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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1903
Page
3
The town ad scene pushes Spaniola cigars at Leary's while local trades promote coal from Brookhaven Ice Mfg Co, Seavey hats and Western mills, watches from Staffler, and jewelry repairs. Social notes mention visitors, weddings, illnesses, and church improvements, including a new chandelier gifted to the Methodist church.
Monroe Bullock, a young man, was struck by a fast mail train at Hartman, suffering broken arm and leg. He was treated by Railroad Surgeon Parsons and is expected to recover without amputation. The issue also includes numerous local health ads and notices about medicines, weddings, and community events.
Wm. Abshagen reports the cotton and seed market with little change over the past week. Cotton sells today in Brookhaven from 9.60 to 9.65. Seed prices trend downward, with selling at 14 dollars per ton.
A Maine man teaches his dog to speak English while another in Baltimore earns well tattooing dogs. Dublin Zoo reports twenty one Hons, Glasgow tramways carry 3,180,011 weekly, Lima teachers mostly Belgians, and a Philadelphia girl gifts nail parings to her sweetheart. Irish antiquaries lament Tara damage as Madison Square Garden reports last year’s expenses, Christian Literature Society for China distributes books valued around 30,000 dollars. Belfast regulates traffic like London, UK coal exports top three million tons valued under 1.50 per ton, London losses from failed companies exceed 2.69 billion, Birmingham city gas relief tops nearly 1,000,000 pounds. The navy’s cost to England outpaces US pensions. Sidmouth’s Mrs Bembridge marks 102nd birthday. Belgium anti gambling bans affect Lotto near Ostend. A Japanese inventor claims a skin blemish remover. a sixty horsepower traction engine can plow and harrow large areas in a day. Sidney Lee’s Shakespeare folio edition notes 600 copies printed, 158 accounted, with 14 near perfect in America. Many insects hear beyond human hearing, some animals’ sound production outpaces human hearing. Quarantine advances ease invasion fears of cholera and plague. A milk pasteurization method uses a hot water bain-marie with baking soda to keep milk fresh up to 24 hours. J J Thomson suggests radium energy arises from few atoms per mass. Stability breaks lead to new discoveries. Rey and Mrs Purser visit Kentwood, and D Ray with family move to Perkins residence. Z D Dayia visits Jackson. H Brennan travels Brandon for legal matters.
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