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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1898
Page
3
A Wednesday dated poem speaks of weariness from strife yet faith that mercy and heaven grant endurance. It imagines a soul bearing through hardship, awaiting mercy, and clinging to hope amid life’s battles with wrong and sorrow.
A boy recounts a nocturnal adventure at Dolph Switzer’s house. They arm themselves with a musket and pistols, hear an intruder, and unleash Dolph’s dog Old Jack in a tense confrontation. Jack injures the thief, and the dog earns praise as a protector before disappearances in the neighborhood surface later.
An odd tale from Squaw Creek follows a stranger offering a lighthouse keeper post to the town’s notorious liars. After a mass pledge to tell the truth, a staged confession backfires, causing real estate losses and a lasting social blow to the community.
Marcus Hanna defeats rival McKisson in joint Senate balloting to become Ohio's next senator, with Hanna securing a majority over McKisson in both house and general assembly tallies. The victory follows factional battles within Ohio Republicans, including leadership struggles and heated campaigns at Toledo and St. Louis. Telegrams of congratulation pour in from national Republican figures amid a wave of post election acclaim.
A chaotic postcard of old ads and anecdotes about Dr Williams Pink Pills for pale people and other remedies. From patient testimonials to a pawned music box tale, the clippings mix medical quackery, mild humor, and assorted society notes in a mosaic of late 19th century advertising and short vignettes.
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