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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1905
Page
3
The page lists vendors and ads for Grafton’s and East Union Lumber Yard, a rental offer, drink promotions at Brookhaven, and various local business appeals. It notes Mrs T C Maxwell's illness, editor Harris’s fire loss, and community updates on education, weddings, academia, and residents’ travels.
A children's stage rendition titled Bonnybell delighted audiences at Brookhaven under the new fund auspices. The quirky mise en scene featured tin bells, flowers, crepe dresses, and babies in tights with matches for dramatic effect. Leontine McGrath starred as Bonnybell with Julian Willoughby as the Prince, both showing future promise, while an amateur orchestra provided pleasing selections. The matinee performance took place in Jackson, Mississippi, June 5.
A Brookhaven notice praises the Osaka Tan nery Co. for buggy and cart harness still in first class condition after two years. The letter from Capt. Neff lauds workmanship. other items report locals visiting, illnesses, and social events including St. Francis school entertainment and Whitworth College news.
An excerpt details Wolfe's Livery Stable offering new rubber tired rigs and prompt service with boarding options. It also reports Justice Harlan urging a national Presbyterian cathedral in Washington, plus Adee's bicycle tour to France, a war nurses monument at Arlington, census figures for DC, and a note on open air breakfasts in the capital.
A docket of city cases shows the mayor’s week with findings including City vs F B Calhoon for selling intoxicating liquors resulting in a fine of 360 and costs and City vs Johnny Jones for assault and battery with a penalty of six dollars or 15 days in county jail plus costs. The remainder of the page mixes unrelated ads and stray text from the Evening News.
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