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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1886
Page
5
The column mixes political jabs about telegraph lines and legislation with cultural vignettes. It mentions Horatio Seymour, the Bell Telephone monopoly, a Louisville violinist, and a lack of monuments to Gen Willie Mahone, along with local religious and political events and lyrical verses about Wayland woods.
The 28th day sessions recount debates on reducing railroad commissioners salaries, electing them, and creating a state board of equalization. Amendments, adjournments, memorials to Congress, and public notices fill the day as legislators discuss officers, public works, and relief bills while observing deaths and adjournments for memorial services.
Fragment from a Mississippi newspaper recounts a melodramatic plot of a western belle who marries a stranger for social advancement, resulting in betrayal and tragedy. It references public notices, political figures, and a critique of marriage as a social contract, ending with moral exhortations and a call for justice.
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