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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1901
Page
4
City officials and council members listed in the February 2001 issue outline the mayor and board of aldermen. Meetings are scheduled for the first Tuesday evening of every month, with details on roles and local governance.
Official directory lists officials and roles for Lin Coln County including sheriffs clerks and supervisors. Names appear with Brookhaven associations and various districts. the text covers election cycles and committee members for multiple districts and offices.
Building materials and hardware items at Perkins store figure among a flurry of town notices. Residents, moves, travel, theater plans, sales, and upcoming social events fill the columns, with references to health products and local merchants shaping daily life in the area.
A long page lists goods at cost at Nathan Zwirn s, Buck s staves at Perkins Hardware, sale of spring suits by W P Hubert, and advertising for Per kins Kee Bowen Union Church visitors. Also notices on theater Prisoner of Algiers, Cadmus Club meetings, home repairs, and local business sales, with brief items on health products and a fire alarm.
Property at Jackson and Congress streets offers 467 feet frontage on Jackson and 250 feet on Congress. Features include a two story dwelling with porches, eight rooms, kitchen and bath, brick cellar, electric light and water, servant house and stable. Desirable city location with room for two more residences. View 12 to 1 pm February 1. Also note telegraph service and local theft news, with police action against a shoplifter ring and two youths involved.
Announced a new hardware and farm supply store on Front Street in Brookhaven opposite the depot inviting Lincoln county residents to inspect goods and compare prices. Also reports legal notices, a fatal accident involving a child, court term details, a stock-guessing promotion at MO Grath & Sons, city enforcement warnings for livestock, a minor drug note, and Epworth League activities with program highlights.
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