Brandon Post Office Entry as Second Class Mail Matter
A notice records that material was entered at Brandon post office as second class mail matter under postal regulations.
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
5
A notice records that material was entered at Brandon post office as second class mail matter under postal regulations.
Walter Weathersby of Memphis visits Brandon while Mrs. Johnson of Durant visits relatives. Sunday preaching at Presbyterian church invites all. Several locals arrive, leave or travel, including Miss Edith Lance and Miss Mamie Butler. Mrs. A. E. Langford dies after 61 years in Brandon. five children survive.
An advertising testimonial extols Dr Miles Heart Cure as a cure for heart disease in the elderly. It claims the remedy strengthens circulation and heart action, sharing a Civil War era patient’s recovery after using multiple bottles plus Nervine and Tonic. Includes address for Dr Miles Medical Co. and note that doctors sell the first bottle.
The 78th year obituary notes funeral services conducted by Rev. Mr. Selby at the Methodist church Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The remains were interred in Brandon cemetery.
The item lists a full meal plan breakfast dinner and supper with various dishes and beverages. It notes Busick House at Brandon Mississippi run by H A Busick and mentions fish and oysters Saturdays. It also covers a quiet October 22 wedding at the Maxey home in Brandon, between T A McCaskill of Mt Olive and Miss Bessie Henry Maxey, performed by Rev Melvin.
Community notes honor Mr and Mrs McCaskill as they depart Macon Mississippi for their new home in Olive. Friends send costly gifts in esteem. A loss of two young steers on Brandon and Jackson road is reported with a reward offered for return. A lengthy letter discusses school curriculum and teacher pay, urging higher funding and better qualified teachers. Pisgah, Oct 18, 1902. Prickly Ash Bitters advertised for bilious orcostive stomach issues.
For sale a two story Brandon residence formerly owned by the late A G Cassell. Offered cheap with easy terms. Location described as east but details incomplete.
Side of College street Brandon Miss near school churches and business. Wm Buchanan Brandon Miss or L H Chapman Exp r Vicksburg Miss Sept 18 1902. Wanted good farm hand white or colored for wages. Call or address J L Bass or J T B Berry Brandon Miss. Prickly Ash Bitters promises vigor and healthy bowels. For sale by A G Thornton. Harlan of Eaton Oh praises Electric Bitters for stomach liver and kidney relief. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve praised for decades of relief. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures cuts burns wounds and skin disease. 25 cents at local druggists.
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