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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1897
Page
3
A fragment from Chicago Inter Ocean evokes spring as a metaphor for renewal. Bright imagery describes green park mantles, lark songs, violets peeping, and joyous sunshine lifting weary hearts, offering comfort and faith through nature’s return.
Charles and his father face rent by selling their horse Blaize at a town fair. On the road home a highwayman demands the bag, but Charles flings it across a stream and escapes with the horse. The tale ends with praise for Charles and revival of the horse’s value.
Long excerpt outlines an act to create county road commissioners, define duties, tool requisitions, and labor schedules for first and second class roads. It covers oversight by boards of supervisors, funding methods, contract options, and penalties, with broader notes on public road maintenance and related governance.
A compilation of dress fabrics and styles from shops, plus items on church and business notices. Reports include the Iowa Christian Church Convention denouncing liquor, Whipple Loan Co. failure in Missouri, a state finances note, sheep dipping orders, a released correspondent in Arkansas, a magician's policy dispute, Havemeyer acquittal, a doctor recalled to Washington, and assorted humorous anecdotes. The piece closes with homekeeping musings and a gadget recall for lamp vibration reduction.
A Columbus Hepublican clipping recounts Prof K B Hewnan and Rev R S Rowman praising Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Rowman credits the remedy for curing nervous exhaustion kidney and digestion issues after relentless physician visits and expensive pills. Affidavits and notary confirmation from Terre Haute and Schenectady accompany the testimonial.
Cassier's Magazine surveys how military and commercial warfare hinge on evolving devices. It notes prewar tensions, the secrecy around arms, and how new processes can obsolete whole production lines, forcing inventors to continually adapt within the bounds of physical laws.
London Skeigh notes elephants remain abundant in parts of Africa despite shooting. correspondents report heavy elephant and buffalo kills with elephants seen daily in some regions while others describe scarcity due to hard terrain. He advocates targeted protection where elephants are plentiful and likely to persist.
Gimp waists and accordion-plaited silks headline spring millinery. Descriptions note garden sourced fabrics, lace insertions, and trims from collar to waist. Outfits include brocade gowns with ivory silk gimp, black and white silks with ruffles, and elaborate shoulder capes. Also quoted are brief society remarks and market notes.
A chaotic jumble of archaic dialogue, murky medical claims, poetry snippets, and stray advertisements. It threads through the Washington Democrat, featuring medical elixirs, domestic anecdotes, and a poetpub dialogue, all presented in a fragmented newspaper excerpt style.
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