15 Jan 1885
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1885
Page
1
A verbose holiday sales pitch highlights a wide range of wares for Christmas and New Year from a major Dry Goods House. It touts clothing items like cloaks shawls and silks, plus hosiery, lingerie, plush sets, shaving kits, dolls toys, and home goods including carpets and table covers. Prices are promised as low and orders invited with price quotes.
A lengthy poetic list assigns birthstone and gem recommendations to each calendar month, claiming virtues and fates for wearers. The piece intersperses a National Railroad oversight discussion with excerpts from speeches by Senator George and Representative Barksdale on interstate commerce and railroad regulation, stressing equal treatment, public duties, and the need for federal oversight.
An 1880 law allowed home made wines by pint but many sections banned sale under one pint. Amendments in 1882 and 1884 kept wine sales restricted to at least a gallon, placing wine with spirituous liquors for licensing. Liberty Herald reports the sequence of changes and the final restriction.
The Railway Age compiles 1884 rail construction at 3870 miles on 186 lines across 35 states and 7 territories. It notes uneven progress by state and territory, totals 125,462 miles by end of 1883, and projects 1885 extensions in the Northwest and West with new lines. It discusses valuations, investments, and policy hints amid speculation on future routes and regional gains.
In the Monticello Susathern Journal 1852, Raymond Guntte credits a will allocating 500,000 from the State Treasury for county school dividends, prompting Jarnegan of Nocobe to denounce the measure as unjust. He cites counties drawing 20,000 to 30,000 and others over 400 annually, while Jones would gain thousands. Capt Coopwood challenges the claim, noting constituents are poor but honest, as the bill passes by a large majority. The piece also outlines the presidential electoral count procedures to be held on the second Wednesday in February.
A temperance note offers printed blank forms to organize opponents of whisky traffic on a nationwide basis. It urges volunteers to cover printing and postage and promises free distribution to those who help, aiming to mobilize both anti and pro moral causes.
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