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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1883
Page
1
The Brookhaven Leader outlines terms for advance payments and rates for transient and local notices. Marriage and death notices under six lines are free. ads over six lines pay regular rates. Standing advertisements are noted but not detailed.
The speaker, a laborer, laments his dead child amid urban pollution and factory life. He accuses selfish industry and lax laws, calls for change, and contrasts harsh punishment with a humane public policy. mentions Mississippi and Louisiana figures in context of regional politics.
A Kansas City based company plans eight expandable railway cars forming a portable opera house with auditorium and stage. The railcar theater will travel via railroads and include a portable track to switch into a full theater at communities lacking facilities. The concept promises rapid setup and touring productions for such towns.
A survey of evolving spring attire features tweed suits with varied trims including redingote details, kilted skirts with jersey bodices, and ornate jackets with cardinal piping and animal button motifs. It also covers textile innovations, glass coloring, and gait descriptions.
The piece notes General Wolfe’s death and a public contest for the best epitaph. A writer submitted a verse addressed to the Sun, praising the officer and his grenadiers with careful, polished lines.
A German physician of celebrity reports that early rising harms health and longevity rather than helping it. He notes most late risers study shows eight in ten reaching eight then stay up until late morning, arguing early rising is a dangerous habit for those who stay up late, as suggested by Charles Levaud or Laval.
A city merchant recounts voting for Harrison Lincoln Taylor Garfield and others and says he will never vote for another president. He explains his Whig and Republican leanings and notes how four of his choices died in office and one was assassinated. He admits a pattern he did not seek.
Mr James S Grinnell in the Springfield Republican recounts a Leyden farmer who bellled his Southdown ewes to deter dogs. After a raid he found a bell tongue missing, replaced it, and since then the sheep have been undisturbed. The piece calls the simple experiment worthwhile.
Professor Beil describes five years of Hudson Bay exploration calling it the Canadian Mediterranean. He estimates the bay at 1000 miles long and 600 wide covering about 1 million square miles with southern shores and limited winter snow. Tributaries include the Nelson Winnipeg Saskatchewan Red River, draining central North America into the bay. He notes southern winds on the west are mild in winter and drought affects prices for art pieces mention just after.
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