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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1905
Page
3
Readable text shows scattered times and cryptic codes such as 641 p. ma and -1 p. m son 616 py th -11:10 a. m. Details are unclear. no complete event or entities to identify.
Town and county items mention New Year greetings, coke available from Brookhaven Ice Mfg Co, shops closing after midnight, Whitworth College sessions resuming, local auctions, hardware store promotions, and various residents visiting. Mentions of rice polish, red Cypress shingles, Majestic Ranges, and upcoming dances plus notices on local education, farms, and a few traveling visitors.
An old advertisement for Abshagen boasts 300 years of shoe quality. A court notice orders a two week special term of the Lincoln County Circuit Court starting the 8th Monday in January 1905 for civil cases. The page also contains multiple medical product ads and local notices mentioning Price Drug Co and various residents and events.
A Frederick City native, George Young, died suddenly at the McPherson House last Sunday, a sorrowful telegram conveying the loss to his mother. The issue notes stomach trouble remedies and local health ads, with community life details from Fayette and nearby towns, including references to Prof. Girault, Rev. Eming, and Sunday School events, plus medicine promotions for Dyspepsia Cure and Horehound Syrup.
A fragmented OCR note hints at expectant mothers and a friend’s role in welcoming a child. It references nature choosing a mother, joy, ambition, and lifelong anticipation. The text mentions a society or club scene and a romantic or domestic tone around pregnancy.
Delegates arrive for the National Association of Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges for Negroes meeting held December 20 with prayers by Rev. John JH Grant. Papers discuss The Colored College Graduate and related topics by Howard University Missouri Lincoln Institute and others while educators urge unity between whites and blacks for future progress.
Rural Free Delivery has transformed farm life by delivering mail to isolated plantations. From an experimental start with $40,000, routes now number over 27,000 with a $20.8 million budget, serving more than 12 million people and saving farmers time and money by keeping them in touch with markets.
The Tribune dispatches from Carnesville Georgia Ocilla and Hatchechubbee report planters merchants and other locals Burning large cotton lots to destroy up to two million bales of surplus in a bid to raise prices. Enthusiasm ran high with crowds applauding the act and officials presiding over ceremonies.
Governor Vardaman may grant clemency in the life sentence of Joe Watt Fugitt, the Prentiss county prisoner condemned for murdering Ron Cunningham. The Supreme Court set an execution date of January 30, but the governor is not expected to interfere, allowing the law to run its course. W. Cox of Prentiss aided the prosecution and argued before the court. Bail was set at $10,000 for verry Robinson, the slayer of postorphy, as the Sumner preliminary trial drew intense interest.
A sweeping tribute to the patients cured of heart disease by Dr Miles Heart Cure. The piece imagines a city filled with those saved by the treatment, contrasting lives spared with those lost without the intervention. Strong, emotive historic ad copy underscores the doctor’s impact.
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