05 Oct 1916
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
1
No. 10. IL A and V Railroad timetable outlines Brandon train schedule with eastbound and westbound designations. The readable fragment shows service directions but lacks full details or times.
Local notes from Brandon cover visits by D W Burnham and others, ahead of cooler weather and a coming frost. Talks on roads, school reopening, droughts, and plans for stock raising, with updates on revival meetings, fair plans, and rabies control leading to a new dog confinement ordinance.
A Brandon News notice notes a complete line of coffins caskets and robes offered by W G Barnes. It mentions a couple titled A Happy Couple and records a September 19 1916 engagement in the Jackson Mississippi area, with L D McBride a prominent citizen and Cassie Bowman daughter of farmer B Bowman.
In Pelahatchie a couple wed at the bride's home with Rev. J F Bailey officiating. The bride Cassie, described as loving and Christian-hearted, will be deeply missed in her parents' home as friends pray for God's blessings on the newly married couple as they begin their life together.
A mass of text promoting Chamberlains Tablets as a remedy for constipation and appetite, followed by unrelated local notices: job ad for lubricating oil and grease sales, a cotton seed buyer, a can mills ad, and a grocery list. The piece ends with Orphanage Day requests for Methodist work to support 220 children and a message from J B Randolph, Jackson, Miss.
A note to supporters in Mississippi calls attention to a planned Work Day on Saturday the 14th, with events to follow on Sunday October 16 as part of management of the care program for orphan children.
Ladies with old hats invited to have them trimmed or restored to look new at a very reasonable price. Contact Mrs RH Warts at her home in Pelahee, Mississippi for service.
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