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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1897
Page
3
A reflective passage by Susan Coolidge as printed in 8. &. Times, recalling How children of the era stood at the front, the lineage of strength and duty. The lines celebrate endurance, risk, and the march of generations beneath the oak and sky.
A 19th century vignette follows Leonard Herrick as he wanders a vast city of shadowing crowds and restless trains. After a desperate day of near escape, he seeks a last meal and a hotel rest, pondering life’s knots and the fragile line between crime and mercy. He contemplates paying his debt with a day of life, even as the streets close in.
A young man recovered forty thousand dollars from a street cab by chance and, after meeting banker Herbert L. Graham, refuses a reward and chooses to report simply that he found the money. He travels toward a steamship and contemplates travel and future rest, while the driver remains unaware of the deception.
A critical excerpt reviews Rosalind from a novelistic lens noting her youth, beauty, and evolving sorrow as she endures banishment of her father and the moral tests of love, courtesy, and duty. The piece contrasts English and American reception of her character and hints at broader literary scrutiny of forger and manipulator in popular verse and prose through Atlantic comparison.
A patient with three years of insomnia pain and nerve distress, worsened by salicylic acid, reports dramatic relief after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Within days headaches lessen, joints ease, digestion returns, and she regains strength.
A Kansas City man, riding a bicycle to a dentist for a bridge, was restrained on a fifth floor chair after mistaking a street thief for a danger. The dentist, thinking a fit, kept the man from swallowing cement and tools until the cement set. The victim angrily demanded release, claiming he was held down while a thief vanished with his bicycle. Kaneas City Star.
A caller asks about home treatment for his son Tommy, seeking prescription options without a house visit. Dr. Howless asks for symptoms and appetite status, noting Tommy has eaten little for two to three days. The snippet includes a humorous exchange about voting rights.
Overview of classic nursery tales with dates and authors. Notes that Three Blind Mice and other verses appear in early books. Mentions Cinderella and Perrault as French origins and various tales linked to different centuries. Text includes garbled endings suggesting a damaged source.
A mixed fragment from a periodical page presents antiquity lore on the snake emblem and healing myths, then shifts to brief humor and quips. It mentions the Don't tread on me motto, ancient Rome and Greece serpents, a card game quip, and short jokes about marriage, letters, explorers, and candies.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a cure for pation, promising prompt and permanent relief. The terse claim highlights a medical remedy offered in a period print context.
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