The Leader notice entry at Brookhaven Postoffice
Entered at the Brookhaven Postoffice as mail matter of the second class on Wednesday evening September 29 97.
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1897
Page
4
Entered at the Brookhaven Postoffice as mail matter of the second class on Wednesday evening September 29 97.
Fragmentary OCR describes Flannions Central service with trains to New Orleans via Memphis and Brookhaven. Mentions arrivals at Brookhaven and New Orleans, stops at several towns, and schedules across branch lines. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
Local items report illnesses and recoveries in the community. I C Smith’s ill child James McGrath returns from Brown’s Veils. Mr Dave Cobn’s baby improves after a week of sickness. Store and street life described with new hydrants, dust, and active business in Brookhaven.
A collage of small advertisements and notices from Brookhaven including groceries and pickles from C. Heuck & Son, a tribute to Mississippi lawyer R. H. Thomsonca of Me Willie & Thompson, and local classifieds. Also features a Chicago Cottage Organ for sale, piano listing, teacher examinations, and an article on delinquent tax-payers and local social notes from Lincoln County with agricultural updates and school coverage.
A mixed page notes illness and remedies, citing W H Palmer of Waterloo Iowa praising Dr Miles Restorative, and letters from New Orleans and Greenesboro on yellow fever conditions and public health. The item mentions treatments, medical ads, and local notices including school reporting deadlines and a kidney cure endorsement.
Petition for pardon filed in Lincoln County Circuit Court requesting clemency for a May term conviction of assault with intent to kill and murder for Sik Caleates, now serving a sentence of one year in state custody. Petitioners seek representation and relief, asserting mistaken or unfair proceedings and urging the governor's mercy.
Additional Local reports on Brookhaven quiet during yellow fever fears and notable residents. Miss Jennie Stevens expected home. Cotten down. watches fixed by Thos D Evans. Indies' big millinery openings next Saturday excite Mrs Will Richards. Brookhaven praised for cooling heads and water works in dry spell. Rosh Hashanah services at Temple Bnai Sholom feature Max Lewinthal’s fluent English and music by Mrs Chas Chrisman and Mrs Flannagan.
The University of Mississippi announces the 1897-98 session opens September 16 with courses in literature science philosophy elocution pedagogy and law. An enlarged faculty improved facilities a water system healthful location and low expenses with tuition free except for law. Men and women admitted. Send for catalogue and special announcement to R B Factox chancellor.
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