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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1885
Page
3
The Brookhaven Reader reports a quiet week with many social calls and local events. Court sessions and chanceries adjourned, assessments to begin February 1, and various residents visiting, traveling, or hosting gatherings as illness subsides.
An observer recalls the Fancy Ball held by the Young Men's Social Club at Hoskins Hall in Brookhaven. Despite cold weather, guests arrived in fanciful costumes, door-keepers checked admit cards, and the hall dazzled with lights and music. The writeup wryly notes diverse attendees in period dress, the supper signal, and the queen of diamonds cake topper before closing with an ad for Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic.
Rev Dr B Galloway preached farewell to the Methodist congregation after being assigned to Yazoo City by the Mississippi Annual Conference. He spoke emotionally of past ties, praised his parish, and urged support for his successor as the new pastor takes charge. His departure follows a two sermon debut and a call for continued church growth and temple completion.
Whitworth College publishes an honor roll listing students Luella Biggs Katie Hughston Cora McClellan Cora Brooks Atosta Stuckey Mollie Cesqua Emmie Moore Antoinette Stuckey Mamie Alford An McClellan Willie Galloway May Millsaps Constance Barbe. Sims carries a vice and a well selected stock of groceries. Don’t fail to call. Coffee and cash prices noted.
A long review extols a new volume tracing American history from the republic’s foundations to the present, praising its scope and vivid portraits. It catalogs numerous figures and events, noting moral and intellectual prosperity alongside brutal crimes and controversial figures, urging readers to consider the work’s sweeping portrayal.
Fraternal lodge memorial resolutions honor Jodge M Hart and illuminate loss to the community. The notice also promotes Marsden's Pectoral Balm and Creole Tonic for coughs colds throat and lung ailments with local druggists advertising Shiloh's Cure for croup whooping cough and bronchitis.
The National Will opens a branch at 105 St Charles St New Orleans offering preparations for numerous ailments and private care. The notice promotes travel reductions to the World's Exposition and lists various remedies and products with ads from multiple suppliers and agents.
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