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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1898
Page
4
Fragmentary text describes a central station event with mentions of a premier team, timetable references, and connection notes. It hints at travel paths and station activities, mentioning a person named Tron and a possible waterway. The readable content is limited and lacks clear events or outcomes.
An old county directory lists court schedules and officials for Lin Coln County. Includes chancery court meeting times, clerk roles, and district officers from Brookhaven Wesson Summit Caseyville and nearby towns.
Local notes record visitors including Mr and Mrs J B Seavey and J Marvey Thompson of Jackson. Socials feature a dance at the armory and a Cadmus Club gathering. Illnesses include Mrs Eugene Bee Jr and typhoid fever in Robin Storm. A bean canning rush and a music recital are noted along with travels to Meridian Oxford Macon and Chicago. Delegates and hospitality details circulate amid community updates.
The Brookhaven Ice Factory is now in full operation with delivery wagon service and on site sales at the Factory Office. Tickets on sale at the Factory Office. Orders from neighboring towns and surrounding country are respectfully solicited. Ice available in any quantity on short notice.
Brookhaven residents report guests and visits from Wesson New Orleans Vicksburg and McComb. Miss Viola Gwin to wed Richard son at Mrs Williams home. Local civic notes include church exchanges and a new cotton variety trial by Mr Mikas. Circuit Clerk Oliver rounding out duties as County Registrar. voting registration closes July 7. Theodore T Dreyfus awarded mechanical engineer degree in Hoboken naval service.
On three consecutive days last week the cash drawers of R. T. Scherck C. E. Grafton and Mrs A Mendle were robbed in broad daylight. Scherck lost 7 50 Grafton 20 and Mrs Mendle 2 50. No suspect yet. Scherck remained silent until realizing others were affected.
Text warns against obsolete treatments for stomach and liver issues and praises modern science. It describes symptoms of general illness and implies better remedies promote natural excretion and secretion to correct circulatory disturbances, portraying outdated methods as harmful and the modern approach as superior.
The article outlines preparations for the Baptist State Convention to meet in July in this city, naming host homes and expected delegates. It notes a meeting at Sherman Davies Store to hear committee reports, lists many hosts and guest counts, urges more hosting, and confirms July 14 in Brookhaven with attendee guidance and meals. It also mentions medical ads and school news from St Francis Parochial School.
An advertisement promising $50 in gold to a man claims quick cure for morphine habits and other ailments. It urges readers to write for a free trial and lists Dr Hathaway & Co at 97 and Charles St in New Orleans as contact points, warning of fake remedies and offering dubious cures.
Farmers claim fine rains and good crops with Calvin Brister’s cotton patch blooming. Rev A F Davis preached well at Dinan. Pastor I H Anding in ill health. Memorial services planned for Busby and McCullough. Wreck on Brister’s line. two African Americans saved. Nat May injured at Maxwell’s Mill with amputation. Yellow fever concern and home sanitation urged. Whitworth College adds two women trustees. A tonic ad promotes Tonle and Quinine substitute. I W Hoskins organizes for the 3rd Mississippi Regiment. Sawmills operate as locusts muted. Zone F Mize finishes eight month school. marriage of Zeno B Mize and Homer Guess.
An old advertisement for Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment promises speedy relief and permanent cure for skin diseases including tetter and eczema. Claims of soothing chapped hands and related afflictions are noted, with price references to Dr. Condition Powders and other remedies.
Miss Lou Lavell married Mr. Wm T Gordon at the Willis residence in Temple in a ceremony by Rev RL Dale. Lavell, a longtime teacher and former Brookhaven principal, and Gordon, a Pensacola resident, plan a quiet return to the city of their youth and a honeymoon to Tennessee before resuming life with friends in Temple.
A local item covers a Saturday night knockdown between Howard Ballard and Jake Peterson at the store. The column also greets Wellman’s returning local girls from Whitworth and mentions Sawdust, Jeems, and praise for The Leaper’s literature. Sawdust accepts a new challenge for a discussion with time and place TBD.
A fragmented text warns of yellow fever dangers and sanitary measures. It prescribes avoiding raw or overripe produce, preventing digestion issues, and maintaining bowels. It promotes Prickly Ash Tincture as a preventive remedy with directions to obtain from agent C. Houghton.
The notice lists dates and locations for electors in Lincoln County to meet registrar Oliver, with rescheduled gatherings at multiple towns including Fall River and Brookhaven. It also advertises a residence for sale owned by Mrs. Solek in Brookhaven, detailing address on Church Street near Whitworth College and Graded Public School, with seven miles east of Hinoly Central Railroad and opposite Bogue Chitto.
Citation Notice from the State of Mississippi calling all claimants to appear before the Chancery Court of the county to defend a suit concerning lands described as Lot 14 in a section within Linguine County. The notice names Peter Hebaf as plaintiff and references a deadline in May 1908 with a clerk and solicitor listed.
The state of Mississippi to John J Cox and all claiming any legal or equitable interest in lands sold for taxes in 1860 in Lincoln County. The notice lists land in the northwest quarter section 34 in Lincoln County, with the required appearance in chancery court on ARMANY MONDAY IN ARMAM IT 140% to defend the suit in J J Sutton’s court. Dated June, A D 159% by Clerk Velin May.
The state issues a chancery court tax sale notice for property in Lincoln County Mississippi. Defendants are summoned to appear before the court on the Thurd Monday in April 188 to defend the suit brought by Felix May, clerk, with Meade Wade as solicitor.
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