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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1899
Page
2
A mosaic of early 20th century notes covers Philadelphia expos expenditures, American influence abroad, railway contracts, the Louisiana Purchase, and Russia’s Port Arthur activities. It notes reactions to Dreyfus, British postal profits, Cuba’s reforms, and Vanderbilt family prominence.
An advertisement for Ripans Tabules from the Coremicat Company promotes mail order sales. It notes five cents per box and eleven for mail delivery, urging readers that Ripans Tabules are the medicine they need.
Frederick Boyd Stevenson profiles Chicago rag-pickers who scavenge bottles iron and paper, tracing their survival, routes, and small fortunes. He highlights a colored veteran, families, and a hidden economy of junk shops, prices, and street justice that sustain a vast, underclass trade.
A Mississippi Matters department item catalogs Confederate generals, a Clinton Gazette remnant, and local notices. It lists officers, wartime rosters, a Bowman House fire recollection, school openings, quarantine notes, and misc. state history appeals with emphasis on Mississippi figures and events from Civil War to late 1800s.
A collage of old quotes and snippets, including remarks on polygamy and foreign women, a report on counterfeiters and bogus ballots, medical quackery ads, a joke about doctors practicing medicine, a courtroom exchange, a testimonial about Tetterine, and light humor about vacation absences and language barriers.
A humorous office scene centers on a night blooming cereus that repeatedly promises to bloom at midnight. Mrs Smith hosts friends at an ice cream parlor gathering after hurried preparations, while the horticultural frustration and social event unfold amid clumsy bets and chatter.
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