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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
6
A compendium of midcentury ad copy promotes safe paint purchases with Dutch Boy White Lead guidance from National Lead Company offering a free teat kit and paint book. The list includes cosmetic brand lines, eye wash, a quip about hair and petticoats, Hicks Capuchine nervousness remedy, and a gag about carpet tack and limburger cheese found in the dark.
Ten years of backache relief story from Mrs. Thomas Dunn of Columbus Ohio praising Dean's Kidney Pills and noting their cure. Also Paris beggar tricks described as New Year season moral tales. various ruses exploited to elicit sympathy from passersby with governess and other female beggars shown in Pall Mall Gazette Paris correspondence.
A North Dakota woman once nicknamed the pale girl suffered headaches indigestion and low energy from coffee tied to cold weather. After switching to Postum her complexion cleared headaches subsided and she gained energy. She and her husband believe coffee harmed them and now their children thrive on Postum and Grape-Nuts. There is a cited tagline There’s a Reason from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan. Read The Road to Wellville in the packages.
The Pure Feedstuffs Bill faces possible court annulment amid Interstate whiskey traffic concerns. Local politics see E. J. Adam elected mayor of Pass Christian and M. M. Satterfield re-elected mayor of Port Gibson. Night riders threaten cottonginners near Shubuta while J B Buckwalter plans a 150000 foot pine sawmill near Newton. W F Parsons dies at 50 in Brookhaven. Jasper County opens a 196 enrollment Agricultural High School at Bay Springs. A Negro man Charles Hyatt is under arrest at Waynesboro for attempted assault on Mrs. Lampley. Henry Watterson and two others donate 100 each to a General Lee monument fund. State groups urge tick eradication. Ned Patton is lynched after murdering Mrs. McMillin near Oxford. Long Lumber moves to clear land for a 50000 foot per day mill at Moselle. Gov Noel backs changes to chartering social clubs to bar liquor sales, proclaims Prairie village in Monroe County with 127 residents. County finances show Forrest County holds 48347 dollars and 95 cents. nearly 40000 will fund a new jail as construction proceeds.
Hattiesburg's near beer saloon was moved to the county courthouse after a raid. nearly a carload of beverage was to be sent to Gordon Creek. despite claims of 1.55 percent alcohol the state law bans all malt drinks. the business was reportedly booming.
Paris reports the assizes court jury acquits Louis A. Gregori who fired at Maj. Dreyfus during the Emile Zola Pantheon ceremony. The Dreyfus affair, long divisive in France, appears buried beyond revival after twelve years of contention.
Rail projects bustle as Miustsaipp Central plans to resume construction from Hattiesburg toward Gulfport and Pascagoula with grading contracts expected within sixty days. New Orleans and Great Northern progress with grading though Jackson-end ties await start. trains to reach Jackson by Jan 1, 1909 is uncertain. Howard Hines Lumber prepares Columbia to Gulfport line. Little J division rebuilds Jackson to Harriston, laying ties and rails. Aberdeen & Tombigbee Valley plans unspecified. an announcement may come soon. Feedstuff bill facing legal challenge. Gulfport Grocery Company to file suit with George M. Foote of Gulfport involved. Dogs must be muzzled and taxed. Columbia imposes $2.50 tax and street muzzling. Mississippi State Fair seeks attendance with incentives for Smith, Jones, and Brown families from Oct 27 to Nov 6. Copiah Supervisors issue $20,000 county warrants due Jan 1, 1909 at 6 percent.
Adams county board of supervisors cannot lower the county tax below the existing 7 mills due to reduced road tax collections from new farming conditions and the absence of responsibility for negro road tax. Community leaders push for stricter liquor laws as congressmen and senators are urged to back a law enforcing prohibition state rules on shipments. Forrest county breaks ground on a 40000 jail with brickwork, with inmates housed at Covington county jail in Collins during construction.
Atlanta legislators face a possible adjournment without bills to reform convict leasing. Both houses opened in deadlock, with a compromise measure leaning toward maintaining the lease system for now.
The National Farmers Union meeting in Fort Worth Texas drew delegates from about thirty states with strong unity and emphasis on growth. Officers were largely reelected, Unionism spreads, and plans to hold future meetings possibly in Jackson Mississippi were discussed along with road building fairs and trucking initiatives in Mississippi farms.
Insurance Commissioner T. M. Henry reports state funds totaling 16,958.39 dollars for August, to be deposited in one of the state depositories. The amount exceeds the expected premium tax under the legislature’s per cent rate, swelling the formal figure at the August month-end.
Danyville Ill Speaker Joseph G Cannon opened his campaign for re election to congress in his hometown. Nearly two hours long, his Labor Day address focused on the labor question. He criticized Samuel Gompers who urged union workers to oppose him. Cannon said he would not back a boycott and opposed an anti injunc tion law that would treat others unfairly.
Rival presidential candidates Taft and Bryan will be guests of honor at the Chicago Association of Commerce annual banquet in the Auditorium on October 7. The announcement comes from Chicago chamber of commerce headquarters. Forest fires continue to spread in Minnesota. County supervisors in Noxubee County levy one mill tax to support the county Agricultural high school at Mashulaville, the first such school authorized in 1908 and now maintained.
In the Medical Press, Liverpool surgeon Robert Jones praises spinal cocainization for patients unable to use standard anaesthetics. He recounts a big man who, after limited chloroform, jumped off the table twice, leading Jones to inject cocaine into cerebro spinal fluid to finish a leg operation. The old poacher regaled the team with tales while the bone was chiselled.
The piece notes there is no living ex president in the United States, a situation reached only twice in history. It recalls Washington’s death in 1799 while Adams served, and Jackson’s death in 1875 when Grant had just left office. Also mentioned are efforts in London to promote British women emigrating to South Africa.
Fraxx J Curxex attests he is senior partner of F J and Co a Toledo firm and that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each cataract case cured by Haut a Gatazag Cure sworn December 6 896 by A W Garason notary public. Also mentions various patent medicine ads and a quip about chauffeurs and dolls.
A Minnesota mother recounts severe facial eczema in her two month old daughter that worsened to itching, sores, and fear of blindness. After using Cutiura Remedies from seven months old, the child recovered completely in two months, with her skin cleared and appearance restored.
A notorious mountain moonshiner known as Wild Bill was found guilty in a Georgia Federal court. After a stern lecture on his criminal record the judge showed no anger and sentenced him to six years in Atlanta Federal Prison. Outside the courtroom he remarked that he was glad the judge wasn’t mad at him.
Brooklyn Life notes a rivalry between Mrs. Lovenews and Mrs. Scandalmonger over weekly circulation. It claims Mrs. Lovenews shows a 25 percent higher reach than Mrs. Scandalmonger, highlighting public interest in the contest.
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