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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1901
Page
2
Tas Leapen promotes a liberal one year subscription offer for 1.50, bundling Tar Laven and Tar Homg axo Panu as free premiums. The Leader touts Tax Leaves as Lincoln county’s best for home and county news and urges renewals. Publisher B. T. Hobbs markets the combo as a strong value.
A long weekly note recounts a twenty day trip through Pike, Merion and eastern Covington counties. Farmers face short corn yields yet plan for a strong cotton crop. The writer visits Ebeneezer church, Columbia, and discusses local industry, governance, and social tales with residents, including Brother Posey and Miss Zona Scarborough.
Fragmented item includes a poem fragment about fate and an envelope and a discussion of Freemasonry in Mississippi. It notes President McKinley’s Masonry ties, his first degree date May 1 1865, and Master Mason status May 3 1865. Also mentions a coroner verdict in East Union Mills and a Natchez grocer death.
The Chicago Times Herald contrasts Senator Will Van Amberg Sullivan of Mississippi with John L. Sullivan. Quotes display a Sharp satire on chivalry and a boastful defense of manhood. Notes reactions from Times Herald, Brookliven Leader, and Jackson News.
Local items report Johnson Station becoming an incorporated town on the ninth, new farm labor wages, and neighbors bidding farewell as families relocate to Johnson Station and nearby sawmills. A mix of community updates includes Rev Scarborough’s southern trip, literary notices from Bay St. Louis writers, a Crescent City tragedy, and a public hanging planned for Kosciusko. Commodious Brookhaven residence sale offers 42 acres, Jersey cattle, and furniture, with flexible financing. A brief note credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure from Grafton Drug Co.
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