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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
2
An OCR dense with verse from Tennyson and obituary notices. It includes Millsaps College, Millsaps address, Beauxvoir, and various Mississippi figures. Also reports on Bishop Galloway death, Aberdeen cotton factory, Armour estate, Wesson murder case, Millsaps anniversary, and notes on expositions, poetry, and local ads.
A compact engine costing under 100 dollars can replace one man and perform two horses work. It folds into a portable unit usable in the field, mill, shredder, or home tasks, starts in five seconds, requires no constant supervision, and runs for about two cents per hour with no boiler or smoke. Inquiries at the Leapen Office.
Local columns recount a severe winter with December and January at 45 degrees, the coldest since 1878 and 1890 respectively. February also unusually cold, making the three months the coldest in 31 years aside from 1898 90. Rainfall was higher in December but lower in January and February, delaying planting according to Vicksburg Meralt.
An old health advert warns that birdshot cannot stop a tiger like consumption disease. It warns of stealthy progress and rapid flesh destruction, urging heavy Scott's Emulsion to strengthen the body and resist the disease until it wears itself out. Free samples offered by Scott & Bowne, chemists.
Mississippi items report on a new jail in Grenada and expanded projects in West Point, damage from recent floods in Copiah, a deadly shooting in Coffeeville, and civic efforts in Jackson. Notables include Dorsey and Banks appointments, a large radish crop at Crystal Springs, a failed Salvation Army land offer in Vicksburg, and the Jackson Graded School commencement set for June 5 with sixteen graduates.
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