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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1898
Page
4
Morin of Memphis enraged by timetable confusion as trains toward and from central hub fail to connect. Officials at TC acknowledge issues and promise adjustments to restore reliable service and closer connections.
Fragmented OCR lists officials and meeting days for Lin County including Brookhaven. Mentions May Clerk and first Monday meetings, plus several unreadable names and titles.
Town notes highlight Waterman soda advertised by Lotterhos and Powell with claims of purity from distilled water. Mentions visits by residents, commencement attendance, and a coming Jackson wedding of Annie Buckley to Professor Sw. Local events include bank directors meeting, street work, and post office hours change.
A real estate like classified offers 2000 old papers for sale in Brookhaven Mississippi. The Leader advertises the large lot with a call to contact soon for a bargain price.
Henry Alous of Summit and Miss Lanna Hoskins of Brookhaven were quietly married at the Hoskins homestead with Judge G B McMillan officiating. The couple, longtime locals, departed for Summit the same evening to start a new life. Miss Hoskins, a Whitworth graduate and teacher, is active in church and civic duties. The notice highlights community esteem and wishes for happiness. Also notes local printing work and the death of Henry Wellmann, Keystone Lumber Company president, a Brookhaven native who rose from carpenter to leading citizen in New Orleans.
A health notice explains that persistent fatigue headaches loss of sleep and nervous symptoms signal illness. It praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for improving appetite liver function blood quality and nerve tone while claiming it builds flesh without obesity and aids bronchial throat and lung complaints.
The Brookhaven Mississippi board met June 6 1895 at the courthouse with President Parsons and others present. Weights include road reports accounts allowed per contracts and a public scaffold erection for Silas Davis, plus adjournment to June 7.
A suspicious promotion promises $50 in gold to any man or woman who follows a listed curative regimen for chronic diseases. The ad claims the firm is financially responsible and previously failed in France, urging readers to trust their advertised treatment despite unclear details and potential fraud.
Mr. Andrew J. Oélihary known as Uncle Andy, one of Lincoln county’s oldest residents, died at his home north of town after two months illness. His funeral will be at Rose Hill Cemetery tomorrow at 9 o’clock. Also noted is an advertisement for medical services from Hathaway Co. of New Orleans and a tonic called Look A Stitch in Time. Mrs. Mattie Hudson Wiley of Texas, Whitworth alumnus, spoke at the Whitworth Alumni Anniversary, reflecting on her paper.
Skin Diseases. For the speedy and permanent cure of better, salt rheam and eczema, Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is without an enna. It relieves the itching and smarting almost instantly and its continued use effects a anent cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch, head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and granulated lids. Dr. Powders for horses are lew , blood aby and vermifuge. Price, , Beents. Bold by THE STATE OF MIScievtar is: John B. Cox, and taecne havini or claiming 'ab, or equitable interest in or to the following described lands sold for taxes In the year 1870, viz: The ws of fies and th ew of nog section 14, townehly ¢ north rani Teawt, situated in Lincoln County, AUississ r. Von are, commanded to appear before thi s chancery Court of the county BP idavoin tn said Ware on the THIRD MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER, 1808, we defend the suit In aald court of Peter Schaf fer, wherein you are defendants, 'This, the 4th day of June, A. 13, 1898, FELIX, MAY, Clerk. THOS, BRADY, Jit. Soloior.
Citation notice issued to all persons holding any claim or interest in lands sold for taxes in 1870 The land described is the west half of the del and east half of the hwy of del section 14 township 6 north range 7 east Lincoln County Mississippi Defendants must appear before the Lincoln County circuit court on the third Monday in September 1908 to defend the suit brought by J H Sulton Clerk Thos Brappy deputy clerk
Notice summons all defendants to appear in Lincoln County Chancery Court on September 18, 1898 to defend suit Allie, Watkins, and others. Clerk Felix May, with Solicitor Thos Bay, issues the citation for Mississinei land claims in township 1 north range 7 west.
The Dowel of Supervisors ordered Sheriff Applewhite to erect gallows in the open space north of the Cat House to execute Sir Vaviere Toeslas Fame ist, in a public display. The notice promotes a GI offer, cites Dr Hathaway Co of New Orleans for medical ads, laments an infant death, and mentions unrelated local business changes and testimonies about a balm's relief.
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