Community News Highlights in Brookhaven Area 1905
Local notices and social updates from Brookhaven and nearby towns document illnesses and visits, church events, school news, and shop promotions. Perkins Furniture offers cheap chairs and bed room suites while Crown organs arrive on easy terms. Community figures like Rev Scarborough, Miss Beulah Anding, and Miss Octavia White are noted in sermons, teaching licenses, and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Hobbs
Sue Brent
Chitto
Will Hobbs
Price's
Perkins Furniture Co
Mr. Fifer
Presbyterian Church
Perkins’ Furniture Company
J. A. Scarborough
Mt. Moriah
Perkins Furniture Company
W. W. Henderson
St. Louis
Henderson & Turnbaugh
Crown” Organs
N. E. Spencer
Spencer
Copiah County
Willie Brinson
Monticello
T. H. Brinson
Price Drug Co
J. S. Barnett
Brookhaven
Frontier Missionary
Union Hall
Bessie Marr
Bennie Dunn
Dunning
Stores Close for Holidays Notice
Closing notice states stores will be closed Saturday September 30 and Monday October 9 due to holidays. Names listed include Louis Cohn & Bros, Max Briebatsch, Abrams Bros, Zollie Daniel, 8 Lewenthal & Son, G Bowsky, M Mendle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Cohn & Bros
Max Briebatsch
Abrams Bros
Zollie Daniel
Lewenthal & Son
G. Bowsky
M. Mendle
Hyomel Cures Catarrh and Cholera Remedies Featured
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a cure for catarrh with inhaled balsamic medicine. It offers a complete outfit for 1.00 and an extra bottle for 0.50, with sales by Chamberlain Drug Co and Grafton Drug Co. A testimonial recounts rapid relief from cholera morbus using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a pharmacist suggested it. A note links Jackson’s case to estivo autumnal fever or malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byomies Drug Co
Chamberlain
G. W. Fowler
Hightower
Ala
Edwardsville
Clebourne County
Alabama
CBE
Grafton Drug Co
Jackson
Dr Miles Heart Cure Promises Quick Relief for Heart Disease
An old advertisement touts Dr Miles Heart Cure as a cure for heart weakness and related symptoms. It claims thousands have been helped and that the remedy strengthens heart nerves and muscles to ease palpitations breathlessness and fainting spells. A testimonial mentions a July day illness with heart throb and weakness, attributed to heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Miles
Miles
Miles Medical Co. Elichart, Ind
RANDOM NOTES AND RELIGIOUS OPINIONS FROM A LOCAL PAPER
A collection of short notices, religious musings, and local gossip from Corinth and Lincoln County. The column mixes revivalist themes, remarks on church life, neighborly anecdotes, and brief testimonials. It references a forthcoming Mt Moriah conference, Union Hall meals, and a tale about a Mr Dan Bolian. Includes a kidney cure testimonial for Foley's Kidney Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
Dan Bolian
Dan
Union Hall
Fannie Allen
Sister Fannie
Lincoln County Association
Mt. Moriah Church
Mt. Moriah
Whitworth Opening Postponed By Health Order
Whitworth College postpones opening due to Health Department order. Students expected to leave October 20 and preliminary work Saturday. regular classes start Monday October 23. Largest attendance in school history anticipated. Local doctors cited in ad claims and medications endorsed by Price Drug Co. Grafton and Jackson figures noted. Y M C A rooms overseen by C H Poulson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theeea of
Ay Bee College
Faviete Ae
Jefferson and Franklin fever scare in Brookhaven
Report of a suspected arrival of Union Byrd from Hamburg Hariston sparked alarms in Brookhaven and Franklin counties. Health officials blocked Byrd at the gate, sent him back after he presented clean bills and stressed no infection risk, while quarantines remained in effect between Jefferson and Franklin counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
