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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1902
Page
3
The Leader announces the Official City Directory with ward listings and names. It notes the Board of Aldermen meet on the first Tuesday evening of each month, detailing ward representatives and city officers for Yor-I and Moreton City.
Official directory lists Craik ER Mondeo circuit court meet schedules first Mondays May and November. Includes Robt Powell judge Santon Olver clerk Brookhaven. Chancery Court meets third Mondays February September with H C Conn chan gelior Hazlehurst and W McNair clerk Brookhaven. Supervisor's Court meets first Monday monthly with Farrons president Brookhaven. districts 1 4 5 reps and Sasser district 4 Red Star district 5. Other offices named include treasurer assessor surveyor and coroner with Brookhaven and surrounding areas referenced.
Brookhaven residents receive updates on visiting friends and sick relatives. local ads promote McGrath’s merchandise including corsets and sewing machines, lace and embroidery options. offerings from Brookhaven Drug Co include ice cream and soda, with a presidential cane of events and a forthcoming public address by F A McLain.
A city directory ad touts a 25 cent subscription price and notes growing popularity versus last year, praising the intelligence of progressive citizens and urging readers to subscribe.
Brookhaven public school plans a lively commencement with a toy play titled A Comedy of Toys, a large student cast, and high attendance expected. The event includes a 8:30 p.m. performance, 7:30 p.m. doors, and 25 cent admission with other exercises free. Alumni meeting, literary medal contests, and the diploma ceremony follow, with Hon. F. A. McLain delivering the address and Prof. B. E. Jarrett delivering diplomas.
A wave of local notices highlights merchants like Kincaid and McGrath offering ice cream, candy, and clothing with homey chatter. Sos: Dan Cameron and Patton Harrison visit relatives, Miss Eva Kohlman travels, and Miss Susie Becker returns from Vicksburg. BR. F. Young arrives to lead Brookhaven Progressive Oil, planning to move family later. Public ice wagon complaints precede calls for better service.
In Nola, the Pearl River Lumber Co. logs stir the town as trains whistle through. Crops prosper, Dr. Little notes health, and the community calls for a local justice of the peace. The Nola Jing school becomes a high school with Prof. G. T. of Brookhaven as principal and a new music and bookkeeping program.
Miss Rose Seavey and Dr Tra L Parsons wed at the Seaveys residence in a quiet ceremony with close kin and intimate friends. Dr. A A Lomax of Batesville officiated. The couple will depart for Chicago and the lakes of Michigan after the vows as Brookhaven and its residents celebrate a union seen as a hopeful milestone for local families.
A French comedy review notes a private secretary earning 150 francs monthly and 10 sous daily from door work. Waverly Virginia reports a village tank beating incident where a drunken prisoner was brutalized then released. Kipling’s Captains Courageous is cited as Hoodooed by Gloucester fishermen after several ships sank in storms.
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