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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1897
Page
2
Mixed items report misdirected voters in Reston, a debt figure, a bankrupt statement, and varied odds and ends. Notes include a Cherokee land march to Russellville, a Jersey City butcher charged over horse meat in sausage, kite observing stations planned in the U.S., and memorial day debate. Also mentions a fasting lecturer in Texas, reindeer farming in Alaska, and Chicago slot machine totals.
The week's items include the Negro Silver League convention in Quincy Missouri and a youth Arredondo involved in Montevideo, Uruguay celebrations. Reports cover US political moves with the American party in St Louis, Cuba policy under Weyler, and local rescues of three girls from river danger alongside a murder on a Kansas City boat.
A quirky 19th or early 20th century vignette offers amateur cycling advice. It recommends making a rooting beverage by beating fresh egg into ginger beer, mixing castor oil with burthorn, and shaking in a tightly corked bottle. It notes waterproof maps for rain, dust as a rider’s foe, bellows after road quarrels, and a hollow handlebar bag to deter theft.
Aug 27 report details a large militia encampment at Camp Hon Hmphreys with 14 000 attendees and heavy train activity. Major Willups praises the event as the guard’s most successful encampment, noting improved discipline and rising pride, while weather and crops updates follow including cotton, corn, and potato prospects.
In the East determined to start up tele pian preeeponen, coal operators in Pittsburgh district plan several mines along the Wheeling division of the Baltimore & Ohio. Cleveland operators returned home for the St Louis convention, while a new executive committee coordinates starting the mines and securing rail cooperation to fund labor and outlay.
President McKinley guests of the American Bar Association in Cheyenne. He is welcomed with quiet attendance, and honorary membership is announced for McKinley. Officers elected include William Wirt Howe as president and Jonas Singly as secretary. Several vice presidents are named from multiple states.
William Cratty a noted prewar conductor on the Underground Railroad died near Mu ville Ohio at an advanced age. He was said to have helped over 3,000 slaves reach Canada and at one time a reward of up to 5000 was offered for his capture dead or alive.
A frail widow and body analysis surround the Cedar Rapids area murder claim. William Smith, an Iowa man once a storekeeper, is pursued by Pinkerton detectives across North America to Dawson City where he is captured. Reports tie a burned store ruin to a missing body and insurance dispute.
Saxon Switzerland emerges as a vivid river valley with Elbe views, sandstone cliffs and towered rocks. American visitors praise its peaceful scenery, hospitable locals, and affordable hotels while exploring side valleys, castles, and rail trips from Berlin to Dresden for a fortnight.
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