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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1904

Page

4

Staffier ads and local notices mix in busy market page

A jumble of classified items lists Staffier bargains from July 15 to 23 and promotions for Moreton Wentworth Co. partners, Star Brand shoes, Pike’s Orange Phosphate, and Snow Drop flour. Mentions of Miss Meta Smith, Miss Lula McCullough, and various visits, house listings, and repairs fill the page with commercial notices.

Jupiter Plagius A. Cobn Price Drug Co’s Moreton-Wentworth Co Statler Griffith Baley Winona Pike’s Orange Moreton- Wentworth Co

Local News From Jackson and Surroundings

Local notes report Mayor Lanier and City Marshal Byrd seeking re election in Jackson Mississippi. Visitors include Mrs. Elizabeth and Miss Nellie Sasser returning from Jackson visits. Several residents travel to Tennessee and Florida, with social events, and church notices. A reunion for Lincoln county Confederate veterans is postponed.

Statfor Lanier Jackson Miss Epee Elizabena T. C Wesson Charles Cowan Louisia A Tives Gaon Williamson Brookhaven Lincoln County Nellie Jones Nalty R. D. Lanier Stanley T. Byrd Ther

Beloved Annie Holota Dies After Typhoid Illness

In a brief residence in this city Annie Holota, beloved daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Holota, died after a typhoid fever and heart condition. She was part of a 13 member family and the first to pass. Funeral held at 80 with Rev. Crisler and Dr. Jones. interment at Rosehill. Community grief extends to the stricken home. Daily prayers and sympathy note spiritual comfort.

Annie Tornaees J. A. Holota O. W. Crisler B. Jones Rosehill

Woodville Eyes Electric Railroad to Connect Fort Adama and Centerville

In Woodville locals push for an electric railroad linking the Mississippi River at Fort Adama with Centerville on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley line. The mid point town, about forty miles between endpoints, could cost around 500000 to build and equip. Woodville capitalists express confidence in securing needed funds.

Woodville Mississippi River Fort Adama Centerville Yazoo Mississippi Valley

Mixed 19th century reads and ads in local paper

Fragmentary text lists books and authors followed by a lengthy medical advertisement for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. The piece then covers editor letters about baptism, a medical note on digestion, and reports from the Tri State Photographic Association held in Atlanta with prize mentions for F. S. McKnight and T. A Fosby Brookhaven.

Tri-State Photographic Association Tri-State Photographic Cnccretion Georgia Alabama Mississippi Atlanta F. S. McKnight Aberdeen Miss T. A’ Fosby Brookhaven Fosby

Homicide Case Shocks Cold Springs and Amite County

Rev Emery preaches Sunday services as residents note illnesses and visits. Albert Martin family moves in. Mrs Nesbit visits Hattiesburg. Mrs Steve Applewhite ill but improving. Mary Jones and Martin Andrews attended Monk's Creek meeting. Mattie Herring visits from Bogue Chitto. Cameron leaves for Franklin County school. Roby Jones and Kate Gill attend Monk's Creek gathering. Dr Horton in town. Tom Boutwell charged with homicide after Thomas Andrews found shot near Easterling May line in Amite county. Inquest testimony places Boutwell at scene. he allegedly took $20, set down knife, and fled. Boutwell linked to two prior killings in last 15 months and acquittals or exonerations in those cases. Magnolia Gazette reports.

Emery Albert Martin Mattie Herring Lura Cameron Jeft Franklin County Roby Jones Kate Gill Dr. Horton Tom Boutwell Thomas Easterling & May Amite County Boutwell Harry Baden Seaborn May Sartinville Meridian Nolia

Lincoln County Institute to Hold Farmers Meeting

Notice from Mississippi A and M College announces a Farmers Institute by the college faculty at Brookhaven on Wednesday August 3. The event aims for large Lincoln County farmer attendance with a basket dinner and all day meeting. Dr Applewhite C T Montgomery S K Oliver and others will pursue arrangements for the dinner and program.

Mississippi A. and M. College Farmers’ Institute Brookhaven Lincoln County Applewhite Messrs C. T. Montgomery S. K. Oliver

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