30 Dec 1909
Page 8
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Newspaper
Laurel Ledger
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
8
Miss Lessie Rowan shares society notes as Yazoo City residents and visitors are listed. Guests include Miss May Lacey in Yazoo, Dr and Mrs P H Saunders with children en route to Oxford, Mr and Mrs J H Neville heading to Portsmouth, and many local hostesses hosting clubs and parties with detailed attendee names and locations.
Two spools of white silk thread priced five cents appear in notices from White Bankrupt Store. Rainey mentions Mr Rufus Tisdale improving after lockjaw and able to sit up and walk. Miss Bettie Ridgway from M W A and Dr J R Crosby of M H M C visit holidays with kin. Mrs Dixon of Purvis visits brother A J Thomson this week. Alma Sumrall visits homefolk then returns Christmas Day. Mrs A P Ridgway visits W M Ridgway. Mattie Tisdale visits Ellisville. Dr Tillis Gandy a Sunday visitor. Wishing a happy prosperous New Year.
White Bankrupt Store advertises ladies and children's hats at cut prices. Happy New Year to Mr. B F Windham known as the Cross Cut King visits Laurel. Mrs J W Ford of Sylvarena stays with her son R D Ford. J W Holder, once a Laurel citizen, now in Texas, visits his old home this week.
The community notes Christmas gatherings at the Touchatone home and visits by the McCan and Riley families. Neighbors announce moves to Kingston, Howard settlement, and property along Laurel and Cleo road. Principal changes at the school and local resignations, with residents Welcoming new households and extending New Year wishes.
State of Mississippi To Pauline Gwin commanded to appear before the Chancery Court of the second district of Jones County on the 3rd Monday of January 1910 to defend suit of Walter Gwin. Dec 23, 1909. J. H. Crawford Clerk. Hardy & Arnold solicitors.
Notice from Laurel Oil and Fertilizer Co announcing a bankruptcy sale on ladies and children's shoes at reduced prices. Also notes a cotton gin schedule for farmers starting Tuesday and Friday after January 3 and closing after February 1 for the season.
The Antioch community enjoyed Christmas with雨 rain and a tree lighting. Mrs. S. M. Allen and Mrs. W. A. Chatam visited relatives, while J. A. Williams hosted a young folks entertainment. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lewis from Collins spent the holidays nearby. George Lindsey and Pauline Lewis wed in a quiet Friday ceremony. One Hodges child was buried Monday, making a sorrowful Christmas for the family.
The Laurel Oil and Fertilizer Company made a major buy of 750 bales of cotton near Taylorsville for about 60 thousand dollars. A periodical query questions if society overemphasizes formal schooling as the path to success.
The ad asserts Foley's Kidney Remedy contains hexamethylenetetramine, labeled as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic for urine. It urges taking Foley's Kidney Remedy at first signs of irregularities to prevent a serious illness. Mississippi Drug Co.
Mr Elijah Holifield died Thursday afternoon in Hattiesburg after being taken Sunday to undergo an operation for appendicitis. A highly respected Mason, he was about 45 years old, born in Dr Laurel, and left a wife and four children to mourn his loss.
A fragmentary note reports a person described as very wealthy with a rocky reputation. The text suggests a strong, possibly controversial image around this individual and hints at public or social interest in their finances and character.
The article notes milk was prized as a bathing fluid in ancient times. It cites Nero’s household women washing with donkey milk and Empress Poppaea using it for beauty. It contrasts ancient usage with modern cost, saying women now use small portions in a basin for facial care.
In Natural Way dialogue George quarreling wife over home mending clothes, later mended. An Unitarian Leader reports astonishing athletic boasts about pulling 90 gallons from a well each morning and a boat from the river, illustrating humorous exaggeration.
A compact dialogue features a ready made philosopher and a precise person remarking on how small the world is. The thread shifts to finances and travel with a quip about railway and steamship fares. Mrs Sharp flirts and Mr Sharp replies with a witty line about marrying again for happiness.
Quote by T. P. O Connor reflecting on fate steering many gifted writers into journalism. He notes the paradox of literary genius bound to ephemeral daily work, here in London T. P. g Weekly.
The partnership between B. W. Sharborough and D. B. Cooley is dissolved. All unfinished business will be handled by B. W. Sharborough. Debts due the firm are payable to B. W. Sharborough. B. W. Sharborough D. B. Cooley.
186 acre farm for sale five miles west of Laurel Mississippi in good locality suitable for general farming truck farming or stock farming sixty acres open land. Apply to W. G. Smith Ellisville Route 1 12302tp.
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