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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1902

Page

2

Montgomery Chosen For Diverscé No 4 Supervisor Seat

We are authorized to announce Constantine Montgomery as candidate for Supervisor from Diverscé No 4 Stacohy County Mississippi. The special section for November 4 1903 will fill the unexpired term for the office. Wallace J Enoch Carruth are listed in the same notice.

Diverscé No.4 Stacohy County Miss Alsouk Constantine Montgomery T.d. Wallace J. Enoch Carruth

Progress in the woods and politics in Mississippi

A compilation of notes covers Perry county piney woods prosperity with rising cattle and sheep farming, new industries and migration. debates on negro education funding by Major Vardaman. Mississippi Woman's Christian Temperance Union plan for Oxford convention. praise for Judge Neville's tenure and opposition to his early removal. a grim report of a Corinth murder by burning and related state crime notes amid a string of regional incidents and upcoming rail and river transport ideas.

Carraway Perry County Piney ‘Woods Perry Jas. K. Vardaman Major Vardaman Whitfield Magnolia Gazette Mississippi Woman's Christian Temperance Union Oxford Helen M. Stoddard Texas Mary Telford Jowett Colorado B. G. Lowrey Blue Mountain College Walter G. Harbin Holly Springs Mississippi J. H. Neville Lumberton Pascagoula Neville

Tom L Johnson Launches The Big Tent Campaign Circus Style

Mayor Tom L Johnson runs a novel Ohio campaign moving like a circus. He outfits a 6000 capacity tent in Cleveland, hires a 40 piece band, buys 50 horses, and funds a traveling caravan to greet voters through November 3. Johnson bears all expenses, leveraging a $125000 outfit and daily costs around $2500. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

Tom EL. Johnson Tom L. Johnson Ohio Johnson Cleveland Mayor Johnson Dr. J. Wagner New York Wagner Mr.Johnson Loftin Baltimore Sun

Sunday School Rally at Yazoo City Baptist Church

Yazoo City hosts a Sunday School rally at the Baptist Church on Saturday night and Sunday November 1 and 16. Rev B W Spillman of North Carolina and Rev L P Leavell of Mississippi, with Miss Mississippi in the fall, will conduct the event assisted by Rev Spillman. Invitation extends to all denominations for learning and benefit.

Will Gibson Carey Whitfield Corinth Gibson Armand Dowie Longino Ares The Baptist Church Yazoo City B. W. Spillman North Carolina Southern Baptist Convention Mr. Spill Nashville Tenn L. P. Leavell Spillman Yazoo

Circus Bareback Riders Highlight Wallace Show

The Great Wallace Show features daring equestriennes led by Minnie Sweeney admired for poise and skill. The act’s danger seems hidden as precision through the performance amazes audiences. The company promises a Brookhaven appearance Friday October 17. In other items, Sarah Bernhardt, 58, writes her autobiography The Sorrow of Growing Old and shrinks from life’s pleasures, while in Hattiesburg foremen J B Burnes and George Walters clash. Burnes, 52, killed Walters on the 24th at Newman Lumber yards.

Wallace Minnie Sweeney Miss Sweeney Brookhaven Sarah Bernhardt Bernhardt Hattiesburg J. B. Burnes George Walters Newman Lumber Yards Burnes

Nature and cotton prices cited in Greenville sale

An item touts Scott's Emulsion as nature’s helper in fighting consumption. It notes cotton prices during wartime, reporting a 665 pound bale sold by T. D. Diamond to Waldauer Cotton Company for a little over 13 cents per pound, about 86 dollars, with seed sold at the mill for 20 cents, totaling 3106 dollars.

Greenville T. D. Diamond Waldauer Cotton Company

Scott's Emulsion Ad Claims Weight Gain Benefits

An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion claiming a thin young woman gained twelve pounds after using twelve pounds of flesh priced at eight cents per pound and a dollar for a bottle. It promises a free tree with purchase and includes the firm’s New York address for ordering.

Scott

Mississippi News: State Happenings in Brief Highlights

Mississippi items recount crop conditions, typhoid cases, new hotels, obituaries, marriages, church moves, court house progress, and local industry. Notables include Miss Althea Ainsworth and C. C. Stuart wedding, a fish hatchery at Tupelo, a 875000 Jackson courthouse near completion, and a Newton County mineral-water venture.

Delta Olivo Jackson Uptown Anna H. Montieth Vicksburg Methodists of Greenville Mississippi Sons of Veterans George Warren John, King Benton W. Sibley McComb Summit Hinds County H. F. Moore Kosciusko Althea Ainsworth C. C. Stuart Wesson Ith Synod of Mississippi Columbus Wm. H. Turner Lillian Lyle Powers Durant United States Tupelo Meridian Star Newton Record Chitto Baptist Association Bala Chitto Church Magnolia W. Y. Gobison Aberdeen Lamberton Yazoo J. A. Anderson Hazlehurst Presbyterian Church Gallman Tn Yazoo City Stubblefield Josie Norman Settvou Springfield Abner P. Sage Shell Houston Webb Mississippi Railroad Commission Copiah County Panpla County Will Barnes Mendenhall Lowrey Sardis State Industrial Institute and College Commonwealth J. F. Grist Mississippi Board of Supervisors Lafayette County Owens Mathis Lester

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