Hamburg
Harriston
Jnion Byrd
Lyedown
G. Wilson
Mr. Byrd
Strict health measures target Franklin and Jefferson counties
A joint meeting of the County and City Health Boards established a strict quarantine against Franklin and Jefferson counties. Guards will be posted on public roads leading into Brookhaven and Lincoln counties to enforce the order. An unrelated ad fragment promotes Herbine as a remedy for digestive issues and fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brnnklin
Franklin
Jeferson
Brookhaven
Lincoln
Exchange of books at Mt Pleasant High School
To Patrons of Mt. Pleasant High School an invitation to meet at the school to organize and arrange for exchanging old books. Signed by Principal H. E. Graves and local citizens. Also a testimonial letter endorsing Prof. Graves as honest and efficient. Included is a 1901 testimonial praising Ballard's Snow Liniment for sprains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant High School
H. E. Graves
Looxaboma
Miss
H. EK. Graves
J.D. Lyles
R. J. Harris
Sim Liles
L. Boatner
J. T. Hollowell
J. A. Still
E. M. Gordon
T. L. Cooper
H. T. Dixon
J. H. Murphy
Lawrence County High School
A Sincere Tribute To Rev Purser In Wesson Revival
The Wesson Enterprise notes Rev R A Purser of Brookhaven Baptist is visiting the town this week for the revival at the Baptist church. Locals praise his memory and faith, recounting his role during a 1893 typhoid siege and noting a Louisiana conversion connected to the current revival. His influence is celebrated as heavenly rewards await his final reckoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presen
Methodist Church
Dominiel
R. A. Purser
Brookhaven Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Brother Purser
Everyody
Louisiana
Wesson
Abcesses and remedies in early 1900s notes
A scattered text set reviews medical remedies Ballard's Snow Liniment and Horehound Syrup, reports a high school opening with 127 enrollment, and notes a fatal house fire in McComb with a child victim. includes oblique references to local people, a Willard portrait in Crystal Springs, and a planned Port Gibson wedding.
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Che Beuber
Martha Ellis Maxwell
Peyton T. Strother
Beulah Anding
Whitfield
R. H. Parser
Mary Hobbs
Union
Congregation
B*nai Sholom
Tony
Serena Ey A Daley
al So
Aprsia
Mesdames Bowen
Greenwood
Ayer
Hottie
Ayor
L, Roberts
G. J
Digomhayem
Iatec
Jeems
Founty Kyzar
Silver Creek
Jesus Christ
Judas
Dr. Venable
J. J. Cox
Valley View
Foley
Mra Raymon Connor
Stel ‘Ton
Poley
H. Poulson
Chicago
Kentucky
O. E
Grafton
Pvley
G.W. Lovell
Jefferson and
Lincoln County
Wmaoaidlothian
Tex
Ey Price
Staffier’s
Pissie Bes
Southeast
Bonahy
A. Staffler Brookhaven
Thisssissippi
Millsaps College
Jackson, Miss
Urrah
Brookhaven Foundry & Machine Shop
Mississippi
Bier
JOS. Connelly & Son
Merchants’ Crocer Co
DRS. Betts & Dyar
Charles Street
New Orleans
Mt. mi
Laros Svat
Eal Co Pope Et Sm Drs
Betts & Dyar
St. Charles Street
St. Charles Hotel
Ressons
AMD Recumaridey
W. H. Harriston
Cleveland
Ballard
J. F. Lord
Denver
Colo
W. Akendrick
Valley Mills
D. S. Reeves
McComb
Jeff
A. M. Ake
Wood
Ind
Price’ Drug Co
L. England
Blanche Stackhouse
Tallula
England
Mississippe
John G. ‘Bisher
Gillman
O. A. Grafeon Drag Co
Frances E. Willard
Crystal ‘Ystal Springs
C.J
Misa Josio H. Taliaferro
Port Gibson
William Preston Gordon
Ivan Brae
Leader
Fall
W.P. Hubert
Masonic Temple
Sayin
Caillat
Commercial Bank
Brookhaven, Miss
Moodie’s Hardware Store
Brookhaven Industrial
Epee
Diveii
Chas
Connor, A. M
D. D
Telemace
W. A. Wiitewell
Emory
Tez. Wiligst
Bolo Anh Pvt Ti
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