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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1898
Page
4
Fragmentary Chicago era local timetable notes list arrivals and departures for multiple routes. Mentions New Orleans, New York, Houston and other destinations with unspecific arrival times and stops. Some lines obscure and unreadable due to OCR issues.
Unclear OCR read yields a rough directory listing with names and titles across districts. Mentions Meek Pacu Tse Meets third Mantas CEO and various officials including Mays Clerk, Montgomery Simmelt Ustriek Ney Heb F Hiten. References Hrookhaven and Weastins Distrit No.8 with several listed figures.
A bustling page notes prices on goods such as Leaner cigarettes and Gaol Rio, with subscription and shop mentions including City Drug, Albone Waptist friends, M. Wooll, Jobe McGrath & Sons, and Perkins hardware. It reports social news, visits from Rev. J. M. Weens, weddings, a Methodist church ceremony, typhoid recovery, and a death in the Leary family. A testimonial praises Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from a Keokuk family, with local store promotions and medical notices.
A Mississippi Baptist convention page honors Capt. William Ratlifh longtime treasurer and sheriff of Hinds County, recounting his birth in Raymon d Mississippi, Civil War service, and public offices. It notes other distinguished visitors including Dr. J. B. Cownfill and Rev. W. S. Hailey, praising their contributions and character. The piece also mentions women’s meetings and local community notices, finishing with social notices about visitors to New York and city businesses.
A clipped ad copy promotes a furniture dealer offering modern novelties and installment plans at living prices. It notes a rare opportunity to buy from a wide awake dealer and mentions handling various kinds of novelties and furnishings.
Brookhaven leaders form a home capital venture to expand industry and trade. The two operating plants include a cotton compress and a canning factory with a 90 inch steam press facilitating 1000 bales daily, plus a future oil mill. The venture boosts truck farming, attracts merchants, and promises broader economic growth for the region. Notable visitors and local business figures attend and praise community hospitality.
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