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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1905
Page
3
An editorial reaffirms benefits of packers to farmers and U S commerce citing Garfield report as exonerating the industry from vague charges. It notes foreign trade gains from packing house by products and calls for fair treatment amid popular clamor. Also includes brief social quips and transit notes.
Fragment reads as a damaged item noting Mrs Pare and Thad facing trouble with respirations and possible electrical or respiratory issues. Limited readable names and context.
Roosevelt hosts a private dinner at Hotel Colorado with hunt companions including Stewart Lambert and Loeb after three weeks in the Colorado mountains. The event follows a Sunday visit to church and a quiet day as the party prepares to depart for Denver.
The dispatches describe slow Japanese gains in the center and Japanese evacuation of Erdagen after pressure by Russian forces. Russian cavalry retires behind the Liso river while Japan holds Palaotun San Lingu and Ratz ya. Reports claim Oyama has 348 battalions and 220,000 men. Discussion also covers Russian naval progress and a potential meeting of Nebogatoff and Rojestvensky by May 9 with coal and stores likely provided by a friendly port. London notes a possible breach of neutrality at Kamranh bay and France accused of allowing it. The Times editorial urges Britain to honor its alliance obligations if Japan calls.
More than twelve thousand foreigners arrived in New York on Sunday amid a record breaking entry through quarantine. In twelve hours, 12 039 steerage passengers were admitted signaling a likely peak spring influx, with ten transatlantic liners contributing. The Blucher, last to pass quarantine at six p m, added 655 names to the roll of arrivals.
Chicago merchants mobilize 1,100 wagons to deliver goods citywide with deputy sheriffs and some police guarding routes. Sheriff Barrett lists 200 deputies, with potential militia if unrest worsens. Governor Deneen signals troop deployment upon request. Rioting subsides in downtown with armed guards on wagons, but attacks persist in outlying districts, including assault on union drivers.
The magnific ent cruiser St Louis was launched at the Cramps yards at 3:30 Saturday afternoon. Miss Gladys Smith christened the ship in a ceremony witnessed by Mayor Wells and St Louis dignitaries. A banquet for 400 followed in a decorated carpentry hall after the christening.
A late night collision near Pollock Rip Amht involved the steamer Aransas of the Joy line and the Glendower with one passenger injured aboard. Also reported is Miss Orselia Houstos engagement to a Mr Hull of Tuxedo Park, and an appointment of Abe Aberpathy as official to a president.
Severe afternoon and evening storms hit St Louis and nearby towns with intermittent heavy rain and lightning. Homes were struck by lightning, a church roof was damaged, a two foot flood swamped suburbs, and a ton sized masonry piece fell from a building. A farmer was killed by lightning near Edwardsville and a seven year old boy drowned in a flooded trench on Bruno Avenue.
James T. Roberts known as the Informant in the James L. Blair case and Hugo Grimm a prominent attorney were seriously hurt when a tree fell at Lucas avenue and Twenty-eighth street during Thursday's severe storm. They were trapped for about five minutes as hail and rain pelted them. Roberts suffered internal injuries and a bruised right leg while Grimm had a broken left leg below the knee.
Detroit May 5 The lower peninsula was struck by a Thursday storm causing several lightning deaths. Near Hillsdale Willis Swift and his 20 year old son Claude were killed in a barn. Near Standish Joseph Southworth died while walking along the Michigan Central railroad track. The storm also caused about 100000 dollars in damage to greenhouses and peach orchards from heavy hail.
Nebraska reports describe wind rain and hail storms across the state from Lincoln to Akron. Damage includes roof blow off at the state penitentiary addition, heavy hail near Carroll, a tornado-like windstorm at Akron, and frost in eastern Nebraska. Separate items note a Norfolk tornado path damage and a 40 degree temperature drop.
The piece recalls a speaker in Branki na Mass urging young women to pursue the free life and “Be Bakers of men” amid humorous exchanges. It also recounts anecdotes about Morgan Robertson on truthfulness and a cabby with a cigarlending Irving a Havanas and the cabby’s quip about the landlord’s rent.
A roundup of oddities from around the world including Queen Alexandra admiring arches made of laundry baskets in Gibraltar. Comical incidents feature a Genoese lover stuck on a roof until morning, a London trial remark about punishments in musical comedy, a monkey regimental mascot dishonorably discharged for theft, and Count Niddo expelled from Kassel for daily coin-throwing causing mob chaos.
Governor Foley argues citizens shape laws and government more than officials. He warns neglect of law breeds disorder and stresses equal enforcement, patriotism in peace, and duty to uphold both good and bad laws for a free state.
A 19th century health advertisement touts Dr William’s Pink Pills as a cure for headaches and assorted ailments tied to blood and anemia. It claims the medicine renews the blood, removing the poison and offering lasting relief, especially for women with anemia.
Carrie King of Darlington D says she suffered for years from pillousness and kidney and overy trouble. She reports that catching a cold worsened pains with backache and headache. She asserts that twelve bottles of Peruna cured her, restoring health.
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