11 Feb 1886
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1886
Page
1
A fragmentary verse passage features a narrator mishearing accents and names, referencing Kalamazoo and playful mock dialogue. The piece evokes names like Van Duzees and Anil, with city travel hints and humorous tone.
In Stratford county, farmers stage a fall busking party led by Sally Trevetts. Jones kisses Sally, provoking Radford's jealousy and a confrontation. A ring forms and Jones defeats Radford in a boxing match, sparking Sally to defend Radford and denounce Jones as a thief.
Cor. Providence Journal recounts William C Ralston as a sweeping force in California. It credits him with founding the Bank of California and shaping state finance, tourism, and elite hospitality at Belmont. The account notes his extravagant entertainments, grand architecture, and ambitious aim to elevate California’s standing through lavish displays.
Falko, a torpedo boat built in England for Austria, recently completed an official trial. In six runs over a measured mile in fighting trim, it reached about 22 1/4 knots, with a 1,400 horsepower loco motive boiler noted. The vessel measures 125 feet long, 4 feet in extreme width, nine feet deep, and displaces 88 tons, built entirely of galvanized steel with varying skin thickness for ramming strength.
A little girl saves her sick mother from a burglar by alerting him and offering only scarce goods. The burglar prefers the window to the door, is later convicted, and compassionate moments occur when the child visits him in prison. The noble thief sends a gift to the girl via the prison keeper.
Manchester merchants back a plan to build a Congo railway linking Leopoldville on Stanley Pool with downstream river waterway at Nokki. The project aims to haul inland trade goods down the river to the railhead, then ship to Europe and the New World, betting on vast potential markets and regional commerce.
A Farm and Fireside excerpt argues poor cooking drives alcohol use, urging better nutrition and female education in life sciences. It links physical health to moral conduct, promotes daughters studying laws of life, and envisions era where prohibition becomes needless through domestic reform and divine-natural law.
A St Louis gin-mill owner faces a boycott by the Knights of Labor for denying use of his saloon to streetcar strikers objecting to dynamite tactics. The piece lauds organized boycotts to curb alcohol, arguing rum harms workers more than capital, and cites broader anti-saloon sentiment echoed by Cincinnati Gazette and Chicago Times.
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