Leader notes Aldermanic meeting turnout and topics
The Leader reports on Alderman Backus presiding at the first Tuesday evening meeting. Key items include outreach plans and local policy considerations debated by city officials.
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1901
Page
4
The Leader reports on Alderman Backus presiding at the first Tuesday evening meeting. Key items include outreach plans and local policy considerations debated by city officials.
Official directory entry listing county offices and officials with scattered unreadable names and roles. The garbled text references district committees, a clerk, and various positions unclear due to OCR errors.
A mix of notices from Brookhaven recounts visits from Beauregard and Montgomery figures, carpentry and hardware ads, and social events. Miss Jessie McNair and Mr. Wildner Willing depart for New Orleans while Mrs. Elia Kern visits Vidalia in fragile health. The Leaves announces Larsen & Kicks architects dissolved. hotel ads emphasize growing popularity.
Obituary note on Mrs Eliza Millsaps Buie a longtime Brookhaven resident and sister to Maj R W Millsaps. funeral held at Methodist Church with Rev C W Crisler and Rev J A Bowen officiating. pallbearers listed. also an advertisement block for local tonics and lumber sale by Brookhaven Lumber and Manufacturing Co.
The Telephone Company will disconnect any unpaid rental instruments on the 20th with notices from the Lucid building office. Unpaid bills risk disconnection on the 18th. Contact 50 for service and payments.
Advertisement touts Tutt's Pills as money savers by curing stomach liver and bowel diseases, claiming a box will prevent costly doctor visits and cure all digestive ailments.
March visits and social notes from Brookhaven list activity across town. Citizens like Mrs. Seavey, Mr. Butterfield, and Mrs. Covington appear in a running parade of callers, church news, business openings, and upcoming services. Public notices include sales, rail announcements, and local shop promotions.
Removal sale offers a large city lot at Jackson and Congress with 207 feet on Jackson and 250 feet on Congress. Improvements include a two story dwelling with eight rooms a kitchen bath four closets brick cellar electric lights and water, a servant house and stable. Desirable location and room for two more homes. Call between 12 and noon to inspect. February 12 1901.
Brookhaven Lumber & Manufacturing Co offers 00 acres for sale near Brookhaven Miss about one mile above the corporation line between the Illinois Central and Brookhaven railroads. Property includes two dwellings with 6 and 7 rooms, three small houses, multiple cabins, a barn with 12 stalls and forage loft, an office with vault, two large sheds, two side tracks along the Illinois Central right of way, and capacity for additional cars. Call at the company office for details. sale date February 12, 2001.
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