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Library of Congress1921

Image 2 of The Brandon news (Brandon, Miss.), May 26, 1921

bjg I Peoples Bank Pelahatchie S L McLAURIN President N ROSS VicePresident 9 H H FOX Cashier I S P CAGLE 115 W Capitol Street PAINTS AND WALL PAPER PAINTING AND DECORATING CONTRACTOR I Phone 385 JACKSON MISS PLOWING TIME Everybody will raise a big crop of FOOD STUFF We have begun by putting in a good stock of PLOWS PLANTERS CULTIVATORS and all farm implements WE ARE READY TO SUFPLY YOUR NEEDS Give us a call PRICES RIGHT ACKSON HARDWARE CO 513515 E Pearl St JACKSON MISS WARDGAYDEN DRUG CO Cor Pearl and State Sts JACKSON MISS Carry at all times a Full and Complete Line of Drugs and Medicines and Druggists Sundries All High Class Toilet Preparations Mail orders from ou Rankin customers and friends will receive prompt and careful attention WRITE OR PHOISTE US YOUR WANTS LIBERTY CAFE Elks Club Building 119 South President St CHEAPEST PLACE IN JACKSO N TO EAT_Z EEST DINI ZR IN THE CITY 35c FISH AND OYSTERS EVERY DAY We want your business Give us a Trial Phone No 515 E B SMITH Manager WHE good people of HanKin County Alter ay s Welcomed P antaze Cafe Che Best of Everything Popular

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Library of Congress1921

Image 2 of The Brandon news (Brandon, Miss.), November 24, 1921

FOR the nexc 24 week days before Christmas beginning SATURDAY NOV 26 we are going to offer to our old and new customers Bar gains m Hardware that you cannot find elsewhere A fUN NIL UNOH JUlCt CftTRACTO rocfttf HCASUOIOO CU ooocmho com jj SfHAINiH SAL AND PtPPtK SHAftfftS ft 7 4niMMno lAPlf VGAR SHAftCR I HCASUliMO Cu STHAtMf 1 P0QOH0 HOUiO CUOT5 Your Choice of any piece in this lot for lc Each REGULAR lOc to 25c VALUES_ rV HAVE JUST re ceived 1107 pieces of QUALITY BRAND THE WORLD S BEST Alum inum Ware which we are going to sell at prices that every one who needs cooking utensils cannot afford to miss this opportunity V LOT ONEQUALITY BRAND Consists of articles that sell as high as 25c each regular these go for QUALITY BRAND _ LOT TWOQUALITY BRAND In this lot we have put in articles that have sold as high as 125 QUALITY BRAND AQC These go for FtwW QUALITY BRAND LOT THREEQUALITY BRAND We have the best selection you ever saw in this lot just look these over and see QG Avhat you can get for QUALITY BRAND Your Choice of any piece in this

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Library of Congress1948

Image 1 of The Durant news (Durant, Miss.), April 8, 1948

THE DURANT NEWS 90th YEAR NUMBER 30 DURANT MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY APRIL 87 1948 J 200 Per Year I THROUGH HAZEL By Hazel Brannon Your editor is very humbly proud this week of the fact that she re ceived first place for the best news story first place for the best news paper published by a woman and second place in feature writing in contest sponsored by the Mississip pi Federation of Press Women Top winners in this contest are entered in the national contest sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women Recognition of our effort in our chosen field means a great deal of couise but we do not Ynind saying the reward we like most is when folks say Miss Hazel you sure do put out a good paper Wed rather have our subscribers like us than win all the glory in the state or nation And thats the truth Army Day Tuesday April 6th is being celebrated in Holmes county tomorrow April 9th Durant citizens are given a spec ial invitation to attend Col Harwood C Bowman who served as a Brigadier General under Lt General Joe Stillwell in the ChinaBurmaIndia treatre will make the principal speech

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Library of Congress1915

Image 5 of Greene County herald (Leakesville, Miss.), December 10, 1915

Greene Count Herald n obltuurv to each deceased published free If It does not exceed 400 words Count the words and cut It down If excessive Card of Thanks not political will be Inser ted for 1 whereof average short form If long winded extra 5c per line for such overuge Let the thanking parties bear the expense of their lhankyou talks In print which Is but fair to the newspaperman Local Reading notices of a commercial or business nature will be run for lOo per line for the first Insertion onehalf prloe for subse quent insertions When such notices are of a religious or benevolent nature 5c per line No charge for church or charitable notices where there is no admission fee or benefitstring at tached I in DAY Dec 10 1916 localj Mrs Joe Tooley ot Minneapolis Minn is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs E W L Davis out in the forks of Big Creek She is accom panied by her little daughter E P Walley principal of Pleas ant Hill Consolidated school has pur j ised himself an auto of the Stu oaker type Its a twoseated one table of carrying live passengers D C Turner

