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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1886
Page
2
Brookhaven items report courthouse sessions, new bank opening, court schedules, and social visits. Local leaders like Judge Chrisman and C Alrame appear amid school openings, Trustee elections, teacher examinations, and W C T A activities. Community events include visits by Miss Minnie Barrington and Rev J B Farish, with remarks on cotton receipts and faith and schooling shaping the town.
The article notes a large crowd at Hol Hrouk on Sabbath for Baptist baptism led by Pastor Parikh at Obi Drook, with many spectators and new members. it also covers a Prohibition Mass Meeting at Adams Camp Ground, praising attendees from Lincoln to Franklin counties and Brookhaven merchants for standing against saloons.
In the southern district Ne Lineal county a couple named Mr and Mrs Wo A King boast seven children all born on Sundays, a coincidence some neighbors attribute to his role as a Sunday school superintendent and his adherence to general principles. The notice also advertises Perkins stock Gina Rifles reloading tiers ammunition and a large jet of goods, urging readers to visit Bealty for cheap groceries and cream cheese at Powell.
A Hebron Church meeting of five members planned to draft a temporary resolution for Edward D. Riley who died August 16. The resolutions express community sadness, sympathy to the bereaved family, and request copies of the resolution be sent to The Baptist Record, Brooksville Leapick and Weekly News for publication.
City records show credits and warrants canceled for the August 31 quarter. Entries include commissions, cash on hand, and various funds such as Market Mouse, Street, Teacher's Fund, and Teacher's Deficit Fund. The report is signed by City Treasurer A Krauss with references to tax collectors and specific dates in June July and August 1886.
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