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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1905
Page
3
Rail service updates show trains by the Central RB line passing Brookhaven. Timetables indicate stops at a 101 p.m. and 90 p.m. midpoint, with schedule notes at 8:10 a.m. for morning service.
A jumble of notices includes rent ad charges, testimonials for Ballard's Snow Liniment for growing pains and frostbite, and health claims for Foley's Kidney Cure and Foley's Honey and Tar. It also reports Blanche Bella Gradwohl-Kohlman nuptials in New Orleans and June 15, at 1527 Euterpe. Plus notes on Mrs Strickland visiting Brookhaven and D L Easterling’s nervous elderly comment.
The Norfield Graded School held closing exercises on Friday evening May 26 with a strong program by pupils and musical numbers by Miss Jemmie Vardeman of Brookhaven. State Superintendent H L Whitfield urged thorough education for Mississippi children. Prizes awarded: Gracie Moore ten dollar piece for general scholarship. Laura Monk five dollars for best composition. Master Ben Seitz five dollars for neatness. The exhibit showed high quality work across primary to high school.
The twenty fourth annual commencement of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute closes with 83 graduates from the academic department and 100 and eleven trade certificates awarded for thirty seven trades. Rev C T Walker of Augusta GA delivers the address and President Booker T Washington presides over diplomas and prizes. White and colored visitors attend the event amid a bustling post ceremony scene.
The Times Democrat from Mon day publishes its initial 1905 cotton crop outlook based on field reports through May 28. It notes a 15 percent acreage drop, reduced fertilizer and mule purchases, and unfavorable rains delaying cultivation. Alabama and parts of other States show the gloomiest May outlook in memory.
Mr C B Wain of Lemon City Pis states Camberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy yields quicker relief by dissolving in water and drinking at the source of pain. He notes the remedy acts instantly and is available from O E Grafton.
Young folks gathered at Topisaw church all day and Pastor Wills led an inspiring brief on the Men work and spirit of the Southern Baptist convention in Kansas City Missouri. Neighbors T. E. Greer and J. L. Arthur sit on the grant jury. our string band members entertained Saturday night. Justice Summers officiated weddings. Constable A. Williams suffers rheumatic pain. Chamberlain's Pain Balm advertised with testimonial from Mrs. W. H. Leggett of Yum Yum Tennessee.
A mixed 56 page California guide notes the Chicago to San Francisco Overland Limited schedule leaving 6 05 p m daily and arriving third day for dinner. It includes fares, distributors, and claims for Foley's Kidney Cure and other remedies, plus damages suit against Empire Planing Mill Co in Hinds county for 22 000. The item mixes travel promotion with medical ads and a Mississippi court case involving a worker's death.
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