Death of Mack Brent and closing of Convent noted at Brookhaven
The Brookhaven city page reports the death of Mack Brent, a respected former Confederate veteran and body servant to Col Brent, who died at home after war service and a long life in the community. It notes a planned Louisville reunion and Brent’s wish to be buried in his Confederate gray uniform, with funeral rites held locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Brent
Jack Brent
Col
Brent
Pike County
Vicksburg
Colent
Mack
Holmesville
Bereaved Community Extends Thanks Amid Loss
A local note of gratitude thanks friends and helpers after a sudden bereavement. Special mentions go to neighbors Homer and George for kind service, with Mr and Mrs W C Mason and family sending heartfelt thanks. Also mentions Hon S D McNair ill at home. doctors hopeful for next meeting. Rev A W Howe visited, sharing sermons at the Baptist church pulpit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
George
W. C. Mason
Jackson- News
S.D. McNair
Vailroad Conttrissign
Jefferson Street
Physiciaos Helieys
Uist
Weather and crop notes from the PPL Leader period
Weather in the week was fair with above normal temperatures. Light showers on the 7th helped, but much of the state suffers dry, hard soil hindering crops. Cotton shows slow growth though improving. corn is patchy and yellow in places. Peas, oats, sugar cane, melons prosper. fruit outlook poor. The article promotes Allison's Wells as a health resort and comments on textbook adoption in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pep Orance
Picayone
Jackson
Uniform Textbook Commission
Mississippi
American Book Company
Ginn & Co
Boston
Independent Publishers
Commission
Mississippi Commission
South
Mississippi Uniform Textbook Commission
Vardam
D. A. Hill
Beanville
L. H. Jobe
Dumas
EB. Saunders
Greenwood
O. AoShain
Winone
L. Q._ C. Williams
Beakesville
T. K. B Collins
Local notes mix tattered quips and scattered omens
A collage of short items touches on misnumbered figures, a buggy incident near Brookhaven, and a fatal fall from an elevator in New Orleans. It quotes religious editorials on Bible thefts, notes bleak crop prospects, and mentions planned picnics, temperance talks, and a brush arbor meeting. It records a drowning sense of loss over Mrs Adhrouia Dunn nee Mason and hints at a quiet community prayer for strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
Hibesiter
Billy Brent
R. L
New Orleans
Sam
Manila Bay
Clinton
Callie Stuart
Here
Nola
J. H. Hall
Dayton
Hall
Pleasant Hill
W. R. Johnson
Big Creek
Aut
Adhrouia Dunn
Mason
Fortarth
Texas
Union Hall
Local farewell luncheon honors Blanche Gruwohl bride to be
A small group hosted a luncheon in Milneburg on Friday to bid Blanche Gruwohl farewell before her upcoming wedding in Dell. Guests included Mrs. Dave Bellouss Mrs. Harry Hyman Mrs. Ben Rosenbaum and several others as they celebrated the bride to be and her imminent move to Dell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fespesaay Nown
Milneburg
Blauiche Gruwohl
Delli Lal
Uest
Dave
Bell
David ‘Koblinan
Dell
Lax
EU Pa Treet
Lena
Work Oxen Wanted How to Submerge Submerge
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a work oxen advertisement with unclear origin and several garbled phrases such as weights and places. The text mentions weighings of oxen up to 5 000 pounds and a schedule of farm work twice monthly. No clear names or locations are discernible.
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Price Drug CO
Convent de Notre Dame
Benneta Purser
The
Clinton Normal
L. H. Bagtt
Pacific Coast
W.C. Maxwell
W. E. Price
Oscar Newton
Henry Price
Wesson
B. T. Hobbs
Mary. Hobbs
Henry Ware
M. E. Menger
W. H
John Penn
B._R. Applewhite
Geo, Brewer
Dee Pennington
A. M. Summers
W. H. Henderson
Louisville
Delia Ellis
C. Maxwell
J. J
Ozark Mountains
Rev
J. A. Hobbs
Edgar Green
Cherokee Street
S. Kohlman
Eyan
David Kohlman
Blanche Gredjac
Tomoeton
Isaacee
Ste
D. Copmann
N. Evans
8. Ramsey
E. Crawford
N. Aylward
M. Evans
E. McGrath
M. Staffler
R. Dorsey
J. Becker
E- Bleecker
L. Larsen
W. Taro de Aylward
M. Dorsey
G. Griffing
In.s Shoe
Mi Cae
Becker
Sla Paras Oy
Hillmen College
W. Te Lowray
Bose Paneta
Poe
Aw VY. Howe
Baptiat Convention Board
PPL
Allison's Wells
Leader
Allison’s Wells
Festa
School Book Commission
Willie Nelson
Hotel Dien
Haziehorst
Wilkinson
Tha County
Whitfield
Brown
West
WW. T. Lowrey
Vanou City Institute
Jersey
Huyler
Vichy
C. E. Grafton - Drug CO
Commercial Bank
Brookhaven, Miss
WAY
sIther
Arta
Inte
Bieta
H. Baggett
Anid
Acers
Geo. Williamson
T. M. RY
Miss
Sigmed
J. W. Day
Louis Zwirn
Magee Bros
Wy W. Waldrop
S. SignTeoor
Jumerg
Goa
C. B. Perkins Hardware
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