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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1888
Page
1
Brookhaven readers report a yellow fever scare with quarantine orders halting court, suspending travel, and restricting entry from Mississippi. Local officials, including Sheriff McNair and Judge Crusaan, urge public cooperation as doctors monitor cases and public health measures tighten.
The city of Brookhaven forms a Board of Health to enforce strict quarantine against Jackson and other infected places. Guards are posted on roads and rail lines, trains barred from stopping, and no passengers or freight allowed unless cleared. Mayor Brennan and officials appoint medical men to supervise, with penalties for violations and a push to prevent entry of fever from infected regions.
In Sunflower County a colored preacher preached fear of the great round up and Gabriel's trumpet blast. The scene featured fervent talk of judgment, white and black destinies, and references to salvation on the great white throne amid chaotic dialect and scattered product ads.
Fragmentary notice from January 20 1888 cites A K Havens Dear Sie I at age two and a half a year ago purchased Crystalized Lonsea with eyesight issues corrected by glasses and a sight box. The reader reports improved vision and desires further details on the eyeglass remedy.
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