County fair appeals and local news from Pelahatchie
Come to the Brandon county fair and support the events. Miss Annie Robinson visits in Louisiana and Isabel McMain attends school in Bogalousa. Major Henry improves and will soon be out. Mrs. Weathersby returns from Washington and Baltimore. Attend church services at St Luke's next Sunday. W F Owens offers a 12.50 prize for Best Boys Corn Club exhibit. Langford ladies host a church box supper next Wednesday. Rankin County Baptist Association meets at Pelahatchie. Miss Young arrives as new assistant teacher at the high school. Sugar cane stalks exceed seven feet. price set at 1.50 per gallon. Road plans split on paying for good roads. Capt White sells Lynwood Farm for about 55,000 to Kentucky buyers. H L Myers resigns as mail messenger to start freight business. Uncle Dock Mulhollan returns with ballot box. plans location after selling Pelahatchie property. Odoms Great Sale opens October 18 with low prices reminiscent of prewar days. Pelahatchie Election Precinct Road District approves 25,000 bond for gravel roads. The News notes a marriage omitted last week.
Popular couples wed in Jackson as city welcomes bystanders
Mr Sid ney Stapleton and Miss Dell Bethune were married in Jackson last week and now reside in the capital city where they work for the telephone company. The county tax rolls place Rankin in Class No 2 with salaries for sheriff and other officials listed. Delta Mangum of Greenfield attends school in the same building as her kin. Geraldine Mangum, baby girl of Star residents, has eight grandparents listed. Also noted are ads for Rub-My-Tim pain killer, a 536 acre Brandon farm for sale, and Prickly Ash Bitters for bad breath and digestion with prices and local agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Stapleton
Dell Bethune
Jackson
Telephone Company
Delta Stubblefield
Greenfield
Bessie Stubblefield
W. T. Mangum
Star
N. Smith
Brandon
Geraldine Mangum
W. N. Mangum
Delta’s
John Loflin
Frank Walker
Agricultural Fair Notes Offer Prize and Exhibits
Agricultural notes urge participation in the fair on the 17th with B F Avery and Son offering a Gee-Whiz cultivator as top prize for the best all around agricultural exhibit. Entries to include all farm and garden crops. attempts to assemble a State Fair exhibit in Jackson. Poultry exhibitors asked to provide their own coops. ample pens to house livestock. Wool last week ranged thirty to fifty seven cents per pound. Winter crops urged for stock feed and land protection. Schools busy with exhibits. a Victrola prize to the best overall school exhibit. signed S V Burks County Agent. Also mentions a Chevrolet car for sale and an estrayed four-year-old horse mule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Avery & Son
R. R. Busick
Jackson
Rankin
S. V. Burks
Pelahatchie Social News Highlights Local Visits
Miss Julia Denson of Jackson visits cousin Hattie Lowery Kincaid while others share weekend stays. Families welcome relatives from DLo Millsaps Jackson and Mobile. A new piano brightens the Baptist church as residents report health updates and travel to Mobile, Denver, and Florence. 666 patent medicine advertises cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Denson
Jackson
Hattie Lowery Kincaid
For Sale Cheap Engine and Boiler in Holly Bush
For sale cheap 25 horsepower Eric engine in good running order and 30 horsepower portable boiler. Location Fannin Mississippi Holly Bush. plus a stream of local social notes naming residents and visits, upcoming events like a wedding and association attendance.
