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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
2
Advertising rules from The Brandon News outline display ads in a preferred position at 2 cents per word for the first insertion and 1 cent per word for subsequent insertions. Obituaries and cards of thanks priced at 1 cent per word. Readers are asked to count words carefully and send funds to cover publication costs.
Make your arrangements now to get off for a day or two and take in the great State Fair at Jackson. The fair begins in Jackson on the 17th of this month and continues for one week. Jackson is making great preparations and the event brings many thousands of visitors each year.
Washington report notes Democratic and Republican opposition to Harding’s separate peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary. Borah King Glass Reed and others seek stricter reservations while urging treaty support to varying degrees amid looming caucus and committee maneuvers.
Watson of Georgia McKellar of Tennessee and Harrison of Mississippi are cited as the polar figures with mixed motives. The text labels eed and Watson as irreconcilables and notes most others as ardent followers of ex President Wilson advocating closer participation in European affairs.
Prominent mill men and textile leaders meeting in Greenville South Carolina say the recent cotton price gains, rising textile demand and renewed mill activity mark a definite turning toward prosperity. B E Geer of Judson Mills predicts firm business by January with profits and fair dividends. J E Sirrine cites Southern and Piedmont strength with high American labor quality. Victor Monaghan’s Beattie notes buyers willing to pay higher prices as orders rise. Cotton growers, cutting fertilizer and labor costs, are better positioned to hold cotton, while merchants report firmer markets and fewer offers for sale.
Several families including Shivers Steverson and Holden Baas are noted visiting relatives in Langford and Rankin. References mention Mr Robenson and Bruce Jones in Holly Bush, and news that a local man has moved to Rankin, described as the community’s loss and Rankin’s gain.
Mrs Amy Peterson wife of a Lakeville Massachusetts farmer says she nearly starved from acute indigestion and gas pains but after taking Tanlac she eats anything and regained weight plus six pounds praising Tanlac as the best medicine in the world advertised in drug stores.
A community fair association was organized at the school building for Friday October 14 with officers elected and committees named. The program features agriculture, live stock, fine arts and domestic exhibits, speakers and a afternoon ball game. exhibits due by October 13 at 5 PM and guarded nightly. A public dinner will be offered and beat residents are invited to participate and extend invitations to other schools.
The second meeting of Beat Four teachers was held at the Pelahatchie school on September 24. President Courtney discussed maximizing attendance. A round table discussion addressed exercises for the physical training course. Some Beat teachers were absent. The next meeting is set for October 28 at Guide. Beat Fair committees are arranging duties and prospects look good. About 150 dollars has been raised for prizes and a premium list issued.
The clipping lists social notes from Ming area including visits by Mrs Noblin and Miss Brown, a school PTA donation for grounds, and a class lecture on draft horses. It also mentions a basketball game with Clarksburg and commentary on postwar politics and diplomacy with satire about American delegates and foreign temptations. The piece ends with a London Opinion quip about postwar churchgoing.
The piece imagines a November gathering in Washington where nations press for perpetual peace. It forecasts Japan will send 200 experts, while England Italy Belgium China and others send top negotiators. It warns secret diplomacy and war profiteers may threaten open, frank American diplomacy led by Secretary Hughes.
The Boston Transcript notes a weather forecaster seeks transfer claiming climate conditions fail to agree with his work. The quip suggests professional frustration without detailing specific incidents or locations.
An advertisement claims meat causes uric acid that harms kidneys and suggests a remedy with "Jad Salts" made from citric acid andithia to neutralize acids and flush the kidneys. It warns of cloudy urine, pain, dizziness, and rheumatic twinges in bad weather and urges readers to use the product as a relief.
Journal notes show Fannin J H Stevenson in Jackson on Friday and Grace Stevenson of Holly Bush visiting for the weekend. Several residents including John Whittington, Walter Collum, Robert L Latham, H D Tinnin, A B Collum, QC Brown and family, Dr Flowers and Ru fus, Allen Lawerence, and Mrs Spe ae traveled or visited Canton Brandon Jackson and Floraesi region for business and social engagements during the week and weekend.
A brief ad notes availability of seed varieties described as abideed bush es of the genuine Appler ats, priced at 75 cents per hashel. The wording suggests a simple agricultural goods listing likely from a historical catalog or village market brief.
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