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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1885
Page
4
Notice announces a probate matter involving Jac Rees and Mary J. Marte with dates and parties referenced. The filing lists names, locations, and guardians or consent elements, indicating a warrant or petition process and property interests in a district area.
A local reader testifies that Pearsa and Maneary cured a three year bout of incontinence and kidney troubles. She describes prolonged illness, multiple doctors, and extensive patent medicines before using Life is the Ill of Life guidance. After treatment her symptoms vanished, periods resumed normally, and she praises Pearsa and Maneary as essential medicines.
Greenville riverbank calm. Notable items include Thomas Fulter’s civic status, Wins in Winona, and military Conran references. Reports note deaths, bank openings, and public notices across Jackson, Meridian, Vicksburg, and Natchez with several named individuals and local institutions.
The Rakune Dispatch details Luther Benson’s visit to Jefferson Davis in Heauvoir, Mississippi, describing Davis as frail but gracious. The interview covers Davis’s plantation life, health, and a private conversation about public matters, with praise for his intellect, kindness, and hospitality.
A fragmented prose piece from a Georgia preacher, recounting moral reflections and humorous quips. It blends religious sentiment with local color and personal anecdotes, mentioning Nashville churches, whiskey, and moral admonitions in a rough, satirical voice.
In Nashville sermons Sam Jones questions whisky supplies in the city drawing indignant reaction from churches. A survey reports 19 Catholics and various Protestant groups among wholesale liquor dealers versus 13 abstainers. Cartoons and editorials mock stamp flavors and political candidacies.
The fragmentary OCR shows a dated letter from Meare Saar to someone named TeeOMm EMM Md jt, describing a medical diagnosis or disease and a warning about severe conditions. It mentions signatures Yours truly, Meare Saar and FM Warner, with unclear place and date references.
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