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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1901
Page
2
The Leader advertises yearly subscription price details with payment in advance. Editor and Proprietor T Hobbs and Field Editor A Scarborough are listed among staff credits.
The Lestes urges readers to sign up for a one year subscription at regular rate and receive Home ava Pons 12 cenths as a premium, open to new subscribers and renewals. The paper touts Linendy county news coverage and bold opinions, with Hobbs as publisher promoting value in a combined package amid broader state news and public notices.
The Supreme Court faces two landmark questions on extending US sovereignty to new territories. The Philippines question tests duties and incorporation as part of the United States, while the Porto Rico issue debates whether tariffs apply to goods from the island. Arguments invoke revolution, constitutional power, and potential impacts on American industry and governance.
The year closes with Mississippi advancing on industry railroads and a new statehouse. Cotton mills fertilizer plants and textile school plans expand as the Capitol moves to a $1 million building in 28 months. Prison farm and artesian wells push state improvements.
A compilation of 19th century items notes international agricultural subsidies potato and wheat imports Germany, Oysters in Germany, British Army armor, and arbors days in Uruguay. Also mentions US visitors to Burns birthplace, Copenhagen rats, Canadian park stock, New York grape regions, and a large Toronto city hall project.
Mississippis short shorthand chronicle notes Yazoo Citys brick factory and J T A Woods sale of six lots at Gulfport. Obits include Colin of Timville and Morgan of Woodville. Vicksburg worries over fever spread. marriages include Peatross Langford and Dabney Lockwood. Excavation progress on Jackson opera house. railroads report heavy holiday traffic.
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