Brookhaven Briefs Show Holiday Cheer and Local Happenings
December 1903 notes from Brookhaven recounts holiday visits, shopping, and small town events. Mentions visitors from Natchez and Hazlehurst, a busy street fair, and ongoing Christmas merriment at local stores. Public School reopened December 28, with art exhibit underway and Brookhaven invited to host the Annus Sunday School Conference in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holt
Tom Watts
Natchez
KE. Higdon
Hazlehurst
Chas
Higdon
Enga
Jno. McGrath & Sons
Guy E. Brignall
Aurora
Ill
Brookhaven
Mary Ewing
Mattie Martin
Jon. J. 5. Sexton
W. F. Parsons
Leighton Jones
Hattiesburg
C. B. Perkins’ Hardware Store
Thos
Purser
Pauline
Mills
Oscar Boone
R. J. Boone
Mill
J. E. Seavey
E. M. Bee, Jr
Willard Seavey
Crescent City
Baptist Sunday School
Annus
W. LH. Seeman
New Orleans
Dr. Seeman
John Pierce
Parsons-Moreton-Wentworth Co
Pet Miller
Pearlhaven
Nick Greener
Seavey
Local notes reflect Broad Brookhaven people and events
Monday town visits and holiday travel fill Brookhaven gossip with names such as John Chambers L. P. Rees and Jennie Stevens. Whitworth College reopens with about half the students returning. The Commercial Bank staff gifts cashier F. F. Becker a gold headed cane in a festive year end gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chambers
L. P. Rees
Fair River
Jennie Stevens
Canton
Jas. V. May
Rocky Springs
W. W. Davis
Caseyville
Whitworth College
R. W. Bee
Josephine Avenue
N. Storm
New Orleans
W. L. Williamson
Collins
George
Nathan Zwirn
Sam Abrams
T. J. Neumann
Pearlhaven Y. M. C. A
Mr. Conant
Commercial Bank
Messrs
L. H. Baggett
B. A. Williamson
Geo. Williamson
Cam Dennett
F. F. Becker
Brookhaven
Becker
Rector testifies to Chamberlain Cough Remedy praise
The rector of St Luke's Ashburnham Ontario testifies that Chamberlains Cough Remedy relieved his ills after a severe cold. He notes Easter Day preaching after three doses and credits the remedy with rapid relief, sending thanks to Chamberlain Medicine Co. The note is dated April 18 1903 and mentions C EB Grafton as a seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburnham
Ontario
Chamberlain
Ont
E. A. Langfeldt
St. Luke
Turkey sales and a fatal choking case from 1901 era notices
The column reports E H Thompson of Homo Chitto selling turkeys in Wesson for 1 to 2.50 each, totaling nearly a hundred dollars for the season, with demand high and markets tight. It also notes the death of Harry Duckwell from a fatal choking incident at his home in Missouri, attributed to a cold and a coughing spell, and references Horehound Syrup advertisements and a Woodmen lodge event in Monticello with an oyster supper for members and prospective members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Thompson
Homochitto
Mr. Thompson
Wesson
Wesson Enterprise
Harry Duockwell
Duckwell
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Bullard
Monticello
J. P. Hemby
Hazlehurst
Court House
Lawrence Co. Press
Brookhaven Oil Mill to Buy Remnants of Seed Cotton
Brookhaven Oil Mill will purchase remnants of seed cotton. The public notices discuss district debates over using white granite for a new Union station in Washington and concerns about material choice under the act authorizing the project. Other items note Marine Band engagements, General Corbin’s retirement, Smithsonian exhibit work, Potomac improvements, and Agriculture Department funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Washington
Macfarland
District of Columbia
Marine Band
Miller
National Federation of Musicians
Moody
Navy Department
Federation of Musicians
Chicago
Corbi
Henry ©. Corbin
War Department
Army
Congress
Corbin
Alger
Smithsonian Laboratories
Potomac
Potomac River
Gillespie
Washington Navy Yards
Brookhaven Oil Mill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geaber
C. B. Periis
B. F. Jones
la Grippe
J. P. Memby
Terry
R. W. Hall
Wiggins
Jennie Martin
Bogue Chitto
B. F. Anding
D. Evans
W. H. Penn
Leopold Priebatsch
C. B. Perkins
J. M. Drury
T. B. Hodge
Walter Dolla- White
Seahey
J. J. Phillips
Marie
F. F. F. Becker
W. C. Maxwell
Maud Culbertson
Jackson
Fannie Maxwell
Gilliam
Laurel
Pearl River Lumber Company
R. H. Purser
Thos. Purser
Andrew J. Hoffman
Anthony Stafler
L. P. Schwem
Dan Schwem
Wm. Turnbough
L. C. Benjamine
Southern Vehicle Manufacturing Company
Ida Blue
Franklin County
New Salem High Graded School
Dave Herrington
Crowley
Alva Lee Minard
Tra Minard
Fannystelle
Manitoba
Kentwood
Greenvile
Rose Wachsman
Morris Mendel
Younts
Ellie Archer
Lumm
Burt
Ray Res
Hawkins
Whitworth Coll
Methodist Church
Ren Lered
Louise Gef
Shall
Mary Obee
Menesshal Mary
Cherokee Street
St.luke's
Turkey
Ballard
Bresetine Henry Ary Stearns
Shu
Bellard
Grent
W. P. Hubert
Orp Buck
Masonic Temple
Brookhaven, Miss
Geo. Bowsky
New South
Brookhaven Progressive Cotton Oil Company
Ceomou Cor
Bargent
United States
White House
Leslie M. Sha
the Treasury
Agriculture
Moore
Department of Agriculture
Carl Scofield
Bala
Foley
Price Drug Company
Hodges Bros
the Commercial Bank of
Will
J. W. McGrath
Louis Cohn
B. Becker
Asst
C. E. Grafton Drug Store
Grafton Drug Company
STORM
Front Street
C. E. Grafton Drug CO
Majestic
W. J., Layton, Next, Doo-si Chan, Heath & Sons
Broookhaven
Miss
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