
Lucy Robinson
Callie Watkins
Mollie Davis
Florence Allen
Daniel
Miss Graham
Homefolks
Philadelphia
Henry McLain
Mississippi
Myer
Thomas Womack
Texas
Mountain Creek
Louisville
Mr. Gay
Taylor
C. W. Taylor
Bethune’s
Farrish St
Jackson, Miss
Rehobeth
Eton Ragan
Ruby Wilson
Tom Rodgers
Andrew Chapel
Shiloh
H. B. Byrd
J. W. Kersh
Kersh
County Union
Jackson Lumber CO
Madea
Aaa
Alabama & Vicksburg
Cincinnati
Atlanta
N. Y
Birmingham
Shreveport
Beyond
Shreveport and
Vicksburg
Gigoa
Chattanooga
New York
Geo. H. Smith
New Orleans
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