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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1904

Page

2

Local Semi-Weekly Leader Brings News and Prices

The Leader announces semi weekly publication with a two dollar annual subscription paid in advance. Editor and proprietor T Hobbs leads the paper.

T. Hobbs

Patriot Boys Beautify Confederate Graves at Rosehill

Young third graders under Mrs. Julia Chrisman collected ten dollars and, with Mr. John E. Seavey guiding them, cleaned and planted shrubs around Confederate graves at Rosehill cemetery. They plan a decoration day to honor the fallen, promoting community patriotism in Brookhaven.

Julia Chrisman Robert E. Lee Chrisman Rosehill Cemetery John E. Seavey Brookhaven

Arion Concert Company Delight Sets Brookhaven Night

The Arion Concert Company with Albert De Choudron Don Adele Weigel and Mabel Lee Morrison performed at the Opera House Monday. The program pleased some but drew a small audience as Brookhaven often misses concerts and lectures. Encores were scarce and the public library fund benefited little. readers urged donations to Prof. Scott. The issue cites Gov. Vardaman in mob uprisings at Batesville and Meridian, praising his action to save lives and uphold law. The Leader promises renewed editorial vigor and notes the Canton burial of Mrs B Waeh born there, sister to Hon. APlmn.

Arion Concert Company Albert de Chaudron Brookhaven Scott

Washington Letter Highlights Social Rules and Laws

A Washington letter notes the clash of rules and red tape in federal life, including new congresswomen failing to receive calls, simplification of bills with fewer commas, and Roosevelt’s public display of national colors. It also covers Rosebud Sioux land talks, a churchman who shovels snow in pride, and a switchman killed in Cantom.

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Choice Miscellany highlights hard facts and old-time views

In this column fragment, a Philadelphia Press quote discusses how modern rifle blanks may fire real projectiles, with paper bullets and powder causing internal detonation. It also notes fixed furniture trends for space efficiency, shifts in cowboy grazing in Indian Territory, Guatuso mortuary customs, vast North American moose ranges, a Missouri station boarding joke, a legal deadily case, a Chamberlain’s cough remedy endorsement, and a Laurel building completion.

United States Frankford Arsenal Springfield Krag Philadelphia Press

Humor of the Hour and Wit's Quick Jests Recounted

A clipped bundle of old jokes recounts witty exchanges among poets and reporters, with lines about Mr Riley, dressmakers, radium, and humorous mishearings. The fragment preserves light satire across several authored quips from recognizable era humor columns.

The Student's Question in Washington Dining Tale

Proctor, celebrated as a top Washington storyteller, attended a dinner the night before his death and recounted an anecdote about a distant professor in paythology. The erudite man lectured halfheartedly, leaving the class dazed as he rambled through abstract notions. The professor checked his watch and offered to answer questions, prompting a tense classroom moment culminating in a simple query about the time.

Mte Joby BR. Proctor Washington Eet Gay

Governor Vein Sant and the trunk of clothing mishap

A New York tale relates Governor Van Sant of Minnesota in a hotel room with a trunk full of clothes packed by his wife. A caller asks the governor why he cannot retrieve a suit, and the governor laments whether to buy a new outfit or add trunks. Other humorous exchanges include a senator playfully chastised for feet on a seat and poker tales from a western congressman.

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Pills Claim To Cure Digestive Ailments

A fragmented ad notes Ayers Pills as a remedy for constipation biliousness dyspepsia and headaches. The copy mentions stomach pains and general health, referencing product use and alleged cures in a period advertisement style.

Ayers

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