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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1899
Page
4
The Leader lists a railroad time table dated Wednesday evening September 6, 1899. It notes train times with arrivals and departures around 4:20 p.m. and 10:43 p.m. at New Orleans area stations, indicating local rail schedule details and station references from the era.
Fragmentary OCR text from an official directory for Lincoln County lists names and roles but is heavily garbled with repetitions and misspellings. No coherent events or dates emerge. core entities include Brookhaven, judges, clerks, and district positions, but details are unreadable.
Fragmented OCR lists officials and addresses for a city directory and notes Aldermen hold regular Tuesday evening meetings. Readable items include names such as Aron J. Bi Dan AtpEnarsee Pinewa and Cigsat Larue, with references to law firm Chrinnan Brennan.
An epidemic of colds and school openings mark Brookhaven society. Brookhaven and nearby towns report new enrollments, moves, and visits. County petitions push a hog law to save fencing costs, curb disease spread, and lessen neighbor disputes.
Holiday closure on Tuesday and Thursday noted for L. Cohn & Bros., with local social, church and civic items including visits, protracted meetings, elections, and community notices. Multiple names and places referenced such as Brookhaven, Fair River, Crystal Springs, Monticello, and Tyler Texas. mentions of trains, baptisms, and community events.
Report from Topisaw church work near completion as members labor with funds. Elder W P Cook, pastor at Bay St, plans a Mississippi river visit to preach and return. A tragic shooting of a three year old child of John Bearden by 338 round, with Brey Conerly extracting the bullet. The community discusses farming profits and a call for Jim to move to beat 3 following an election.
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a safe external remedy that relaxes muscles, relieves morning sickness, head ache, and nervous tension, shortens labor, and aids recovery, citing a Shreveport woman's testimonial as endorsement.
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