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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1900
Page
4
Official directory listing county officials and district officers with names and positions. Includes clerk, judge, treasurer, superintendent, and various district representatives across Brookhaven and nearby towns.
A sprawling local column reports visits by Mrs. Whit Bowen, Mr. D. Davis, Hon Thos Brady, Senator and Mrs. Chrisman, and other residents to New Orleans and Lexington. Mentions a Pearl River Mills hotel project, spring signs, illnesses, and numerous social visits, store ads, and business promotions including Perkins hardware and Dahlstrom Bros. bicycle shop. A Brookhaven scene includes rail and timber chatter, church and cemetery notes, osteopathy advocacy, and a Saint Louis–New Orleans connection through Miss Lena Durfey and Mr. Zwirn.
Fragmentary city directory text lists names and wards with unclear designations. It mentions Pat Wah and Seavey along with Ther Wark first ward and city officials, but details are unreadable and uncertain.
Rushed colonial era style page item lists sellers offering cotton seed meal or hulls with free delivery in tuwa. Mrs. W. P. Parsons plans a birthday house party inviting W M S members to contribute toward church debt. Birthdays at Maxwell home. doctors and osteopath ads. community society officers named. remedies and bicycle shop ads included.
A Brookhaven page details fraternal lodge activities the Robson Theatre schedule and a fire at Brookhaven Lumber plant. Local social events include a birthday gathering for Mr. Cohn and visits by Dr. A C Kent, plus smallpox quarantine around the Galvin Wey family. Crime notes report the Devitt arrest and Monroe Magell discharge after a preliminary hearing.
A fragment urges readers to see a store offering to save money on the purchase of groceries, touting thrift and value and inviting customers to compare prices and seize every opportunity to economize.
Chancellor Conn adjourned the Tom Factory case after a five day trial, ruling the Brookhaven Ice Mfg Co. lacked merchantable, oil-free ice from Pred W Wolf Co. The court found the ice was white and porous, failing contractual quality, but that using the defective plant after rejection counted as acceptance. The decision will be reviewed by the Supreme Court as the parties resume operations pending appeal.
A 1900 Mississippi act repeals prior vacancy laws and sets rules for filling state, county, and municipal vacancies. Unexpired terms under six months are filled by appointment. longer terms trigger elections with governor appointment during interim. Cities adopt mayor alderman procedures for vacancies. notices and commissions follow. The Philippines reference marks imperial costs and honors fallen soldiers.
Bring fading pictures to the Mississippi Photo Enlarging Co for life size enlargements. A perfect likeness guaranteed with a handsome frame for only 2.95 this month. Located with B. Z. Ratliff's ground floor photo gallery next to Times printing office Brookhaven Miss.
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