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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1905
Page
1
Citizens, business leaders, and officials unite in warning bold offenders who push illegal tiger business and vagrancy will not be tolerated. The article calls for firm action to enforce law and drive criminals from the community, promising county farm confinement or escape from justice if needed.
A hotel night clerk with a thirty year tenure at one firm saves one tenth of every dollar as a missionary fund. He buys Bibles, prints tracts, and distributes them, using a banked account to track tithes. He believes a future hour will bring solace to readers who encounter the book. Other notes: Dawson Winn goes to Annapolis for naval prep, Miss Estelle Birdsong dies of pneumonia, W L Pryor marries Inez Morros, Rebecca Knox dies aged 112, Fernwood Sunday School excursion planned, McComb census at 5,000, Jackson Orphanage now has four inmates.
Yazoo City June 28 Prohibitionists claimed a sweeping local option victory after a tense petition and withdrawal fight. The Board of Supervisors delayed action to allow time for name withdrawals from a whisky petition, reducing signers from 804 to 287 as officials weighed legal limits and staged a protracted hearing. The result affirms prohibition in the county with active backing from ministers and local leaders.
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