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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1898
Page
2
A digest of the week’s happenings across America and abroad. Reports cover finance, politics, crime, and global events, including silver and gold debates, Hawaii territorial ties, Panama canal progress, and notable accidents. References to Dreyfus, Italy’s troubles, and curious claims of gold discoveries fill the column alongside social notes and ongoing imperial concerns.
A national assembly debate favors admitting professionals to LA Wheel club membership. Wheel buyers may find bargains on chain wheels next season and may prefer the old models for a year. Cycle paths stir controversy as wheelmen clash with impaired roads, with Parmere and others protesting on-road riding and costs. Cleopatra is noted for having deep blue eyes.
A sprawling Mississippi legislative session discusses salaries for officials, districting for schools, library preservation funded by public contracts, and a range of bills on public health, education, and infrastructure. Delegates consider amendments to schedules, assessments, and procedural rules amid adjournment motions and committee reports.
A garbled, childlike scene unfolds as four year old Flosee mocks broken English and a pirate of phrases. Willie, visiting grandparents, blurts about a toy tomb our with a laugh. The text sketches playful mispronunciations and domestic chatter among families and neighbors.
An unusual Kentucky fragment narrates Miss Christine Bradles preparing to christen the USS Kentucky with spring water from a Lincoln birthplace spring in Lezne county. The piece shifts to a NY market report noting improved trade activity, higher bank clearings, more business failures in the week, and wheat surpassing a dollar in western markets.
The public lands committee endorsed a free homestead bill granting over 20 million acres to settlers and kept provisions on lands sold to Indians. It approved 24 thousand acres each for Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and the white girls industrial school in northern Alabama. Also noted: coal prices set to rise as operators plan at least 25 cent wholesale hike starting April 1 to recover costs.
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a man who builds a house on another’s lot cannot claim the house or lien the lot’s value. The ruling upholds a lower court decision in Coleman Bridgeman’s case, who erected a home on land he thought was his but belonged to a neighbor and was refused permission to move it. The house became part of the neighbor’s property.
A lengthy dispatch details John F. Kennedy an alleged Chicago Alton train robber and other crimes. He fought a fall and was captured by bystanders, with items including a revolver belt and lanterns found on him. Earlier he faced indictments for earlier robberies and awaits bond decisions as new charges loom.
A fragmentary line of text mentions a man who made a bet and the heavy presence of unnamed figures. The readable portion points to an incident or wager connected with a local event, but lacks clear names, dates, or places to identify specifics.
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