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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1897
Page
3
A brief local item notes a subject labeled as the doubter involved in a Brookhaven post office issue of second class status. The article provides limited readable details beyond the core terms and parties.
Wednesday Evening edition presents a railroad timetable detailing arrivals and connections to New Orleans. Notes indicate services from Jackson to New Orleans, with multiple branches and transfer points at key hubs. Limited legible details imply route structure without precise schedules for all lines.
Local items list visits by Miss Lillian Wroten, Mrs. D. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Winborne, Miss Clara Wise, Miss Monty McClendon, and others to colleges, Brown's Wells, and Galena areas. Mentions contracts for artesian well, village trades, and social events including weddings and illnesses. includes advertisements for vinegar, mackerel, and ham. A fatal accident is reported as a train worker severed. Community notices cover new floor in a jeweler’s store, painting engagements, and livery business changes.
A Brookhaven shopper pleads for loyal prices and fresh goods as stores tout value with tea in Hb. tins and Java Blend Coffee. The town records the death of Mrs. Criswell, a Presbyterian founder and long resident. Also noted: McGrath faces legal troubles over bigamy and concealed weapons. An ad advocates Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women’s health, claiming rapid relief from ailments and nervous drains.
Adjourned meeting of Brookhaven Mississippi Aldermen heard bids from Bertoro Brothers of St Louis and Feiter of New Orleans for city water. Feiter deemed lowest and best. contract to be signed after bond for $2000 and mayoral approval. Meeting adjourned to July 21 with no further business.
Elocation program by Josie McNair draws praise for pathos and dramatic range. Marguerite Herring earns repeated encores with Phe Erl Ring and other songs. Edith Sherman and ensemble perform Chopin pieces and original waltz as Mrs McNair accompanies. Glee Club pieces promise future merit. town urged to attend auctions for water works and electric light contracts on the 27th.
K Murr ay, engineer at Keet and Mercantile Co Springfield Missouri, reports severe dyspepsia and inability to eat. His wife suffers La Grippe related nervous distress. They credit Dr Miles Restorative Nervine with relief and urge others to try it under a positive guarantee. Book on Heart and Nerve Disease offered free to applicants.
A young man named Ernest Allen was jailed after burglarizing J. M. Wood's grocery store. He planned the entry by stealing the back door, broke a sash glass and entered Sunday night or early Monday. He stole 25 cents from the cash register and some groceries, then revealed himself to another man, leading to his arrest. He was taken before Mayor Doughty and remanded in $500,000 bail. An officer pursued him two blocks before capture. Also notes medical ads and the newly organized Torry Lodge No. 88, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with officers listed.
Proceedings in Vera Smith v Nathan Hurtiostent entry No Is th bans apa Che silithivoxt haf 304. Section Township Hance St Fancett Donny Miss. To cancel said entry the parties must appear at Felix May Chancery Clerk office on the 72nd day of Minust 1 hours to respond. Sale abandoned on the price will be rendered with receiver at their office in the Miss. on August 16, 19807 KEK E. WILSON Register. y ear.
The New York World thrice weekly promotes its 18 pages per issue and 156 papers yearly at one dollar annually. It touts comprehensive coverage and global reach, promising daily-like freshness, wide subscriber base, and democratic, people-focused reporting with women's sections and varied departments.
Community items report church services at Tiap tist church and Mt Moriah protracted meeting. Miss Jessie McNair reception for Miss Marguerite Herring, Miss Edith Sherwan’s entertainment. Miss Lizzie Cruise named principal at Elizabethton public school. War Dept allotment for State militia with new uniforms. Water works site location considered at Chas Chrisman residence. Obituary for infant Daisy and funeral services. Local firms bidding on Grenada and Brookhaven contracts. Colored Educational Association seeks relocating high school to Monticello street. Local gin machinery and farm product ads. Excursion rates to St Louis and Chicago offered.
The column notes water and electric works rising, railroads planned to Monticello and Columbia, and a new large store nearing completion. It recalls a grand soldier reunion, local school and church events, bicycle ads, a Pine Grove meeting, recent rains and thriving crops, a mill addition, a fire destroying John May’s house, and lighthearted mischief about the mill “blown up.”
The notice lists the filer of intention to take final proof in support of a claim before the Chancery Clerk of Incon County Mas on August ath, Dre vie Joba A, Stony of Maenni, Mls. Honivstead No 2dr for the Sty Nie Sea, 2. Wil NG NWA section a township north, with witnesses Mand vl MF. Little, RoR, White. 3. Boone, W.C. 04 Lincoln Conny, Doniglise, all OF ROBY. B. WILKOS Mississippi registrar.
Notice to taxpayers states that the county assessor has tied assessments and a protest period runs until the board of supervisors meeting. Persons dissatisfied may file objections in writing and may appeal after approval by the supervisors. Clerk Felix May signs the notice.
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