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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1897
Page
4
An item from The Leader notes Brookhaven Postoffice affairs in a second class matter. Dated Wednesday Evening October 13 97 it items the postal topic.
Rail timetable fragment shows connections at Water Valley and mentions No 4 and other trains. Details are fragmentary with unclear destinations and schedules.
Peach trees bloom as wedding plans form and Colic drops are advertised. Local society items mention visits, watch repairs at Front Street Drug Store, and jewelry work by Thos. D. Evans. Reports cover a fatal shooting, charity events for the church, King’s Daughters fundraisers, and a correction about Lieut. H L targeting West Point historical notes.
The 26th Annual Session of the Fair River Baptist Association scheduled for Lawrence County with Shiloh Church on the Friday before the third Sabbath in October 1997 is postponed to November due to quarantine regulations and yellow fever unrest.
An advertisement discusses eating habits and digestive trouble, urging treatment of nutrition problems. It extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as restoring organic tone and vigor, claiming it helps stomach function and liver filtration while easing constipation as a common cause of illness.
A 1897 New Orleans letter promotes Prrexny Ast Brrr as a cure for fatigue and illness while discussing yellow fever reports. The writer critiques official disease figures, notes neglect deaths, business downturn, and local gossip on postmasters, guards, and real estate.
The daily bulletin records 88 new yellow fever cases and 3 deaths in New Orleans for the 24 hours ending 9 p m Tuesday October 12. Cumulative totals show 654 deaths 6 percent mortality, 277 recoveries, 100 under treatment. Surgeon General Murray reports no fever at Pass Christian.
Murray, an engineer in Springfield, writes of Relief from Agapepala with Dr Miles Restorative Nervine and a recovered condition after six doses. The notice promotes Dr Miles remedies with a guarantee and free heart and nerve book from Dr Miles Medical Co. Elkhart Ind.
Fine shower Sunday to lay the dust. Two sermons were preached by Bro. Reeven. Miss Dortha McGraw ill with remittent fever but improving. School progress under M Hartin. Eddie Ryals obituary note with sympathy for the family. Reunion of ex Confederate soldiers announced for November 11 in Brookhaven. Laxative Bromo Quinine advertises cold cure. Items on cotton loss near Canton and musical instruments for sale.
The Masonic Hall reports repairs underway and Brookhaven sewing circles active. Freight depot updates and health notes follow, with Dr E Cowart ill, scarlet fever case in Jackson, and local church reorganizations. Smith's Sure Kidney Cure advertised with testimonials from St Louis and Arkansas users.
Obituary notes the death of Sally Arrewer at age twenty, with religious reflections and a church tie. An unrelated anecdote describes a debt settlement between A G Maxwell and J J McDavid. The column includes a Lincoln County Mississippi treasurer’s report with balances and warrants listed.
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