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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1899
Page
3
Prs Betts and Betts advertise the arrival of a noted surgeon at 17 St Charles Street New Orleans offering expertise in urinary disorders and related conditions. The notice highlights a specialty in blood and skin issues and general medical services provided by a distinguished doctor.
A jumbled prose fragment references a Delaware farmer buying a horse with iron shots embedded in its flesh from the Spanish American War, a son of May Irwin receiving a naval appointment, a tall boy resembling a famous figure, Edison and inventors, and a senator from Nevada. It touches on hotels haunted by genius, a sensational physician, a Paris public figure, and a plagiarism scandal involving a sermon and the Congressional Record.
A scrappy scene unfolds as a portly man with a bobbed mailing fights a nervous horse halted on a deserted avenue. A plainclothes officer intervenes while two female passengers watch, a street vendor’s cart rattles by, and a foreboding, metallic tension grows as a riderless wagon proceeds.
A collage of waddling quotes and garbled phrases from multiple papers including Catholic Standard and Times and Philadelphia Bulletin, noting mock dialogues about weather, readers, and a debtor’s visit. Characters like Walker, Mee, and Abby appear in ragged dialogue, with snatches of local slang and fractured humor.
The piece defends Washington as a leader aided by advisers like Madison and Hamilton, arguing that greatness often stems from collaboration and suggestion. It likens authorship disputes to Shakespearean debates and emphasizes the creative wisdom drawn from many minds shaping a nation’s destiny.
Tufula XN reports resolutions repudiating all agreements with the Lake Carriers Association and demanding abrogation of the contract with Mr Comaers. Grain shovellers refuse new propositions while Maloy Quigtey advised a return to terms granted the association. The two meetings foretell ongoing deadlock as negotiations stall and the strike may wear itself out.
In Tretoria Transvaal Republic on May 17, police arrested Nicholls Catterson Tremlert Ellis Preia Mien Hooper and Mitchell on high treason charges. They were brought to Pretoria by special train and later visited by the British diplomatic agent. A detective who joined the movement allegedly aimed to enroll men to spark rebellion.
Admiral John Watson will relieve Admiral Dewey in command of the Asiatic Squadron. He retires from Mare Island navy yard duties and hands over to Rear Admiral Kempit. Watson sails on the City of Peking for the Orient, accompanied by aides and engineers from Move Island to Cavite.
May 1 dispatch from the War Department notes Lawton with tact and ability covering Bulacan province and denying insurgents a chance to reconcentrate. Manila reports Aguinaldo losing prestige, rebels starving and disorganized, with Vilar and Luna leading remaining resistance. Col. French advances with the Twenty-second toward San Isidro and Arayat as gunboats move up the Rio Grande.
A national Dewey home fund committee led by Frank A. Vanderlip and others proposes buying a Washington home for Admiral Dewey through a popular subscription. The report appears in Union City Tennessee on May 18 alongside brief national items.
The article describes Japan's soap industry growth, its domestic production reaching around 600,000 yen annually in Tokyo, with Osaka and Kobe factories exporting to Korea and China. It notes continued foreign importation due to wrapping and box design costs and imperfect printing, and explains price structure from seven sen to one yen and up, with wrappers adding value.
Queen Victoria ordered the rest of Scotland’s royal bones placed in the restored Holyrood vault Edinburgh after centuries of exposure. The collection includes David II James I Mary of Gueld Mary Queen of Scots Arthur James V Magdalene and Henry Lord Darnley with an inscription noting desecration in 1688.
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