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Library of Congress1918

Image 2 of Greene County herald (Leakesville, Miss.), October 4, 1918

Greene County Herald PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY AT LEAESVILLE MISSISSIPPI Entered In the phstoffice at Lcakcville Mississippi as secondclass mail mat ter Established Sept 1st 1898 JAKES FAULK Editor subscription RATI One year payabe in advance 8100 1 Five months50 Ten veeks 25 Advertising rates furnished on application Wbiskev and Tobacco ads Tabooed Mississippi Press Association MEMBER FRIDAY Vi 4 1918 WI mm III J EDITORIAL DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES Named in recent August Primary as Partys choice in General Election Nov 1918 For U S Senator B 1 HARRISON n_n ____ diu lv PAUL U JOHNSON For Circuit Judge Ifitb Dist R W HKIPKInERO For Chancery Judge2nd Uist VM DENNY Jit O The encouraging success wh eh is attending the arms of the alliesin which the American forces are play ing no inconspieious partis a source of great gratification to all true Amoricans and while there are some who are not true all over the country yet particularly in this sec tion of it are we persuaded that the vast majority are true There have been differences and sharp ones in our political scraps at home and charges and countercharges made for advantage to the particular side but most folks in these

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Library of Congress1963

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), July 18, 1963

j4omed County HERALD Published by the Holmes Cotinty Publishing Company at 200 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class mail under the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 Subscription lates for Holmes and adjoining counties 300 per year six months 200 elsewhere 400 per year PAUL TARDYEditor ALL1E S TARDY Associate Editor_ Retailers govern economy The whole welfare of a community is closely related to the prosperity of local retail outlets The conditions of churches schools government libraries and other cultu ral institutions are largely a reflection of the health of business community Thus it is one of the first functions of a local newspaper to assist m the development of a sound local econo my Newspaper advertising is a proven stimulant and long range supporter of local retail trade Few publishers however are so shortsighted that they would not re cognize the neqd for other forms of advertising in the local community The newspaper publisher wishes his advertising to be effective and he knows that newspaper advertising can be effectively supplemented by good window display posters at point of sale and personal salesmanship within the store Any supplemental advertising which helps

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Library of Congress1961

Image 18 of The Chronicle (Pascagoula, Miss.), December 22, 1961, (SECTION THREE)

Two Paspointers upped to eagle scout rank Lamey and Shaw get highest award at court of honor Scouts of the Singing River District held their final court of honor for 1981 last Thurs day at the International Bro therhood of Electrical Workers Hall on Market Street in Pas j cagoula Scouts of Troop 500 Gau tier sponsored by the IBEM were hosts John Fuller and Jake Hoed are troop leaders Highlight of the court of honor was the conferring of the Eagle Scout rank upon Donny Lamey of Troop 220 Moss Point and Ned Shaw of Troop 232 Pascagoula J W Steadman assistant district commissioner con ducted the ceremony which elevated the two Scouts to the hehest rank of scouting He challenged them to con tinue to live their Scout prom ise and laws and to help their fellow Scouts along the Fagle trail The John Lameys and the Osbon Shaws parents of the two Scouts were escorted by Eagle Scouts Phillip Scordino and Karl Wiesenburg to par ticipate in the presentation The two mothers pinned the Eagle badges on their sons and were presented bouquets of roses by Scouts of their sons troops The couri of honor partici pation

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Library of Congress1962

Image 6 of The Chronicle (Pascagoula, Miss.), December 7, 1962

We are for these things whatever helps most of us even at the expense of some of us cCUuaI WE SEE IT THIS WAY We are against these things whatever helps some of us at the expense of most of us A slim hope that a good reap portionment bill will come from a housesenate conference next week is held out by State Rep Karl Wiesenburg of Pascagoula A bill calling for establishment of a legislature of 100 representa tives and 51 senators was passed by the house Wednesday Con ferees from the house will negoti ate with this as a starting point It is possiblethough barelythat a true reapportionment might be worked out What will come forth however most probably will be just another rearrangement plan disguised as fair reapportionment The house bill passed Wednes day though is closer to a fair one than any other suggestion yet to come from the legislature Its 100 man house allows for one member from each of the states 82 coun ties with 18 other seats available for dividing among the most heav ily populated counties Fiftyone senators most probably is the opti mum number for the upper house Wiesenburg believes that

