Town and County notices and local society items
Local notes recount visits by Will Spencer, Miss Annie Horst and others, upcoming bricklaying for Engstrom Addition, sales at Seavey's, and a range of social events. Reports mention Bishop J. Beam services, Teach ers Institute in Port Gibson, and community scenes from Brookhaven and Caseyville.
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Kobiman
Cosn
Ing. In
Will Spencer
Hazleh Horst
Engstrom
Avery
Jackson
Annie
Josie Horst
New Orleans
McDonald
McComb
Ada D. Smith
Janie Warnock
Union Church
J. S. Brueck
Caseyville School
Port Gibson
Pelie
A. O. Seavey & Ons
Brookhaven
Miss
Bowen Addition Street
Depot
Local Baseball at Lucich's Park Aug 25 Bachelors vs Benedicts
Local baseball game scheduled for Thursday at Lucich's Park features a match between the Bachelors and Benedicts. Lineups include Frank Hartman S C V Becker H B Gammon R Nalty W D Davis H Cantoni A C Graham Chas Cowan C Smith R Stamps Lawson Smith. Charles Hamilton to oversee married men interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucich’s Park
Frank Hartman
S.C
V. Becker
H. B. Gammon
R. Nalty
W. D. Davis
H. Cantoni
A. C. Graham
Chas. Cowan
C. Smith
R. Stamps
Lawson Smith
Chas. Hamilton
Sunshine State News Maye You Wind Nese Shoorn Wes Owe
A fragment from a Sunshine State News item mentions Maye and Wind Nese Shoorn Wes Owe alongside Aleciene in an unclear local context. The readable bits suggest a brief community note or human-interest snippet with sporadic names.
Brookhaven Sunshine Society seeks funds and votes
Busy Brookhaven items report a community fundraising contest with a 10 day voting period, prizes like an ice cream freezer, and ballot boxes placed at local drugstores. Also noted are upcoming meetings, Y M C A socials, and calls to discuss the Lincoln county Stock Law, plus legal notices about damage suits against Oxford and revival services in Brookhaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shies Sosiety
Gaawsond
Brookhaven
Oliver
Court House
C. E. Grafton Drug, Co
Price Drug Co
Y M C A gains in members and wealth across the year
A New York report notes the Y M C A membership rising from 350000 to 874000 and associations from 1736 to 1813. Buildings valued at 30000000 with 2000000 pledged for new structures. 5000 gymnasiums and 180000 class members underline the organization's expanding reach and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
Runaway Boy Seeks Restored Home In Brookhaven
Reuben Vosey of Lincoln county asks The Leader to announce his son Harvey aged 15 ran away from home last Sunday and warns all harboring or employing him. Anyone knowing his whereabouts should address Reuben Posey Brookhaven Mississippi. T C Ratcliff promotes a Brookhaven meat shop next to the express office inviting patrons with promises of better fresh meats.
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Reuben Vosey
Beat 4
Lincoln County
Harvey
Reuben Posey
Brookhaven
Miss
T. C. Ratcliff
Local notes and incidents from Mississippi and nearby states
Summary of scattered items: Laurel’s Ledger reports W. T. Renee handling firm liabilities. Biloxi correspondent Edger G. Harris. Jackson couple John O. Wood and Helen A Granberry wed by Rev. Ellis. a fatal wreck near Nashville. Newton buys a street machine. diamond robbery arrest in Vicksburg. Tom Walne dies after a Dallas fall. Capitol paving bids awarded to Brantley Granite Co. for $127 per yard, total project $3,500 to $4,000.
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J. M. Fuller
Eid
W. T. Renee
the Ledger
Laurel
Edger G. Harris
Times-Democrat
Biloxi
Green Tree House
Jackson
John O. Wood
Sinntonio
Texas
Helen A Granberry
Raymond
HW. M. Ellis
Silver Point
Nashville
Tenn
W.S. Parnell
G. W. Parnell
Hazlehrust
Newton
Austin
Paul Battier
Mamie Chester
Vicks+ ‘burg
Tom Walne
T. J. Walne
Dallas
Tom
Capitol
Capitol Commission
Brantley Granite Company
Lithonia
St. Louis stabbing ends in capture of assailant
Jacob Yerger, a 19 year old Mississippi student in Oxford, stabbed in the back on Market Street. He chased the attacker, John Ford, to a policeman and turned him over. Yerger's wound at Sur Hospital measured three inches. Contemporaneous note mentions Port Arthur surrender demand by the Japs.
