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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1884
Page
3
Local items recount council actions on street work and calaboose, bids, and platform permits for Cherokee street businesses. Notices record mayoral votes, street tax, and payrolls, plus school announcements for Whitworth College and Brookhaven pupils.
A collage of patent medicines and tonics hawked by Daughtry and Smylie including Shilohs Cure for cough and consumption, Brooks Anti Malarial Tonic for chills fever and dumb ague, Creole Female Tonic for female health issues, and various tonics sold by Brookhaven Meade & Co. The ad promises cures for digestive and liver complaints, catarrh, and nasal issues with multiple claims and prices.
Fragmented OCR text appears to tout a “great Female Regulator” described as purely vegetable and linked to an order for a presumed supply in Korea. The passage is garbled with many misspellings and invented names, offering no verifiable details or context.
An OCR fragment lists varied prices and goods including items related to health care and clothing. The legible entries include price notes such as 1.80 and 2.40 and mention places or brands like Flint and Wool-Washed, with partial location cues and unclear context.
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