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Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Feb 10, 1887

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Vast and Odd Global Tidings From A Century Ago

A collage of sensational notes: exotic travelers, reformers, and medical quibbles. Corsets in Bangor and a Chinese giant’s Shanghai return mingle with Pasteur debates and Napolean’s son in Italian service. A half‑million bequest to animal cruelty prevention, Miss Latent in New York, and Mrs Crow in Virginia claim renewed youth.

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News of the Week Senate debates and river floods

The Senate devoted much of the week to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill while the House tackled pensions and consolidation measures for the Navy. Amid political wrangles, floods rose on the Ohio and Mississippi basins, threatening towns across Kentucky Indiana and Tennessee, with evacuations underway and rail and river traffic disrupted.

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Cold Runings and a Frostbitten Traveler Tragedy

A man named Tom Reston, a ferry keeper from Waterbury, drank heavily in Thomaston and wandered home, freezing in a frostbitten state after being chased by locals. He arrived in Waterbury about 1 a.m., severely injured with two-inch head wounds and likely amputated toes, while a second report describes a mother attempting Paris Green poisoning and a daughter’s rescue from a near-fatal act, followed by federal moves including the Interstate Commerce bill and other measures. Reports from Cleveland detail Summit County infirmary inquiries and a superintendent’s testimony about inmate care and births within the institution.

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Humorous Quotations and Jests from Various Papers

A collage of light verse and jokes from Boston Bulletin Field and Farm Washington Post and other papers. Bits feature witty exchanges about fashion, marriage offers, lawyers and guns, with snippets about King Alfonso XIII’s royal upbringing and court etiquette. The tone is satirical and miscellaneous.

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Strange Disease at Bellevue Hospital In New York

Reports from New York describe beri-beri cases among San Francisco arrivals and Bellevue Hospital patients. Two victims died, with the illness spreading to crew on the voyage. researchers Cornelissen and Sugenova suggest an infectious agent akin to Bacillus anthracis as a possible cause.

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