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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1902
Page
5
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Local column reports social visits and reappearances in Brookhaven and surrounding towns. Miss Rushell Harris and Miss Laurie Pena host guests. Hon. A. C. McNair’s residence additions noted. several residents travel to Jackson, Crystal Springs, Chatawa, and New Orleans for dances, holidays, and study. Advertising promos urge readers to subscribe and take advantage of offers, with miscellaneous notices on local officials, churches, and businesses.
The Leader announces a gasoline engine buy to power presses and asks readers to renew or subscribe for the coming year at one dollar. Through February first 1902 old or new subscribers can get both The Leader and Home and Farm for 1.25, with prices returning to 1.50 after February 1. Public notice includes local school grade lists and a testimonial from D B Mitchell about DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
Rank Greer is a long settled Bent 3 farmer in Lincoln county Nebraska. Born November 1 1537 in Pike county Mississippi he survived as a Confederate Army veteran. He married Mary Ann Lusby in September 1861 and raised fourteen children with her before her death. He then wed Kate Tyler daughter of the late Hon. James Burns and they live in prosperous companionship. He enlisted in the Fourteenth Mississippi Cavalry in August 1862.
A community tribute chronicles General Forrest till July 184 illing injury, then the man Greer. It says Greer built a home after a fire, supported by neighbors, and remains active in farming and business. Describes him as a devout Baptist deacon, charitable, healthful, and strict in discipline, with thirteen own and two stepchildren, never drank liquor in nineteen years, and never sought medical care. Conway.
A letter from a Georgia mother claims four births, three with severe pain requiring chloroform, but the last with a healthy boy after using Mother's Friend. She asserts the product eased pregnancy strain, morning sickness, and labor, keeping body and mind steady for the final birth.
A testimonial from Joel Deaont of Inwood, praising Chamberlain's Cough Pacer and recounting how it saved his son’s life after severe breathing trouble. The notice notes a purchase from C. B. Grafton Drug Co and says the bottle helped after frequent dosing and phlegm removal. The item blends with other brief notices on sermons and endowment fundraising.
A historical charter text names several individuals and firms including Louis Cohn and David Cohn of Haven, Mississippi, and others in Lincoln County. It outlines officer roles, board structure, and meeting plans for organization, noting the first stockholders meeting at Commercial Bank in Brooklyn, with waivers and references to state code.
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