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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1887
Page
2
The Brookhaven Leader by Ry B. T. Hobbs appears in a postal notice entry for Brookhaven Post Office. The document references “sc wnd-dana anil matter” and mentions an Office-Leater Uniting at 2 Cherokee St.
A irregular public notice item outlines an April 1st event at Mississippi College and a July 21st reunion for the Westville Guards. It mentions speakers and local officials, notes on health remedies, parliamentary candidates for Copiah, and a local printing dispute. The piece mixes notices, advertisements, and civic updates with regional names and dates.
Scribe S. McMintas recalls Judge James M Ellia once of Montivello and Fayette now in Kansas, correcting an erroneous Magnolia Gazette note. Ellia, a Washington College graduate, practiced law, faced election battles and political storms, yet earned respect as an honest, principled judge who stayed true to his Democratic and Union stances before and after the Civil War.
Low river and persistent dry weather threaten crop prospects with frost damage to corn potatoes beans and gardens. Supervisors to discuss county issues including pauper allowances. Local deaths include Mrs Thomas St Maxwell aged 71 and Mrs Betty Pevy Sr aged about 22 daughter of William H. Givens.
State gleanings report diverse Mississippi items. Mentions new Methlian union, Dock II boom decline, Greenville riverbank collapse, Ole Enterprise lemonade tale, Osyka early vegetables for western markets, Illinois Central hotel plan at Chatawa, Liberty revival by De Hoyt, Crystal Springs fruit box factory, Mayer of Mayersville hurt in buggy accident, Parwood heart disease death at Port Gibson, potential Georgia Venture Railway extension Starkville to Greenville, Canton Daily Pickett editor running for Madison County Circuit Clerk, Jackson racial militia company formed, John McGill steam fire engine named, Graves Building incendiary fire, Wilkerson County corn premium, Simpson county home fire, memorial address for Confederate dead at Port Gibson, iron bridge collapse at Bogue Chitto, Copiah child accidental shooting, various 1886 tax accounts, Adams Ground church dedication, Earl steamer boiler explosion, mysterious white infant found at Crystal Springs.
A fragmentary broadcast of a welcome and moral exhortation from a Brookhaven event, praising unity, temperance, and service. The speech references faith, patriotism, and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, urging dedication to reforms, charity, and neighborly support amid national challenges. It also includes an endorsement for Green's Avatar Prose and a medicinal plug.
Capt Coleman aboard the Weynswath trades between Atlantic City and New York. The crew faced rough seas and high winds as doctors offered relief. The Bradfield Regulator and Dr King’s Discovery are touted as remedies with free trial bottles at local druggists. Retail ads promise low prices at Koblinman’s Great Cash House and Win Abuhagen’s new line of goods.
The City Council met Monday night with most aldermen present. Reports approved include fines collected and quarterly revenue, salaries set for street commissioner at 1040 per month starting April, and bids for printing services. Several accounts and rents were paid, including schoolrelated expenses and public works, with nominations and adjournment of items pending further action.
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