15 Jan 1891
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1891
Page
1
Republicans rename a California Senate candidate and a host of global and domestic news items are reported, including political shifts, legal notices, colonial appointments, merchant disputes, and a mix of diplomatic and criminal events across cities such as Washington, London, Berlin, and New York, with mentions of the sugar and currency issues, epidemics, and industry consolidations.
Bulletin from the Census Bureau lists tribal population figures and tallies the U S total population at 37 million including Alaska This summarizes widespread demographic data and notes Alaska figures in the national total plus mentions other social incidents across several states.
Reading through the Mississipp قسم coverage, reports detail a highway robbery near Bardett between Washington County and Livingston, involving three armed Black men who stripped John W. Childs of a knife, tobacco, cash, and a check. A separate account describes a burglary at Jack Johnson’s home, a struggle with a Black intruder, and a dramatic chase to the porch. The page also notes state finances, labor agents, a Jackson Day wedding, local mill dividends, lynching in Neshoba County, a long-standing local resident’s death, a Murphy post office, and a satire of agricultural editors’ death.
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage delivers a New Year discourse urging a forward religious movement. He contrasts moral decay with a call for supernatural Power from on High to revive churches, families, and cities, citing 1857 and 1891 awakenings and urging united prayer and evangelism across America. He evokes vast named figures and historical episodes to illustrate the need for renewed faith and action.
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