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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1904
Page
2
A Brookhaven Mississippi Bank of Brookhaven brochure extols thrift and industry as paths to wealth. It promises four major aids to securing a competence in the sayings department and urges readers to pursue prudent financial habits.
A lengthy critique lists U S presidents with pithy character judgments from Washington to Roosevelt. The piece shifts to a New York Sun excerpt urging farmers to exploit a likely cotton shortage and avoid futures manipulation for lasting profit. The article underscores shared credit for profit, warns against speculators, and urges prudent, timely selling while markets respond.
A famed Paris surgeon Dr Faure faces serious trouble over a Franco Prussian War veteran Col Amoureoux. A broken instrument left in the stomach went undiscovered until after burial. The Procureur General ordered the body exhumed for investigation amid calls for accountability.
A reflective, lyrical monologue contrasts Napoleon’s conquests with a humble life of a French peasant. It laments imperial power, extols enduring love, and affirms the happiness of simple domestic life. The speaker rejects tyranny, praises affectionate partnership, and envisions enduring family joy as true fulfillment.
County and city organizers plan to send county fair exhibits to Jackson for the carnival. Several counties have already decided to participate and more are weighing fairs or exhibit sends with the carnival as a dual showcase. Carnival promoters offer assistance and hope to boost exhibitors opportunities, while railroads may help advertise the resources. The article also notes a mention of weather observations in New Orleans and Brookhaven.
An article argues for small herd stock farming in South Mississippi, noting profits from 50 to 100 head per farm and criticizing artificial fertilizers. It cites near McComb where farmers gain wealth, including a pair of mules bought for ten dollars and now valued at 250, plus prize-worthy mule colts, as proof of stock raising benefits.
Buster Brown and a troupe including Happy Hooligan Alphonse and Gaston join the Wallace Show for a tenacre exhibition in Brookhaven on Friday Oct 14. The South African ostrich hunt on the hippodrome will be the most comical spectacle under canvas with the Four Nelsons and a crowd of clowns. The piece also includes a note on newspaper space costs and the need for fair pay to keep papers in business.
A fragmented 19th century ad notes 3 cents or eight cents a pound for flesh as a boast about Scott's Emulsion. It claims a thin young woman paid a dollar for a bottle and, by regular doses, gained twelve pounds. ends with a promise to send more of the product and a street address.
Mississippi happenings report on Hazlehurst cotton plans, Wingate sweet potato canning factory, Jackson hotel opening with filtered water, legal fines, a shooting by a town marshal, and local business transfers. Magnolia crowd, Bacot defense near 100 witnesses, farm corn stocks and cotton prices cited, plus regional travel and notable residents.
A Gulfport resident reports severe cotton crop damage from hot dry weather in the delta region and notes disappointment with imported Mexican laborers versus local workers. He predicts many planters may relocate to the seacoast this winter as pessimism grows over yields. The column also praises local Episcopal lay efforts and mentions illness within Brookhaven church circles.
Gen Lee Frege Hardy and Prof Walker led faculty. alumni rep D W Houston and Rev Dr Raymond attended as mourners. Vast crowd accompanied the coffin to the cemetery. Montgomery, Oktibbeha County pillar, introduced Jersey cattle, helped establish the Agricultural and Mechanical College and John M Stone Cotton Mills. He was a major landowner and Jersey herd leader, serving 25 years as local trustee. He leaves a wife, one son Ed, three daughters Madge Mabel and Mrs John Pope, plus grandchildren.
Public notice states the Illinois Central Railroad will hold its regular annual stockholders meeting at the Chicago office on Wednesday October 19 1904 at 12 noon. Free travel tickets are provided to eligible registered stockholders for the journey to and from Chicago during a limited window. A sale notice at Aurora lists seven miles and about 200 acres with a post office and a big profit promise from W F Thayes.
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