Political notices and local curiosities in Mississippi column
A Mississippi county paper prints a rotating mix of political announcements, sentiments, anecdotes, and local notes. It mentions Guy W. Mitchell seeking Congress in the Democratic primary, Gen. Robert E Lee’s anniversary, Huerta’s death, social stereotypes, and a call for more local correspondence from towns like Tishomingo and Belmont, urging weekly county news. It also reports a field meeting at Mississippi A and M College Starkville and a seed shipment profit story from Provine.
Disastrous Holly Springs Fire Destroys Granada Plant
The Granada compress and adjacent machinery were destroyed by a Friday dawn blaze in Holly Springs. About 2,000 bales of cotton stored for individuals were uninsured while remaining property was insured. Estimated loss reaches $350,000. The fire marks a devastating event not seen since 1863 in the city.
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Holly Springs
Granada
Vandorn
Burnsville News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings
In Burnsville, news is sparse with health described as generally good. Visitors include Charlie Holder of Ton Creek, Ala, and Mr Ed Fay of Memphis. John Floyd and wife plan housekeeping as furniture arrives. Charlie Epperson and Lady Faust return to Belmont. RL Smith flies to Corinth. A pound supper at J W White’s Saturday night Jan 15 features cakes and fruits. Mollie Wil son absent to tend sister in Glens Miss.
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Charlie Holder
Ton Creek
Ala
John Floyd
Charlie Epperson
Lady Faust
Belmont
RL Smith
Corinth
J W White
Mollie
AN Wilson
Glens
Miss
Ed Fay
Memphis
Scholarships For Sale At Four Business Colleges
The notice offers scholarships for sale at Macon Andrews and Memphis Business College and Wheeler Business College in Birmingham Alabama. It promotes business training and notes a demand for stenographers and bookkeepers as a path to higher earnings.
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Business College
Macon & Andrews
Memphis Business College
Wheeler Business College
Birmingham
Ala
Meeting Called for Inka Camp No 16134 MW A
The Inka Camp No 16134 MW A calls a meeting for Monday night January 24 1916 to admit new members and install officers. J R Jernigan Assistant District Deputy.
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Inka Camp
J R Jernigan
Trustee's Sale of 160 Acres in Tishomingo County
By virtue of a trust deed dated November 14, 1913, WA Holder and wife defaulted on indebtedness. Trustee Hardwick will sell February 19, 1916 at Burnsville Court House, public outcry for cash, 120 acres east side of southwest quarter Section 21 Township 3 Range 9 and 10 acres in the south quarter, all in Tishomingo County Mississippi. Sale conducted as trustee. January 18, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo County
Mississippi
Burnsville
G. W. Osborn
L E Higginbottom
Isell
Hardwick
If you owe me anything you must come up at once
A public notice warns debtors to settle accounts immediately and threatens police collection if ignored. The item cites saloonkeepers in newly dry states closing up liquor trades and notes a Spokane business converting a former saloon into a savings bank, promising more workers as bankers than as saloonkeepers.
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Spokane
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