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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1902
Page
5
The notice notes that materials are entered at Brandon post office as second class mail matter, indicating standard mailing status and processing category for the publication.
Local notes from Brandon Mississippi cover visits and illnesses, church services, school openings, and civic items. Mentions include W. E. Craig building an addition, Rev. Melvin preaching, Miss Irene McLaurin visiting Carrollton, Langford line telephones, and the Brandon graded school set to open September 15 with plans for a protracted Methodist meeting to follow.
A dental notice states Terry will be at Terry on the 17th 18th and 19th by P. P. Walker. The page promotes Prickly Ash Bitters and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with testimonials from Henry L. Shattuck of Shellsburg Iowa. It urges using the remedies for poor appetite bad breath coated tongue and general system cleansing.
An 1902 notice set lists sales by A and Thornton approved by the County Board of Pension Commissioners and names several individuals. It promotes Prickly Ash Bitters to regulate stomach liver and bowels, with testimonials of relief from W H Brown of Leesville Indiana and others, plus a concluding quip about people who know how things should be done yet cannot act.
Department of the Interior Land Office at Jackson announces a settler has filed for final proof to support his claim NE 14 Sec 29 Township 4N Range 5E Choctaw Meridian. Proof will be made before Chancery Clerk Rankin County Brandon on September 16, 1902. witnesses: C L Colquhoun James Flanagan of Lynwood J A Chapman Charlie Dickerson of Virgil.
Sealed bids will be received at the Chancery Clerk's office until 12 noon on the first Monday in October 1902 for constructing a 128 foot bridge over Dry Creek near Cato Mississippi. The board may reject any or all bids. G W White Clerk Brandon Sept 2 1902.
The board lists a 68 foot bridge across a creek near O. J. McIntyre's place as per specifications on file and reserves the right to reject any or all bids. G. W. White, Clerk. Brandon, Miss., September 2, 1902.
The Eastern Manufacturing Co of Chicago will give every baby under one year in the county a solid silver engraved spoon at no cost. No purchase needed. The local agent is A. L. Rogers in Florence, Miss, inviting families to bring their baby’s name and age to receive the gift.
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