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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
5
Local notes report Tyrain Lodge to hold a regular communication tomorrow at 2 p.m. Full attendance urged. Mentions include a bank ad, town affairs, and various residents visiting Brandon and surrounding areas.
Miss Eunice Washburn invites friends to inspect her fall hats on October 12 and 18 at Brandon Millinery Parlor. Advertises discounts, stock from Gayden Co and Barnes & Ragland for wagons, cane mills, evaporators, and medicines. Announces new lines in fall and winter goods, shoe arrivals, and broad assortments from H A Busick and Rankin county buyers.
The board orders an informal election in Brandon to determine if bonds of 25000 should be issued to fund a water works and electric light plant. The vote will be at the courthouse on Friday October 1 1906. Clerks W B Collier and W S May will receive and count votes. Property owners listed on the 1906 assessment rolls may vote. Blank tickets will be provided and voters must sign their name and mark For or Against.
Florence Miss September 29 1906 letter from a citizen to The News correcting the assessed valuation of the city’s property. The writer states the correct figure is 189 885, nearly double the previously published 71 615, and cites input from an alderman about a fair valuation.
The last examination for colored teachers is rescheduled to next Friday and Saturday due to rain and high water. The notice outlines funding for school libraries, a library commission's rules, and certificates paid from the county common school fund. Also advertised are assorted medicines, cigars, and several college street lots for sale by R. B. Maxey.
J Ehrman of Vicksburg was seen bidding on cattle Monday as Hugh L McCaskill advertised two three-year old Jersey cows with young calves for sale.
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