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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1890
Page
2
An aged OCR fragment from Brookhaven weekly edition shows a December date and names Hobbs and Beethovens reference, with garbled lines suggesting a local paper item or notice. The legible elements include a date line Thursday December 18 and scattered proper nouns, but the full event and context remain unclear.
The message states no paper will be issued next week to allow Lean KR force a few days to enjoy Christmas. The next regular issue appears Thursday Jan 1, 1890. Wishing friends and patrons a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
A sweeping, opinionated column surveys Democratic strength in Boston, Irish politics, suffrage shifts, and Southern conventions. It drifts through figures like Tillman, Cleveland, Hampton, and Irby, tethers to Yazoo and Mississippi topics, comments on liquor laws, the Mississippi Alliance, and warns readers about holiday whisky temptations while urging independence and a broader reform agenda.
The Southern Lumber Manufacturer's Association held its convention in New Orleans with large attendance. The group vows to broaden membership beyond yellow pine and to coordinate interstate commerce law and pricing. A World’s Fair exhibit plan and joint state efforts were discussed, with Memphis and Linen County among attendees.
The Board of Supervisors of detforwu county ordered McDaniel to stop liquor sale within five miles of Union Church amid public peace concerns. A petition to Judge Christian for an injunction cited vague location description and preexisting prohibitions, noting local option law issues and a chartered school in the prohibition zone. District Attorney McLain prepared the injunction, and Judge Christmas granted the order.
A Murky letter from a delinquent reads aloud on payment duties while the Penitentiary Board reports annual leasing of convicts for farm work. About 350 able bodied inmates remain available for farm duty, scattered in delta counties. 75 still in the walls. The new constitution will forever prohibit the leasing system after January 1805.
The Farmers' Alliance sets forth aims to educate on economic government in a nonpartisan way, endorse unity and charity, improve education and morals, foster civil order, promote harmony and brotherly love, and curb prejudice and selfish rivalry among people.
The Jackson Mississippian calls for a full probe into Col Hemingway amid a toy shortage case. It urges Pinkertons to uncover all facts, noting a thousand dollars spent and insisting innocence or guilt be vindicated or punished accordingly. The piece emphasizes public demand for accountability.
The Wesson Mills announce rapid growth with 50 new looms arriving this week and 50 more to follow. Knitting machinery previously awaited has also been received and will be in full operation soon, boosting local employment and town growth.
A violent encounter near Caseyville left Dave McRee, Will Hine, and Bob Applewhite wounded after a road-side quarrel escalated into a gunfight. McRee fired first, Blue and Applewhite shot back. all three sustained injuries. Witness W. T. Williams relayed Applewhite’s account. doctors described Blue’s head wound as critical and others as serious but potentially recoverable.
The Clarion Ledger reports large yields on the Penitentiary farm in Jackson under Captain Jenkins. Corn averaged 57 1 16 bushels per acre with 62 bushels of peas and 23 500 pounds of fodder. 11 acres of potatoes yielded 4 635 bushels, the biggest potato weighing 10 12 pounds. Over 6 000 pumpkins were produced.
An old newspaper ad urges readers to heed warnings of cough and possible consumption. It promotes Shilow's Catarrh Remedy as a speedy cure for coughs, colds, and respiratory ailments, promising relief and a free nasal injector with each bottle priced at 50 cents, sold by Meade A Martin.
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