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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1903
Page
3
William L Toml ins, director of the National School of Music, argues that song expresses the soul and unites people. He calls for cultivating a child’s natural joy in singing, linking music to character, fellowship, and moral growth across classes.
The northwest is an agricultural community with future centuries of food production. Farming is a noble vocation and science. education changes farming through government research. The educated farmer seeks larger results, while a drift from cities back to rural life is anticipated as farming methods improve.
The culturing ideal urges a quick perception and broad sympathies. It extols independence coupled with deference, candor with moderation, and a loving pursuit of truth within society. True culture grows in shared study within schools, universities, academies, or churches.
Tolstoi argues masses are hypnotized by military displays and parades. He condemns army organization as abominable murder and taxes and military service as immoral actions that enable killing. He urges private individuals to reject support for warfare.
Reforms and the Newspapers argues newspapers reflect times and readers’ character. The piece notes diverse habits like men preferring sport, finance, or column pages while women skim romance and the women’s section.
The Southern Cultivator argues scarcity of white labor and rising demand for colored labor will push wages up and improve service. It urges break up large farms, promote land ownership, better education, and heavier machinery to reduce labor needs, while opposing coolie labor as harmful to social and moral progress.
A Drovers Journal excerpt urges farms to maintain a reserve of heavy horses for labor. It argues two 1500 pound horses outperform three lighter 1000 pound ones, enabling deeper cultivation and fewer missed operations during sickness or accidents.
The article argues farm labor shortages stem from extremely long days with work starting before dawn and ending after dark. It urges better management, improved tools, and shorter hours to attract workers, noting factories pay more for fewer hours and that a skilled setup can yield far more in reduced time.
The piece argues for saddle riding and equestrian training for farm boys, especially in the south and Texas, praising horses as economical and practical transport. It discusses two litter hogs, feeding, and concerns about public health from putrid food, urging better farming practices and agricultural education to prevent drought damage.
English police note rising foreign ingenuity in burglary. Two Russian Polish suspects pleaded guilty in Romford Common case. A compact steel tool, described as the latest burglar’s instrument, carries seven tools including a spring loaded screwdriver, gimlet, wedge and glass cutter. London police report frequent use of oxy hydrogen blowpipes glow lamps thermit nitroglycerin and dynamite in safes and vaults. Bill Sikes may despair at the pace of foreign competition.
The article describes a proposed monument to carrier pigeons from the 1870 siege of Paris. Sculptor Fremier creates a shield with a pigeon poised for flight, a dying bird, and a mother bird over a nest. Four columns would support the shield and the statue may stand before city hall or at Jardin des Plantes. a pigeon saved near Blois after returning from Tours is preserved by M Roosebecke.
The battleship Indiana, fresh from Martha's Vineyard target practice, claims the top shooting record among ships of her type. Gunners say eight inch guns achieved four straight hits in two minutes 16 seconds, bull's eye four feet square, surpassing Alabama’s recent Florida coast mark. Six inch guns averaged nearly four hits per minute.
The piece lists practical farming maxims on education in textiles, horse exercise, crop diversification, and stock quality. It praises guinea fowls for insect control and meat, notes hen and turkey profitability spans, stresses crop-rotation benefits, and observes improving poultry prices boosting the business. It notes heritage apples and peaches, and the impact of retail prices on poultry demand.
Drs Dutton Todd and Christy travel from England to study sleeping sickness in the Congo under Belgian royal auspices via the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Their luggage reportedly includes cages of rats mice and rabbits destined for biomedical experiments. The doctors plan to be away about a year.
Government detectives uncovered a counterfeit coin operation inside the eastern Pennsylvania penitentiary. Five convicts produced bogus silver coins using solder tin and ground glass, aided by plumbing department access. inspectors Dr. W. D. Robinson and George Vaux Jr noted a few pieces reached them. The ringleader, serving a second term, claimed detection was expected as a means to fund luxuries.
Scientists report a discovery that the activity of radium increases greatly when mixed with a substance called willemite. The finding suggests a new material interaction that could impact radiochemical research and industrial applications.
A Paris fire brigade member has designed a protective mask superior to previous models. It attaches to a helmet and neck straps, uses a mica visor shielded by wire, and features dual air pipes. A knapsack reservoir holds two steel compressed air jars and a lung bag connected via copper tubing delivering air at nominal pressure. The system uses a warning bell and weighs 12 kilograms ready for immediate use.
Dr. George F. Kunz and Dr. Charlee Baskerville announce a possible breakthrough mixing radium with willemite, claiming activity boosts by up to a thousandfold. They note radium may be more active without glass and compare certain rays to ultraviolet light. The report is followed by an ad for Dean's Kidney Pills promising cures and a free trial, including a testimonial from Joshua Heller of Urbana, Illinois.
Selected Cecil Rhodes scholars begin residence in October with seven from Africa and five from Germany. An American contingent won't be chosen for another year. Dons foresee 20 years before Rhodes influence materializes. Other items touch Psalm known as the sailor's psalm and a proposal for a $275,000 New York state electrical laboratory at Union College.
A lengthy testimonial from Pierpont, Ohio, recounts an elderly man Mr Turner of Hae who suffered nightly trips for kidney trouble. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with almost immediate relief and permanent cure. Turner urges others to obtain the remedy, noting family members also benefited. the ad claims universal dealer availability.
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