Town and County News Snippets Across Parson County
Farmer activity teams up with scarce eggs and fine weather as snow lingers in spots. Rev R J Boone visits New Orleans. Valentines sold at Boone and Perkins stores. Post office changes, railroad crossings praised, and roofing tips offered. Local figures plan residences, bridges, and Elocution teacher appointed. illnesses noted. community events and church attendance highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Boone
New Orleans
C. B. Perkins
True Blue
Parsons
May
Oberschmidt Co
R. J. Boone’s
J. W. McGrath
Sam Storm
W. B. Patton
Board of Supervissors
P. C. Hemphill
Edgar
City Council Paving Ordinance Sparks Owner Protests
The Leader prints the full text of the new paving ordinance adopted January 17 and notes major property owners oppose exemptions. Petitions to the Board circulate on some streets as owners seek exemptions. readers are urged to study the ordinance before judging. Also an ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets at 25 cents with E W Groves signature on each box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Whitworth College Reports No Measles This Season
President Cooper asks The Leader to note there have been no genuine measles cases at Whitworth College this season despite contrary reports. Roseola occurs a few times. Foley's Honey and Tar, with no opiates, is sold by Price Drug Co for coughs and croup. Municipal funds granted for Stonewall Guards. Armory prepared for use by soldiers. Adam W. Alexander and Jus B. Reid, Confederate veterans, died recently. Winter coughs risk consumption. Foley’s Honey and Tar recommended. Price Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lalah Ragsdale
Theaate School
Annie Lussedy
Jim Martin
Jackson Street
Carroll Bardwell
Union Hall
Ben Watts
Cooper
Whitworth College
Price Drug Co
Price Drug Company
Tobacco and chewing tobacco offered by box or pound
The ad promotes bulk tobacco pricing with quantity discounts for Brown Mule Schnapps Awanta Chew Old Peach and Honey Penns No 1 Dice Old North State Maine Cut Plug in 5 to 12 pound boxes. It advertises uniform pricing for buyers regardless of store ownership and lists several 8 to 12 pound boxes with prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schnapps
Awanta Chew
Penn’s NO. 1
OLD North State
Maine
Mt Pleasant School Notes and Local News roundup
Mt Pleasant school reports strong attendance and a single measles case, with an honor roll list and a lively debating society session despite bad weather. Local items include views on a proposed interracial marriage ban, a wedding in Kentwood, a jewelry store incident in Meridian, and various community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Reeves
Walter Hart
Ada Brown
Blanch Montgomery
Carrie Welch
New Illinois Central Appoints McGaughey as Division Agent
Supt O M Dunn of the Illinois Central in the city on official business announces the appointment of H A McGaughey as division agent for the Louisiana division. This new position trains local agents and inspects freight and transportation to improve service. He previously served six years with the company as local agent at Wesson Summit and Hartehurst Clarion Ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Dunn
Illinois Central
H. A. Mc. Gaughey
Louisiana
Eastren
McGaughey
Wesson, Summit and
Hartehurst
Clarion-Ledger
Sidewalk Ordinance Declares Public Nuisances and Requires Construction
Brookhaven ordinances declare sidewalks along numerous streets in the city as public nuisances and order adjacent property owners to grade and build brick or cement sidewalks within twenty days. If owners fail, the city will undertake the work at cost, with the street commissioner reporting costs to the mayor and board for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratlon Snes
Gode
Batt
Brookhaven
Railroad Avenue
Congress Street
Chickasaw Street
Jackson Street
Corporation Nean
Wilkerson Road
Corporation Noe
W. F. Jobs
Church Street
Minnesota Street
Whitworth College
Caseyville Road
Court Street
Monticello Street
Corporation Line
Second Street
Cherokee Street
First Street
Chippewa Street
P. F. Becker
J. N. Cooke
Railroad
Board of Aldermen
City ordinance on improvements and bids for sidewalks
The ordinance provides for the city to advertise for bids to make improvements on sidewalks and related work. Bids for materials, grading, and labor may be separately or jointly sought, with bonds required for faithful performance. The street commissioner must complete crossings at street lines and pave sidewalks along city property, then repeal conflicting ordinances and take effect after passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Meyer and Board of Aldermen
