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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1901
Page
4
Brookhaven column notes visits from Magnolia and Wesson, local society events, weddings, and business ads. Mentions Minstrels at the opera house, chrysanthemum show, and local individuals moving, visiting, or entertaining. Public notices discuss street funds, maintenance issues, and proposed contracting for street work, with references to local officials and roads.
In Brookhaven on November 15 the Lincoln County Circuit Court sentenced John R Albritton and Jim Bob Brown plus Asa Brown to five years each in the state penitentiary after pleas of guilty on arson charges connected to the burning of two public schoolhouses and a church near the Lincoln Pike Amite county line. The court stayed other indictments for future action if the current sentences suffice for reform.
Local notice describes Van Watts resuming practice in a remodeled Brookhaven office with a new pain free method and lifetime guarantees. The piece also includes brief, unrelated society items and thanks from a Brookhaven family for sympathy and flowers after a recent bereavement.
Local items include the opening of Mond public school and a Dogwood Sunday unveiling, visits by residents to Brookhaven Chicago and Omaha, and a ladies prayer meeting at Mrs Warren Connollys home. Miss Nettie Pierce returns from a state exam with praise. A local couple Mr H F Mallikin and Mrs Fannie Doherty wed and depart for New Orleans. Norris Business College touts job placements. Etta McDonald marries Hol Rhodes Jr. Rodger s Blue Chill Cure advertised with price details.
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