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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1901
Page
5
The column lists community items from Roberts & Hurst oysters to birthdays and local gatherings. It notes new hires, college entries, a cemetery event, church calls, and health ads while mentioning residents by name and town connections, with dates and places embedded in items.
A printer extols their service, criticizing others for sloppy Job Work and promising up-to-date type and skilled staff. They invite orders, offer to send samples, and note the busy season has begun.
The Board of Supervisors approved pension applications from residents including Annie Brittom ooulbrookhaven Miss Medeces Burns Wellman Rachel T Crawford Red Star Mra 8 1 Chandler Brookhaven Emily Covington Wesson Melvilla Case a Brookhaven Dunn Hartman M A Jordan Drookhaven A S King Wellman Sarah Matilda Lucas Weston Mary Statetime Brookhaven Colla Alon Tarver Shilo Amanda E Thames Caseyville Mrs Nancy Tanner Bogue Chitto Nancy White Wesson FOAM No 4 Brown Norfield Mixs vallender Red Star dlames J Caves Fall River ohn W Coaker Saulsbury Menry Farr Kennetta W J Howard Brookhaven A W Moilidity convers Tsage Hering supepane Wesson Joshua Hickman Brookhaven John Q Hale 5 John Jordan b watts Hogue Chitte Tanae L Smith r Wesson Robert Wooten Brookhaven Z Wallace Bogue Chitte FORM No 5 Kyrd Mcdowell Bogue Chitte Miss Talk Cheap The Cumberland Telephone Company has introduced an invention in the form of a cabinet telephone which is not only the best instrument manufactured but a handsome piece of furniture They will put these on a direct metallic circuit in residences at the rate of 2 00 per month This amounts to giving you a long distance telephone at 50 cents cheaper than old rates They also put in the long distance wall telephone at the 2 00 rate for residences Call and see samples of their instruments at the Brookhaven Exchange.
The era’s education news notes Mississippi College begins the term with 235 students while the State University reports its largest opening in history. The crowded class lists reflect growing demand for higher education in the state.
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