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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1905
Page
3
A Mattoon Illinois woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing chronic nervous tremors and dizziness after years of attacks. She states eight boxes completed a full recovery, with a temporary relapse during a grip illness, and notes the pills’ rapid, thorough effects and sales by local druggists.
Mrs. Jane Evans, 73, a former slave, graduates with honors from a New Haven night school elementary grade after starting last fall to read the Bible and newspapers, liberated by Lincoln’s emancipation. Elizabeth Duse, daughter of Mme. Eleanora Duse, enters an English farming and horticulture college at 47, avoiding stage life. Mrs. Alfred Chapin of New York is said to own the nation’s finest black diamond collection, mainly from Bahia, Brazil, prized for their unique beauty and rarity.
Curiosities span tides and time. The inventor of the tide table never saw the sea. A watch at Mont Blanc gains 36 seconds daily. Greater New York uses 1,388,000 quarts of milk daily with no visible cows. Russia has many blind citizens and late night life in St. Petersburg. Argentina spans tropical and temperate zones, natives dominate, Italians large in foreign-born population.
A fragmented diary-like passage describes a troubled medical episode where the writer ceases a habit on a doctor's advice, encounters pressure from a spouse to resume, and fears for life while seeking a physician, with chaotic imagery like bogey and blurred harm.
The article explains Mohammedan burial rites differing from Christian practice. Relatives gather at the deceased’s home. the body is shrouded and placed on a stone slab at the mosque entrance, then led to the burial ground where the coffin is lowered and earth is scattered by relatives. An imam conducts prayers without naming the deceased aloud. Prominent figures may assist in bearing the coffin.
In early Supreme Court life Justice Story recalls the aloof custom of the court dining separately. They dine once a year with the president, discuss cases at table, and refrain from wine except in wet weather. The exchange notes how rain or sun proves the breadth of the court’s reach.
A New York Sun report praises city truckmen for their cheer and grit in heavy snow, noting their high spirits amid tough streets. The piece also cites the Chalais Meudon spider web factory near Paris manufacturing strong cords for balloons, then adds a World’s Work excerpt on wealth in Ethiopia and other eclectic notes from a late 19th century paper.
Former city leader recalls the rise of a personal machine where campaign secretaries turned letters into votes, and ward bosses swayed hiring to sustain patronage. He reveals the leash of political feudalism, the payroll flood, and the tension between organization needs and city service duties.
A garbled OCR passage appears to mix syllables and names without clear context. The fragment references a cave, a clipit or clip joint, and various unreadable terms. No coherent event, person, place, or organization is discernible from the legible text.
A Jackson assault report names a Black suspect, Stewart Johnson, amid community panic and a lynching scare. Gov Vardaman brings Pinkerton to aid the case as another Black man faces arrest on circumstantial evidence.
A chaotic scene unfolds as a cook or customer yells about eggs and scrambling. The narrator recalls a clash near the table, with a Tanner and an Irishman involved, amid a noisy kitchen and observing bystanders. A waiter or salesman notices the commotion as punches or shouts erupt over eggs.
A driver dumped three tons of coal into the wrong coal hole after lifting a sidewalk cover near the curb. The incident prompted a flippant remark about public officials being “shockingly small for their pay” as the Redispatched coal was retrieved. In unrelated notes, Dodd's Kidney Pills are praised by Mr. J V Waggoner, claiming cure for kidney and bladder ailments in Ward, Arkansas, with testimonials urging others to try the remedy.
A historical advertisement touts Catiewra Soap Ointment and Pills for skin diseases including eczema psoriasis and other conditions. It promises complete treatment at $1.00, with testimonials and claims of universal proof, plus additional remedies for digestion liver and kidney issues and other ailments. It references Vernal Remedies, Peptientto wines, and various distributors in New York Chicago and Grove.
The text notes Lon ders organizing German and Yiddish classes, Lord Strathoona opening a colonial exhibition in Liverpool, and projected growth of Genode to match Britain and Ireland. A monument to Gen. Hector Macdonald is funded to reach over 910,000 with an erection at Dingwall. Royal Pusiliars near Bavlend after 21 years. Street scenes in the city mentioned and 7,000,008 seas in Vienna refer to unclear items.
Women suffering from kidney trouble or any form of female weakness are invited to consult Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. From her vast experience she offers knowledge to help your case with free advice. This remedy aims to aid women seeking relief from chronic ailments and general weakness.
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