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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1898
Page
4
July 2098 edition notes Holy South rails arriving at New Orleans and New York routes interrupted by a fatal accident near Water Valley. Trains at flag stations beyond Jackers and Baton Rouge halted. northern service limited.
City directory fragment lists Wist Ward and Ward officials including A Full and Joreton City-at-Large. It notes treasurer Chasauas and clerk W. Mawnan with tax collection and stenographic committees and mentions Chrisman Brennan as attorneys. Mayor and Board of Aldermen hold regular meetings the first Tuesday evening in every month.
The document lists county officers and court details including Clerk and Treasurer positions. It names Corser, Robt Powell, V Oliver, HC Conn, Mariehurst, Felix May, A Brister, T Montgomery, Parson, Nauta, and others, with towns Brookhaven and Summit noted. Chancery Court meets February and September on the first Mondays.
A Brookhaven era item notes farmers urging relief from heavy rains. Several local figures attend conventions and reunions in Atlanta, with party morale and social visits described amid everyday town life and small ads like Prickly Ash Bitters promoting digestion and vigor.
The Mississippi Baptist State Convention held its sixtieth annual session in Brookhaven with 150 delegates. Officers were elected, and resolutions supported religious liberty and equal rights in Cuba. A later plan to establish a Mississippi Baptist paper was adopted, reflecting the era’s church press ambitions.
The item blends bold reward claims for $50 in gold with medical cure pitches from Hathaway & Co, offering tests and home treatment claims for illnesses from syphilis to chronic ailments. It notes conventions, college finances, a Baptist convention, and local notices, including ad content, meeting schedules, and personal announcements, reflecting a local newspaper page with fragmented text and varied topics.
Skin diseases are treated with Chamberlain’s Eye and Skin Ointment promising speedy relief and permanent cure for tetter eczema and related conditions. Also advertised Dr Cal’s Condition Powders for horses as a tonic blood purifier and vermifuge priced at 25 cents.
TI, Reed and family return from Florida and plan this city as their future home. Jim and Hilly Reed, sons, oversee Uncle Sam's naval interests. Sickness looms in a malarial neighborhood as doctors stay busy. Local notices mention sermons by Silas G. Cooper and church meetings at Shady Grove led by Rev. J. H. Anding and Rev. J. A. Leasborough.
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