Just Around the Gown 9 A Brandon Social Roundup
Cole Burns visits homefolks while R K Jayne of Jackson arrives from Brandon. Mrs G W White from Clinton spends day in Brandon with kin. Guests include Mrs J C White and Miss Margaret Foulks at Meridian faculty, and Dr P W Tompkins moving to Brandon for tick eradication work. State Fair in Jackson looms with auto pageant. County cotton ginned in Rankin counts 666 bales versus 291 last year. Multiple local marriages licenses and real estate transfers listed alongside community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole Burns
R. K. Jayne
Jackson
Brandon
G. W. White
Clinton
W. H. Barnes
Barnes
W. G. Barnes
Florence
8S. M. Hunter
T. T. Cottrell
J. C. White
Margaret Foulks
Meridian City Schools
J. M. Dees
Joe, Jr
Richton
R. E. Gayden
Sadie McLaurin
Anna May
R. P. Fikes
Annie Robinson
Bolton
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Jack Henry
Clarksburg
Ruby Palmer
Ruth Cottrell
William McIntyre
Victor Martin
Cottrell
Hunter
Martin
Sallie Fauquier Walters
New Orleans
Julia Walker
Walker
Baugh
P. W. Tompkins
Vicksburg
Susie Buchanan
College Street
Pelahatchie
Rankin County
William E. Thornton
West
Billie Darnall
Robert Burns
H. L. Shields
W. E. McIntyré
Roy Fox
Will White
Bob Busick
Bill Tayoeee
C. I. Laseter
Century Theater
Knight announces purchase of Patrick firm at old stand
James T. Knight Jr announces he has bought J G and W H Patrick and will operate at their former location. He thanks customers and promises top prices for produce and a general merchandise line at rock bottom prices. He invites cash customers and notes a separate ad seeking flashlights for repair to drop at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. & W. H. Patrick
James T. Knight, JR
Canning and Poultry Club Members Planned State Fair Exhibit
Miss Powell and Home Demonstration agents seek the best club exhibit at the State Fair. A demonstration school for club members runs Wednesday to Friday with daily instruction by specialists. Club girls may attend, pay 25 cents per day for fair grounds access, board up to $1 per day, and chaperones provided. Bradford Knapp will speak at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Depot
Travelers Aid Desk
Anq
Miss Powell
Pete Ke
Wieck
Bradford Knapp
Mr. Knapp
Interesting Florence letter from a Manila teacher visit
Florence Miss October 19 1915 a Ran kin boy Ernest Steen writes from Malalas Balacan Philippines to his father and aunt detailing two years in civil service as a teacher in a town of about 32000 Americans living together with social life including dinners and a cook and houseboy he notes high expenses and good water. Ernest urges his brothers to raise hogs and plant pear trees as a profitable farm idea and compares tropical fruit prospects to Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence, Miss
Rankin
Philipine Islands
R. Ernest Steen
W. D. Steen
Florence
Ernest
Delta
Philippine Islands
Ernest Steen
California
United States
Malalas
Balacan
R. E. Steen
Postoffice
Manilla
Bureau of Posts
Steen
Colorado
Mississippi
Florence craftsman builds rural mail wagon and roofs stores
Dan Allen, skilled iron and wood worker in Florence, is crafting a fine rural mail wagon for Walter Parkison on route 1, following a previous wagon for Dave Sistrunk on route 2. Local merchants add metal roofs over concrete walks to shed rain, as months of dryness continue and streets stay dusty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Allen
Florence
Walter Parkison
Mr. Allen
Dave Sistrunk
Mr. Sistrunk
W. I. Butler
A. H. Martin
A. H. Martin’s Dry Goods
Singletary & Hale’s
General Merchandise
Dr Butler Coming to Pelahatchie and Brandon
Dr Y D Butler, optical specialist, will visit Nelson Hotel in Pelahatchie on Friday October 29 and Darnall Hotel in Brandon on October 30. Highly regarded optometrist, he comes here regularly and meets the public with universal satisfaction. One day only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. D. Butler Butler
Nelson Hotel
Pelahatchie
Darnall Hotel
Brandon
For Sale Jersey Male One Year Old
One full Jersey male aged one year for sale at right price. Sold by L. O. Gayden in Brandon Mississippi. Also advertised, Barnes' store offers three large fat mackerel for 25 cents after opening a keg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
L. O. Gayden
Brandon
Miss
Barnes’ Store
15 Days Money Saving Sale Announcement
Public notice states a 15 day sale from November L to 6 offering reduced prices on flour sugar coffee rice shells meat hulls salt and dry goods. It urges customers to delay full payment until papers are shown and promises a big advertisement in the paper with price comparisons.
Fresh bread Monday and Tuesday ad by W G Barnes
Wide choice home near Brandon court house 11 acres good land and solid well water includes 6 room house barn and outhouses bargain price not on 16th section contact News office for details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Court House
Pisgah News Brief and Local Sports Roundup
Farmers busy gathering crops. Ludlow team beat Pisgah 14 to 12 on Saturday. Local visits include Mrs Will Lewis and family with Rufus Lewis, Miss Pearl Fortenberry improving after Jackson treatment, and George Bates returning to Pisgah. Willie Denson returns from Texas. Ira Worley to Marks, Miss. Preaching moved to 11 a m next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow
Pisgah
Will Lewis
Rufus Lewis
Laura Moore
Leesburg
John Lawrence
J. B. Worley
John Fortenberry
Miss Pearl
Jackson
Kate Worley
Clara Millegan
Red Oak
Robinson Worley
Hugh D. Baker
George Bates
Willie Brown Denson
Texas
Miss
Ira Worley
Marks
John Worley
Sadie McGahan
Marks, Miss
Jim Lewis
Kirby Smith
Alex Kersh
Hurd Boyd
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M. C. Ferguson
Maude Harvey
W. S. Harvey
Mathison
Odom
Miller
Barlow
Star
Clarion Ledger
C. J. Gordon
Berta Sigrest
Robi
Huff
Claudie Gray
Mack Wade
Cora Warner
Allen Williams
Mamie, Alonzo
Artis Sullivan
Sarah da
Chancery
Robt. Burns
Rankin County Bank
Public Road
Swt
S. 170
T. L. Gay
C. S. Driver
Sn S
Wi S
Richland Creek
R.deastn
W. D. Pace
J. M. Porch
Ss. L
M. A. Huff
Grover Mitcham
C. A
Lula E. Weathersby
L. B. McKay
D. M. Robbins
I. L.robbins
A. D
Etta McKay
Hattie Madison
W. T. Holliday
Mollie Holliday
R. R. Right of
Canning and Poultry Club
Taylor Bros
DR. Butler
Chattanooga
Owensboro
Charter Oak
Henry L. Shields
Brandon Machinery & Lumber Company
Guaranty
Phate
E. N. Ross, Pelahatchie, Miss
W. V. Loveless
Pacific
GOAST
VIA
Oklahoma
MO. W. Wood
DPA
Meridian
A. J. McLaurin
Brandon, Miss
C. C. Shotts
T.sd. Shotts
DRS
Shotts & Shotts
Physicians and Surgeons
Pelahatchie, Miss
Wm. McIntyre
Jeveler
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