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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1904
Page
2
The Leader is listed as a semi weekly publication with subscription prices shown. Editor and proprietor is T Hobbs. The text presents pricing and ownership details typical of a local paper masthead.
Lincoln County grand jury reports 17 days of sessions, 166 witnesses, and 62 indictments including seven for murder and 21 for felonies. It condemns white cap activity, urges harsher justice from Justices of the Peace, calls for inquests in homicides, audits of county books, and improved jail and farm administration.
An old advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a scientific feeder for children, claiming it builds flesh blood and muscle with cod liver oil, lime and soda for bones and brains, and urging readers to send for a tree sample. The text lists Scott & Bowne and a Michigan address in a faded sales pitch.
Charter details the creation of THE INEZ HOTEL AND CAFE in Crookhaven Mississippi. It lists organizers Mrs Hanna F Scherck, L Scherck and others, outlines stock par value 100 dollars, maximum 30 000 dollars, and powers under Mississippi code. It fixes officers as the business requires and notes initial meeting logistics and charter effectiveness on approval.
Prices set at $1.50 $1.00 75c and 50c for curtain 8 15 and carriages 10 20 Free list suspended for this engagement.
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