Local News Item Roundup From Brandon Area
Local notes report cotton prices at 9 1 2 cents, election dates, and upcoming meetings. Town visitors include J A Warren from Patrick and H D Dear from King. Teachers association meets November 6 in Brandon. Various residents travel, advertise, or attend events. pension money ready for distribution. Daughters of the Confederacy to meet next Monday. Crop damage from the first Sunday night event noted as minimal but present.
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Daughters of the Confederacy
Court House
Local notes and notices span court, travel, and ads
Cotton picking advances and seed cane damage reports across the county. Visitors from Minter City and Port Lavaca, Texas charmed Mrs. Walker this week. A third fall teacher license examination lists several applicants. Hattiesburg court sessions and Augusta term adjustments are noted. Claude Buchanan recovers from illness. Senator McLaurin announces plans for Washington. Reverend Johnston signals his departure after this year. Advertisements urge Heinz pickles, buggy sales, Starflour biscuits, and clothing from Gayden and Co. A local editorial compares newspaper and hotel operations, urging timely copy and readership. News items include violent incidents at Mize and Bunkerhill with unnamed casualties.
Texas and Pacific Rail changes night train timing at Shreveport
The Texas and Pacific Railway shifts the night train passing Shreveport on Sunday October 18 to connect with Queen and Crescent Route train No 7 arriving in Shreveport.
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The
Texas and Pacific Railway
Shreveport
Queen and Crescent
Shreve
Bargain Store Ad Highlights Low Prices on Household Goods
If You Want to save money trade with us. Our aim is to give customers the least possible values for their money. New farmival items include soapstone gridles, vegetable slicers, French fry slicers, steam cookers, enamel hearth paint, lamps, oil cans, padlocks, dog chains, meat carving boards, window cleaners, cake candles, pencil boxes, slates and ink priced at affordable rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nates
Sessa Eees
Rookery Jackson Miss pori at 10 50 p m
A Jackson Mississippi item notes the Rookery at 10 50 p m giving two daily connections to a point via the T and P Ry. It mentions local grocery advert for W G Barnes and reports on a Wyoming woman whose husband was tarred and feathered and found weeping on her doorstep. Prickly Ash Bitters advertised for kidney and liver health with A G Thornton as special agent.
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Wyoming
A.G. Thornton
A. G. Thornton
Telegraph Operators in Great Demand
Telegraph operators are in unprecedented demand with rising numbers expected to grow. Training can be completed in three to four months at minimal cost and requires only a limited education to become proficient.
MAKE THREE DISTRICTS OUT OF TWO FORMS
The ad text urges dividing districts into three districts from two and lists proposed pairings such as Rankin with Leake and Covington with Jasper. It notes one judge and one district attorney will be needed for the resulting districts and cites no further specifics on election dates or staffing.
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Rankin and Leake
Scott
Newton
Smith and Simpson
Covington and Jasper
Clark
Wayne
Jones
Perry
Marion
Pearl River
Greene
Jackson
Harrison
Hancock
William J. Barron
Chancery Court
Rankin County
State of
Mississippi
S. D. Barron
Pat Henry
Cause of Lockjaw and Prevention with Pain Balm
Lockjaw or tetanus is caused by a bacillus in street dirt that activates when embedded under the skin and air is excluded. Applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm promptly can destroy germs, prevent maturation, and hasten healing in about one third the usual time. For sale by A. G. Thornton.
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A. G. Thornton
Hats from New York and New Orleans for Rankin ladies
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. Ladies of Rankin county invited to inspect these goods, distinct from typical country dry goods stock. Also offering a latest line of silk waists.
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New York
New Orleans
Rankin County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brandon
Harry Watson
Jeweler & Grad
Optician
Board of Supervisors
J. A. Taylor and Son
J. A. Warren
Patrick
P. H. Weimer
H. D. Dear
King
Teachers’ Association
Wall Renno
Cleary
J. H. Glass
Jackson and
Rollin Fork
Mrs
A. P. Miller
Mrs. G. L. Miller
Brandon Lodge Knights of Pythias
J. A. Speer
Rankin
P. B. Berry
Florence, Spen
H. 8. Cole
W. G. Barnes
Senator McLaurin
Hattiesburg
Collier Maxey
Little Rock
Iron Mountain Railroad
Richard Townes
Delta
W. E. Cofer
Julia
Mattie
Capt. Franklin
Indianapolis
Tom Brinson
Johns
Delhi
Lynwood
Alice Lee Shelton
Louis McLaurin
Josephine Martin
Magee
Buchanan
Emma Kennon Townes
Anna
Minter City
Belle McFarland
Port Lavaco
Texas
Wm. Walker
D. G. Breland
Fannin
Florence Young
Lacy Robinson
Clarksburg
Inez Ainsworth
Star
Sara E. Knochs
Alma M. Gayden
Knochs
McLaruin
Augusta
Claude Buchanan
Pinola
James
McCarthy
Washington
Congress
Magee Herald
J. R. Johnston
Heinz’s
Barnes
Gayden and Co
Greene County Reporter
Sullivan
Bill McAlpin
Thornton
Mize
Sullivan’s Hollow
Laurel Branch
Lyttle
Nece Sullivan
Bunkerhill
Gayden and Co’s
Jowest
Owensboro
Gayden
the Rookery
Miss
State
Meridian Star
Coo
Ange McLaurin
Steinberger
Okolona Sun and Messenger
American Telegraph College
Randolph Building
Memphis
Tenn
S.le Quin
Cavendish
Dr. King
A. G. Thornton Brandon
A. L. D. Rhodes
Pelahatchie
A. C. Norman
Cato
Braxton
Gulf and Ship Island
G. A. Cox
Brandon, Miss
Moler Barber College
Otto Dodd
Ponder
Bucklen
C. R. Norman
Reynold
Caralar
H.a.busick’s
Getty’s
Swift
Postell
Chattanooga
H. Wetter & Co
A. Busick Shypsawyy
E. L. Washburn
Brandon Millinery Parlor
Brandon Bank
Mosler’s
Guaranty Company
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