Local Brandon News Highlights Bright and Busy Week
Social visits and travels thread through Brandon as residents greet guests from Vicksburg and Ark., a Jackson salesman begins a new route, and George H. Foulks and Ira Maxey wed in Little Rock. Knights of Pythias conferred degrees, business changes unfold, and Senator Price settles county dues amid a dry Rankin county corn crop outlook.
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Rankin County
George H. Foulks
Ira B. Maxey
Little Rock
Ark
Brandon Knights of Pythias Lodge
Jesse Shields
Robert Warren
Revenue agent assessed over seventeen thousand against him
The text notes an overreach by a revenue agent claiming a levy above $17,000, which the subject plans to prove erroneous later. It also mentions Mr Price presenting high quality June corn samples as evidence of his farming prowess and a boast about county legislators.
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Price
Painting the Lily at The Rookery China Show
A vivid preview of The Rookery’s fall offerings describes an extensive china collection, showy floral displays, and new decorations. It highlights elaborate patterns, dinner sets, and open stock, promising daily new goods and a grand, up-to-the-times display for customers.
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China
For Sale And Notices From A Historic Local Advert Page
FOR SALE A good horse and other ads appear with estray notice from Pat, Mississippi, and Gayden and Co offering shoes, clothing, and a Pablo's Creek plantation for sale. The items mention Electric Bitters for liver issues, Prickly Ash Bitters, and a range of goods from buggies to suits with dates around 1908.
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Estray
T. D. May
Pat
Onward Into the Eternal Unknown in Autumn’s Gloom
A reflective piece laments the passage of summer and the inexorable onward journey toward the Unknown. It muses on time, memory, and the inability to pause or return to past joys as autumn shines briefly, then darkens.
Last Time We Pass This Way Meridian Star Urges Kindness
The Meridian Star reflects on present duties and time, urging readers to act now. It urges cheering the heavy hearted, spreading sunshine through kindness, and lifting burdens while opportunities remain. The call emphasizes urgency as life’s chances are brief.
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Meridian
Wake Ark minister claims cure from yellow jaundice
Rev. Jno. S. Cox of Wake Arkansas writes after twelve years with yellow jaundice he consulted many physicians and tried various medicines without relief. He began using Electric Bitters and feels he has been cured of the disease that had him in a state of distress.
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Jno. S. Cox
Wake, Ark
Hat fashions from New York and New Orleans milliners
A large assortment of ladies and misses latest style hats selected in New York and New Orleans by competent milliners. No two hats alike with exclusive patterns. Rankin county ladies invited to inspect these goods, distinct from usual country dry goods stock. My silk waists are the latest.
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New York
New Orleans
Rankin County
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Atte
Dr. Agnew
Harry Watson
Optician
Bessie Bond
Vicksburg
W.I. Rehse
J. O. Tawick
Lynwood
Aura Farnell
John Parnell
Willie Watson
Clifford ,Ark
A. J. Price
Louisville
R. E. North
Clifford, Ark
W. T. Rehse
Jack Maxey
Vernon Loveless
Spinola
Lizzie Sutton
Braxton
A. J. Thomas
Thomasville
J. M. Bullock -Duesday
G. B. Clark
King
Arnie Wall
Bride
Morristown
Tenn
S. B
A. B. Stubblefield
Dick McRae, Jr
Webbie Runnels Whitesides
Timpson
Texas
Webbie Webb
Timpson High School
Tom Wilson
D. G. Patton
Jackson
Brandon
Butte
Will McCutchen
Liberty Bells Tobacco
Robert Maxey, Jr
Ely and Walker Dry Goods Company
St. Louis
Robert
Alabama
Senator Price
Mr. Price
Brandon Millinery Paler
P. P. Walker
Shiloh Camp Meeting Association
Sa Sige Wan
Simms
Total
Saale
Rev
W. Ward
J. M. Morse
W. J. Dawson
G. W. Harrian
Treasury
D. A. Kersh
A Thornton
A. L. D. Rhodes
Pelahatchie
A. C. Norman
Cato
J. T. B. Berry
Gayden and Co
A. G. Thornton
Pablo’s Creek
Gulf and Ship Island
G. A. Cox
Brandon, Miss
Gayden and’ Co’s
the Rookery
Miss
Jonn W. Patton
Patton & White
Knabe
Schubert
Cable
Wellington
Conover
Kimball
Kingsburg
Hinze
Whitney
Jackson, Miss
Chicago Cottage
Imball
Ann Arbor
Vocalin
Mee
Columbus Buggy Company
Columbus
Ohio
Phaetons
Surties Brown Bros
Chattanooga
W. G. Barnes
E. L. Washburn
Brandon Millinery Parlor
Brandon Bank
Mosler’s
Guaranty Company
H.a.busick’s
Getty’s
Swift
Postell
H. Wetter & Co
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