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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
6
An OCR fragment shows candidates announced for Brookhaven mayor City Marshal City Treasurer and related notices. It includes Hos C Ratcliff Keith Applewhite and others with December election timing plus broad local concerns and stray poems and notes.
A mass meeting of Prohibitionists in Mississippi is called at the State Capitol in Jackson on February 11 1903 to organize for a statewide prohibition law. The call argues that prohibition is already working in 63 of 75 counties and criticizes the dram shop as a public crime promoting institution.
A Mississippi movement seeks to unite Prohibition supporters in a state primary effort to elect Governor and legislators. The appeal urges universal participation of white qualified electors under strict franchise laws, aiming to ban liquor sales and curb the gambling den and brothel. Signers from numerous counties invite all counties to participate in Jackson on the announced date.
The Youths Companion 1903 issue plan outlines 62 weekly issues with serial stories, 60 special articles by notable figures, 200 editorial pieces, 250 short stories on character and humor, 1,000 notes on science and current events, 2,000 anecdotes and poems. Subscriptions offer free 1902 issues and a colored 1903 calendar. Also included are local anecdotes: Private John Allen in Washington, the execution of Richard Gaines for murder, John W. Richardson killed by a train, and a boy in Pike county losing an eye after a pitchfork accident.
A 19th century health ad urges readers that consumption behaves like a weed in weak lungs and can be fought with Scott's Emulsion. It emphasizes fresh air rest and good nutrition, warns early self deception, and advises starting treatment promptly with steady, regular use for best results.
Mississippi notes report 2000 fewer cotton receipts than last year and oysters yielding early revenue. coastal lobsters appear and 86 tree varieties grow statewide. Free rural mail delivery starts in Lowndes county December 1 as Congressman McLain travels to Washington. Hazlehurst builds a 15-ton ice plant by April 1.
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