Brookhaven News Highlights from January 1904
The Brookhaven Leader reports a busy week with snow and blizzard notes, local store deals at McGrath's and Parsons May Oberschmidt Co, social events at McComb and Brookhaven, health updates on Dr. Van Watts and Mr. J.B. Gammon, and a death for six year old Veddie Reed. Bishop Bratton to visit Tuesday night for service.
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A. C. McNair
Jackson
McGrath’s
Tom McNair
Walter Magee
McComb
Hamilton Brown
Parsons
May
Oberschmidt Co
Nellie White
McGrath’s. Brookhaven
Northwest
F. F. Becker
Hammond and
New Oreans
R. J. Boone
Parsonss
James & Graham
McGrath
Brookhaven
Tapis
van Watts
J. B. Gammon
Gammon
Fosby
C. P. Younts
Jennie Stevens
Eunice McCalip
Messrs
M. McCullough
W. D. Davis
Gilliam
Bishop Bratton
Episcoe
Messenger
McComb Enterprie
C.w.maxwell
Cornelia M. Smith
Veddie Reed
Ella
Joe Reed
City
You Wear Shoes A Question of Choice and Habit
A concise exploration questions whether people wear shoes by habit or necessity, pondering cultural norms and personal comfort in everyday life. The piece weighs reasons for wearing footwear, from protection to style, without endorsing a single stance.
You Want to Spend Your Money Slippers and Shoes Ad
Local advert for Abshagen's offering shoes for ladies men and children for Sunday wear and working days with slippers to rest feet. Prices described as reasonable.
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Abshagen
Real Estate Transfer In Magnolia Invests Bethea Buy
Dr G W Bethea of Fernwood buys the Chinese laundry site and Hoff residence for a substantial sum in Magnolia, planning investment purposes while keeping Fernwood ties with the Lumber Co. Mrs Layha of Kansas City praises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy after recovery from hoarseness and cough. Seavey & Sons honor Mr Willard Seavey with a silver umbrella gift from clerks, noting his kindness. Chamberlain’s Colic Remedy advised for early symptoms to ward off attacks.
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G. W. Bethea
Fernwood
D. M. Hoff
Fernwood Lumber Co
Magnolia Gazette
W. H. Layha
Agnes Ave
Kansas City
C. E. Grafton
A. C. Seavey & Sons
Willard Seavey
Seavey
Local notes and casual updates from Topisaw village
The item lists various local happenings including Rev J E Sanday as elected pastor if he accepts, S P Williams and B Z Roeeves’ family matters, school continuing at standard rate, local buying and selling in Gulfport and Brookhaven, Mr Miller improving hot beds and Johnson’s track work, B A Williams building brick chimneys, rumors of a new saw mill, support for Dr Watts House Bill on theft losses, and a plug for Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs from Price Drug Co.
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Sanday
J. E Will
S. P. Williams
B. Z.roeeves
Gulfport
Miller
Crystal
Wellman
Johnson
B. A. Williams
Dow
Robert Wright
Roxie
Sheriff Newman
For Sale Second-hand Square Piano with Stool
For sale a good second-hand square piano with book and stool. Seven and one third octaves. Priced at $60 cash or on time.
Ballard Snow Liniment Goods and Local Ads in Shullsburg
An assortment of small notices and ads features Ballard's Snow Liniment praised by Henry D. Baldwin of Shullsburg Wisconsin for rheumatism and pains. Price Drug Co advertises $1 bottles and shingles yard run by J Homer Adams with phone 61. A Lima engineer G H Hansan recovering from kidney disease via Foley's Kidney Care. A beaver trapped near Leaf river at Laurel measured 3.5 feet body and six inches tail.
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Henry D. Baldwin
City Water’ Works
Shullsburg
Wis
Ballard
Price Drug Co
J. Homer Adams
Jas. E. Adams
G. H. Hansan
Hving
Lima
Foley
Eastman Gardener
Leaf River
Laurel
Yazoo City News Sparks Mississippi Outlooks
Mississippi state items report Yazoo City's cotton receipts up nearly ten thousand year over year. Notes on lectures, public offices, and local incidents include J B Cleveland lecturing on education, McNair elected president of a regional commission, and a poison scare at Yazoo City. Also covers a new streetcar Jim Crow bill, a mayoral charter proposal, and a large fertilizer purchase by Crystal Springs.
