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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1905
Page
3
Fragmentary railway timetable lists arrivals and departures for routes at Brookhaven with several numbered trains and times. It indicates interruptions or missing details and includes references to Pearl River Railroad and multiple train numbers with morning and midday prospects.
Local items report Lent observances and church activities. Residents attend visits from McComb and Kenner, family gatherings, and social events as Dr. Flowers travels to New Orleans for medical work. The community hosts prayer meetings at the Baptist church and prepares for a new drugstore expansion while merchants plan improvements and local visitors share news from Brookhaven and Terry.
Fragmented OCR notes reference a government inspection stamp and related markings. The text hints at multiple stamps or labels and possible cataloging of items across states, but readability is too low to identify a clear event, date, or named entities.
A March 15 1908 notice by Cemetery Commissioner J B Seavey orders removal of fallen trees broken limbs and rubbish from plots by April 1 to prevent recurrence. Sexton to clear plots after notification with priority for specified plots. Also includes advertisements for Kodol Digestive Remedy and Herbine tonic, plus local business notes on the Osyka Tannery Co and Brookhaven trade.
In Sweet Water we offer ducks geese and turkeys with additional items available on two days notice. Located behind T. H. Perkins Furniture Store.
Community items report illness and recoveries, visits and lectures, school society events, and local business notes. Foley’s Honey and Tar cures colds and pneumonia. a Batesville man credits it with curing a three month cold after other remedies failed.
Local notes report Mrs. Middleton improving and family visiting Hazlehurst. The community discusses school enrollment, subscriptions, and neighborhood events. Mentions of pastors, teachers meetings, and local sermons. A judge comments on race tensions and white capping. Autumn gatherings, coalitions, and public notices referenced.
Mississippi veterans call for honoring President Davis with a monument inscription stating he was born in Kentucky, a life citizen of Mississippi, and died in Louisiana. State camps urged prompt action through the Mississippi Daughters of the Confederacy while reflecting on Davis as a distinguished Mississippian and loyal to the state. The note appears amid local notices, advertisements, and brief items on politics, business, and health products.
A Jackson Evening News report details rising unease as detective Hoyt digs into the White Copper scandal. Citizens mull an indignation meeting to curb further aid, while officials fear damning confessions and a disrupted organization. Governor Vardaman backs Hoyt amid calls for truth. The piece also notes pneumonia dangers and local railroad grading advances from Silver Creek to Brookhaven with planned extensions toward Natchez.
Reports from Meridian and Jackson describe a white patron from Philadelphia insulting Black customers and praising lynching amid Southern hostility. The confrontation ended with the assailant leaving town under threat of local disapproval, while others condemned the violence and denounced mob justice.
An advertisement describes neuralgia as nerve pain from turbulent nerves and promotes Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a reliable remedy. It claims the pills soothe larger nerves, relieve stabbing burning and other pains, and leave no bad after-effects.
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