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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1891
Page
2
A fragmentary notice lists Kate Deader at the Brow Rarer Post Office and an address 22 Cherokee Street with limited readable details. The text is garbled but indicates a public or personal notice involving a person named Kate Deader and an address.
A long column surveys Prohibition sentiment in Mississippi, noting Judge Chrisman praise, party alignment with Democrats, and the push to field Prohibition candidates. It covers outbreaks of local political shifts, editorials on liquor power, and calls for Mississippians to join the Prohibition movement while maintaining some Democratic ties this year. The piece cites local figures, newspapers, and legislative changes shaping the era.
Henry Ware presided at the Jackson meeting as Prohibitionists reorganized the State Central Committee and Executive Committee. They plan to make Prohibition an open issue in nominations, seek a State organizer, and solicit monthly contributions from supporters. The Winona Times criticized the move as unwise.
The article explains how the 1891 constitutional changes affect local option and liquor licenses. It notes that counties without a local option election remain under old law, and that new registration rules complicate who may vote. It warns that a Prohibitionist wet/dry clash may delay local option elections until registration is completed, with a general election set for November 3. Local option votes in 1891 would require careful, near-term connections among voters and officials.
Jan 11 Ville report details Frank Poole’s murder of his wife by breaking a lamp over her head during a drunken fit. The blaze injures both. Mrs Poole lingers hopeful for recovery though maimed. The article also discusses Southern politics, apportionment fights, and local government actions in Lincoln County with public works and juror selections.
The pamphlet brims with claims for Shilohs Cor Cure as the most successful cough medicine, curing coughs croup bronchitis and even consumption. It is sold with a guarantee and priced at 10 cents 50 cents and 1.00. Also mentions Shilohs Porous Plaster and a salve praised for skin ailments. A separate tragedy notes a young woman nearly killed when her clothes ignited at McCombes.
Obituary sketch recalls Col Daniel Dennett born March 27 1818 in Saco Missouri. a long career as a writer on farming subjects and a public spirited citizen who lived across Louisiana Texas Mississippi and Maine. He moved through several towns teaching and editing before joining the Franklin Banner in 1842 and remained devoted to cultural topics until death. The piece notes his industrious character and influence on farming improvements and mentions other contemporaries and political notes of the era.
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