Christmas Goods and Loyal Papers from M Lehman’s Store
A long 19th century ad and local reflection discusses holiday offerings at M Lehman’s Dryades Street shop in New Orleans with a vast list of wares from cloaks to silks and perfumery. The piece pivots to a historical review of Columbus Mississippi’s 1840s to 1880s growth, banking, railroads, public buildings, education, and the rise of saloons, debating their impact on progress and civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Completon
Mobile d& Ohio Railroad
Mobile
Mobile & Olio
Columbus Life and General Tnsurakee Co
Gilmer
Christian Church
Adaitoon
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Cohumbua
Female Institute
Cleveland era civil service vows against sweeping change
Col Dick Bright interview stresses patience with voters pushing for clean sweep. Gov Cleveland will protect civil service rules, preserve capable officials, and avoid rash removals. Predicts conservatism and caution in government personnel to safeguard party and nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Dick Bright
Cleveland
Government Department
Washington
Ming
Ventrere
Natchez
Interesting Facts About Columbus Mississippi Home of State Female College
Columbus Miss notes early survey of Columbus public lands in August 1521 and the town’s heartlands leased. Population tiny with settlers from nearby states as Choctaw lands open after Dancing Rabbit Creek treaty of 1830. Immigrations from Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas shaped farms near the river. 1835 36 prosperous growth followed by the 1835 39 financial crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mississippi
Dancing Rabbit Creek
Columabos
United
Bagkrups
Correspondence on Prohibition and Saloons in Mississippi
A Mississippi letter condemns alcohol proliferation, decries saloons, and urges legal action to curb drink trade. It argues temperance reform has failed via moral suasion and calls for state and federal legislation to remove licenses and pressure politicians who support whisky interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian Mercury
Mississippi
Philanthroputs
Walla
W. CT. U
Order of Gomi Templars
Murphy Societies &c
Irving Lo
Ontit Ulere
Fabius
Newt Dow
United State
Bearden Thelle
Ben
Congress
Thas
Clay County
Advice to Young Men on Work and Dignity of Labor
A distressed admonition urges young men to work hard in any craft from digging to writing. It stresses that those who endure toil gain the best lives, while quitting work invites misfortune, and emphasizes discipline, appetite, and personal worth shaped by steady labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Boling
Artilles
A. B. Griswold & CO
Sewelers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brookhaven Reader
BY B. T. Hopes
Srs
Vingis Central Railroad
Berea N. O
Brookhaven
Jackson
Matt
N. O
Brooklaven
Canton
Ancknon
Crystal Springs
Hazlehurst
McComb City
Tangipaton
Auntie
Hamond
Magetationn
Jackson & Columbus
R. R
Mall
Harriston
Lan Am
JX Perkins
Bainly
Front Street
R. J. Withers
Endese
Krauss & Levy
Kohlman
Kohlman’s
M. Lehman’s
Dryades Streets
New Orleans
Angle
M. Lehman
Sule
E. Lehman
Dryades Street
Ginuil
Obill
Pine Station
Aspaniel
Walidt
Columbus, Fayette d& Decatur
Presbyterian Church
State Female College
Columius
Clarke County
Judge Chalmers
Dacrsox
Supreme Court
Thie Morntoy
Col. Nugent
Ovine
Waeneas
Hamilton Herderson Chalmers
Chalmers
Bar
Hamilton Tenderson Chlmers
Joseph W. Chalmers
Cal. Ales
Henderson
Rockingham County
N. C
Virginia
Ot Tennesser
Floily Savings
Miss
St. Thomas Hall
Mississippi University
D.C. Glenn
Hernands
JR. Chalmers
Confederate States
Salen
Peter B. Stark
Guy, Stone
Supreme Court of Mississippi
E.G. Peyton
Gov
Lowry
Campbell
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Vicksburg
Waers
FR. Harden
Chartres ST
Knapp
Fred
F. H. Knapp
City Hotel
Mumford & Watson
Board
Dei
Columbus, Miss
The
Mh. Gesborn
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