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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
4
Fragmentary entry notes an arrest or case involving Forsyte and attorneys in city court. Details are incomplete with scattered names and a reference to a date on a Tuesday evening. No clear actions or outcomes are stated due to the damaged text.
Official directory of Lincoln County listing local officials and districts. Mentions Brookhaven and various districts with names like W Parsons and Edgar Green. Includes education leadership and county court notes with first Monday meeting pattern, though text is garbled.
Local items report eggs at twenty cents a dozen, coal and corn prices, health notes, and visitors from Kentwood and Crystal Springs. Advertisements urge January and February offers, household goods, and farm products, with notices of medical tonics and household remedies.
The Minister's Son Dr Lachlan Tyler son of John Py ... died Monday at age five. In New York rapid transit tunnel explosion eight killed, many injured and property destroyed valued at one million dollars. Details unclear due to damaged text.
Readers are urged to enlist new cash subscribers for The Leader and its affiliates with prizes in gold and cash. Top prizes go to the largest subscriber gains, with additional rewards for other gains, all valid until February 1 at 5 PM. The contest includes both The Leader and related papers, and credits count from all entries across post offices in the county.
A sprawling excerpt lists diverse items from Britain, France, China, and the Americas. It mentions Japanese Methodists in New York, warship repairs, Siberian trade, a Paris sewing machine, Thetis and medical stats, bearded vultures, wasps to papier mache, X ray tech, drought tax changes in Mexico, Chinese writing brushes, Paris fox pets, Juana Diaz morphine use, declining Ireland crime, Philadelphia tax cuts, Newburg school board pledge, and Swedish press, among others. The jumble includes notes on Stevenson’s grave, the American Expo, Cognac origin debates, Townsend’s census work, Baltic photography device, Mason-Dixon line, German imperial commission, and Ghent window experiments.
Read as a collage of fashion notes and vignettes from a past era. It mixes a brown cloth trimmed skirt and tan silk bolero with snippets of humor and anecdotes about Christmas mischief, a Missouri or Arkansas novelty law, and a New England anecdote about English accents. The piece weaves fashion details with light social commentary and regional jokes, preserving a newspaper card feel. The tone stays breezy and observational, offering readers a snapshot of style and culture.
A Washington girl refurbishes a gown by repainting a white silk dress with red paint water and gold thread. She remakes a toiles pattern into a striking design inspired by Paris gowns, using a net and fern leaf motifs, earning praise from the Washington Star. The piece highlights fashion trends, including gilt buttons and semiprecious stones. Also notes Dr Van Watts’ dental practice and a testimonial for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
A long OCR fragment lists Brookhaven and Pearlhaven graded public schools with names by grade, then mixes in legal notices and court actions. It includes numerous Mississippi county names, district mentions, and names such as Ruth Jones, Mayble Henderson, Hattie Hoffman, Nellie Sasser, and J. Jones, followed by disclaimers and sale notices. The text blends student rosters with chancery court summons, divorce actions, and auction language.
Illinois Central offers round trip fare to New Orleans for Mardi Gras with sale dates Feb 1–10 and return by Feb 28 for deposits by Feb technical limits and a 50 cent extension fee. Also notices for Brookhaven camp assessments and Rodger's Blue Chill Cure display local business and civic items from the era.
Notice to George Robinson in a Lincoln County Chancery Court suit. Defend the suit by the third Monday of Hebrides. Attorneys McMillan and Fey Dr listed for Commlairs in this January be.
In the Southern District of Mississippi a bankruptcy notice proclaims that on a January day the debtor Hallo Willoughby of Krpole Haven Lincoln County is adjudged bankrupt. Creditors are summoned to a meeting at the Haven office to appoint a trustee and examine the debtor.
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