Democratic Nominee for Congress and Notable Posts
The Brandon News reports on HON. JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS as the Democratic candidate for Congress and mentions various political notes. It notes Jefferson Davis's birthday as the planned date to lay the cornerstone of a new capital, and includes items about a Jasper county farmer John Phillips who saved his son from a rattlesnake bite but may die, with the bite linked to a decayed tooth. The piece also covers patent activity, coal strike poverty, and humanitarian work by Dr Adolph Lowery assisting children including Armour's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Phillips
Jasper County
Phillips
Adolph Lowery
Vienna
Chicago
Armour
Salt Lake City
Confederate Veterans Camp Elects Officers In 805
The Anslem J McLaurin Camp No 805 United Sons of Confederate Veterans elected T Raleigh Raines as commandant J G Hillman first lieutenant commandant R P Whiteley second lieutenant commandant Percy 8 Hdmounds adjutant J G Greene quarter master and B H Horne color sergeant A smoker will be held at Bartons on Saturday November 8 Washington Post reports a humorous anecdote about a bathrobe scene and a bootstrapped home remedy for splinter removal via steam plus a Mount Morris Index note about Cave Book’s cow accident and dairy outcomes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. McLaurin
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
T. Raleigh Raines
J. G. Hillman
R. P. Whiteley
Percy
Watergrass and Rankin County Extend Free School
Letter from IVANHOE defends extending the free school term in Rankin County. It argues better teachers and longer terms are needed to lift education, cites Mississippi progress, and critiques opposition linked to race. The writer endorses petitions for longer schooling and condemns neglect of public education, urging six to eight or ten months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watergrass
Rankin Free State
Leake
Rankin
Whitfield
John
Steen
Mr. Watergrass
Mary Jane
Darkey
Mississippi
Commonwealth
Cassius
Caesar
United States
Union
Rankin County
Board of Supervisors
Jim
Thomas Henry Jones
Nerge
Jim Thomas Henry Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Brandon News
Congress
John Sharp Williams
Jefferson Davis
Washington
Pennsylvania
Chicago Chronicle
Shenandoah
A. J. McLaurin
New York Evening Post
Republican Party
Confederate Veterans’ Sons
ELECT
Maud
Reuben
Dave
John Watergrass
coAsy
Texas
Illinois
Monarch
Kentucky
J. A. Taylor & Son
Wilson
J. A. Spann & Co
Pelahatchie, Miss
Brandon Bank
Mosler’s
Guaranty Company
Herbert
Chris Herbert
Ats
Pearl ST
Jackson
Mis
Hillman College
Clinton
Christian School
John L. Johnson
Chas.a. Barber
O.W. Owen & Son
Brandon
Miss
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