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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
4
The Leader reports on local happenings dated Wednesday August 7 1901. Brief items note meetings and social events with uncertain details due to fragmented OCR. Names appear garbled, but reference to Alderyne and upcoming sessions hint at municipal or community notices.
Official directory entries list county meetings on Mondays in Brookhaven with names such as Robt. Powell and Santon. Clerk F lver noted. Other districts and officers include J. Conti as chair and various clerks in Brookhaven. The text lists multiple district numbers and named residents, with sporadic place references and titles, though many names are garbled.
Long list of local social updates from Brookhaven including visitors, travels, church events, and gatherings. Mentions Miss Fannie Larkin, Miss Lula Auding, Mrs. Edgar Green, Drummers in town, Mrs. W. H. Smith, Miss Addie McNair, Whitworth College, and various locals. Also notes street repairs, contractors, optical and medical notices, and an ad for cisterns and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
The item outlines pricing and value criteria that shoe buyers seek in footwear offerings. It emphasizes cost, durability, fit, and style, suggesting a guide for choosing shoes that maximize perceived value and satisfaction.
Fragmented notices describe local events in Brookhaven including a harvest start, church and school activities, visits by residents to Summit and Jackson, a concert at the courthouse, a printing contract, and various social gatherings. Reports mention a baseball score, new bakery facilities, and improvements at Lotterhus bakery with a change to a new oven. Community notices highlight hospitality, storefronts, and local commercial ads mixed with brief personal updates and health notes.
At the Monday meeting Stonewall guards elected officers led by 1st Sergeant Chas Molleen and Sergeant Wu. The company drills nightly and plans to encamp by Biloxi. Tonight a Public School entertainment raises funds for travel expenses with admission 25 cents. Graves University School plans at Grange Hall offers a high salary and sole-hiring policy, led by Dr Graves and his wife.
Special Washington letter reviews government library totals with the Library of Congress leading at over one million volumes and other agencies adding hundreds of thousands. It notes accessible collections nationwide and mentions clerical life in Washington, a dairy lunchroom note, and a mix of local society items and public notices.
Your telephone rent falls due on the first of each month when our collector will wall on you. Please do not let it become necessary to notify you a second time. If rents are not paid when due phones will be taken out. So Money orders sent by Telephone for any amount, Conpentaxn Telertuxe Co. Miss Bessie Butler of Lawrence county is spending a few days with relatives en route home from Louisiana, where she has been teaching.
The Auburn Educational Association conducts a four county Chautauqua style institute in Crystal Springs assisted by Lincoln Pike Amite and Franklin counties. Program spans Aug 26 to Sept 1 with lectures by T L Trawick W B Lockwood B G Lowry and others plus declamation and music contests. Also notes personnel changes at local freight depots and plans for Benevolent Hall foundation.
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