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Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1897

Page

2

Ancient news items echo global bustle and progress

A tangle of fragments reports on farming gains with potatoes shipped to Milwaukee earning $2.75 per bushel, and a grand plan for Grant’s tomb dedication in New York. It notes a temperance drive, a Boston richman moving a massive household, and politics with Massachusetts rep Charles Franklin Sinaave amassing millions. Also mentions a Colorado tunneling project, a proposed negro mayor scheme in Georgia, California church tax cries, a meningitis cure anecdote, and world debt and patent stats from Levasseur.

Political and social turmoil across nations and states

A compilation of reports from Washington to Kentucky details possible U S tariff shifts and diplomatic moves, Crete and Greece tensions, Delaware tax policy, and a series of disasters and crimes. It notes Republican hints at a U S Senate pick, a public printer appointment, forest reserve battles, and multiple weather, flood, and accident incidents across the Midwest and West.

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Clashes, accidents, and industry news flash across dated telegrams

Telegram summaries report Armenian Turkish clashes at Takal with many dead, a fatal Valentine misfortune in Pickensville Alabama, and a Salem Massachusetts textile mill resuming full operations after June 1890. A Chicago railway boiler explosion kills the engineer and fireman, a Brookside Alabama man faces a fatal riot during an arrest, and wool mills in Pittsfield Massachusetts see brisk revival. Also noted are a minstrel boy killed by a BB shot, an Indian affairs committee advancing a homestead bill, and a flood near the Menominee river with regional famine signals. Financials show Avallachia balance, gold reserve, and weekly US/Canada grain movements.

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Mississippi Affairs Chronicle Storms and Trials in March

Severe storms sweep Mississippi towns including Brandon Utlea and Canton with damage and fatalities reported. Court news from Aberdeen notes trials and sentences, while officials discuss finances and reforms. Dr Lipscomb convicted of murder in Kemper county. Dental Association set meetings in Jackson. local development plans for Greenwood hotel and lodge. farmers urged to change practices amid rising poverty.

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Loss of Life by Floods Across The Mississippi Valleys

Telegraphic reports from the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys describe extensive floods causing heavy loss of life and widespread property damage. Levees break near Caruthersville and Gavin Arkansas, with numerous drownings and refugees. A cyclone near Utica Mississippi, a rainstorm in north Alabama, and river overflows in Milwaukee area contribute to the disaster across several states.

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Seventy Eight Drowned Off Cape Natterans Disaster

A fragile steamer Ville de St Nazaire foundered off Cape Hatteras, leaving about 75 dead and 11 passengers with 60 crew. Four survivors describe the treacherous March seas, fires doused, lifeboats scarce, and a rescue that saved Senor Tagado and others after seven days adrift. most perished from exposure and hunger.

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