Local and Personal News From Brandon Area
Mrs G W Pollock visits her mother Mrs E J Robinson. Hear highway speakers next Tuesday at 1 30 in Brandon with Prof James Buchanan and Will J M McBeath speaking. Roy L Fox left for Louisville Miss to visit relatives. Mrs Henry Purvis seriously ill. Miss Margie and Trix Maxey to Rosedale to teach next session. A new baby born to Mr and Mrs Thomas A Cox. Masters Pat and Wood Henry join grandparents in Monticello Ark then return home. J R Corley buys land near Brandon hoping for gushers. Judge William Watson buys Jackson cottage opposite Baptist church. L O Gayden moves to daughter Mrs G O Robinson’s home. Chancery court meets next Monday. Reminder to publish proofs of publication. Rev Wayne and Mrs Sutton improving. Mrs W D Ragland attends funeral of Mrs Bingham nee Miss Eugene Lowther in Carrollton.ԥа
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G. W. Pollock
E. J. Robinson
Brandon
Good Roads
Roy L. Fox
Louisville
Miss
Henry Purvis
James Buchanan
Hattiesburg
William
J. M. McBeath
Mississippi State Highway Commission
Margie
Trix Maxey
Rosedale
Thomas A. Cox
Pat
Wood Henry
Wayne Sutton
Florence
Carrollton
Jackson
Road meeting to discuss good roads in Brandon
Hon J M McBeath chairman Mississippi State Highway Commission and Hon H S Howard of the Mississippi Travelers Good Roads Committee will attend a 1 30 p m meeting in Brandon on Tuesday September 26 to discuss good roads with Meridian and other residents urged to attend.
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J. M. McBeath
Mississippi State Highway Commission
H. S. Howard
Good Roads Committee
Mississippi Travelers
Meridian
Brandon
McBeath
Marriage Licenses Listed in Rankin County Record
A list of marriage licenses is provided including L. D. McBride and Cassie Bowman, W. J. W. Thorn and Emma McGowen, Jim D. Davis and Mary Ella Long, Louis Minor and Mattie Jones, Vernon Ross and Ada Keyes, William Bennett and Fay Dora Wesley, Davis Rawls and Ruthie Harrison, Charlie Hill and Essie Lou Givens. Also notes Cotton seed buyers and a meeting of the Rankin County Teachers Association held in Brandon on Sept. 16 1916 with officers elected and plans to meet Oct. 14 at Mrs Webb. Card of Thanks from Ww Watson and family. Also advertisements for celery and fresh goods at R. E. Gayden's with assorted items.
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L. D. McBride
Cassie Bowman
W. J. W. Thorn
Emma McGowen
Jim D. Davis
Mary Ella Long
Louis Minor
Mattie Jones
Vernon Ross
Ada Keyes
William Bennett
Fay Dora Wesley
Davis Rawls
Ruthie Harrison
Charlie Hill
Essie Lou Givens
Teachers’ Association
Rankin County Teachers’ Association
Brandon
Miss
Monroe Ball
Florence
Roy Noble
Nell Roberts
Webb
R. E. Gayden
Divorces and judgments amuse in a small town column
A Philadelphia man seeks divorce on cruelty with a six foot frame, while the judge allegedly laughs. A New York judge fines a man ten dollars for kicking his mother, halving the charge when he learns it was his stepmother. The piece ventures into politics, education, and the value of joyful youth, urging town prosperity, sober behavior, and better language in daily life.
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Philadelphia
New York
Gossip and gossip in newspapers and public taste
A reflection on local journalism condemns street gossip and society whispers as harmful. The speaker urges readers to credit editors for restraint and highlights how a paper full of slander would be unfit to read.
Chamberlain's Cholera Colic and Diarrhea Remedy Ad
This medical advertisement urges families to keep Chamberlain's Cholera Colic and Diarrhea Remedy for sudden colic and diarrhea. It claims quick relief, notes the need for prompt treatment before a physician arrives, and states the product is obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Taking Out the Tonsils and Infantile Paralysis Link
Dr Max Talmey of the Harlem Eye Ear and Throat Infirmary questions routine tonsil removal in children. He writes that operation shock may damage nerves and predispose to infantile paralysis. He warns removal could also eliminate a protective substance tied to the tonsils or blood of other organs.
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Max Talmey
Harlem Eye, Ear and Throat Infirmary
New York Medical Journal
The Greatest Danger to Young Men in Business
A piece cites Andrew Carnegie from The Empire of Business on liquor as the gravest danger to ambitious youths. It argues the habit of drinking liquor ruins careers more than any other temptation, noting recovery is often possible but liquor addiction is nearly irreversible. The excerpt ends with a humor line about family prayers.
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Carnegie
Happy Homes and The Hidden Costs Of Service
A reflective critique argues that a home where women are treated as servants offering only food clothing and care breeds unhappiness for wife and mother. The piece warns that pampering sons teaches them to expect women to serve, leading to exhausted or bitter wives and problematic marriages.
Perfect Heaven on Earth in the Happy Home
The piece extols marriage as mutual forbearance trust and love. It praises both spouses bearing and caring, noting happiness comes from inner and outer sunshine. It emphasizes loving deeds cheerful words and thoughtful conduct as keys to a bright home life.
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