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Crystal Springs
Tehula
Yazoo City
J. B._ Cleveland
Steve D. McNair
J. Wm. Jones
United Confederate Veterans
J. W. Day
Anne
Mississippi
Southern Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
New Orleans
J. J. White
Board of Selectmen
O. B. Qdéin
McComb
Malcum News Notes and Local Notices
Weather temperate but frost sharp in mornings as measles spread in the community. Street work begins. Hiram Cassedy drives through town to Nola on business, real estate prices rise then fall for Malcum with fetch of the auto. Hog law appeals to supervisors. cholera concerns persist. Various homely items, church notices, medicine ads, and a visit from Rev. Jones. Chamberlain's Pain Balm praised. Dr. Robbins and optician plans for Jan 25. Mealeapet College student prep notes.
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Malcum
Hiram Cassedy
Nola
Woman and Fashion Attractives Indoor Gown
An indoor gown described in pale fabric with de chine trim and Pere San embroidery. The skirt is shown as part of the fashion item, highlighting interior wear and decorative detailing.
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Pere San
Fashion Notes from New York on Bags Hats and Blouses
The New York Journal and Tribune discuss elegant accessories including chatelaines purses and pocketbooks with leather plaited tops and mirrors. New hats feature silk beavers, velvet rose garnishes, and violets as popular accents, while shops offer dainty flannels for blouses in pale pastels and Roman stripes.
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New York
Dahlia
Petunia
New York Tribune
Flannel Blouse Design and Skirt Trends Describe Garment Details
The excerpt discusses a blouse design aimed at comfort and ease, noting box plaiting for back and front and stitching near the edge. It also mentions new skirt models that slip over the hips with overlapping sections. A remedy for simple colds is Bullard's Horehound Syrup, with a price attributed to Prive Drug Co.
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Bullird
Prive Drug Co
Gladstone Boyhood Tales and a London Boarding House
A collage of short anecdotes from Harper's Weekly recounts early life scenes in London and Australia. It includes a London boarding house episode with an unruly boarder and a bold landlady, Dr Keen aiding a fall victim, Morley’s Gladstone boyhood mischief, and a misnamed Franklin Pierce nomination retold with humor.
Free silver baby spoon giveaway promotes fake ad scam
A dubious circular from the Eastern Manufacturing Co of Chicago offers free solid silver baby spoons engraved with the infant's name to every baby under one year in the county. It claims no cost or purchase, then shifts to a threatening tale about a shooting by a local agent and urges bringing babies to a Pike County store. The misspelled and incoherent text signals a scam and deceptive marketing.
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Eastern Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Hays
Kentwood
Pike County
Eastern Manufacturis
Fragmented global notes mix facts and figures on science and society
A collage of 1900s observations covers science, industry, and daily life. Topics include nitrogen from air at Niagara Falls, X rays in cancer care, water sterilization in Chicago schools, population figures for Japan, ships on the Great Lakes, and wages comparisons. Also mentioned are vegetarianism, voting rights, and Orthodox views on dance and education, with scattered notes on weddings and commerce.
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Bayingx Hanks
New Jersey
Napoleon
Waterloo
Pennsylvania Society of New Teek
Yarmouth Corporation
Tts
New Pier Pavilion
Niagara Falls
Japaa
Health Department of
Chicago
Star of Bethlehem
Jesus
Great Lakes
Clarion Ledger Ad Offers Subscriptions and Rates
The notice promotes the Daily Clarion Ledger and Weekly Clarion Ledger subscriptions with prices. It advertises a three month continuation option and special rates, inviting readers to pay in advance for steady delivery. The ad also mentions Foley's Honey and Tar as a cough remedy.
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Jon de Clarion -Ledger
Sas
Daily Clarion-Ledger
Cushioy Ledger
Jackson, Miss
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