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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1891

Page

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All About The Week In Congress And World News

A long digest of congressional action and international notes. Items include tentative currency measures, Nebraska Oklahoma policy, territorial legislation, and various political moves. Also reports on arrests, proclamations, accidents, and societal happenings across multiple locales and figures.

Congress Tvs Nebraska Oklahoma Senate Gilty War Department Vorrhees District of Columbia Sherman Call McPherson Init Aldrich Metherson House Edmunds Morgan Nerordine Mendis

Southern Gleanings Breezy Chronicle of Murders and Fires

A jumbled report from Kenton Tennessee recounts Lewis Thompson killing George French in a quarrel over jokes about marriage, Thompson jailed in Troy after fleeing. Other items note a fire injuring Miss Eulalie Wall near Lake Charles Louisiana, Mormon revival activity in Georgia, public lashes for young burglars in Kentucky, a record cotton cargo from New Orleans, and various political and crime notes across the South.

Kenton Lewis Thompson George French Thompson French Troy Eulalie Wall Wall Lake Charles Sheriff Reed

MISSISSIPPI MATTERS The Ordinance of Keessbon

An antebellum relic exhibit in Memphis showcases an autograph Mississippi Secession Ordinance from January 1861. The document outlines secession, repeal of U S ties, oath abrogation, and a proposed union with seceded states, signed by convention leaders.

Keessbon Memphis Mississippi America United States of America United States Sit Ds. Divhby F. A. Fury Isil

Electric progress and gear across Europe and industry

The Electrical World notes rapid uptake of electricity in Madrid and England, with storage batteries displacing primary cells in Berlin offices and electric motors on London underground cars. Plans show Dresden area lighting for 188 towns, iodine iodide chemistry via current, and Chicago News planning a 500 hp electric press plant. It reports atmospheric electricity measurements by Prof. Weber, suggests wire-cutting response crews for fires, and details a Spain central station with underground mains and high power lamps. It also describes a French navy diving suit with electric lamp and a future water-knife battery for divers.

America Madridsen England Herlin Ths Leonion Dresden Germany Chicago News Leonard Weber Spain Calla de Las Mezas Seville

Life in Heligoland Patriarchal Customs Still Observed

The women of Heligoland are small and graceful while men are tall and strong. The system keeps women from political rights, with men as breadwinners and heads of households. Young couples marry early, and women remain in supportive roles as men earn and inherit. A note on boat ownership and earnings follows, then a digression recounts a Waterloo anecdote shared by Lord Shaftesbury about the Duke of Wellington praising a brave courier's timely delivery.

Jerrensons Davis Pascagoula Brannon Millsaps College RB A Roninsos Magnolia Princes L. Bell Grenada County Grenada J.C. Julienne Julienne Supreme Court Koscivexe Mississippi Jackson Rattlifts Ferry Canton Heligoland Haligoe Lander Waterloo Lord Shaftesbury George Burns Edward Hodder Duke of Wellington

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