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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1898
Page
3
An advertisement touts Ripans Tabules with mail delivery from Tie Rivans Curstcat Company at 10 Spruce Street New York. It claims five cents for a single box and twelve cartons for four cents, asserting the product’s effectiveness.
A Washington letter reviews the influence figures in the Senate hold beyond public prominence. It highlights leaders from Oregon, Rhode Island, Missouri, Maine, and other states, noting personalities, committee roles, and voting impact shaping tariff and fiscal policy through long careers and quiet leadership.
Reported plans show Rear Admiral Bunce retiring on Christmas Day after Dewey becomes senior active officer. Rumors swirl over Schley and Sampson assignments while awaiting his successor and the arrival of Sampson from Cuba. Officers anticipate yard politics influence final postings including Dewey command and European station prospects.
The United States Fleet flagship New York arrives in New York with Admiral Sampson and family aboard. He hopes to attend his daughter's January 4 wedding at Glen Ridge New Jersey. He declines to discuss Cuba matters publicly, saying he will report officially. The family travels on a government transport and will spend Christmas at home.
United States Navy posts a slate of promotions upon Rear-Admiral Bunce’s retirement including Commodore Albert Kauty to rear admiral and Captain Frederick Ti. Rodjrern to commodore. Admiral Bunce will retain command of the New York Navy Yard for now by order of Admiral Kebley Geten Sword. Separate items note Schley receiving a ceremonial sword, a stamp fraud arrest in Milwaukee, and cautions over US consulates in Samoa amid German gun shipments.
Mississippi ships cattle to St Louis reaching 1 017 carloads and a season value near $1 000 000 while Cuba purchases surge. Reports cover teachers meeting plans in Jackson, superintendent licensure rules, a Warren County convict suit, National Guard reorganization, railroad earnings, a Parks shooting, institute conductors, pardons, cultured death, and other local items.
A Minnesota school tale recalls Sioux encounters at Rik Lake near a small hamlet. Pupils endure raids as Indians beg and take food. a stern but compassionate teacher resists feeding them. The class witnesses a dramatic punishment when Mary Hammond is seized, later returned unharmed after a tribal truancy confrontation.
A garbled collage of quotations and snippets from various sources describes a sensational, surreal scene with a mock sensational tone. It references a vast money product from distant lands, medical elixirs, soap antics, and a string of humorous or satirical one liners.
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