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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1905
Page
3
The Cender issues a brief notice dated Wednesday April 12 1905 referencing a railroad meeting. The exact details and participants are unreadable in the fragmented OCR text but indicate a local transit discussionHeadline tone consistent with early 20th century reporting.
In Lawrence Miss Aletha Williams returns home from Tryus to teach through winter. Construction begins on homes of Madaline Rivers and J W Givens in Watts subdivision. Local visitors from Monticello and Brookhaven, hotel activity up at Beal and Watts hotels, Jenkins Little restaurant busy. Obituary notes Mrs M A Roberts of Columbia. Lawyers attended term including R N Miller and others. Teachers meeting held by Lawrence County Teachers Association in Prentiss March 24. Cotton meetings addressed by Alf George and John Sharp Williams. efforts to cut acreage and organize for better prices noted amid weather.
Disjointed report covers an attempted escape by a convicted murderer during a county term. The subject allegedly used scissors to breach the south wall. a white man, B. A. Turbeville, is said to have caused a warning that led to the thwarting of the breakout by Sheriff Lee. The source mixes local notices, remedies, and community updates, reflecting a small-town newspaper page with various items.
Introductory sermon by Rev J E Wills alternate Rev J A Scarborough. Essays cover The Boys and Girls of Today The Need of Family Worship in Me Al britton to write. Essay topics include Love's Master and Measure. Mention of Ballard's Snow Liniment and local ads. References to local events, printers strike, and a political note on Congressman Jabo Sharp Wil fintna.
A community education rally will be held at Grange Hall on Saturday April 15 with a basket dinner, music, declamation and elegation contests. Prof H P Todd of Crystal Springs will speak, urging teachers and patrons to attend and support local schools in the county.
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