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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1898
Page
2
Fragmented notes recount a Newark trial for divorce over stakes as pets, Gloucester fishermen’s fatal risks, a New York angel voice college, a French chocolate test, Abbe Bernardos thanks in Santiago de Cuba, and various social curiosities. The piece surveys eclectic anecdotes from politics, science, and daily life with satirical undertones.
A weekly digest notes the 13th Senate action increasing Eleazer Smith of New Hampshire to 10 a month, and major bills on the Nicaragua canal site purchase, admiral ranks, and public land laws. House actions include DC appropriations, enslaved relief, and measures for a new bank and admiral ranks. Widespread war news cover Cuba, the Philippines, and Madrid miseries, plus domestic incidents across the United States.
President McKinley’s address before Georgia's legislature in Atlanta drew loud cheers. The crowd celebrated the peace jubilee, with the speaker lauding Union soldiers while noting wartime sacrifices and the future of the republic.
Four more bodies were found in the wreckage of a collapsed gas holder at street and Avenue A. The dead include Gray a 13 year old watchman Ampart Werjcke 18, Andrew Wendt laborer Peter Conlin treasurer George Bremen 28. The scene is barricaded with debris as investigators assess the ruin and safety risks.
A historical roundup notes figures from the National League and Confederate era figures, recounting ceremonies and remarks. President McKinley, veteran groups, and Confederate cemeteries are mentioned amid public commemorations and political references.
In a brisk, late era studio party, sculptor Hillhouse recalls a vanished romance with a neighbor known as Lavinia Foxglove. A long-ago proposal found in a neglected Foxglove volume resurfaces through memory, art, and a Christmas Eve crippled by time, leading to a planned reunion at Red Brick church and Hillhouse’s studio.
Elizabeth Pentland gains a home through shared work with her city editor spouse. A festive Christmas Eve dinner reveals enduring love, social cheer, and reflections on modern romance as Mrs Wetherell and guests muse on the vanishing old fashioned love story.
A captain refuses orders to lead a perilous ridge assault citing magazine rights and safety, while a colonel weighs court martial versus risking the entire force. The captain insists on staying off the field until journalists are kept away, threatening to publish the episode. The debate ends with the promise of glory if he obeys or luxury for defiance if he negotiates.
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