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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1898
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text mentions figures in Memphis, Hombhaven, Hagiehut Serine, and Lew Orbeams with scattered references to arrivals and events. Content is garbled, making precise identities and dates uncertain. reads like a crowded regional update with multiple names and places.
Official directory page from Lin Coln County listing local officials and districts. Names include Brookhaven figures such as Powell judge and Clerk P hlwer, Conn chair, and district leaders like Bryant, Montgomery, and Antiewhite. Also notes publishing by Epecatin, Edgar Grven, and Maxey.
Minx Nellie McGrath returns from Chatawn. Mrs P Jones visits Monticello relatives. Miss Maggie McGrath and Aileen Tecker attend St Marys Institute exercises. Rev Price conducts Magnolia Baptist revival. post office repainted with 49 new lock-boxes. court case notes on Mr Herrington and Jake Mock. festival plans for Fourth of July at Cold Springs. Jackson Evening News editor visits. Brookhaven aims to outpace Summit as a regional hub.
The Brookhaven Ice Factory announces full operation and delivery service for city customers. Tickets are on sale at the Factory Office while orders from neighboring towns and surrounding country are respectfully solicited. Ice in any quantity supplied on short notice.
Papers for sale advertised in The Leader of Brookhaven Mississippi describe a large lot available. The readable fragment notes the sale and local publication context, conveying a generic classified notice tone without further specifics.
A consortium of firms in Hrookhaven announces early closing for the Fourth of July week. Signatories include Louis Zwien and N. Zwien, Spencer Commercial Bank, and John Metirath & Sons, with details of the intended closing day and hours.
Local brief items report Mr and Mrs J W McGrath visiting in New Orleans and Henry W Marx reconnecting with Brookhaven friends. Monticello men Will Cannon and Henry JG Smith were in town. Mrs I C Smith's ill baby has improved. Rabbi Lewinthal visited his sisters last week. Josie Pfeffer left for Memphis with parents for a northern Canada trip, not returning until September. Mrs Z Davis and Silas plan summer in Mont Eagle with Millsaps. Susan Brennan leaves for Hazleton Pa to join another brother. The Jackson Evening News debuts as Brookhaven’s first afternoon paper with telegra ports. Peyton Strother is the local agent. The new Baptist Church will not be finished by next Sabbath. services move to the Synagogue until completion before the Baptist Convention. Miss Gertrude Smarr, daughter of Mr and Mrs F Smarr, died after typho malarial fever. Funeral held yesterday at 10 o clock amid many mourners.
Contents include a Democratic Executive Committee meeting in Brookhaven on June 18 1808 electing secretary A C McNair and setting voting precincts for a July 2 1808 primary. lists of election inspectors clerks and bailiffs for multiple precincts. notices inviting Brookhaven Rifles enlistment and a visit by Captain A E Moreton who reports Brookhaven troops ready for action and drilling at Chickamauga Park. Also a sick baby notice and general local notices.
Tir Leapen plans July 1 extra large edition focusing on Baptist State Convention attendees and Brookhaven attractions. It will feature prominent convention members, high quality paper, generous illustrations, and targeted advertising to local business interests and visiting country readers.
A garbled advertisement promises fifty dollars in gold to anyone cured of chronic diseases by a certain procedure. It claims universal success and urges readers to write for details from Charles Temple in New Orleans.
The Cold Springs Plense Association plans a July 4 celebration at Cold Springs Mix Park with amusements for all ages. Races prizes include gold pieces, a pocket knife, shoes, a silk umbrella, a pig and more. Entries close at noon. Local committee members listed.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century town page mentions Prickly Ash Bitters as a system cleanser and regulator sold by C E Grafton. It notes local visits, fires, illnesses, a baptism meeting, and community notices including weathered sickness at No 1 mill and a family bereavement. It references Brookhaven and Fernwood in a local dispatch.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment as a speedy permanent cure for fetter salt rheum and eczema. It claims instant relief from itching and smarting and continued effects. It also purports to cure barber's itch and related skin conditions.
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