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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1901
Page
4
The Leader reports Aldermen will hold regular meetings on the first Tuesday evening of each month. This notice notes the recurring schedule for city governance and public access to council matters.
Official directory lists offices and officials for Lin County including Chesry Skat Trookhaven Kent Powell judge Santon Oliver clerk Strookhaven MANCERY COURT meets February and May Hazlehurst W McNair clerk Brookhaven J C Regant Rogue Chitto District 4 Joseph Susser Bowne Chitto District A J E Applewhite Brookhaven Treasurer D L Easterling Rogue Chitto Assessor J C Cosnahan Brookhaven Superintendent of Education Edgar Russell Fate Silver Coroner and Hanger George Lambright Brookhaven
Town and county items from Brookhaven highlight lagrippe illness, visits, and a range of local ads. C B Perkins sells hardware and cheap building materials while Price & Co. promote bicycles and home goods. Community notices urge church plans, a two story opera house, and a Masonic Temple display.
A dense collage of local ads and notices from Brookhaven including goods at cost from Nathan Zwirn, Valentine inventories from Price and Watson, and varied items from Huck's and C. B Tuk Leanick. Also mentions real estate listing on Front Street, a fall line of stock at Rev R J Boone’s bookstore, and service notes from local merchants. Also reports on legal notices, medical remedies, and a county treasurer visit.
Brookhaven voters heard of unanimous elections for city watchman and an aldermanic move to appoint the light and water works superintendent for a term ending January first. The board set Whitworth College lighting rates, addressed sewerage, and approved water main tapping contracts and mill connections.
Property for sale by owner due to renewal. Commodious and solidly built house, 2 acres of land, well fenced, in good repair. Purchase money partially secured on the property. Also offering furniture and a pair of Jersey heifers. Apply on premises to Jdous Mase, STH HenID. Includes local notices and miscellaneous items from Houck's Opera House and nearby trades.
Twenty Years Proof. Tutt's Liver Pills keep the bowels in natural motion and cleanse the system of all impurities An absolute cure for sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach, constipation and kindred diseases. "Can't do without them" R. P. Smith, Chilesburg, Va. writes I don't know how I could ldo without them. I have had Liver disease for over twenty years. Am now entirely cured. Tutt's Liver Pills
S am selling out my entire stock of merchandise in Brookhaven at cost. Come early for extraordinary bargains in Clothing Gents' Furnishings and Shoes. Nathan Zwirn sells valuable real estate for sale due to business relocation to Hattiesburg Miss. Brookhaven Lumber and Manufacturing Co announces acres of land for sale near Illinois Central and rail lines with multiple dwellings cabins offices sheds and a large barn with stalls and forage capacity. February 12 2001.
A biographical sketch of Thomas W. East, born 1856 in Copiah County, reveals a Confederate veteran, farmer, mill builder, and later merchant in Brookhaven. He served as justice of the peace, ran East & Sons with his sons, helped establish Red Star post office, and was a Prohibitionist and generous donor. He died January 1901 after paralysis, leaving a second wife, Ses sions, and no children.
A Brookhaven hardware shop opens on Prout Street inviting Lincoln county readers to compare prices. A string of local items follows: weddings between J A Williams and Augie Arister, and Thomas Marlow with Carrie Hilton. Cadmus Club bans refreshments and sets 8:30 a m meetings, with membership drops for three absences. A shooting accident near Wesson injures Robert Higdon, possibly requiring amputation.
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