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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1897

Page

4

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.

Brookhaven Postoffice Louis Cohn & Bros

Railroad Time Table Halted in Transcription

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.

Flaanois Central Brookhaven New Orleaps Fingata Hamiend Haziehiret Crystal Canton Tal Hots Water Valley Memphis

Local Department Notes From Town And County

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.

Miles I. C. Smith James McGrath Brown Dave Cobn P. Z. Jones Monticello J. H. King Masonic Hall D. Evans Front Street Sunbeams Belle Cantoni Lawrence Lucich Brown's Wells Corey Chas. Clark Union Church el Front Street Messrs Armstrong Walker Wesson John McGrath Dr. Watts John Maynor Jackson Street Brookhaven Lewinthal Max Priebatsch Winnsboro James Junius Johnson West End W. Hi. Smith Franklin Watts Friendship W. E. Gill W. P. Price Magnolia Foxx Gill Way Easin

Nice Little Things and Notable Local Notices

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.

Ten R. H.thomsonca Willie & Thompson Mississippi American Bar Association Thompson Par Association McWillie Jackson Mere Perry Chandler Brookhaven Vernon Smith Green

Yellow fever and health notices from Waterloo to New Orleans

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.

Palmer Waterloo Iowa

Petition for Pardon in Lincoln County Mississippi

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.

Mississipt's KrNcoLs County Isertoney A. J. McLaurin Goy Von Lancaly County Mississippi Iehuarge Sik Caleates Mek Caleate Ani Sant Tiatsill Caelontes

Local Notes Highlight Quarantines and Looming Millinery Openings

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.

Jennie Stevens Cotten Brookhaven Thos D. Evans Front St Indies Will. Richards St. Louis C. L. Green Natchez Hospital C. W. Crister Edwards Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church R. H. Thompson Jackson Passmore Canton Times Canton Temple B'nai Sholom Max Lewinthal Mesdames Chas, Chrisman F. J. Flannagan

Mississippi University Opens 1897 98 Session

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.

Also Mentioned on This Page

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