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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1883
Page
3
The Brookhaven Leader of Brookhaven Mississippi issues a weekly chapter in July 1883. This brief entry notes the Thursday edition dated July 26 1883, reflecting the town’s early printing cadence and community notices.
Home churches schedule services and activities including Sabbath readings and midweek prayers. Local pastors and visiting preachers are listed with times, and the column notes community events, school notices, crop prospects, and social gatherings shaping Lincoln County news.
The circuit court session opens with Judge Chrisman on the bench. Sheriff Mikell leads deputies as the grand jury is impaneled and the docket read. Several cases are set, with dismissals and verdicts noted, while local businesses report openings and ads fill the pages.
During the Southern Exposition in Louisville Kentucky the Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers round trip excursion tickets from all stations to Louisville at one fare. Tickets go on sale daily and are valid for 15 days to allow ample time to visit the exposition noted as the greatest in the South. A second notice highlights new color varieties in Terra Cotta Electric Blaw Jersey Lily Poke and Flowers at Brennan’s.
A series of notices from B. Packwood and J. W. East state candidacies for Lincoln County in the upcoming November election. Packwood seeks Senate for the Marion Lincoln Mike district pending Democratic convention action. East announces ambition to represent Lincoln County in the State House, urging voter support and stating commitment to public service.
A.C. MuNatr announces his candidacy for District Attorney of the 10th District. He states the nomination depends on the Democratic Convention or the decision of the people at the polls.
The committee announces THOS. S. COTTON as a candidate for Sheriff of Lincoln county and also states J. Wn MIKELL seeks re election to the office. The notices promote their candidacies ahead of the November election in Lincoln county.
We are authorized to announce D. H. Cox as a candidate for Chancery Clerk of Lineola county at the upcoming November election. We are authorized to announce F. M. Martin as a candidate for re election to the office of Chancery Clerk at the November election.
The meeting elected M. Tyler as permanent chair and appointed J. Kes and Jowph Smith as delegates. A committee of five was formed to select delegates for the county convention, and a motion adjourned to September was adopted. Proceedings will be published in the local paper.
An obituary fragment recounts the death of Miss Mikell and lengthy mourning details from Lawrence County Mississippi. It describes baptism, church ties, family loss, and the emotional hours surrounding death and last blessings. Names such as Mrs Sarrie Emily Whee and others appear among the bereaved.
A disjointed OCR item lists discount clothing and gear at various prices, mentioning items like hats, coats, sewing machines, and sport equipment. References to Levent Heads, Hy Leventale Brookhaven, and Merwikeliaveny appear amid scattered names, places, and dates, creating a fragmented catalog-like sale notice with no clear single event.
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