Local notes from The Leader June 17 1905
Summaries of visits and relocations around Summit including I Isaac, Miss Laur ie Penn, Ernest Scott, Wilmie Mason and A Cobn. Reports of legal cases, Chautauqua plans, travel to Grand Lake Arkansas, and community notices on broken telephones and local merchants. Includes political changes and local business moves in Brookhaven and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Scott
Summit
Prof
T. P. Scott
Wilmie Mason
Kentwood
Ellen Hardy
Langley aerodrome and early flight history notes
The article recounts Langley’s aerodrome tests and the aeroplane of Stringfellow, citing May 8 1806 Quantico Virginia as the first successful flight date, describes weights and design details, mentions improvements in subsequent machines, and references the 1868 Crystal Palace exhibit. It also notes Hongkong as a major 1903 trade hub and includes short items on bees in glass houses, Gothic type usage in Germany, and a swan’s annual mourning ritual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Langley
Potomac River
Crystal Palace
London
Hongkong
Far East
Bureau of Statistics
Antwerp
New York
Cardiff
Constable Brings In Slave Walter Burnett Over Suspect Horse Trade
Constable J D Blue arrested Walter Burnett for trading a light bay horse with black mane and tail with a darkey named Weathersby. Burnett claimed the horse had been stolen Thursday from a farmer about 134 miles east of Gallman Mississippi. He was remanded to jail for preliminary trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Blue
Walter Burnett
Burnett
Darkey
Weathersby
J.B. Daughtry
Blue
Gallman
Miss
Residence for Rent in Brookhaven at Chippewa and Church
Public notices show a 6 room rental at a corner lot opposite the graded public school, with contact for J. B. Nalty in Brookhaven Mississippi. A separate item lists a fined assault case against Joseph Lentini. A note mentions Bill Thompson and a marriage licenses issuance in the past week, plus partial fragments of other names and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa and
Church Streets
J. B
Nalty
Brookhaven
Miss
Monument to Capt J H Mills classed in Summit plans
Readers in Summit heard of a new monument to Capt J H Mills as church subscription efforts for a brick Baptist church continue. Local court news included J B Holden and Cassedy Holden visiting Brookhaven with results from a damage suit against a local road. Prof J W Wallace moved to Summit to lead the Peabody Graded School as new principal. A baseball game between Hu lman Mercantile Co and J Moyse & Bros ended 12 to 12 after a late surge. The funeral of R M Bethea was held at Woodlawn Cemetery with Rev L Varley delivering the service, Bethea a brother to Dr J W Bethea who died at Fernwood last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grill
J. H. Mills
J.B. Holden
C. V. Ratelif
Hugh V.wall
Jas. W. Cassedy
W. A. Parsons
H. K. Butler
Wallace Quin
Fourniquet Farm
Town
Wallace
Peabody Graded School of
Summit
Peete
Hulman Mercantile Co
J. 'Moyse
R. M. Bethea
Meridian
Cumberland
Woodlawn
R. C. Bethea
W. T. Griffin
Fourth of July observances sweep Mississippi towns
Numerous Mississippi towns plan patriotic Fourth celebrations. Local notes report a special Pike County circuit court term starting next Monday. Summit shipments include tomatoes, cabbage to Chicago, while Wiggins complains of frequent firearms discharges within town limits. Governor Vardaman offers 200 reward for arrest in the Jobin Davis assassination near Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Pike County
Wiggins
Gov. Vardaman
Rankin County
Jobin Davis
Florence
Rankin
J. BR. R
Hattiesburg
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Price Drug CO
Leader
Mr. I. Isaacs
James J. Pelie
Brown’s Wells
Laurie Penn
Jackson
Mrs. A. Cobn
I. Abrams
Grand Lake
Ark
A. W. Maxwell
Hammond
Mandeville
S. J. Carpenter
Fayette
Ind
I. W. Cooper
Gloster
Whitworth
R.M. Bethea
Cumberland Telehone Co
Jammit
C. Ray
The
J. M. Ray
Thornton
Texas
G. W. Simmons
Utica
Louisiana
Thos
EB. Smith
Red Star
Mr. Smith
Botare
C. Coshahua
Columbia
Marion County
Eee van Deviul
Sne
Tae Ie Soar
Theo, Bishop
McComb
John Seavey
Eula’ Forsythe
Osaka
Osaka Mercantile Co
Henry Scherck
Hot Springs
Oxford
John Tedford
Greenwood
I. C
Omaha
Lucien Parsons
Jon
Poulson
Vicksburg
Osaka “Pannery Co
Ice Factory
J. C. Coleamn
Chicago
Crystal Springs
Terry
Mary Daughtry
Monticello
Tennisson
Matilda Donahue
Daughtry
Jittle
Bessie l Moore
Monti
Geo. McBhane
Brockhasén
Abe
Oricon Soda Oa
Chas. Smith
J. T. Walker
Delta
Vienna Bakery
J. W. McGrath
New Orleans
Sam Carpenter Jare
Vienna
Fritz Bunkle
Germany
Willoughby
Miss Floyd
Belle Bowen
Annie Lewenthal
Dunc Davis
Julien Willoughby
Prince
Princess
Bonny Bell
Felix Thompson
Bogue Chitto
Mi Addisease
Bogue Chi
Isaac Henle
Vardamam
Nolan
Lincoln
Lawrence
H. M.~ Little
J. P. May
W. ¥. Bryne
Bardwell
AL. J. White
Nola White
J. May
Bart Munty
Mjas
Money
Barry
Nothi Pyar
Itill
Kennebec Conservatory
Gen-Teman
Olm
Mr. Olm
Berliner Tageblatt
War Office
Bismarck
London Chronicle
Moorhouse Tarn
Sakelet
London Express
Foley
Constable Blue
Joseph Lentini
Aseault and Battery
Bill Thompson
Diasorpion
Jos
Mason
Mrs
B. Anderson
Davis Sud
Summit Sentinel
Jing & Section
Funches
T. GC
Hannah
H. Perkins
Court House
T. H.perkins Furniture Co
Lula G. ‘Maxwell
Stewart
Garrett
Lawrence County
Birdie May
Ruby Parsons
Hye Shawn
Miei
Menara Seni
Jersey
Huyler
Vichy
C.E. Grafton Drug CO
C. B. Perkins Hardware Store
Louis Cohn
F. E. Becker
LH. Baggett
the Commercial Bank
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