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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1905
Page
4
For the Lenten season we offer a variety of preserved fish dishes including Boneless Sardines with Tomato per tin and other sardines, priced per tin. Also available Pillar Rock Simon Steaks and Barataria Shrimp packed dry by Lopez and Dakare, plus Perndell Brand lobsters. We invite you to visit our store to see the full selection.
Brookhaven items report home visits and arrivals, such as Mrs. Watts Higdon at Hagelhurst and E L Callender from Union Church. Charley Ellington visits Burrell Spencer. Tom Penn travels to Jackson for Cumberland Telephone Co. Easier items include a mayoral case, Y M C A events, and a Willing Hearts Circle election. Lost gold fountain pen reported. police and social notices. Kuropatkin and Oyama update. several church services and community announcements.
Whites George Adams and Mrs Kate Stewart Eugene James and Miss Lillie Strahan Colored Jesse Black and Laura Sutton Jo Brown and Nora Sandifer Henderson Phillips and Josie Johnson Archie Banks and Janie Scott SCHOOL ITEMS The spring examinations for whites will be held April 14 15 and 28 29 The first colored examination will be April 7 8 and 21 22 Elements of agriculture will be taught and posted Saturdays at 11 am Beginning 1905 1906 teachers not exempt must be examined on this subject Those with license dated will not pay additional exam fees if original fee was paid Special examination licenses require the first regular exam for their race A Gum Grove meeting was one of the greatest despite bad roads and weather over 300 attended Eleven schools were represented Arlington Auburn and Gem Grove notable The next meeting will be with Prof J Seturnow April 1 the day of declamation will be held at time W Be
Local notices promote a seven room cottage for rent through A Cohn, building supplies at C B Perkins Hardware and Furniture, and a variety of goods from Huylers candy to Charter Oak ranges. Businesses advertise tires, roofing, lumber, and home furnishings while mentioning dental offices, tuition offers, and local personality notes.
The program outlines devotional exercises and discussions on school buildings, ventilation, and decorum led by Miss Bessie Marr Miss Virgie Marshall Miss Mattie Farr and others. It also notes a talk on rural school libraries by J J Brueck and G Ty McKee and lists related society notices and a Confederate Veterans column.
President Clark of the Mississippi Cotton Association sent an active-letter urging a statewide meeting in Jackson at 10 a m on Wednesday the 22nd. He asks county leaders to set early local meetings and notify where speakers should appear to mobilize broader support and larger crowds for the campaign.
Fragmentary notice mentions a citation event tied to a Marsialie figure and Aneta, with unclear dates or actions. Readable entities include Aneta and Soanenn. No concrete deadline or authority is legible from the text.
A fragmentary note lists various meat products and claims of inspection by authorities before and after killing. It mentions items like chitterlings boneless pips feet brains ribs and roasts with insistence these are the best sold in Brookhaven, hinting at a continuation.
Advertising text from A Staffler's Jewelry Store touts Imperial Perfume and related beauty products. The fragment mentions perfume prices, bulk perfume, various cosmetics, hair care items, and dental preparations. No clear event or date is provided.
Most direct route to Texas and all points west. Solid vestibu le trains dining cars elegant Pullman sleepers. Twelve hours to North Texas, fifteen hours to South Texas. Choice of routes through New Orleans or Shreveport. For details apply to Ino. W. Wood Trav. Pass Agent Meridian Miss.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a swift cure for grippe coughs with a claim that nothing is as good. Price Drug Co. endorses the product as the preferred remedy.
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