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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1901
Page
4
A partial transcription shows a January 16 entry with initials and fragmented lines. The readable text includes names like RONEN and Seste Watenoas and mentions Christmas and evening timing, but most content is garbled and unreadable.
Official directory entry listing Brookhaven figures and districts with names such as Eimear te Seay and J. Walker. includes sections on education and local offices, though text is partly garbled and difficult to read.
Local items report church services next Sabbath and various visitors and guests in town. Mentions include Miss Edith Sherman traveling to Natchez, Mrs Annie Johnson of Memphis, Miss Lizzie Pugate of Hazlehurst, visits by Louis and David Cohn and Thos Brady to New Orleans, and Miss Lilly of Magnolia returning home. Also notes church affairs, a wedding guest list, and promotions for DeWitt's liver pills and Witch Hazel Salve.
Pair driver notes moves and visitors including Prof Mullen moving into a house, John Cowart preparing to relocate, and several residents visiting or improving homes. Farmers discuss seed corn and weevils, Minder demand rises among country folk, and B R Be relocates to Columbia. Methodist service time shifts to the third Sunday. Indigestion cure advertised by C K Grafton Drug Co. A brookhaven home ad seeks buyers or tenants on East Cherokee Street. Epworth League to hold a literary meeting at Miss Mary Moreton’s home.
Local items announce McGrath & Sons offering ten dollars in gold to the nearest guess on the number of cotton spools sold from January to July 1901 at their department store. Miss Sarah Ragsdale to present a program of character sketches at the opera house Friday evening January 14. Other notices include Dan Bryant leasing the Lewry building for a hardware store February 1 and various advertisements for remedies and products.
Short anecdotes recount a Great Harrowl birth record misaddressing to a Boer officer, a Duke of Westminster letter confirming a kept cigar, a Rugby school prank when Temple and Benson laughed over a beech tree, and a German baker's hot coffee trick to warm the Empress. Also notes a Philadelphia cat collector and Munich art academy with scholarships and modest fees.
The brick depot, built by the McGrathas, now houses the government post office with oak interiors, tile floors, plate glass front, lock boxes, money order and registered section, but staffing remains short and a new clerk is urged. Also notes Smith's Sure Kidney Care and local ads for lots, hardware, and U.S. Civil Service exams with dates in March and April.
Capt Wa Pornest of Memphis Tennessee reports years of backache end after one bottle of Smith's Sure Kidney Cure with no recurrence. He extols the product and notes its price and local dealer C. B. sells it.
To the Public. I have erected a cotton seed house near the old market building and am prepared to furnish the trade with meat and the lowest pacers sued. Ww. W. McKurri Agent. Jackson Cotton Oh Co, Phone 14, 3 rings. During January my rice mill will be run on Friday and Saturday and after that date on Saturday. I will be responsible for all rice inft in my care, A Ws FG.
Fourth Lovell ceremony and reception details with Rev R H Purer officiating at Union Hall. Attendants include Harry Tibbs Jolie Smith Ew tus Smith Annie Allen. Banquet and social hour praised. friends send best wishes for the couple's long life together.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Sew Grant Meni and W T Rast in unclear context. Patient status and details are obscured. readable bits fail to establish a coherent event, dates, or locations.
A transcription fragment presents the charter for a corporation linked to Parsons, Moreton, and Wentworth with names A H Moreton and Wentworth. It references Lingala County and Masai area, noting the corporation’s intended formation and leadership. The readable items indicate a formal corporate charter process and interested parties seeking incorporation.
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