14 Oct 1909
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
1
Brandoon hosts a community Model Road Opening Day with sales promises and prize gives. Merchants offer cash, goods, and services for farmers and townspeople. Special railroad rates and a long list of contests aim to boost trade and town spirit.
The Ladies Aid Society at Brandon Presbyterian Church commemorates Mrs. E S Weill with expressions of sympathy and appreciation of her life. They resolve to send copies to the bereaved family, to publish in the Brandon News, and to record the resolution in their minutes dated October 12, 1909.
The Agricultural Department and boll weevil experts urge burning all cotton stalks after harvest to curb the pest spread. Rankin County reports infected spots and drought noted to hinder spread, with warnings of next year’s likely outbreak. A Mille county barn fire at Alonzo Little’s Twen ton farm caused about $1,000 loss, suspected arson but bloodhounds found no track.
Washington dispatch notes renewed scientific interest in a long-promoted theory. Dr. Cook and Commander Peary reportedly reached the North Pole, prompting discussion of an ancient human origin near the Pole and the notion of a Garden of Eden there.
The article discusses a theory that Earth’s poles were first hospitable for life, citing Siberian and Alaskan mastodons in ice and widespread ancient vegetation in polar regions. It notes coal measures in Alaska and suggests poles once supported flora and fauna before global cooling. It also describes housing a thousand servants in a major New York hotel with specialized staff and large daily laundry and upholstery operations.
A guide stresses minimal gear for a big game hunt, noting that in the described country almost no equipment is needed. A wife can be borrowed, and a hired hunter will itemize necessities and often supply the entire outfit, including canoe and pack im.
Judge J M Wilkinson at Maznolia with the district attorney and officials decided to classify the embezzlement case of a young attorney as a misdemeanor. The act involved two sons, youth, and family ties, suggesting political influence. The embezzled amount is stated as 135 dollars.
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