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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1889
Page
3
Brookhaven news item brief and miscellany covering local prints, merchants, church notes, and social happenings. Mentions Martz candy and Powell stores, teaching engagements, cemetery decorations, and railroad discussion. Reports visits by Dr. Johnson and Mr. Martz, tax reminders, and community events with several names and places in Brookhaven and nearby towns.
A Brookhaven and Lincoln County meeting at the courthouse covered railroad prospects from Meridian to Natchez and Brookhaven as a junction with Illinois Central, plus a resolution to fund white and colored school buildings with a $10,000 tax and 20 year bonds. Committees were tasked to report fully next meeting. a fundraising book and 25 cent dues were approved.
The fragment lists several positions and names such as Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and county officials. It shows numbers and titles with multiple unreadable segments, indicating a ballot or slate from a historical election page.
An old paysheet ad offers steam engines and Guillet Gin, promoting exchange of old or small engines. Local notices report Sherman and Davis haying 50 bales of cotton burned on a depot platform, likely from a passing engine, plus social news of a San Antonio groom’s wedding and a honeymoon plan in Guadalupe County. Also includes medicine ads and brief notes on local deaths, political contests, and business promotions.
This fragment details readers in the Picayune and Lake Charles discussing Catharine Cole and Veron letters, Calcasieu skies references, and notes on local belles. It then shifts to multiple small ads and testimonials for remedies and spectacles, including King’s New Discovery, Reed’s Chill Cure, and Shiloh’s Cures, with mention of T. T. Meade & Co. as seller.
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