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Eric
H. D. Tinnin
Fannin
Miss
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Instant Head Relief
Advert appears to tout Ely's Cream Balm as fast relief for a stuffed head from catarrh or a cold. It claims the fragr ant antiseptic cream clears nasal passages, stops hawking and snuffling, eases nighttime breathing, and relieves headaches by applying a small amount in the nostrils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Specifications for Road Gravel Sealed Bids
Rankin County board of supervisors in Brandon Mississippi invites sealed bids for gravel for road work in district two. Bids due November 8 1919 noon, per ton F O B pit on sliding scale with bulk quantities. Pits named, gravel must meet 50 percent stone 15 percent day and 35 percent sand min. Board may accept or reject any bid. J A Robinson Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Rankin County
Brandon
Mississippi
Supervisors
J. A. Robinson
School books etc. W. G. Barnes
Classified note listing W. G. Barnes offering school books and related items with an aside about fresh bread available on Monday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Barnes
Lands Posted Notice by Jeff D Dickson in Brandon Miss
Landowners ban hunting fishing and trespass with clear posted notice from Jeff D Dickson of Brandon Mississippi R 238wp. The decree warns against any entry on the posted lands under penalty of law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff D. Dickson
Brandon, Miss
Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast a Splendid Habit
A health note touts drinking a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate before breakfast. It claims this flushes digestive waste from the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, cleans fermentations and gases, improves appetite and facial color, and costs little. The passage urges regular use for biliousness constipation stomach trouble and rheumatism, promising noticeable improvement soon.
Farmers Union Conference Called for Jackson Meeting
A meeting of the Farmers Union is convened at the Old Capital building in Jackson on Friday October 24 at 2 PM. Local and county organizations are urged to send delegates and all current or former members or prospective members are welcome for re organization and other business. N A Mott Vice President and Acting President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union
Capital
Jackson
N. A. Mott
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Hair Color
A vintage advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound for darkening gray hair naturally. It claims the product, used with a sponge, restores color and shine by morning and requires no home brewing, though it notes it does not cure disease.
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Wyeth
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Ional
C. R. v. Seatter
Jackson, Miss
Harry Watson
Pythian Castle Building
T. B. Doxey Merchant Tailor
P. A. Teat
E. Cap. St
Misses Cabaniss
Florists
Green House
H. J. Burnham
West Capitol Street
County Fair
Miss Annie Robinson
Mrs. Pollock
Louisiana
Isabel McMain
Bogalousa
Cc. E. Gayden
Henry
Annie Weathersby
Washington
Baltimore
Etta May
Ada Morris
Cole Burns
Master Cole, Jr
Omaha, Neb
Lieut. Cole
National Army
Val H. Sessions
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
W. F. Owens
Langford
Rankin County Baptist Association
Pelahatchie
Miss Young
J. S. Roberts
J. C. White
Lynwood
Kentucky
H. L. Myers
Dock Mulhollan
Odom
Majestic Theatre
Jackson, Misé
State Tax Commission
Sherriff
A. G. Thornton
C. E. Gayden
EJ. Allen
D. Puskett
Mrs. Wilson
Mabel
D’lo
Sin Howard
Ben
Florence
Josephine Murray
W. H. Till
Rod Murray
Millsaps
Ollie Watson
T. B. Beckess
J. W. Chisholm
Monnie McNair
Jessie McLaurin
W. H. McLaurin
W. H. Jr
Minnie Kendall
John B. Williams
W. C. Summer
Denver
Colorado
The
Baptist Church
Lula Mae Baker
S. L. McLaurin
L. T. Suber
Master Terry
Home
Mammie
Paul Gammill
Mobile
Alabama
Ora Baker
Clarksburg
Miss Lewis
Irvin Lockwood
Selma
H. H. Spann
William Myers
Holly Bush
Lilly Abernathy
Zenotte
Oscar Bilbro
Buster Abernathy
Mr. Fisher Wilson Jr
Joe Steverson
J. 8
Cawthorn
Dora Lewis
Leesburg
A. D. Holmes of
Gladys McKay
Mr. W. B. McKay
Ollie Holmes
Mattie Right
I. M. Murray
8. B. Murray
A. J. Orkin
Eyrich & Co
Armours
Morris
Campbells
Red Cross
van Camps
Heinz
Lea and
Perrins
McGowans
Morris Supreme
Lebanon
Farmers Union Conference
Hunt
Rhode Island
W. D. Thomas
Childrens Shoes
Capitol ST
Darken
Ward -Gayden Drug CO
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