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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1884

Page

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New Orleans Advertisements Offer Bargains at Lehman’s

A period ad from M Lehman’s at 66 and 27 Geyaion Street lists Black Cashmeres, Silk Lustrings, and Dress Goods with prices from 8 to 75 cents per yard. It touts French Nainsooks, Paris Lawns, Dimity, and white fabrics, plus hosiery, damask, towels, and Percale items. The note promotes Lehman’s Peerless Shirts and a wide southern stock for men and women, inviting orders and quick delivery.

M. Lehman’s Geyaion Street New Orisams Hisok Paris Lehman Furaian

The Leader Subscription Offers and Premiums

Readers are invited to subscribe for condensed local state and national news. Pay 150 cents for full coverage until the presidential campaign ends in November, 75 cents for coverage until January 1, 1885, or $2 cash for a year with a free pamphlet A Treatise on the Horse and his Diseases. Deals last only a few weeks, and delayed subscribers miss benefits.

Clinton Winds County Miss Baptist Denomin the Nation of Mississippi Theological Seminary Louisville Mississippi College Whitsitt Times-Democrat

Murderers of Taylor Racke Trial Involving Self Defense

In a Greenville habeas corpus trial Judge Trimble ruled that Taylor Racke was killed by Gottichalk in self defense while shooting at Montgomery. Buck's death stemmed from their unlawful confrontation. The case nears October with venue change petitions pending amid ongoing legal dispute. Prohibition and whisky bill discussions dominate later sections with county by county prohibitions and a push for a Jackson meeting on July 29.

Trimble Ofdante Seer Saltillo Jackson W. H. Patton Enterprise Courier Big Black Bridge Hembleacamp Amite River Wharton Copiah County J.M. Allen Democrate Grand Lodge of Knights of Tionor Natchez Providence Natchez Haren

Louisville Exposition 1884 seeks Federal and Confederate relics

The Louisville Exposition of 1884 invites contributions of Federal and Confederate relics for display. Committees are appointed and all who can lend such articles are asked to communicate with the committee. Federal soldiers with captured items are urged to assist this undertaking.

Louisville Kentucky South

Proposals Sought for State Industrial School Site

Notice announces the Board of Trustees will receive proposals until August 13 1884 for the location of the State Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Females of Mississippi. Proposals addressed to W A Hart Secretary Winona Mississippi marked Proposals for the State Industrial School will not be opened until after the meeting. The secretary is to be contacted for communications.

State Female College Mississippi Industrial Institute and College For State of Mississippi State Industrial School W. A. Hart Winona Mississippi

Mississippi Women urged to contribute art for New Orleans Exposition

Mas H D Money appeals to Mississippi ladies to donate art, pottery, and wood carvings for the New Orleans Exposition. She cites Natchez example and urges paintings, sculptures, and unique crafts, detailing slabs of native wood with tree cross sections as valuable works for display and national pride.

New Orleans Mississippi Union Europe Natchez Mas. H

Then and Now World Wonders and Oddities

The piece contrasts historic wonders with quirky modern items and quotes from The New Orleans Picayune and The New York Herald. It notes Democratic platform praise yet party hesitation on Jeffersonian ground, plus a Kentucky legislator’s jocular church remark.

The New Orleans Picayune

Gleanings From the Stats Press Abbreviations and Local Notes

Mississippi and neighboring counties feature varied items from a free bath house to a mattress factory. Notable notes include a lynching in Natchez, a murder case, arrests, and political nominations for Congress. The article lists county expenditures, expositions, and local improvements, along with contests, elections, and community events in Mississippi, Yazoo City, Natchez, Starkville, and Copiah.

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