16 Nov 1898
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1898
Page
1
John J. Marshall announces his bid for re election as City Treasurer of Artie municipal government. The message notes the election date set for Tuesday and references Brakhaven and Looe as contextual locations.
Mississippi notes report pensions down twenty percent and Jackson electric railway status. Edgar Garrett and Miss Carrie Fox wed from Monticello. Ringling Bros. show scheduled for Vicksburg on the 23rd. Various local incidents include a hand injury, a fire destroying F. Sherrod residence, and a suicide attempt by L. Edwards. Primary election set for December 2 white voters only. Multiple local executives and civic updates, college enrollments, and livestock market activity noted.
Doctors say intermittent fevers in miasmatic districts are not accompanied by stomach liver or bowel derangements. The liver is the wheel in the mechanism of man and systemic illness follows. Tutt's Liver Pills cure all liver troubles.
The November term 1898 board met with all members present. Reports include Union Church Road No. 4 inspection recommending pro rata payment to Williamson Hilton & Co. for road work. County Superintendent Edgar Green’s October report approved. Various accounts and court costs approved. A bid invitation issued for steel bridge across Homochitto River on Brookhaven Union Church road. Board adjourned to next morning.
The Board of Supervisors adopted plans and specifications for a new steel bridge over the Homochitto River on the Brookhaven to Union Church road, drawn by EB P Alsbury & Son for the New Jersey Stand Iron Co. Bids to be let on the first Tuesday in January with a 2000 dollar bid bond. The design includes a 225 foot main fixed steel high truss span, a 50 foot steel span, and 10 foot wood aprons, with concrete filled steel cylinder piers and steel columns, and requires a neat cresting and a large cast iron name plate. David Coon, 50, Lincoln county farmer, killed when his team ran away at Summit.
A bustling sampler of small-town life mentions election turnout at Pine Grove, waterworks talk, court, farming plans, and local personalities. It notes a new depot agent on the I C I R line, a return of J W Tyler to Bogue Chitto, a telephone exchange, and a cane and rice patch expansion. Also covers a workforce, religious services, a grand jury, and local humor. It ends with brief notices on public health and distant state events.
A local retailer recounts a cotton sale where a customer bought at 4.30 cents per pound, resold at 4.45, uncovering small overcharges on flour and other goods. The note argues against price cutting and promotes a straight one-price system that pays top dollar for cotton and fair value for goods.
Budd's Shoes advertises a wide range of baby and youth footwear from the smallest sizes to 13 and up to teens. Prices start at five cents and rise to one dollar, claiming high quality, perfect shaping, and a money back guarantee if the shoes fail to meet expectations.
A dealer advertises cash or installment sale of machines with three warranty levels. Common machine guaranteed for two years, medium grade for three, and finest for five. Down payment of five dollars starts the process, with prices claimed far lower than competitors.
Fall hat era offers stylish seasonal headwear at $3.50 and $4.00. All hats are original creations with higher priced options available. Buy within $3 to $6 and enjoy pleasure, satisfaction, and savings.
A small sum buys a neat nobby suit of clothes from McGrath. The garments are new worsted or part wool in solid colors or patterns, made to fit lean, stout, or in-between, with quick turnaround.
A local retailer advertises a complete line of ladies gloves in new styles and prices. Every pair of $1 gloves is guaranteed. if the glove bursts or rips the first time it is worn, a new pair will be exchanged.
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