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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1897
Page
4
A fragment of a railroad timetable indicates daily southbound service with mentions of trains, stations, and connections. The readable text notes a schedule, a departure from a principal terminal, and implied routes serving multiple branches.
Drummers are numerous and Dr Miles pain pills advertised. Public notices include church services and store ad changes. Citizens and guests frequent visits, travel plans, and social events at homes across Brookhaven to Jackson and Vicksburg with school openings, tuition guarantees, and community gatherings.
A jumble of 19th century notices includes frugal ad appeals urging targeted advertising, livestock and livery business updates, parade of local fare, railroad safety critique at Cherokee street crossing, bank report figures, and consolidation of Moore & Jobes and partners. It reports Dr. W. Penn’s Vicksburg marriage to Miss Tracy and a dangerous crossing incident. Also noted are a truck growers meeting, a tongue-in-cheek prayer, and a manslaughter conviction in Magnolia.
Holiday closure notices warn that Louis Cohn & Bros stores will be shut on Monday September 27 and Wednesday October 1 for holidays. A proposed city ordinance would compel property owners to cut weeds to street level, improving streetscapes in Brookhaven by emulating ancient Rome's cleanliness.
A fatigued working man skeptical of costly doctors finds hope in Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo. The advertisement claims Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery purifies blood, stimulates appetite, aids digestion, and acts as a nerve tonic, curing nervous exhaustion and various ailments.
Murray of Keet & Co Springfield writes of recovering from pepsia with Restorative Nervine after doctors failed. He credits the remedy for himself and his wife’s recovery from La Grippe related female troubles. Dr Miles Remedies sold with guarantee. book offered free. Also notes local election results pending, Brookhaven cotton receipts, and a college ad for Stanislaus College Hay Mt Loomis.
Direct to the public sale offers wheel models including Freetwoop at 46.00 and PALMetro at 36.00. Emphasizes economy with phrases about savings and not paying high prices. Mentions Wasnixet or Cycle Maxor, Co. in Washington New Jersey and M D McGrath heading to St Louis for new stock.
State of Mississippi citation to appear before the Chancery Court of Lincoln County on the third Monday of September 1800 to defend the case captioned in the document. Clerk and solicitor listed for the defense.
Notice shows residents with legitimate or equitable interests in lands in Lincoln County Mississippi. Proceedings require appearance before county officials to defend rights. sale of lands in Public Auction planned with terms set by the court and attorneys for complainants.
The State of Mississippi to W P Thayer and P Thayer citizens of Illinois are summoned to appear before the Chancery Court of Lincoln County on the second Monday in November 1897 to defend a suit. Felix May, Clerk. Attorneys for the complainant.
Local column lists residents visiting Clinton and California, a city council meeting next Tuesday, and retirements and arrivals. Piping for water works progresses, church meeting at Hogue Chitto, and social visits noted. Advertises Brookhaven as a cotton market, reports on injuries from oyster shell, and outlines Truck Growers Association plans. Prof. Wilson arrives as principal. readers urged to subscribe for Lincoln county map and The Leaver. scholarship coupon offered for Harman & Spencer program.
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