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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1897
Page
4
An item notes railroad time table details for Illinois Central, mentioning Brookhingee and Saekeon with an arrival at 1 PM. The fragment lists train times and places, reflecting timetable style and local schedule data.
Local items note big auction sale of the Hoskins Addition with sixty lots in sixty minutes Friday at 2 30. Notices invite all to attend whether buying or not, promising quick action to spend money and appeal to lean purses for a new lease on life.
Local store promotes a wide glassware stock with upcoming shipments from the factory. Community notes mention weather, a deputy sheriff seeking witnesses, visiting locals, an upcoming entertainment, a man named Matt Hester who passed after illness, and playful satire about local youths and a preacher’s sharp remarks.
In town, Fort Wayne Electric Corp. sold its plant to M. C. McGrath and Luther Harvey who plan to supply Brookhaven with electric lights. They ordered 8600 dollars of equipment and expect installation in 60 to 90 days regardless of city vote. Harvey, tied to Brookhaven Telephone Co., says success is assured. Also note Zack Jordan reports two mulberry trees yielding berries.
The Meridian Fortitiner Co. vs RS. Alons & Co dominates a lengthy circuit court session as judges push to salvage sale mortgages. A wide array of cases follow from adultery to whisky violations with verdicts, fines, or dismissals noted, plus a Friday sacrifice sale for Hoskins Addition lots at 2:00 p.m.
Crystal couples Rev and Mrs B F Jones celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary with a May 17 gathering at the Methodist pastor’s parsonage. Friends praised the duo, gifts flooded in, and a social roundup followed, with reflections on joyous years and hopes for future happiness. A bustling edition of local notices, sales pitches, and community updates accompanies this social frontier.
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