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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1899
Page
2
August export totals reach a record level with foreign demand for American products rising. Alaska’s mineral wealth and coal discoveries are noted, while debates over Alaska purchase and global affairs are discussed, including Edison’s car idea and Dreyfus case reactions.
Chattanooga Sept 21. Veterans from Ohio Indiana and Illinois attended the dedication of Indiana monuments at Chickamauga park. Ceremonies opened at 10 with speeches by Gen James Ro Carnahan and Gov Mount of Indiana. The Wilder brigade monument, a massive limestone column, was dedicated and later the monument area described in detail. Splendid weather marked the event along with military honors and acknowledgments from federal officials.
Cape Town reports Kru ger warns war not expected yet gravest danger looms but peaceful settlement possible. London dispatch notes Orange Free State and Transvaal tensions. Parliament telegrams urge restraint and joint inquiry as Jo ubert calls for prep arations remain premature. Rome advises Kruger to seek intervention options.
A serious report from Manila describes fifty insurgents led by three officers blowing up a train near Calulut, three miles north of Angeles. American carpenters and troops fought insurgents, two train cars were uncoupled and removed, six carpenters lay dead, and several Americans were killed or wounded. Insurgent losses were not known. Also reported: Henry V. Johnson elected president of the League of American Municipalities in Syracuse.
Long column discusses Confederate veterans led by Dr Tebault and HM Tehouli New Orleans surgeon general with statistics on Confederate and Union forces prison deaths and prisoner exchanges. Also covers Mississippi poultry industry growth, towns Hoonevile and Ellisville, 1510 and 1890 census chickens, and notes on a sensational Summers arrest story and Reconstruction debates.
A garbled montage of quotes and ads references several publications and topics. It mentions De las chapter of his book Sayndor, a demand for a new woman, editor remarks, jokes from various papers, a Be from the Press, and miscellaneous notes on cures, catarrh remedies, and college degrees.
Instructions cover burns using white of egg for minor burns and soda paste with vaseline for blisters, vinegar rinses for alkaline burns, water for acid burns, and carbonate of soda as a paste with cloth dressings. Also notes an elevated railroad between Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain at 2,500 feet, a remark about a strong minded woman, and identifies John Thoroughgood as former mayor of Janesville Wisconsin.
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