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Library of Congress1963

Image 3 of The Chronicle (Pascagoula, Miss.), December 2, 1963

Say Newspaper Must Be Lawyer For The People CHICAGO UPIStuart List publisher of the Chicagos American told high school newspaper editors and advisers Friday that a newspaper must be an attorney for the peo ple A newspaper should realize that to accept evil without pro test is in reality to cooperate with it he said in a speech for delivery to the annual conven tion of the National Scholastic Press Association It is not enough to love the flowers You must also hate the weeds List said basic good taste and high standards of performance are marks of how a newspaper meets its responsibilities A newspaper must know the people of its community and love them he said Always the newspaper must ask the question do we reflect what is good for the people of the com munity not what is good for ourselves List represented the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation in presenting this years journalism awards for general excellence to five high school newspapers TVia irinnofc nrnrA Pa1_ legian Baltimore City College Baltimore Md The Hoofbeat Murrah High School Jackson Miss The Rocket John Mar shal High School Rochester Minn The Profile Proviso West High School Hillside

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Library of Congress1918

Image 3 of The Starkville news (Starkville, Miss.), October 25, 1918

WILL YOU HELP OUR BOYS ABROAD Every Man Woman and Child Can Join to Send News of i This Town Into the Front Line Trenches WHOLE NATION MOVES k TO BANISH SOLITUDE Our Heroes Are Calling From Over ThereGive What You Can to Help Those From Home Every citizen Interested In the boys of his home town now at the front and In the brave women who equally are serving their country abroad has an opportunity to show his appreciation of the sacrlllce they are making The opportunity comes as a result of the generosity and thought of Colonel Wil liam Boyce Thompson of New York who has conceived and put Into execu tion what Is known as the Home Pa per Service Under the plan every man and wo man In foreign service will receive the town newspaper and so be kept In constant touch with the places and the people they know and love Every branch of the United States Government is Interested In the plan The Government realizes the Impor tance of keeping those In the service happy and constantly In touch with their home ties and associations Noth ing Is more depressing In a national emergency

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Library of Congress1886

Image 1 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), January 16, 1886, (English)

r aYIu ABBEVILLE LOUISIANA SATURDAY JANUABY 1o 1880 NO 80 H J EDWARDS X D TOUNG EDWARDS Physicians Surgeons BBEVILLB LA opposite ýadeleine Square 1 T C Youngs Drug Store at N C Youngs mug Store given prompt attention M SALOON 1M Proptietol ABBEVILLE LA lbrte resort of pleasfrs and will be found one of the most in the town to while hours in rocreation Good K ES LN4j D CIGARS oad and also a Pool and lil Kind and polite attention eivery one Oct 3n51y IBEAUXIS ABBEVILLE LA geonst4aatly on hand a fresh and spply of Family Groceries of all f ned and J erred Gends of a full and Couutly Produce of every and the very best brands of yeWiucs and Cigars Unaidies aikes tsh retails Liquor by the drink bargnis and fresh goods I claim srpjeed by any other merchant placeOct3d51y AL PRODUCE AND CoxwIssION MEPCHANT DRALutR IN AR MOL4SSES COTTON AND ALL KINDS OF RY AND WESTERN IROD U C E 61 Poydrats Street NEW ORLEANS L V Boi 3215 promptly attended to W W EDWARDS LAW Y E3R Ah ville La WIllatteed to all bnsines in the line of gouduulo in Vermiliou or the adjoin

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Library of Congress1891

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), July 25, 1891

She Wore the Ring A sharming girl had a fine pair sof solitaire diamond earrings and she lost one of them to her infinite sorrow She could not find it any where and after months of grief and spasmodic search lhe resigned Therself to doing without diamond earrings Having lost the mate of it she did not know what to do with a single stone but she was full of womanly invention She was en gaged to a struggling young mati without money except what he earned and unable to bestow dia amonds on his fiancee One day she was walking with her sweetIheart and and suddenly pausing she pointed to a point of light in the street and said What is that a diamond He stooped and picked it up with delight and surprise I suppose whoever lost such a tem will advertise it he said Well you keep it said she until it is ad vertised for and if it is not you can have it set in a ring for me She wears the ring now and he does not know yet why that diamond was not advertised for or that his sweet iheart dropped it in

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Library of Congress1895

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), March 9, 1895

FOR SALE One hundred and sixtyfive ar pents of land just below Perrys Bridge having a front of 5 arpents on the Vermilion river by a depth of 31 arpents This property is intersected by the public road leading directly to Perry and Abbeville has several beautiful building sites is finely wooded and will make a rich sugar farm It is partly improved having considerable fencing upon it a dwelling house and other buildings Terms Cash or time granted as pur chaser desires Ary further information may be had by applying to Homer DMcuir or EDWARDS GREENE attys Abbeville August 4 1894 NEW YORK For 1894 DAILY SUNDAY WEEKY 6pages 1 cts 20 pages 4 ets 8 or 10 page2 c Aggressive Republican Journal Of the Metropolis A NEWSPAPER FOR THE MASSES Founded December 1st 1887 Circulation over 100000 Copies DAILY THE PREss is the organ of no fac tion pulls no wires has no animosties to avenge The most remarkable Newspaper Success in New York The Press is a National Newspaper Cheap news vulgar sensation and trash find no place in the columns of HE PRESS TlHE PRYss has the brightest Editorial page in New York It Sparkles with

