McGrath's store fetes town with goods and sales
The Leader notes a busy Hyde Louisiana week with McGrath’s department store advertising jackets wraps guaranteed corsets and groceries plus specials 81 00 and 25 and 50 cent garments. It mentions visitors from Wesson New Orleans and Lake Charles and reports local events including Miss Mississippi Day plans and a fire recovery note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGrath
Will Hamilton
Wesson
McGrath’s
Leon Priebatsch
Gordon Penn
John A. Penn
McGrath's
Ernest Parsons
Parsons, Moreton, Wentworth Co
Perkins
George Hubener
New Orleans
Cope
Burke
Little Dorothy
Local notes and social briefs from the season
The column reports on church events and social visits. Mrs. L. Parsons is bedbound with illness. Isaac Scherck returns from Crescent City. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Penn visit relatives. Miss Mary Watson of Hazlehurst guests with Misses McRee. A. A. Seavey advertises toys. Mrs. Gordon of Hammond visits. Miss Eliza Bridges and Mrs. W. L. Bowen attend Miss Whittie Martin’s wedding at Bogue Chitto. A. C. Seavey moves into new Cherokee Street apartments. Freight engine 722 hits an open switch with light damage. Rev. B. F. Jones preaches at the College Chapel. quarterly conference to convene. seasonal reflections on Christmas joy and lost voices linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Scherck
Crescent City
W. G. Penn
Mary Watson
Hazlehurst
Mary
Ina McRee
A. A. Seavey
Gordon
Lou Lovell
Hammond
J. W. Bennett
Eliza Bridges
W. L. Bowen
Bogue Chitto
Whittie Martin
A.C. Seavey
Cherokee Street
B. F. Jones
Brookhaven
College Chapel
Chris
Whitworth President officiates at Covington church dedication
President Cooper of Whitworth presided over dedicatory ceremonies for a new Methodist church at Covington Louisiana last Sabbath. His sermon was praised by the daily press as powerful and eloquent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Whitworth
Covington
Daily Press
Hovnenor
Storkbollers
Board OF Directé
Amuinban
Fair River Notes and Local Notices
Local column reports rain messy streets and a booming town. Names mentioned include Miss Octavia White of J haven and Mrs. Hannah Beeson visiting her sister in McComb. A mix of moves, sales, and social updates follow, with short notices about Witch Hazel Salve ads and Kedol Dyspepsia Cure promotions from C. E. Grafton Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Briddleman
Parshallville
Mich
Price Drug Co
Fair River
E.C. de Witt & Co
Chicago
de Witt
DaWitt
C. E Grafton Drug Co
G. W. Atkinson
West Va
C.E. Grafton Drug Co
Washington Letter highlights new orange tree and Cherokee history
Special correspondence reports on a Florida grown orange tree blending hardiness and sweetness with a promising future. It notes seeds sent to Washington, the value of a second generation, and a cautious forecast for markets and marmalade use. Also included is James Mooney’s Cherokee history, De Soto era myths, treaties, and westward Indian dispossession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Florida
South Carolina
Miami
Fla
Washington
Bureau of American Ethnology
James Mooney
North Carolina
Tennessee Line
Nanatahala
Oconaluftee
de Soto
Savannah River
Theodore A. Bingham
Seventeenth
Babcock Lakes
Tidal
Long Bridge Causeway
W. X. Stevens
Little Basin
Congress
Wynne
Root
White House
Secretary Root
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Qarl Schqfield
Sheriff Sale Notice in Lincoln County Mississippi
Sheriff R B Applewhite issues a sale of property in Lincoln County Mississippi under a writ from the Circuit Clerk. On January 1903 the court house door at Brookhaven will host the auction between 1 and 4 pm for parcels in sections 34 and 35 township 6 north range 7 east and related lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
Mississippi
Z. P. Jones
An B. Watts, JR
Commissioners of Election
J. T. Crosby
Lincoln County
Brookheves
Linewn County
State of
R. RB. Applewhith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leader
W.b. Fat
Hyde
P. Z. Jones
Mat Gibson
Harris
Jackson Street
Perkins Furniture Co
Mr. Field
Lake Charles
Oscar Beck
Union Church
John McGrath & Sons
Foley
Henck's
Santa Claus
Chas. H. Penn
Penn
D. J. Batchelder
Mikel
Eugene McCormick
Z. D. Davis
Thos H. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Union Hall
Z. B. Graves
Grafton Drug Company
H. W. Sears
Scott
C. B. Grafton
Royal Blend Tea
J. M. Woon
Ideal Boilers
American Radio
Nalty & Larsen
Fair River Baptist Association
Shiloh K. Douglass
E. M
Tyler
Mullin
Valen H. A. Lomax
Louglass
Wesson TJ
Farish
Ihe
Mt. Vers
Pleasant Grove
Thigpen
Hyiary
Etober
Shiloh
TAI Union G KR
Dale
Stad Bearborough
Monticello
Trobbs
Barish
Friendship
Morris
Little Balla
H. Gambrell
Damascus
Autioch
Bowie Chitto
Ganbrell
Falr ‘Green
Eon
Mount Morine Rou RJ
Boone
P. Doughis
van Groy V. Trowe
Macedonia
P. Douglass
Montcello
J. M. Lee
Hell & Novy
Hreuchk
JSWS
W. Bowes
Ida M. Snyder
Brooklyn East End
McElree
Cardus
Thedford
Cardui
Wien
Chamberlain
C. E. Grafton
Its
Octavia White
J Haven
Hannah Beeson
Belle Lee
McComb
Charlie Watts
Mt. Olive
West Robertson
Flat Creek
Winnfield
H. J. Brewer
Mr. Hitchens
Mr. Brewer
Calvin Hemphill
Jim Penny
Ben Hoff’s
George
Caseyville
A.C. McNair
Opera House
Tietoin
Washington Letter
Sheriff's
Hyman Mercantile Co
Melhalls Clothing Stock
Schloss Bros. & Co
Schloss
MeGrath
Melrath
Monte Carlo
Brookhaven, Miss
Heucks Opera House
A. C. Seavey & Sons
Willard H. Seavey
Johnny Seavey
Eugens M. Bee,Jr
NP Bravey & Sons
Atle Cotpopald
Ant Mae
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