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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1887
Page
2
A historical Mississippi column mixes garbled postal details with national politics. It notes the Interstate Commerce Bill progress, urges rural self-reliance, and comments on editor Luther Sexton and W. L. Mitchell. It recalls labor strikes, cabinet balance for agriculture and labor, and questions W. B. Watts’ political candidacy amid Lincoln county conservatism.
The Meridian News argues that obituaries tributes and similar notices should be billed at regular advertising rates and paid in advance to cover typesetting costs. It cites a neighbor paper The Clarion failing to enforce such charges and notes a subscriber left the paper after delays in publishing a tribute.
A column urges renters to attend the Jackson convention on February 1 and calls for a public meeting to elect delegates. It promotes the county’s climate and soil for grasses and grain, advertises a February 17 special edition of The Leaver, and notes Blair Educational bill support by Mississippi delegates. It urges immigrant advertisements and public school funding, plus comments on tax delinquency and state penitentiary plans.
Fragmented ad style text markets Mood’s Calender and Hood’s Household Calender almanacs for 1487. Mentions mood’s calender, medicine labels, and a promotional image of a child’s head. Includes misread phrases and garbled OCR.
Columbus expects a broom factory. Vicksburg to receive mail and a lecture to Jackson next Tuesday. Notes on hotels, mayoral figures, fraud rumors, and a flood of counterfeit dollars. Church and conference items, newspaper editorship changes, marriages, and political endorsements. Railroad talks, court cases, and local militia drill with 18 women and men. Post office finances rise with Meridian showing growth while Natchez and Vicksburg lag. Several bills and meetings loom in Mississippi counties and towns.
The Industrial Convention in Jackson February 16 17 18 1887 outlines speakers on dairy education grass crops and dairy processes. Notables include Gov Lowry Mayor Metill Col Hooker and Prof John A Myers. Prizes for butter and dairy packaging and free rail transport for exhibit packages.
The Fall River program lists a 10 o'clock Saturday gathering before the Sth Sunday in January. Speakers include J. Furixh on exegesis Luke 11 24 26 and R J Parser on repentance, with J Buckles and others addressing themes of faith, politics, and secular and religious literature.
In Monticello Moxticrr Miss Jan 14 1286 Lawrence County notes report a court right case between a Co on and a Pox. W A Hyer engages in tech work for A Colin. J Mo Wyle moves to town to join the sheriff and contributes to jail costs. Mrs Santa moves her business. Monticello School strengthens under Rev J H Gamble and a Prohibition lecture. Upcoming court actions, jurors, and a wedding announce a bustling county scene.
The text notes a benefit of free trade and reduced revenue taxes on propriety medicines. It mentions Keen's August Flowers and Hooxee's German Syrup with a thirty six cents per dozen reduction and increased bottle size, yielding one fifth more medicine in the 75 cent size. The German Syrup targets coughs and lung troubles, and sample bottles for LAconte remain.
Mrs Phoebe Chesley Peterson of Clay county Iowa, aged 73, had kidney trouble and lameness preventing self care. She says Electric Bitters freed her from pain and illness, restoring strength to do housework. She praises Moule Co. for selling bottles at 50 cents.
A fragmented report hints at a grand jury examining a saloon keeper and alleged violations linked to toilet water and revenues. It notes a public interest in justice, mentions a political mood in Nezne, and references an earthquake in prices at Kebl man with a call for potatoes and garden produce.
Ex Gouvernor Rabbard praises pautissoph glasses by T. T. Meade & Co. in Brookhaven for eye comfort and ease of reading. He notes the glasses fit perfectly, enabling clearer vision in print, and recommends them to the public. Ex-Governor Huspano signs the endorsement as Minister to Japan.
Capt. Coleman of the schooner Weymouth, between Atlantic City and New York, suffered a cough keeping him from sleep. He used Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and received instant relief with eased breast soreness. His children also improved after a single dose. Free trial bottles offered at T T Meade & Co. drug stores.
A deciphered, fragmentary report discusses medical treatments and a patient’s health trajectory. References mention Athens, doctors, and a doctor named Avner Ow, with vague notes on cancer and recovery. The text includes garbled names and phrases, indicating a distressed or incomplete manuscript.
An old advertisement offers a two page free copy of a blood tonic with dramatic claims. It urges readers to mail for the “Hunk of Wonders” and promises cures for mood boil tone and kidney complaints among others. The ad lists a street address in Auburn California and cites various sensational results.
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