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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1897

Page

2

Fragmented 19th Century Notices From A Missouri Paper

A dense OCR mash lists tax figures for New York baseballists, labor temple ideas, underground tube plans, pink butter coloring in Minnesota law, relic finds in Jerusalem, a Chickamauga bravery note, railroad bicycle competition stats, a Transmississippi stamps plan, postal savings bank advocacy, global power shares in 1897, and various local and national notes from St Louis and New York. Names include Samuel Simisos, Frank G. Tyrrell, and Thomas J. Episux Jr. places mentioned include Madabe, Palestine, Denver, Lamar, and Omaha. The items mix history, science, labor, and politics with no single cohesive story.

News of the Week Personal and Political

A broad survey of political moves and personal calamities across the nation. Highlights include testimony on civil service reform, nominations to China, a Boston mayoral re-election, tribal court actions in Washington, violent incidents, fires, and notable deaths and accidents amid a turbulent federal and regional scene.

Senate House Jostan M. Quincy Boston Washington United States Supreme Court Tuk Kan Charles 0 Bryan Tliaois China Maree Lena Hemimnr Herbert Mra Balltnaton Bourn American Volunteers New York Persipext Lawren Stoan Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Lackawanna System Cisniem A. Piltonvry St Maul Minn Iaxpo Gen. Blanco

Bicycle manners and gear from a bygone era

Advices on riding in public, using proper handlebars, engraving monograms on wheels, and winter gear like castor gloves and fur wrist cuffs. Warns against excessive bell ringing yet urges necessary alerts for funerals. Mentions fashionable light clothing and corset removal for cyclists, with outdated phrasing and a stray garbled tail.

Love and Sympathy The Only Feeling Entombed by Salvation Army

A compact notice reflects on love and sympathy expressed by Salvation Army members as a community sentiment. It highlights the organization’s charitable outreach and devotion to aiding those in need.

Salvation Army

Booth and Booths Illness Involving Mrs Booth Tucker

Sympathy messages and prayers from over seas relate to Mrs Booth Tucker and Commander Ballington Booth. The Salvation Army leadership expresses love and unceasing prayer amid Mrs Booth Tucker illness and separation from the Salvation Army.

New York Mee Thioth Salvation Army Cumumander Booth Unllimand Wilumtiern Mes Mooth Dav Lok

Convicted of Murder on Light Seas in 19th Century Case

John Anderson Wassny was found guilty of murdering Willian Wallace Saunders, mate of the schooner Giver Pecker, on the Light seas August the sixth Just. He faces hanging on March eighteenth unless the U S Supreme Court intervenes. Jury verdict followed late Wednesday after counsel argued anew. judge overruled motion for a new trial and sentenced the prisoner with little movement from him.

Whitlam Wallace Nontronk John Anderson Wass Willian Wallace Saunders Giver Pecker Supreme Court of the United States Yeate Anderson Golf Lut

Wage reductions at the San Francisco Mint official notice

An official treasury action lowers wages at the United States Mint in San Francisco. About 18 employees will have pay cut, with most workers dropping from six to five dollars per day. Reductions span the general, assay, melter and refiners, and coiner departments, totaling thousands of dollars. The new arrangement begins January 1.

Canifornia Mat Washington Secretary of the Treasury United States Mint San Francisco San Prancisco Coivers Perstese Loldliers Massicred Lasnos Tlong Congo Free State

Telegraphic Notes From Dubois and Abroad

Reports from Duboi and Washington recount a shooting death during escape efforts. Guatemala’s minister cites ungrounded statements about political prisoners and a vast fraud involving 7 million dollars swindled from 50 000 people by the Dean Company. The piece mentions major arrests, a double death in Indiana, a Kansas asylum escapee captured in Buffalo, a coal railroads cartel plan, and a Bengal push for the gold standard with India currency gaps.

Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Indiana Siinis Collinville Tex Varley & Clift Colfax Wash Chadwick Marshall John McDonald Orville Hayden Farmington Alirrie Auguste Goeke Hallettsville Pranklin Street Cleveland Bre Johns, & Co Madison Street Chicago Dawes Creek Newton County W. H. Hughes A. H. Dolphin John W. Bright Samuel Sevier Erta N. Vinetax Filrl Co-Operative Dallas Ves Frena Scmmre New York Andrews Furniture Company Whiteesp San Antonio Johnson Grass James Renbow Little River Jons Laswett Horace Wathen West Point Philadelia Penie Nee Sons Bs Roter Duboi Stéven Spellen Miehset Gautentale Washington Ttm Defamct EM Dean Company New York City Charles 5S Mary Charlotte Chapman South Bend Ind Chapman James A. Nolan Topeka Kan Kansas State Asylum Buffalo Kansas

Ohio Senatorship Fight Opens As Hanna Forces Rally

Ohio politics heats up as Charles Kurtz in Columbus scales up efforts to defeat Senator Hanna. Key Ohio Republican figures including Judge Nash and Mary Daugherty visit Hanna in Cleveland for strategy talks amid impending campaign maneuvers.

Hanna Cleveland Ohio Charles Kurtz Columbus Judge Nash Republican Executive Committee of Marry Daugherty State Central Committee John S. Malloy House of Representatives Col Alexander Cain State Senate D. D. Woodman A. J. Case Ohio League of Republican Clubs

Character in the Walk Portraits in 19th Century Pedestrian Moods

The piece analyzes gait to reveal character traits from agitation to cont living. It notes slow careful steps for contemplation, heavy flat-footed strides for obstinacy, short nervous steps for miserliness, and light lively steps for a gay nature. It mentions military trained grace as unmatched. It briefly references an aid for the earl of Milltown in distress in India and daughters married to Indian railroad workers.

Mr. Gladstone Earl of Milltown India

Young Men in Congress in the Fifty Fifth Session

Special Washington Letter notes a surge of young men in the Fifty Fifth Congress as it convenes, contrasting with earlier unrest and party splits in early 1908. The piece highlights the shift in national life and the influence of youthful legislators on the new session.

Washington Lecow Atlantic Coast

Young Men Rise in Congress From Utah and Georgia

The piece notes rising younger lawmakers like James M. Briggs of Georgia and W. K. King of Utah, detailing Briggs as a popular, witty 36 year old judge turned congressman with silver Democratic roots. It highlights Kings’s 34 years, Utah roots, silver platform support, and election landslide margins amid a pro Bryan stance.

Bse Jett Congress James M. Briggs Georgia Riggs Utah Hon. W. K. King King Hancock New England University of Michigan State Senate Supreme Court of Territory of Chicago East Bryan Washington

Young politicians of 19th century era hailed as rising orators

The piece profiles several young lawmakers such as Hop W. W. Kitchen 30 and Thomas M. Jett 34 highlighting their backgrounds, fights in Congress, and early political promise. It notes Kitchen's Independence Day speech and Jett's rise from farm work to law, praising Wheeler and Young for vigor, intellect, and leadership potential.

Webster Calhoun Lincoln Hop. W. W. Kitchen North Carolina House Congress Washington Sibley Illinois Thomas M. Jett Hillsboro Mr. Jett

Fragmented OCR yields tooth-tortured patient scene

The readable segments describe a tooth pain scenario and a patient restrained in wards. Scattered phrases mention a man in the car and an event tied to a hospital setting with implied injury or distress. The text is garbled and lacks a clear named event or full context.

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