Local Society and State Fair Notes
Mrs. M. E. Babb visits Mrs. R. D. McRae as Brandon sends strong delegations to the State Fair. Jackson events, visitors from Biloxi to Laurel, and local calls fill the week. The Dode Fish show impresses and several residents attend the fair in Jackson. A Halloween party, golden wedding of Austin Neely and Bettie Todd, and a Sunday sermon plan for women highlight community life. Little Clark Robbins fractures his arm. Judge McCaskill suffers a fall from dog-trick incident. county farmers meet. preparations for church lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Sanderson
Fannin
Stalio
Miss
A. A. McPherson
F Vaiden
Watson
McPherson
Berry McKay
Barnum & Bailey
Jackson
Wm. Williams
J. R. Byrd
F. P. Williams
New Oreans
Williams
J. A. Morris
Brandon
Horace McLaurin
Collrns
Mississippi Niege
Clinton
O. L. McGilvra
M. Stubblefield
J. P. Barksdale
Austin Neely
Bettie Todd
Sooiy
C. F. Emery
M. E
Christian Church
J. A. Alford
Little Clark Robbins
Farmers’ Union
Waller
J. B
Leesburg
Madison
Notice on Rankin County pension funds delays and notices
Notice explains funding delays for Rankin County pensioners as the state treasury currently has no funds to issue warrants. A later notice will be published when money becomes available. The Brandon News notes previous guidance and warns readers to await official word.
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Rankin County
Brandon News
Special Examination Dates Listed by Officials
A special examination will be given on Cloveesiee 6th and 7th under Supt Aduestion with L. C. Melwrosx and C. C. Chapman serving as examiners.
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L. C. Melwrosx
C. C. Chapman
Winter poultry care and profit tips from November Farm Journal
Advice to farmers on winter egg production using pullets, proper housing, sanitation, and feeding. Emphasizes cleaning, sealing roosts, dry warm coop, white washing, and avoiding old hens for winter laying. Notes brown eggs may fetch more, freshness for hatching, and dangers of dirty water and decayed feed.
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Limberneck
November
Farm Journal
Curious Specimen of Humanity Passes Through Newton
A Smith county gentleman transporting a twenty year old Taylorsville native, a boy of twenty four inches in height and fifty six pounds, to the state fair as a curiosity. He has a fully developed head and intelligent bearing, but the rest of his body is dwarfed. He cannot walk properly due to knees and hips not growing since infancy, moves with limited use of his hands, and bones are brittle and easily broken.
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Smith County
Newton
Jackson
Taylorsville
All Holler Even Protest Framed In A Boy’s Tale
A boy recounts All Holler Even antics including hollering, throwing stones, breaking windows, and scaring others. He recalls a previous scuffle with police, admits past misdeeds such as tossing a cobblestone at a front window, and warns of impending punishment from his teacher while reflecting on duty and consequences.
Deep Plowing and Home Making Appeals in One Fragment
Excerpt contrasts deep plowing against shallow methods with practical farming notes and a moral section on wifehood. It cites Massey’s plowing advice and shows a neighbor’s lighter technique yielding less cotton. The piece ends urging farmers to plow deep, harrow well, cultivate shallow, and embrace home-making virtues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Massey
Professor Welborn
S.P. Oliver
Southern Farm Gazette
The Conquest and Royal Road of Happiness
A colonial era reflection extols conquest as rising above life’s meannesses and the stormy world. It frames victory as steadfast principle, and quotes a mother’s enduring love despite a child’s sins, linking memory with forgiveness.
Are You Bilious Liver Regulator Ad Narration
Sallow people with headache dizziness and poor appetite are urged to use St Josephs Liver Regulator described as a long trusted remedy. It is offered in liquid and powdered forms sold by druggists and general dealers at 50 cents per liquid bottle or 25 cents per powdered tin box or five boxes for a dollar.
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St. Joseph's
The Kind Mother Used First Kid Quip
The article presents a short dialogue between two children about trees. The first child asks to tell oak by sight, the second claims to recognize hickory by feeling, illustrating a playful exchange on tree recognition.
