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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1897
Page
4
A fragmented page shows an Illinois Central timetable entry for Wednesday June 9 1997 with mentions of daily trains and Brookhaven. It references youth year and branch lines, but OCR text is garbled leaving unclear train numbers or exact destinations. Names and places are partially legible but details are incomplete.
Local items from Brookhaven on June events and people including Dr Watts enlarging his residence, Miss Mikell attending Mississippi College Clinton commencement, Judge Stockdale visiting town, public school exhibitions at the Opera House, Will and Mrs McGrath in New Orleans, and praise for Tae Leapen job work. Notes on church services, road business, and a lecture by S Ulman. Also mentions Shabaath observance and efforts to keep liver and bowels healthy with a tonic widely sold locally.
The mayor and aldermen endorse a bond funded water works and electric light system. An engineer's cost estimate for a full plant is 31.1 thousand dollars, plus wells, wiring, land, salaries, and printing. They propose up to 40 thousand dollars in additional spending, funded by 20 year bonds. Estimated annual operating expenses are about 4,100 dollars with projected monthly revenues around 1,236 dollars, leaving a net yearly deficit of 2,264 dollars. To cover this, a small city tax levy is planned while insurance and rate reductions are pursued through tariff associations. Municipal ownership would eliminate street light and water costs compared to private providers, with potential rate reductions noted in neighboring towns. Bonds would likely be paid by a mill tax over 15 years once the plant is self-sustaining.
Advertisements praise Dr Miles Remedies for heart and nerve relief with a money back guarantee as local government discusses city lights and water bonds. City officials urge reader support for ownership and funding while Odd Fellows activity shows new and reorganized lodges, with a Brookhaven visit planned and Fifth Sunday meetings noted among churches and associations.
S&S An Endless Line Of Fancy and Staple Glass Ware at our store with a large stock and low profit margins. Heuck & Son note closing exercises of the Graded Public School at Heuck's Opera House with Cinderella in Flower Land and an advanced elocution program. Next Monday June 7th voters decide on 310,000 bonds for water works and electric lights. An Amateur Concert at Confederate Grove School House on June 14 with 10 cent admission for repairs.
The text argues sickness weakens hands and body, with fatigue, heavy sleep, headaches, dizziness, and heart palpitations. It claims impure blood causes disease and promotes purification by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, described as a liver-acting purifier that strengthens digestion and nerves. It urges purifying blood restores vitality.
Ripe blackberries, chores and visits fill Brookhaven life as residents discuss upcoming polls, water and electric plans, and social events. Fr. Hecker praise of oats, a missing Mamie McGrath bill, and Eastern Star chapter news mix with illness of Chas Heuck Sr and a successful ice cream festival at Railroad Park.
The column records farmers enjoying fine weather and signals a busy agricultural season with berry harvests and canning duties. It highlights local schooling at Autorn Grad ed School with Prof. P. L. Blackwell as principal, praises Miss Magia Benny and Mrs. Flowers, and notes a large closing program with music and an address by Superintendent Edgar Green on Educated Citizenship. There are political notices for the People's Party in Lincoln County, with meetings set for Brookhaven, plus a bicycle and horse sales advertisement and a carload of horses and mules at Brookhaven.
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