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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1905
Page
3
A Washington D C reader writes that Peruna cured her estarrh after friends warned change of climate and many treatments failed. She says the medicine built her constitution, restored appetite, and made her feel well again, noting many testimonials on file for Dr Hartman.
Strayner notes distress cries while Budge mocks consolations and a man boasts of wealth after arriving barefoot. Dolliver praises a husband, Wicksow jokes about wives. A floorwalker corrects a customer miscue as a scientific Frenchman foresees legless brains. Yonkers paper notes a joke about a baby asleep and Australian wool exports to the United States doubling in a year.
A sensational account warns that grip weakens vital powers and blood, causing pneumonia risks, fatigue, headaches, and nervous distress. It credits Dr Williams Pik Pills as a fast acting nerve tonic and blood builder, citing Mrs Von Scoy’s endorsement after a severe grip attack.
A tense domestic tale unfolds as poet Gerald confronts love, jealousy, and art amid a wintry seaside setting. Christine and Bob Finducane scheme around Gerald’s ambitions, while a shocking revelation about Christine’s family reshapes his prospects. Felix’s studio gossip confirms Christine’s engagement to Finducane, ending Gerald’s hopes.
In Paris the famed Sub Rosa club elects Coquelin pere by silent ballot. A water-filled tumbler test, a suspended rose, and a round-ballot ritual confirm his membership without a word spoken.
Crookston Minnesota editor Norwood Davies trains jack rabbits to race trains. He has two rabbits trained to obey commands. Each clear day he takes them to a track beside an approaching train to race. An assistant bags the rabbits at the finish. He hopes to race them against horses bikes and cars.
A decipherable fragment speaks of personal life in sun and storm, mentioning fate and duty. The garbled text alludes to inner conflict, travel, and emotional strain, with scattered phrases about time shortening and trust wavering. Names and clear events are absent or unreadable.
A drenching shower of salt water crabs occurred in Hartford City with a large crab weighing a pond and a quarter found in Charles Reed’s brick yard. Several smaller crabs were discovered in an arriving Meld. The incident followed a storm and is believed to be carried by cloyas fa the result of sa storm.
A slice of early 20th century journalism notes diverse topics from European social reforms to colonial discoveries. It mentions French carriage terms like hippomobiles, Austrian prison reforms, a Paris water purification prize, and new rubber tree finds in West Africa. It also cites restricted marriage rules for German postal workers, an English company’s London setup, and rising Mormon activity in Wayland and Sundeland, plus London syndicates seeking forest land.
A collage of playful domestic scenes with children and mothers contrasts with a long quotation from Prof Hugo R Meyer before a Senate committee. The piece debates railroad expansion and the Interstate Commerce Commission about the broad economic impact, noting westward agricultural growth fueling eastern industry and regional market dynamics.
A 70 mph storm struck Fort Worth at 6 20 PM Sunday damaging the west wall of the Texas and Pacific passenger station killing John Young a train dispatcher and injuring none else known. Mineral Wells was partly blown away while several churches and the Grand hotel suffered severe damage. Fifty dwellings and the Second ward school were damaged as the storm extended to Terrell and Handley with uncertain fatalities outside Fort Worth.
President Roosevelt plans a October 1 departure for a major southern swing starting at Richmond Virginia where he will speak. The itinerary includes Raleigh Jacksonville or Tallahassee Atlanta Birmingham Mobile Tuskegee New Orleans Little Rock and a return to Washington by October 16 to align with a potential extra congressional session. He will avoid mid-route stops to meet the October 16 deadline.
Reported in The Growler claims a New York man saw Samuel McCue in disguise with immigrants bound for Oklahoma and asserts a dummy was hanged in Charlottesville. Sheriff Rogers insists the ex mayor was really hanged.
In Owensboro Kentucky on May 22 Bob Shaw a Black man fatally wounded one man and injured seven others as a posse gathered to arrest him. The gunman fired from his porch wounding lawmen and civilians before Shaw died leaping from a burning house after a posse fired some 100 rounds leaving him riddled with bullets.
In Vicksburg Mississippi on May 22 Ohio commissioners presented and Gov Myron T Herrick accepted the completed Confederate and Union memorials amid heavy rain. Gov Herrick turned the monuments over to the United States with War Department reception by Wm Rigby. A campfire gathering featured speeches by Gov Vardaman and other dignitaries including Union and Confederate veterans.
A serenading party of thirteen from Isa Seas Academy Bedford City was fired upon by people at Jeter Female Institute Roanoke on May 22. Five serenaders were peppered with shot. one boy was badly hit in the face. The attackers allegedly warned the visitors to stay away and fired on them from the campus. The boys fought back but caused no damage. No arrests, authorities say, as both institutions lie outside Roanoke city limits.
Canton Ohio May 22 plans call for laying the cornerstone of the McKinley National Memorial on Monument Hill September 14 the fourth anniversary of McKinley's death Justice William R Day will place the cornerstone. Completion and dedication are targeted for September 14 1907 the sixth anniversary of the president's death.
A Washington, D C reader praises Cuicura Remedies for curing chronic eczema after three years of suffering with itching and burning. The testimonial notes the initial improvement after Cuicura Soap and Ointment and claims a complete cure, urging others to seek relief. The text also advertises Botanic Blood Balm and Allen's Foot-Ease with brief endorsements and contact hints.
Washington May 2 reports a possible delay in convening Congress as Speaker Cannon and Reps Payne and Dalzell press the President to set the assembly for November 12 instead of October 14 to allow lawmakers to finish after the elections. The President has not decided and will study the arguments.
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