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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1890
Page
2
A public call for men to serve as delegates to the constitutional convention seeks candidates of strong character. It pleads for honor, independence, and steadfastness against demagogues and corrupt politics while calling for public duty over private gain.
The article criticizes packed grand juries and notes a state bill nearly passed to transfer jury selection from boards of supervisors to a clerk of the district court and chancellor. Lincoln County’s advisers aim to appoint honest, law abiding jurors while avoiding professional candidates, stressing careful selection of true and tried men.
Lincoln county Democratic Executive Committee to meet at the director’s Brookhaven office on Saturday April 12 1890 to act for the Call to state convention and to discuss delegates for the constitutional convention. Chairman Gas sedy announces that the state convention will assemble in Jackson June 1 for nomination of delegates at large and notes Peat River county gains two delegates. Robert C Paity, Chairman. K E Wilson, Secretary.
A collage of notes covers Tyrant issues from a burned poor house and jail releases to rail commission leaders and prohibition debates. Mentions Tess S Cortés, Jake Kilain, Charley Rich, J. H. Beeman, and the New Mississippian celebrating eight years while promoting reform and public morality.
Mrs Varina Davis widow of the late Confederate president has engaged to write the life of her husband. Bel ford & Company of New York will publish. Subscriptions canvassers are sought and publishers’ address given for immediate agency applications. The Clarion Ledger has faced threats from gamblers and urged suppression of gambling dens in Jackson. Ex Congressman Judge H S Van Eaton delivers the nomination as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
The article profiles J H Beeman, Mississippi delegate and Alliance leader, urging a careful, united approach to the upcoming Constitutional Convention. It stresses selecting able, honest delegates representing every legitimate walk of life to craft a safer, fairer constitution and warns against seat scrambling or partisan manipulation.
A correction notes a published claim about the State Business College Meridian lacking authority to grant diplomas. It cites charter section 4 authorizing B S A and M S A degrees, names attorneys and officials, and questions the card's accuracy while discussing Mississippi Delta flood devastation with rising water in Greenville and broader river region.
A promotional claim describes Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and chest ailments as a guaranteed safe investment with a refund if unsuccessful. It promises relief for throat and lung issues including consumption bronchitis asthma and whooping cough and notes availability at T. T. Meade & Coa Drug Store.
Agents of the Slinois Central Railroad offer round trip tickets to Aburdwen from Misalesippi at one fare April 14 through 23 with return by April 94 TH00 to enable public attendance at Rev Sam Jones Evangelist lectures trains depart Daraut on Banda ya April 13 and 20 Ask Agent for portion AL H Maxson GP AL 2 W Commas A G PA
Editor Magnolia Gapotlo receives anti Prohibition literature from Louisville. The letters argue against liquor laws using Jefferson Davis quotations and a fake supplement from the Courier Journal. It rails at the liquor trade, questions tax claims, and urges voters to oppose prohibition while promoting remedies and political commentary.
The Mississippi legislature enacts to empower Whitworth Female College trustees to issue gold bonds up to five percent interest for building a new center on the Johnson widow's lot, secured by mortgage and college revenue, with tax exemptions and street closure to join the grounds. Also notes Lincoln County supervisors’ monthly meeting authority and other acts from 1890 affecting education enumeration, blind report duties, assessor allowances, and a labor enticement statute.
New Orleans advertise a private treatment claim for cures of nervous debility and sexual symptoms. It lists conditions like spermatorrhea, seminal losses, night emissions, memory loss, mood issues, and general ill health, promising permanent cures with treatments for blood and skin diseases, syphilis, and urinary troubles, with charges advertised as reasonable.
An advertisement claims a cure for urethral stricture and early vice related weakness. It promises permanent relief without pain or surgical methods, addresses readers with impaired self control and "crepey indulgences" and urges married men or those starting married life to seek aid, asserting proof is indisputable.
Our success rests on practical study of each case and medicines prepared in our laboratory exactly for each patient. The letter offers celebrated works on chronic nervous and delicate diseases for six cents and advises sending four more cents with a reply, at 24 St Charles Street, New Orleans.
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