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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1899
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR snippet from a city directory shows partial names and roles. It mentions individuals such as Chan and possibly finance or governance terms but is too garbled to identify a clear event or full entities.
The community notes many items including a forthcoming wedding, residents visiting from Wesson, new engagements at the express office, and local business updates. Health remedies are promoted by local merchants as Dr M A Simmons Liver Medicine and Prickly Ash Bitters are endorsed. Cotton prices inch higher with Brookhaven quotes and McGrath & Sons paying for quality cotton samples.
Fragmentary testimonial notes a patient from Kearney Nebraska and another from Cascade Arkansas praising a remedy for extarrh and running ears. The text contains garbled names and partial phrases referencing Dr Hartman and a book called Life.
A county superintendent warns teachers and boards to maintain attendance as severe winter conditions and depressed farm income threaten school interest. Reports will be checked by grades, and unlicensed substitutes banned. Closing exercises set for March 10 at Grange Mall with details to follow.
An article promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a home treatment for female weakness and related ailments. It criticizes generic doctors and suggests contacting Pierce in Buffalo, NY for personalized advice and private handling of cases.
The rural comedy tweeet the Farm presents two hours of light entertainment with a plot tracing farm life and the old farmer swindled by sharpers, amid a love thread and clever stage specialties. A balanced company with scenic effects and a pedal orchestra elevates the performance.
The notice touts a dubious remedy claiming to treat wasting diseases and a range of ailments with a mailed booklet offer. It targets men and women with promises of free information and a 64 page booklet, urging readers to send for the product.
Storm Tus purchased the restaurant once run by W Li Powell and hires a New Orleans cook with attentive service. The revamped venue invites public patronage, especially ladies, and bans loafers as it reopens under the Storm label with Celery Cigar Tobacco and other offerings.
A mixed page noting Cham berlain s Eye and Skin Ointment for tetter eczema and related conditions, plus Dr. Cars Condition Powders. Also contains property listings, land sale notices, and legal public notices from Lincoln County Mississippi court orders and homestead filings with names and dates.
Fragmented notice states intention to claim land, with witnesses listed and residence details. It references the Chancery Court of Lincoln County at Brookhaven, Mississippi, and a case number 35,608. The legible parts mention a bannke settler and a public sale setting.
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