10 Nov 1897
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1897
Page
1
A garbled Mississippi page lists events from Meridian to Vicksburg, noting deaths, marriages, and public notices. It mentions school openings with 400 pupils, a public library claim, local officials, hunts, and a fatal shooting accident near Jackson. Several names and places appear amid scattered dates and civic items.
An 1898 notice discusses American beauty shaped by climate and soil, claiming catarrh as a common health issue and promoting Pe-ru-Na as a cure. It also mentions political appointments, judiciary terms, a piano sale, and a Thanksgiving origin story with Plymouth references and Midanps College opening on the 17th.
Cure all liver ills alleged by claims of Tutt's Liver Pills. Patent remedy promoted to arrest disease by using the pills for sick headache sour stomach digestion and torpid liver amid broad old-time patent medicine rhetoric.
Special correspondence from Jackson details residents fleeing during September, returning healthy and eager to work. Report notes strict quarantine enforced by Dr. Todd and city officials to keep yellow fever from spreading, amid political tension and local relief as crops recover. The piece rails at Governor’s quarantine, celebrates reinforcements for the winter, and mentions Mississippi Springs livestock and local sentiment.
The Brookhaven Mississippi city council meets with Mayor and Aldermen present. Accounts for various services and fines are approved. water works and electric lights finances reviewed. a report from City Treasurer Monetant presented. quarantine for trains and health measures enacted. water pipes along Congress Street debated. police appointments and resignations handled. adjournment signed by Mayor Daughtry and Clerk Seavey.
A quotation notes druggists asserting that Scott's Emulsion is not only effective but can be sold at lower prices. The remark reflects pharmacists viewing the product as a standard medicine rival and suggesting cost advantage in the market.
Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites of lime and soda is promoted as the standard preparation. The ad warns against unproven substitutes and urges buyers to ensure the wrapper bears SCOTT'S Emulsion and the Scott & Downe name for quality.
Church, civic leaders, and local editors unite in Bay St. Louis Mississippi to appeal for charitable funds to help fever stricken families isolated by quarantine. The appeal requests donations to Mrs J V Toulme and notes 300 local residents, many poor, lack medicines and daily work. A public endorsement by E H Hoffman supports the plea amid rising tensions over illegitimate burial practices in Yazoo City.
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