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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1897
Page
3
A fragmented OCR poem speaks of bright days arriving after shadows and night. Imagery includes desert, morning light, and a hopeful future, mentioning places like Blanton and Atlanta Constitu. The text blends dreamlike lines with evolving imagery of dawn and new horizons.
A 1897 tale centers on Prof Wisden and Mrs Hodgson over a breakfast omelet that triggers a heated morning. The professor blames the dish for his bilious mood after a string of irritations while Mrs Hodgson, stubborn and meddling, clashes over breakfast and desk manners. The scene blends domestic friction with a humorous satire of colonial era manners.
The professor endures a messy London lodging search as Mrs Hodgson’s omelets torment him and a rival lodger intrudes. He frets over a missing notebook, clings to dignity, and finally accepts a landlady's offer after a tense chase for housing and food.
In a rambling reminiscence titled The Cross Roads Tale the narrator recalls a long-ago feud and a wild Saturday night at the crossroads. He recounts a bar fight, the deathly fever of politics, and a later confrontation with Black Jack Wiggins of Cyclone Streak. The piece wanders through memory of a spring rally, a reunion with old friends, and a notebooks-full of circumstantial incidents involving love, a picnic, and a buggy accident at a fair.
A survey of artificial silk production notes Count Hilaire de Chardonnet’s long effort, a factory near Hesaneon aiming to boost daily output to 1,200 kilos, and the use of glass tubes, papillary openings, and pneumatic systems to spin filament silk. The article also mentions fasting dangers, a New York exhibition, and a stray anecdote about a monastery prince and a museum incident in London.
Mrs June and Dr Jones confront a strange official tag with a two cent stamp and a back note seeking description. The New York Journal recounts their quest through the inquiry department as they suspect a wedding gift from wealthy parents may be missing property.
A column cites a mother using hot water as a cure after her child injures a leg in a sled accident, reporting rapid improvement. The piece extols hot-water therapy for inflammation sprains and as an all-around home remedy, plus mentions borax uses for bathing teeth and hair care.
A collage of medical cure claims and testimonials for Hall's Catarrh Cure, No-To-Tac, Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer, Cascarets, Malacca chocolates, and Piso's Cure for Consumption. Includes endorsements by wholesale druggists and various physicians, with urged purchases and trial offers.
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