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Library of Congress1895

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), June 29, 1895

I The Old Friend And the best friend that nevex fails you is Simmons Liver Bevu lator the Bed Zthats what you hear at the mention of this excellent Liver medicine and people should not be persuaded that anything else will do 1 It is the King of Liver Medi cines is better than pills and takes the place of Quinine and CalomeL It acts directly on the Liver Kidneys and Bowels and gives new life to the whole sys tem This is the medicine you want Sold by all Druggists in Liquid or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea n EVEYT PkCKAGCK ga FOR SALE One hundred and sixtyfive ar pente of land dust below Perrys Bridge having a front of 5 arpents on the Vermilion river by a depth of 31 arpents This property is intersected by the public road leading directly to Perry and Abbeville has several beautiful building sites is finely wooded and will make a rich sugar farm It is partly improved having considerable fencing upon it a dwelling house and other buildings Terms Cash or time granted as pur chaser desires Any further information may be had by applying

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Library of Congress1895

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), September 28, 1895

The Phe ix Wheel nadue of structural steel is 125 feet in diain ere standlirg on Midway Heights seventy five feet above the lake The upper rim rising two hundred feet above the lower part of the grounds cuts a respectable firure against the horiron The wheel carries twelve cars with a capacity of twelve people each On Saturday the concessionaries invited the Ex position Lirectors to take a trial trip on the structure Dont Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away is the truthful startling title of a book about NoTo Bic the harmlecs gauranteed tobJbacco habit cure that braces up nicotinized nerves clim mnates the nicotine poison makes weuik men gain strength vigor and manhood You run no physical or financial risk as NoToBac is sold by druggists everywhere under guarantee to cure or money refunded Hook free Address Sterling Rem edy Co New York or Chicago As to tho TimnesDemocrat it is a great newspaper It has spent time large money and earnest efforts to make itself that But Burkeism does somehow attach to its skirts and instead of forming and moulding public sentiment and public opinion it seems oftener to have a weather eye to the

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Library of Congress1916

Image 6 of Bogalusa enterprise (Bogalusa, La.), July 20, 1916

HUSBAND RESCUED DESPAIRING WIFE Alfter Four Years of Discouraging Conditions Mrs Bullock Cave Up in Despair Husband Came to Rescue Catron Kyln an interesting letter from this place Mrs Bettie Bullock writes as follows I suffered for four years with womanly troubles and during this time I could only sit up for a little while and could not walk anywhere at all At times I would have severe pains in my left side The doctor was called in and his treat ment relieved me for a while but I was soon confined to my bed again After that nothing seemed to do me any good FOR THE HOME AND THE SCRAPBOOK SELECTIONS of poetry and SELECTIONS FROM prose humor and pathos rare THE bits of history and interesting facts from week to week EDITORS SCRAPBOOK A The Confederate ReUnion Git my old knapsack Mary and my uniform of gray Git my battered helmet Mary for Ill need them all today Git mny canteen and my leggins reach me down my rusty gun For Im goin out paradin with the boys of 61 Never mind them blood stains Mary never mind them ragged holes It was left there by a bullet

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Library of Congress1903

Image 20 of The White Mountain echo and tourist's register (Bethlehem, N.H.), September 19, 1903

20 THE WHITE MOUNTAINS It Is hard to realize that within the mem ory of men still living the White Mountains were still undiscovered as a summer resort says the Listener in the Boston Tran script To put them on a low plane In the capacity of the producer of millions of dol lars annually for hotels and railroads they are a triumph of newspaper writing up They had of course been noted as natural features of New England ever since the English first settled in the Merrimack Val ley in the 16405 Then that omnivorous seeker of knowledge Rev Manasseh Cut ler of Ipswich and Timothy Dwight of Western Massachusetts and a Boston par ty containing such kindred spirits as Dr J Bigelow Dr Francis Booth F C Gray and Chief Justice Shaw explored them in the last years of the eighteenth century and the first of the nineteenth and the very fact that these journeyings are recorded in history shows that in the first half of the last cen tury it was about as rare for people to visit the White Mountains as it is now to go to Labrador or Greenland Thelr wonders bad been topographically set

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Library of Congress1898

Image 1 of Among the clouds (Mount Washington, N.H.), July 22, 1898

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