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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1905
Page
3
Pearl River Railroad timetable shows trains No 101 and No 106 leaving Brookhaven at 6 20 a m and 6 30 p m and No 14 and No 102 arriving at destination 990 3 m with no trains operated on Sundays.
Local items report visitors and moving notices across Lincoln county. Names include J C Casnahan, Emile Cohn, E S McDonald, Dr Wilson, Katie Wood, Joe Dale, Lucia Moore, W E Price, J Howard Redding, H F Middleton, Miss Ballard, Mrs Martha McCann, Miss Nell, and Prof A A McAlpin. Mentions govern social visits, farming prospects, livestock, and a death in Fernwood.
An official note from February 21, 1905, to superintendents states that exemptions will not require re examination on the curriculum taught. The attorney general advised this. An element of agriculture exam remains due before October 1, 1905 with an April option for agriculture questions.
A fragmentary advertisement column notes a Dinner Invitation and promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure to digest all foods while the stomach rests. It cites long stomach trouble cured by Kodol and mentions prices and agents. Other items reference Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs, a teachers meeting, and subscription offers for The Leader and The Home and Farm.
Fragmented notices describe Foley's Honey and Tar claimed to cure colds and pneumonia while praising a farm well near Brookhaven for digestion relief. Advertisements promote One Minute Cough Cure and Herbine for anemia and vitality. Local crimes include a Madison county murder case and a Magnolia shooting. Brookhaven buys electric streetlamps. various letters recount health cures and community happenings.
A lightning strike caused the fire to burn through ceilings and walls in two rooms, shocking the Adams family who had just left a front room. The blaze traveled about 60 feet, scorching walls and paper as debris knocked loose door casings and a portion of a door. Separately, notices promote Chamberlains Cough Remedy and local timber plans, with ads for Horehound Syrup and a missing-person arrest of Neal Hicks for an assault in Jackson.
Fragmentary 19th century notice recounts church efforts, Sunday School unity, and Bible reading as core action. Mentions T R Carloss, Alderman, and praise for public school religious welfare while noting political appointments, election plans, and local civic concerns. Includes ad-like endorsements for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and brief railway notes.
The Columbian reports Homer Smith will apply for bail under a writ of habeas corpus returnable before Judge McDowell at Columbia next Saturday. Defense lawyers McNair McNair Weatherby & Mayson are retained. The interment of the slain man occurred with military honors by Columbia Guards Company 5. The paper withholds further comment pending court actions.
An old newspaper puff promotes Dr Miles Nervine as a nerve food and medicine to revive energy and vigor. It claims nervous exhaustion, low vitality, and blood impurities improve with regular use. The ad cites Dr Miles Medical Co of Elkhart Indiana and urges readers to seek rest and recovery through the product.
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