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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
8
Miss Mamie Baker visits relatives in Dobson while the school opens with good attendance. Local gossip covers travel to Jackson and Bolton, church attendance, rains and crop damage, weddings, new arrivals, and plans to open a turnip seed garden. Community life includes sickness, business trips, the flood's toll, and upcoming wedding bells as Virgil residents prepare for sheriff contest and a music house plans emerge.
Ernest Mose Fannin arrives back from Jackson Tuesday afternoon as rain continues. Miss Pattie Lewis and Miss Ida Lee resume duties at Johnson Taylor store after a rest period. Brother Lewis arrives home unwell, sickness reported near Drake's chapel, Richard Eubanks' children ill, one child sent home to rest, Brother Webb aids a Clinton meeting but soon takes ill with a chill.
A vintage health ad compares children to plants, noting some grow weaker despite equal care. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a solution that “really feeds” and strengthens growth, claiming weakness is due to inadequate nourishment in the food.
Local notes report ongoing illness of Osmond Lewis near Clarksdale and others in Yazoo City and Fannin. Students urged to value education amid weather and rain. School attendance improving. community prayers organized for church repairs and ice cream fundraiser. Weather brings heavy rain washing some cotton. various residents attend events in Jackson and Clinton.
Clifton Bullock spends weekend with Mrs. Thomas at Plain. W D Thomas buys his father’s place and plans a new residence. Rev W A Terry and wife hold meetings at Greenfield then move to Jackson. Several residents travel, visit, or recover from illness. Floods and rain damage hurt cotton with river ferry landings affected. Jim Currie jailed for crime. hopes for stricter enforcement.
Joe Spann Jr moves into the Wilson residence. E E Ferguson goes to Jackson as cotton weigher. W J Bell of Clinton visits. John King now travels for Green and Brothers of Jackson. Heavy rain last week. Mrs J M Evans and daughter Cora visit Brandon. C P Gable of Louisiana visits his daughter Mrs John Warren Jr. Baptist meetings closed with two accessions. T E Wilson family to Brookhaven for future home. Miss Dela Baskin returns from Massengale to near Hickory. Methodist meeting begins September 7 with invitation. W Taylor and wife visited St Louis Chicago Niagara Falls. Misses Lottie Katie eee Gay Daisy Heslip and Miss Cora Evans attend church at New Prospect. Miss Alice Martin visits from Jackson. Baseball game Friday between Light and the place, score 27 to 5 Pelahatchie. Look out Light. J L Rogers spends Sunday and Monday in Goshen. Miss Beulah Shultz returns home.
Dr Kelly made a flying visit home. Mrs Ragland is real sick. J P Bullock and J I Covington spent Monday in Brandon. Mrs Annis Thomas visited relatives in Brandon last week. Open cotton damaged by recent rains. Heaviest rain of the season fell Thursday morning. Miss Cook from Hinds county visits cousins Misses Ola and Edna Cook. Mrs Belle Matthews and her children Clara and Willis visit Edwards. Mrs J P Bullock with Master ...
Dr. Gibson and two children are very sick. Prof. East, principal of Star school, attended Braxton opening on Tuesday September 2. Prof. Sproles traveled to Jackson Tuesday night to buy banks for the school. Four teachers, led by principal Prof. R. L. Sproles, report a bright prospect despite bad weather.
An old medical advert extols surgery as overused while promoting DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin issues. It claims quick, permanent cures for cuts burns bruises and wounds and warns against counterfeit products. Testimonial claims people from Paris Illinois and A G Thornton endorse the salve.
Notice to teachers lists examination dates for white students on September 19 20 and October 17 18 and for colored students on September 26 27 and October 24 25. Signed by Cook Superintendent.
An old advertisement extols Kodol cleanser as purifying and sweetening the stomach. It promises relief from indigestion and dyspepsia, calling it a reconstructive tonic that nourishes the body. A testimonial from Rev. J H Holladay of Holladay Mississippi claims dramatic health recovery.
Wm Hemphill, who was sentenced in the August term 1902 by the Rankin County Circuit Court, announces a pardon application to the Mississippi governor after thirty days from first publication. The notice is dated August 19, 1902.
Mixed notices include real estate sale bids by O A Crout of Pelahatchie Mississippi and a petition for pardon by Lige Hatcher from Rankin County Circuit Court sentenced in 1902. Also various ads warn about cold remedies and health products with local endorsements.
An aged ad copy extols DeWitt's Early Risers as a gentle liver cleanser that cures torpid liver and prevents fever. It claims the medicine purges poison and cleanses the system without harsh effects, promising pleasant, tonic benefits.
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