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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1905
Page
4
Dr J A Keehghton a former county resident dies at home in West Point May 4. Local editor notes on church events and community shifts include Mrs Arenes Johnson and Miss Ronnie McSlip moving to relatives in the city. Church schedule and store postponements are also mentioned in this late May update.
Railroad timetable from Illinois Central lists trains passing Brookhaven with No 2 No 4 No 6 and others. Public notices require prepaid ads or cash for publication. notices without an advertising account must include payment. Rates are ten cents per line for first insertion and five cents per line for each additional insertion.
Town and county items report cottages for rent, illnesses, free tuition offer, lumber yard ads, social visits, a new piano, subscription rates, street lamp changes, baseball results, school principals, musical club invites, a march title, and a closure of Magee’s carbonated foam joint with ongoing injunctions.
The Philadelphia North American describes how champagne makers in France, using juice from first pressing, age the wine in vats then cuvée blend, bottle, cork, and wire. Bottles are terroir cleared by daily neck shakes for months, with one worker capable of handling about 10,000 bottles daily.
A collage of vignettes from a 19th century newspaper page recounts Eugenie’s dramatic 1870 escape from Paris after Sedan with Dr Evans aiding the Empress, then shifts to dental temperament theories and early jewelry lore. Also features opinions on reading, bookmaking, and a witty parental exchange about a daughter's suitor.
A writer in Medical Talk For the Home urges not to fear imagined obstacles. The piece compares distant hills to life’s perplexities, noting how dread over future events ruins present joys. When approached, what seemed daunting often becomes manageable and flat.
Two namesake peaks in New Guinea inspire exchanges between Gladstone and Disraeli. Captain Moresby quotes Gladstone praising the Mount Gladstone naming and Desraeli replying from 10 Downing Street, with humorous remarks on their differing temperaments.
The article discusses eggs as easily digested nutrition for the sick and notes their nutrient balance. It also mentions Margarita pearls, a literary excerpt, and a fragmented reading of assorted pieces including a dialog about family support and a scene from Bunyan.
Sergeant Macauley recounts the Balaklava dawn attack on January 6. He describes riding in the left file, losing Herbert to a cannon shot, witnessing his comrade decapitation, and the brigade’s collapse into a Russian cavalry cloud. A brief clash followed, then retreat as slaughter continued.
The young Andrew Jackson kept Bacon's Abridgment in his saddlebags for court use. During a trial before a duel with Colonel Avery, Avery swapped the book for a piece of bacon. Jackson, unaware, announced we will now see what Bacon says, provoking laughter and his later challenge to Avery.
Hopeful cotton growers see steady price gains as the Cotton Association aids markets. Best samples reach 8.10 in Brookhaven while Gulfport sells 1,760 acres of truck land for 38,000 to a Toledo buyer. Also notes editor Bonney of the Summit Sentinel will join the Louisiana Press Association to Havana, Cuba. Hubert A. Spengler of Jackson ordained priest at Rome on May 21, aged 28. An ad praises Ballard’s Horehound Syrup for coughs, with a testimonial from Mrs. A. Barr of Houston. Also offered: fine Brookhaven residence for sale by C. J. Batomeldes and Maysott Broskhaiven.
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