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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1897
Page
2
Publication entry indicates a weekly newspaper printed in Brooknaves Mississippi with Wednesday evening issuance. Readable fragments show format and locale but lack specific story details or dates. The item functions as a historical note on newspaper publication cadence and place.
During the week ended October 18 Mississippi reports a generally poor yeld with drought harming corn vegetables and cotton picking rising in some areas while the Parkhurst murder arson near Rack Tay shocks readers. Revenue officers raided a Tippecanoe county still near Hickory Plat capturing an eighty gallon still with two men fleeing.
Edward August Neresheimer Chern is chosen president of the Theosophical Society of America to replace Ernest Temple Hargrove through April 1898. Neresheimer, a New York diamond merchant and longtime vice president, aims to advance the Port Louis School for the Revival of the Lost Mysteries and follow Mrs. Katherine Tingley’s exoteric leadership as Hargrove returns to England. He was born in Munich about fifty years ago and resides in Ray City with a son at Columbia University and a daughter in Montreal.
A Mobile Daily Register report describes a flash of lightning and thunder striking the candy store of Mr. Thomas Tonsmetra on lower Cauphin street. The lightning allegedly photographed a brown translucent sugar and gin candy as it lay on a slab in the shop.
The new appointee to Bristol’s bishopric is Rt Rev Dr Browne a Cambridge professor and former bishop of Stepney He is praised as an organizer fit for western England and noted for his modest public stance and strong management in London’s East End The piece also warns against abrupt changes in the body during seasonal transitions and advises gradual adjustment after hunger.
A folded candy on the floor of a shop bore a black imprint reading National Flags, echoed from a shredded wrapper beneath a nearby table. The maker, Mr. Fosdick, reported the strange twin reflect of lightning and mirror influence, amid speculation and a note on fasting in India and the English eight hour movement.
A picture dealer notes rising interest in patriotic images, citing Washington and Lincoln as examples. He attributes the trend to stronger patriotic sentiments. Separate remarks reveal a domestic exchange about servants and control.
The article discusses tobacco use for enjoyment versus work stimulation, noting soothing effects and undefined pleasure in moderation. It warns that exceeding limits leads to sickness, depression, muscular weakness, and weak pulse, with stronger tobacco intensifying symptoms even for seasoned users.
A Dutch-english period piece describes the solitaire Soldanella plant breaking through frozen snow. It slowly evolves heat by internal chemistry to melt a tunnel, opening a cup shaped bloom above the ice. The piece blends natural wonder with notes on flora and other distant curiosities.
In Lincoln Middlesex County New Jersey women win major roles in town government led by Silas Drake a veteran of the Civil War. Emma Keel and Mary Hazard head the new common council with four men. Miss Egel becomes council president and says women will share governance as the town votes on Sept 4 for continued leadership.
Baron Sedgemere, a champion bulldog owned in England, is valued around $2,000 and praised as a healthy, affectionate two and a half year old. A golden cannon handle valued at $35,000 is set to join Berlin’s imperial army via Hillburg museum. A traveler reports Hindoo children as skilled workers, including woodcarving by a 10 year old and loom weaving by teens.
A witty exchange touches on gender balance at summer resorts with Tenplunks A. Weeke claiming to have expanded from sixteen to one jokes. The conversation mentions sixteenth century fencing and the Word held in the right hand as a dagger in the left to ward off blows.
Winamok Indiana. A son reports his father troubled with boils and cankers after summer. He notes a homemade remedy and a family use of sarsaparilla to ease rheumatism and other pains. The letter reflects local remedies and family belief in herbal medicines.
A fragmented historical notice reports New Bedford examining a textile paseo plan after Lowell's examination. The text references a canoe setting and a question about a hug, but the core item concerns potential local economic development in textiles.
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