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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1888
Page
2
The piece covers the Democratic Convention dynamics with figures like W. Marting and others, notes a Manly Springs stow's shop closure, and surveys cotton acreage gains led by Mr. Manly. It also mentions State Immigration concerns, a Blaine nomination debate, and announces Branden Female College commencement with speakers and graduates.
The piece attacks the Democratic presidential ticket led by Cleveland and Thompson, praising their opponent for honesty and leadership while criticizing Democratic fiscal policy. It highlights the St. Louis platform critique of idle federal funds, excessive appropriations, and taxation. It argues the Democrats cannot match the Republican stance on fiscal restraint, predicting a Republican victory in November.
Meridian News editorials attack unscrupulous journalism and political corruption while defending ministers, lament delinquent subscribers and financial pressure. The piece questions editorial consistency and urges readers to fund the paper, warning of dire consequences from unpaid debts.
An 1900s Mississippi article criticizes gender roles and lauds women like Mrs Poink Leslie Miss Frances Willard and Miss Mary Allen West while supporting Whitworth College and education for women. It argues the Farmers Alliance will shape politics and society, urging farmers to engage in lawmaking and taxation debates and challenging claims that they must stay out of politics, highlighting tax fairness and agrarian rights.
Hon C K Dale requests notice that a county Sunday School Convention will be organized at the Court House in Monticello on the fourth Sunday in June. All Lawrence County Sabbath Schools are requested to be represented by delegation.
The Friends of Prohibition in Mississippi call a state convention in Nazias City on July 18 to elect delegates, with each county to double its Lower House membership votes. Delegates are urged to meet county by county, with rail rate reductions promised, to push reform. Signatories include CHAS. BO GALLOWAY as Chair and I. LL Mouns as Secretary.
The Lawrence County Press reports general news from Monticello with weather, crops and farmer notes, plus county official bids on bridges, grand and petit jurors, a 45 foot Confederate monument plan costing 14000 dollars, and a call for Sunday School convention. It notes two suspicious men calling themselves Brown and Atwood, a newspaper gap since 1882, and local church meeting plans with Rev. L Ball for Brookhaven.
A wide collection of Mississippi items reports fires, rail growth, and factory hopes. Pleasant notes on Greenville cotton, Crystal Springs melons, and Yazoo City bequests. Obituaries include Mrs. Margaret Fite of Jackson and Jefferson Davis’s 72nd birthday. college honors for W J Murrah and Rev Lomax addresses in Gulf states.
An old column notes the first cotton bloom of the season near Brookhaven and nearby railway area. It also recounts a Water Valley Progress editor’s critique of youths at the depot gathering crowds, urging parental and police guidance to curb unruly behavior in the late hours.
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