Fond Mother Encourages Son to Aim High at School
A mother tells her son Johnnie to study hard, noting with a wry tone that he could become vice president “without half trying” when he grows up. The remark captures parental encouragement with humor about future success.
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Johnnie
Corn Growers Contest Names Local Youth Entrants
The county announces a corn growers contest with five entrants Allen Robinson Sand Hill James Nash Dobson D Williams Monterey J I Hasty Henry Bullock Tom Crain Brandon Each winner may receive prizes 25 15 or 10 dollars based on yield A five member judging committee led by R Myers will assess eligibility and prizes Contestants must submit a written account of their cultivation and measurements at the designated office
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S ‘Allen Robinson
Sand_ Hill
James Nash—Dobson
D. Williams
Monterey
Rf J. I. Hasty
Henry Bullock
Tom Crain
Brandon
Notice of Trustee Sale of Pollock Property in Rankin County
Trustee R P Walters to sell Monday December 7 1908 at Brandon courthouse Rankin County Mississippi for cash the undivided half of two acres in section 9 township 5 range 3 east including half interest in three gin stands boiler engine saw mill bailing press machinery beltings oxen and wagon to satisfy note of G W Pollock dated January 1 1907 for 444 dollars plus interest to H A Busick defaulted on payment and deed of trust recorded Book 66 Page 123 Rankin County Records.
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R. P. Walters
G.W. Pollock
H. A. Busick
G. W. Pollock
Rankin County
Mississippi
Brandon
State of
A. M. Shields
Shields
W. E. Craig
Mr. Russell
H. W. Sprague
R. Colbert
Colbert
Munger
Pollock & Range
Bond Issue Ordinance for Pelahatchie Bonds
An ordinance by the town of Pelahatchie to issue six thousand dollars in bonds at six percent interest to fund the public school building and annex. Notice will run in The Brandon News for three weeks. If 20 percent of adult taxpayers petition, the issue may be blocked. Passed October 21, 1908 by J A Spann Jr and R F Grimes Town Clerk and Mayor.
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Pelahatchie
Brandon
Pela‘hatchie
J. A. Spann,jr
R. F. Grimes
Mississippi Citation Notice Requires Guardian Final Account
State of Mississippi instructs Jeff D. Grans in Rankin County to appear before the chancery clerk in Brandon on the second Monday in December 1908 to show cause why the final account of Dr. S. W. Robinson guardian should not be allowed. October 15. MO. A. Gayden, Clerk.
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State of Mississippi
Jeff D. Grans
Rankin County
Berry
Chancery
Brandon
Missiissippi
Couse
S. W. Robinson
MO. A. Gayden
Rankin County Chancery Court Notice in 1905 Case
J L Buchanan as Sheriff issues a notice to Joshua Donnell and others to appear before the Rankin County Chancery Court in Brandon Mississippi on the second Monday in November 1905 to plead, answer or respond to the bill of complaint filed by the complainant J L Buchanan. Clerk John A Gayden signs the notice dated October 4.
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J.L. Buchanan
Joshua Donnell
Rankin County
Mississippi
Chancery Court
Brandon
Gem
J. L. Ana
Eich
John A. Gayden
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Ruel May
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J. W. Birdsong
M. E. Babb
R. D. McRae
W.A. Ainsworth
Star
Jusige
Tom Clower
Biloxi
Geo. Darnall
J. P. Burns
Florence
H. C. Smith
Laurel
M. Shields
James Atkins
Lake
J. C. Atkins
Jean McLaurin
J. P. Berry
A. G. Baker
Friends Land
Owen Brown
Nnin
R. F. Brown
C. W. Burnham
Patrick
Aura Purnell
Bie
Verna Owen
Carrie Clark
Whittier
California
W. B. Collier
Meridian
Harris
Tullahoma
Tenn
J. L. McCaskill
Hugh
Jno
A. Gayden
W. G. Barnes
H. A. Busick Co
J. A. Taylor] .& Son
W. G
Owensboro
S. W. Tinnin
Brando’ Mercantile Co
Johnny
Composes
Holley
W.g.barnes
Brandon, Miss
J. I. Covington
S. R. Myers
J. C. Robinson
Rosa Wilson
Gilbert Cook
R. Myers
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