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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1902
Page
3
The Leader notes Roosevelt on hunting relief, arbitration on coal miners and labor rights, and a pending rail storage dispute. It covers Indianapolis and Indian policy, statehood for Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico, the anthracite strike, canal negotiations, and assorted economic and foreign affairs with local commentary.
In Berlin on President Roosevelt’s birthday greeting, Ambassador White opened a letter marked for his seventieth birthday. Roosevelt lauded White for serving his country in rare measure, while White received telegrams from U.S. and Europe. Diplomats professors Reichstag officials and Berlin residents sent greetings and a bound address signed by 600 Americans.
Coroner's jury rules death by asphyxiation from gun through carelessness in the case of Rev W C Rabe and Miss Augusta Busch. Spurred by trunk contents, letters reveal an illicit relationship between the minister and women church members. Miss Rabe's trunk exposes letters where the minister pleads for love and invites a lover to him.
Richard A Wade, a Chicago attorney, was arrested in the Planters hotel St Louis after a Chicago police telegram accused him of knowingly receiving stolen furs valued at 1000 dollars believed stolen in Wisconsin. Wade admitted receiving the furs but said they came from a client and he did not know they were stolen. He offered to return without requisition papers.
Mrs Annie O Mahoney proprietor of Waterford Star and editor J P Lynam were jailed for two months under the Crimes Act after refusing bail guaranteeing cessation of boycott notices. Both arrested in Waterford and sent to jail for the sentence.
Berbera, East Africa, Nov 8 Gen Manning, succeeding Col Swayne, pushes for an advance on the Mullah but faces delays from scarce resources and supply lines. The Mullah reportedly has 2,000 rifles, a Maxim gun, 15,000 spearmen, camel and sheep stores, and is near Bohotle, where defenses are strong. Gas runs via French territory.
Mississippi archive director seeks information on historic battle flags including the Bonnie Blue flag with magnolia center and blue field in the corner, asking if a state flag adopted by the 1861 secession convention exists, amid a roundup of local notices on taxes, railroads, and public works.
Mrs May Tavin of Edgerton Wisconsin credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her health decline due to female troubles. She reports relief from back and side pains and improved menstruation after two months, gaining weight and vowing to recommend the remedy, urging others to avoid alternatives.
A gossip tale from a Quaker city recounts a young man arriving late to a dinner and joking about his brother, with the hostess greeting him warmly. The anecdote captures social humor from New York, a playful toss up to decide who should come, and the casually witty exchange that follows.
Washington reports the annual cost of a nationwide rural free delivery system will total about 24 million dollars. The extension covers 700,000 square miles and requires around 26,000 carriers, with a complete universal service expected within three years. Further expansion would raise annual appropriations to six to ten million, but eventually deficits may be reduced.
A Buffalo Teview list from Oct 31 chronicles over eighty new industrial additions in the city within 18 months, many after this year’s start. It notes plant expansions, new branch factories by national firms, and wholly new Buffalo ventures across iron, steel, glass, textiles, vehicles, shoes, and more, with capital in the millions and several plants boosting output and employment. The report contrasts Buffalo’s growth with Chicago’s post 1893 exposition, claiming Buffalo is entering a sustained era of industrial expansion and rising prominence among American centers.
A dying patient in Cincinnati is revived after his wife applies Dr. Jacobs Oil. The cure occurs within two days, with the physician astonished by the rapid improvement. Reports from Chicago papers promote the product as a universal remedy, citing strong testimonials and widespread use.
Mrs M Isted of 1407 Strand Street Galveston Texas a boarding house keeper who housed medical students tells how kidney pain from a flood in 1900 drove her to despair. After morphine relief and near death she tried Dean's Kidney Pills via a friend McGound. Within days pain eased and kidney secretions normalized. Weight rose from 118 to 155 pounds and sleep returned. She credits the remedy with saving her life and offers a free trial and local druggist sales at 50 cents per box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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