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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1900
Page
4
A fragmented OCR snippet from The Leader describes a victn event around February at a field or toss location. Readable portions indicate a local incident or competition, with names and precise places obscured by damage.
Bay Saint Louis items report visitors from New Orleans and Natchez, sales at Price and Watson, umbrella and stove ads, school books, and upcoming Cadmus Club meeting. Local names include Miss Susie Powell, Mrs. Scherck, Mr. Priebatsch, and Hon. W. F. Parsons. Mentions circus, church events, marriages, and property sale. notes several moves, purchases, and neighborhood social activity.
The Mississippi Conference of the Methodist church will meet in Brookhaven on December 13. The Board of Stewards appointed committees from Catholic, Jewish, Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist churches to canvass the city for entertainment for guests. Additional items urge Brookhaven to extend hospitality, urge housekeepers to prepare, and note local notices about health tonics and court matters.
Judge Powell returns from mourning as special judge Garland G. Lyell presides. State docket includes assaults and murders with trials set, but illness postpones. Grand jury reports two true bills. several civil judgments favor plaintiffs and defendants. State cases include raffling, weapons, and whisky verdicts. Local notes mention frost, new schoolhouse progress, and community activities at Topisaw and St Francis Church. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve advertised as sole remedy for skin ailments.
Wm. L. Strong former mayor of New York dies at 73 on the 2nd. Cotton prices rise slightly after the election with 9.15 in Brookhaven today. Mrs. Harry Mills suffers eye trouble at home of Capt. A. E. Moreton. Rev M. L. Burton preaches to a small Morbus Sabbaticus affected crowd. St Francis Church to renovate interior and add pews. Mollie and Lucy Prestridge visit with twin boys. Gov. Longino and children pass through Brookhaven en route to the capital. William L. Wilson death parallels Robt. E. Lee with office, home, room, and chapel same as burial site. Willie Jones rumored to have left town heading toward Jackson then circus, age 11. Catholic community to erect ornamental iron fence at cemetery. George Dewey, 3, dies of pneumonia in Fair River. Late Jack remembered fondly by parents.
Lincoln Nebraska telegrams show W J Bryan congratulating President McKinley on victory and McKinley replying with thanks. Also details of the Tatum Featherston wedding in Meridian and election returns in Lincoln with counts for electors and amendments.
Brookhaven Mississippi city council appoints Thomas H Lewis Seemol Abrams and F F Schnorrenberg as election commissioners with one voting place for the December 1900 city offices. Aaron Hurst the tax collector reports 1909 fiscal year totals and is charged with $203.44 for delinquents. Also notes monthly oil and fuel report and Baptist Ladies Thanksgiving box drive plus Biloxi Review pie anecdote.
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