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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1897
Page
4
The Leader reports a small matter related to the Brookhaven post office handling second class mail. The notice notes official action or filing affecting postal operations and local procedures.
Wednesday Evening September 22 97 lists Train No 4 leaving New Orleans and arriving at Brookhaven and Jackson. The lines describe south daily service with trains from the IC branch.
Local notes report progress on the new freight depot while the gravel pit work is suspended by the railroad. Gasoline prices and glove cleaning items appear for sale at Leary's. Several residents, including Mrs. Linton and Mrs. Lee, are noted as ill, with community updates on neighbors, schools, and local businesses.
Olden Tyme notes the lack of newspapers and merchants becoming visible with up-to-date prices. CHEUCK & SON in Brookhaven tout a cheap assortment of groceries Sauer Kraut and pickles. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for support after bereavement. Henry Schaller and others acknowledged. Musical instruments offered for sale including a Chicago Cottage Organ for 80 and a square piano for 160 at the Tri Leader office.
Holiday notice notes Louis Cohn & Bros store closures on Monday September 27 and Wednesday October 11 for holidays. Also listed are exam schedules, bicycle ad offers with prices, a mail for catalog, Pleasant dry weather reports, and community notices including school opening with Miss Josie Eitel and updates on local residents and health.
The situation regarding yellow fever appears more hopeful than a week ago. Cases remain mild and scattered across Mobile, Scranton, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, New Orleans, Edwards, and nearby Mississippi towns, with Edwards showing the most activity. Brookhaven officials praise calm conduct and continued precautions, noting no mass refusals or panic. Daily reports list new cases, with Edwards totaling 72 to date and concern lingering for fever trends.
An era column discusses Prickly Ash Bitters as a system regulator to prevent yellow fever, praising its effects on stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, and recommending PAGO WASH TATE as a preventive rinse. It notes local visitors, a church leadership update, and regional remarks on road reforms and public works in Lincoln County.
Brookhaven's Lodge No 88 I O O F mourns Edward J Schaller who died September 7 1897 at Baton Rouge born November 22 1849 he was a loyal member with generous nature and fraternal regard. resolutions call for 30 days of mourning and notice to relatives and city press.
Winnie Davis Chapter No 1 Order of Eastern Star held a Monday meeting electing N Pfeifer as worthy patron Francis Mason as worthy matron Rosa Seavey as associate matron John Mason as secretary E M Bee as treasurer and Florence Atkins as associate conductress The next meeting on the second Tuesday October will insulate the remaining ten officers and a banquet is planned Also a promotional line promotes a cold remedy with a money back claim
A small audience heard Whitworth College Chapel’s opening concert featuring Misses Decker, Anderson, Hunt and Terry with Prof. Louis Decker guiding piano and vocal renditions. The event highlighted emerging talents, praised by President Chambers, while unrelated ads for Smith's Sure Kidney Cure and property listings filled the remainder of the page.
Raggett has had his residence reshingled and a local mill accident left Tom Smith with a badly lacerated hand. Chancery Court postponed. Rosh Hashonah services at Temple B nen Sholom. 75th birthday for S F Smurf celebrated at Green home. Miss Lillian Garner died from typhoid fever. Lincoln County Sunday School Convention postponed to late November. Chas Heuck and Henry Meyer form new general mercantile partnership in Brookhaven.
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