14 Oct 1905
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1905
Page
1
An OCR derived list details groceries and fabrics with varied prices and qualities. Entries include ginghams 28 in wide per yard, prints, flour, bleach, damask, broadcloth, woolen cloth, serred sacks, sugar, rice, coffee, soups, and baby and children garments with multiple price points and brands mentioned.
The Brookhaven city council met October 11 with most officials present except Alderman Larsen. They ordered powerline repairs, filed a suit with the county for 34 mill road tax refunds totaling 1,848.56, and approved school bond transactions and a 12 mill total tax levy for current funds. An adjourned meeting on Oct. 23 will canvass the assessment roll and adjust taxes as needed.
Studebaker Farm Wagon at 2 percent. Cast Skeins with shafts and seat listed at 38.50. Standard Leather Top Buggy priced at 50.00. Jewel Steel Range with Lotito Satenista at 29.00. Deering Mower with 44 foot blade at 47.50. Deering 10 foot Steel Rake horse dump 24.50. Standard Rotary Sewing Machine automatic drop head 87.50. Blue Grass Cane Mill No 2 itemized.
A range of men and youth suits offered at ten to twenty dollars. Men's options include all wool cheviots and tailored worsteds, single and double breasted styles. Youth selections feature cassimeres and serges, with sharp nobby looks.TROUSERS highlight the finest patterns shown.
Shoe ad lists Edwin Clapps men's shoes in patent vici and calf finishes with prices around 2.60 to 5.00. Crawford's men's shoes feature patent vici. Utz and Dunn's ladies shoes priced from 1.50 to 4.00. Local dealer promotions emphasize quality and value.
In the past week in local courts Chas Solomon faces assault and battery with a 2.50 fine plus costs Mary Byrd posts a peace bond Joe Moss fined 5 plus costs for gaming Creek Watkins fined 2.50 for cursing Bob Brown fined 10 for racing on public highway Wil Washington fined 2.50 for cursing In Justice Hoffmans Court State v Tom Lacey gaming Plead guilty fined 5 plus costs.
The State Board of Education sets November 3 and 4 1905 as a general examination day for white teachers and November 20 and 21 for negro teachers in Mississippi due to quarantine disruptions. County superintendents are to indicate if they want this examiner for one or both races and to notify that no special examinations will be scheduled soon.
The Lincoln County examinations will be held in accordance with the instructions of the State Superintendent. Edgar Gheen, County Superintendent. Marriage licenses issued during the past week include Whites Murray Andrews and Mary Songs. Unloved Clarence eu jam Hattle Hunter Charlie Smit Maropa Genubarry Linn Phil. Hips sod Case Powele.
The Mississippi State Board of Health reports frost relief in infections, with several towns noting new cases and no deaths. Jackson frost promises tighten loosening of quarantines. totals show 419 deaths, 164 under treatment, 2,678 discharged, 8,261 total cases statewide.
The Leader received a note from Circuit Clerk 5. P. Oliver, now in dash ion, urging a large attendance at next Wednesday's meeting. He says President Jordan, Financial Agent Whitney, and himself will attend, and warns Lincoln county could lose the change if they fail.
A fragmented OCR note references Yoursee P OLIVER and a central railway with mentions of cross ties and a tied PU. It reads like a garbled puzzle line or ad snippet from a historical page, offering little clear action or outcome.
Jackson reports Gov. Vardaman endorses co operation with the Southern Cotton Association. The Board of Control supports farmers by delaying cotton sales to push prices toward 11 to 12 cents, with many planters not ginning and storing cotton as weather favors gathering. Estimates show a 25 percent drop in state crop, convict plantations 69 percent down, and overall statewide output around nine to ten million bales.
The letter praises farmers for defending their rights against sacrifices and urges support for fair prices. It notes three candidates for district extra ven t able positions and mentions an election scheduled for Saturday November 4. The text shows garbled OCR with names like T A Willoughby J M Bleecker and Chardy and references to a Gov as ex-officio president of a board of control.
Judge J W King, long-serving Darbun justice, visited town Monday to settle county business. He turned over 241 dollars in fines from April onward, across 43 criminal cases with 28 guilty verdicts and remaining cases cleared or pending good behavior. Turberville sentenced to penitentiary for six years for related offenses.
A historical note credits R. T. Booth with discovering Hyomei as a cure for catarrh by inhaling medicated air. The passage mentions the idea would have been ridiculed years ago, and praises Booth's discovery as a healing method, though the text is fragmentary.
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