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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1904
Page
2
The text surveys a mix of topics from fire losses and a Baltimore blaze to Jules Verne birthday notes, war correspondence, and civic trivia. It references Sen Charles Hanna’s death, Philippine geography knowledge, a tree value view of novels, and a Portland Maine bequest. It touches Corean court dentistry deals and remembers the Maine incident.
A condensed review from the past week covers Senate and House actions, memorials for Senator Hanna, and messages from Washington. It notes the Panama matter, fortification funding, and reforms in census statistics. Reports include extreme cold in many states, diplomatic fears, church merger announcements, and assorted local fires, crimes, and political shifts across multiple states.
Memphis Feb 23 government engineers and state levee boards from Cairo to Vicksburg will gather next Friday at 1 am to discuss a stronger levee protection system. Attendees include districts from Missouri Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana with focus on enforcing levee laws and preventing damage to embankments.
The Allied People's party national convention will be held in either Indianapolis Indiana or Springfield Illinois after fusionist and middle-of-the-road wings met in St Louis and Louisville. Agreements on date and exact city are to be decided tomorrow following late night talks.
A North ern Pacific No 1 westbound attack between Fargo and Valley City was thwarted after robbers removed a rail. They fled as a posse pursues. Other items note Indianola Miss post office changes with Dr Martin as postmaster, and war prep reports from Vienna and Salonica amid Bulgarian siege concerns.
The Mississippi movement calls for greater rural school funding to raise teacher standards and improve schoolhouses. It praises public schools, urges practical classroom upgrades, and urges citizens to replace obstructive figures with progressive leaders to bolster statewide prosperity.
Chicago February report says five men indicted for manslaughter in the Iroquois theater fire of December 30 while four others cited with no bills. Indictments include Will J. Davis Thomas Noon and Thomas F. Cummings. George Williams and Edward Laughlin face official duty charges. Mayor Harrison fire marshal Musham and others receive no bills. Jury to file formal report Tuesday afternoon.
Baltimore officials and lawmakers met to chart a plan to modernize the city. Key topics included widening congested business streets, securing a $5,000,000 loan, sewer system plans, rebuilding houses, relief for taxpayers in the burned district, and aiding fire victims.
A colonial mansion long tied to Washington and early republic policy wanes from view. Liberty Hall, later called Ureino, sits in Ellin Death, New Jersey, as Kane of New Jersey resides there. In 1778, it served as his lodgings when he signed the Declaration.
Wheat resumed an uptick on Saturday amid rising speculative excitement in Chicago. May futures jumped from about 1.04 to around 1.07, with Armour brokers playing a key role in steadying the pace as buyers swept the pit.
Ogden Utah February twenty second. A special train bearing the conover and undertakers left Sunday for Jackson the scene of Friday night s explosion. An inquest will be held today. The number of dead now is twenty eight Americans and twenty Greeks. George Kachianis, one of the injured, died at the hospital Sunday.
A farmer G W Bramel killed his wife and drove his children out into rain after a drunken spree, then perished in a house fire he set. His brother was driven away earlier. Viola Allen and others appear in brief items from New York and Washington regarding health, postings, and politics.
A chaotic clump of advertisements and snippets features seed company pitches including Salzer Seed Co and La Crosse Wisconsin offers for farm seeds and samples, mixed with stray quotes, jokes, medical cures, and brief notices. Names like Salter Seed Co appear amid unrelated items and partial phrases from other articles.
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