Mt Zion School forms building committee and expands
Mt Zion neighbors form a high school with Miss Gussie Paxton and Lottie Mason teaching. Enrollment up to 61 with about seven hundred dollars spent on building desks. Library planned with Webster’s Dictionary and encyclopedias. Charter to be signed today. Miss Allred to lead a large music class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egbert Sessions
Mt. Zion
Mesars
Gene
Morris Montgomery
Damascus
Jim Rentliff
Pastor Golden
Matthew's Chapel
Golden
Jno
Montgomery
Lour Neighbor
Gussie Paxton
Lottie Mason
Allred
Port Arthur Woes and Local Talks From Norfield
Fragmentary notes cover Port Arthur turbulence, local thrift, a Wellman cancer case, a planned hog kill, the death of Mrs. Chaney, a collection for the Baptist Orphanage in Jackson, and preaching plans at Mt. Moriah and Pleasant Hill. Also mentions rail ties of pine, cotton picking, World’s Fair return, and a Damascus Lincoln County Association gathering with lighthearted delegate barter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Burna
Port Arthur
Thomas Gwin
Norfield
Tom Bas Tel
Andy Richie
Wellman
John
Chaney
Chitto High School
Cole
Lincoln County Association
Baptist
Jackson
Mt. Moriah
Bro
Johnson
Pleasant Hill
Mel
John D. Bailey
Tod li
Bare
J. N. Yawn
Martin Rodwell
W. L. Roberts
Damascus
A. M. Summers
Bank of Monticello to Open in Capt. Beal’s Store
The Bank of Monticello will open Monday in Capt Beals store with temporary quarters. Cashier B E Fairman went to Brookleaves pony to arrange safe transport. The new bank, nearly burglar proof, cost $1100 and will have burglar insurance for double protection. Also included is a memorial noting the passing of Earl Capena and expressions of sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Monticello
Capt. Beal
Fairman
Brookleaves Pony
Nafe Igua
Mississippi State News and Rural Updates
Prof Booth Lowrey tours East Mississippi while Columbus Fair races draw 150 plus entries. World's Fair exhibits touted. Mississippi Penitentiary Board to elect officers November 1. Conservatory of Music Arts Elocation opened at Jackson on the 17th. Rev Merritt aids meeting with Rev Yarborough at Jackson First Baptist. Railroad grading nears completion with train target moved to November 15. Two more grading crews finish. Monticello grade within two miles, slight delays from a massive Town Branch fill by Bake Smith. Incident reports: a conjure doctor in Jackson jailed after subduing a colored brother. Oxford fire damages Dillard plantation buildings. bloodhounds trace incendiary to Foster, a tenant, in custody with others. Local bank and cotton loan ads noted amid farm prices optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control
Mississippi Penitentiary
Mississippi Conservatory of Music
Jackson
R. W. Merritt
New Orleans
W. F. Yarborough
First Baptist Church
Hemingway
Monticello
Bake Smith
Town Branch
Jack+son
Oxford
L. S. Dillard
Dillard
Foster
Dillards
Fas
Feyet
Local Weddings Highlight Community Ties and News
Miss Addye Smith and Mr. John Dorsett wed at the bride’s mother home near Montgomery, with family and local friends in attendance. The ceremony, officiated by Rev. RB Purser, followed by refreshments, marks a union of a Brookhaven celebrity daughter and a Wiggins businessman in a formal autumn setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addye Smith
John Dorsett
Montgomery
Brookhaven
Isaac Smith
Dorsett
Wiggins
Scott County
Green
Drs. and Dorsett
RB. Purser
A. Staffler's Jewelry Store Bulletin
A fragmented bulletin from A Staffler's Jewelry Store advertising perfume department and pricing. Mentions fancy prices for cheap items and store rental notices. Unclear text references look at our prices and possible storefront auctions or rentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin OF A Fee Perfume Department
Erie
Hardware Store Ad With Decorator Seeks Orders
Fragmentary ad shows a Mrs. WM. E. Henderson china decorator soliciting orders. Mentions Moodie Hardware Store and J. O. Gage associate, with price range from $2 to $20 and disrupted stray letters from a midwestern newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China Decorator
Wellman
Moodie Hardware Store
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W. L. Douglass
Massachusetts
Ster Shuckers
Sat Mobile
Baltimore
Louis Cohn & Bros
Cheviots
Zibelines
Delaine
A. C. Seavey and Sons
Lawrence County Press
Earl Capena
Edna Shaw
Maude Moneh
V. Er
State Newsite
Booth Lowrey
Mississippi
Columbus Fair
Ee i
Poe
West Point
Brinson
Preston, Stauffer & Co
Bri
Vicin
G Ty Grand Ee Vie
U.S. Great
Lieut
U. 5. My
United States Navy
SR da Baveeta
McGrath
Ose
Santa Claus
Sestinet
Cravenette
Paris
Reese
Panama
W. B
China
Choice Line
Colgate
John McGrath & Sons
Brookhaven, Miss
A. Staffler’s Jewelry Store
WM. E. Henderson
Magee Bros.’ Barber Ship
J. O. Gage
WMS Wags
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