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St. Louis
Jacob
Yerger
Market Street
Louis Yerger
Greenwood
Miss
Pepe College
Oxford
Earl Orter
Porter
John Ford
Policeman Waddell
Sur Hospital
Street gutter and sewer project on Cherokee Street
Under action from the last board meeting the street committee Cassedy Jones and Seav ey contracted to grade and open the gutter on Cherokee Street. An underground sewer will cross from Brookhaven Bank corner to the Storm Building corner. The gutter from Bank corner to Perkins corner will be cemented to drain waste into the sewer. Cost to the city about 275 dollars. Contractors Hallas & Co building the new Seherck Hotel.
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Messrs. Cassedy
Jones and Seavey
Cherokee Street
Brookhaven Bank
Storm Building
Bank Corner
Perkins’ Corner
Messrs. Hallas & Co
Seherck Hotel
Franklin's Steel Bridge Completed in Brookhaven Area
Messrs J Q Byrd and A J Walker of Franklin county visited Wrights ford to view photos by Fosby showing Franklin county's new steel bridge over the Homochitto river on the upper Brookhaven and Meadville road. The bridge, completed by contractors last Thursday, cost about 8000 dollars and is expected to boost Brookhaven cotton receipts by about a thousand bales this season.
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Tom Sasser
Boxe
W. J. Layton
Georgia
J. J. Green
Gallman
Grif Baley
G. Kees
M. V
Dacks
Van
American Express Company
Ford” Becker
Silver Creek
Monticello
Ford
A. Staffer
A. Statler, Jr
St. Louis
Chicago
Washington
Baltimore
T. C. Maxwell
Beulah Anding
Pink Harrington
Brookhaven
Meadville Road
Rv. Harrington
Franklin County
A. C. Bullitt
John McGrath
Franklin
J.Q. Byrd
A. J. Walker
Wal
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Che Center
Longview
Alabama
Atcc
B. Perkins
Eng Smith
Parker
Seavey
M’mes
Eugene Brasfield
Will! Ruff
Lula Streibich
F. H. Hartman
Winfield Sharp
Clinton
Aoee
J. M. Sharp
Mississippi College
Episcopal Chapel
John Beam
Harris’ Business Collge
Jackson, Miss
C.F. Bills
Frank, Jr
Windy City
W. F. Davis
Caseyville
J. H. Anding
Summit
Wills
Philadelphia
Brookhaven Progressive Oil Company
Htepith
Fannie May Kees
Terey Tribune
Harris
Forry
the Tribune
Terry
Certelia Smith
Chis. Brieteky
Henck
Rattest
Oesary
Ieee Milage
Smith
Aaptiuiber Lak Bo
Steve Walner
Paniton
Induietrious
Ipabok Maul Engretiie
Jon Abd Ad
Brookhaven Miss
Knights & Ladies of Honor
Steel Ranges
Majestic Steel
P. Oliver
Majestic
Bowen Chas
Warnock
William Welch
Jas, Adams
Jesse Day
Thos
Ratliff
New Orleans, la
C.B. Perkins Hardware Store
East Union Lumber & Mfg. Co
Brookhaven, Miss
Wade
Prick Drug CO
Sunshine State News
International Sunshine Society
Macy “‘Shinnery, Iar
Keeinty Feontter Munshi
Sunshiners
Brookhaven Sunshine Society
Henry Greenwood
Younts
Wood
Mr. Wood
J. M. Wood
Dunk McCormick
W. C. Graham
W.D. Davis
N.B. Sessions
Ford Abshagen
L. C. Harvey
John Marshall
Warren McNair
Roy Boadwee
J.-M.may
A. M. Summers
W.M. Taylor
M. B. Moore
R. E. Furr
E. A. Lovell
W. H. Reeves
J. G. Sessions
J. H
Miller
P. Buie
A. W. Miller
J. H. Hodgmap
James Dunn
Wer
Covington
W.C
H. H. Sum- May
Eagar Green
BB. Applebyreen
Applewhite
J. M. May
Besi
Russien
Davis
Democration
John Stars Williams
Jdwer Pathnels Pera
Demyartfiertognizetion
Johnson
Jt Ig
Se Applewhite
Pera
Hoffman
Hon
A. C. McNair
Crystal Springs
Meat Market
Port Arthur
ULB
Mason
JM. Woop
R. M. Nalty
Chas. Heuck & Son
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