Bell
Cassedy
Jones
Larsen
Seavey
McGrath
R. D. Lanter
Collecting Miscellaneous Global Facts From The Era
A mosaic of figures and brief notes cites labor strikes in New York costing 25 million, New Jersey commuters to Manhattan, Japan fencing nets for Alaska, overcrowded New York streets, rampant Northamptonshire rats, Beaconsfield and large Northamptonshire farms, Paris Italian Belgians Germans by census, Beaconsfield disease-free for a year, a stamped Berlin Turin postcard, Canada’s financial rise, 1867 Dominion bank assets, radi um light efficiency, California prunes replacing French Italian fruit, animal costs and lifespans, sea tongue counts in Welsh and other languages, Sunday school teaching shortages in London parishes, and an Office trade report noting cholera and city competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Jersey
Manhattan
Japan
Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Northamptonshire
England
Lincolnshire
Coldstream
Northumberland
Seine
Paris
Buckinghamshire
Beaconsfield
Berlin
Turin
Canada
Dominion
California
France
Italy
Galway
London
Washington Letter Notes Chaplain and Etiquette Trends
Washington Letter recounts Dr Hale as Senate chaplain in traditional robes, Hoar’s support, and a historic shift in chaplaincy. It describes Cannon’s new ceremonial bow, the demand for court dress at four major receptions, and debates over smoking rules on the House floor. It also covers a Supreme Court rebuke of excluding blacks from grand juries in Carter v Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Hoar
Worcester
Senate
Washington
Howard Everett Hale
Salvation Army
New York
Chicago
America
England
Speaker Cannon
Cannon Society
Beau Brummel
Beau Nash
Cannon
United States Supreme Court Ina
Carter
Texas
Alabams
Rogera
Supreme Court of the
Sate
Federal Court
Cart. Schofield
Free silver baby spoon offer draws in County
The Eastern Manufacturing Co Chicago offers a solid silver engraved baby spoon at no cost to every baby under one year in the county. No purchase required. Tanteri Manufacturing Co promotes as jewelry and silverware makers distributing the offer. Bring the baby’s name and be eligible for a free engraved spoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Penn
Tanteri Manufacturing Co
Thio Hocauty
de Ag
Goodie
Names, legends, and oddities in old New York lore
A collage of notes on street name origins and historical curiosities. It recalls Alderman Holler and a failed plan for a Williamsborg bridge, explains the eye on Chinese junks via a Cantonese tale, and notes unusual leap year birthdays such as Pauline Stone’s. It also surveys the Russian army, Saturn’s moons, and social costs of bachelor life in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roebling
Brooklyn
Holler
Williamsborg
Goerck
Jones
Jacobus
Ayer
Vielo
Crimmina
Battery
Gun Hl Road
Featherbed Jane
Bowery
Broadway
Greenwich
Mercer, Wooster, Greene
Sullivan Street
Pierrie
Tim
Sullivan
Royal Boat Builder
Pauline Stone
Seven Hills
Miss Stone
Owensboro
Inquirer
The Clarion Ledger Offer to Subscribers
An advertisement outlines subscription options for the Clarion Ledger from Jackson Mississippi with rates for three months or monthly payments. It promotes postal delivery and a special price plan for advance payers. The notice also lists a patent remedy claim for pneumonia and grippe cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tha
Olsmon-Ledger
the Clarion
Ledger
Jackson
Miss
Also Mentioned on This Page
Che
Otrains
King Gorton
Drs. Stingily & Parsons
C.B . Perkins
F. F. Becker
J. A. Williams
Tones Creek
J. H. Rawls
J. H. Johnson
C. E. Grafton Drug Store
Purser
R. H. Purser
Kentwood
Gertrude Morris
5. R. Stevens
Abshagen
M. Abshagen
Whitworth
Board of Supervisors
Stonewall
Adam W. Alexander
Tate County
Beanvor
Jus. B. Reid
Vicksburg
J. M. Wood
Mt, Pleasant School
Mt. Pleasant
Turner
Carroll County
Mr. Turner
Gerrude Morris
Sam Stevens
Magnolia
Stevens
Mississippi Textile and Novelty Co
Miss Morris
Meridian
Mayes & Schamberg
Mr. Obed Rollins
Fair River
Emma Massey
Bowen
G. G. Rees
Willie Davis
Pearl River
Kidusy
Betey
Riduay Gure
Bald Uy Prios Drag Company
Buckingham
Dyer Ir
Foley
la Grippe
Diplomatic Corps
Hay
Count Cassini
St. Petersburg
Russia
Manchuria
Everybody's. Magazine
Saturn
Titan
Iapetus
Rhea
Dione
Thetya
Enceladus
Hyperion
Unionemb
New York Athletic
Grove
Charlie Maxwell
Carroll Maxwell
Chamberlain
C. & Grafton
Peet Foumr
Nies Et Wan
Ley Fen
Kliney
Pheumonis
Paley
Hetuse
Saben Price Drug Co
G. N. W. Hilson
Pew —Mae
Liscatmeth
Mary Kebenw
Genesee Tresadmand
Chiancery Court
Ginsoin
AL McMileas
W. Mo Sollelio
Clore
Willie L. Ova
Io Bowman
Amiary
A. Ey W. Menatin
Marte
Mississippi
Norton Ae Lacey
Chancery Court
County of
Lineoin
Seutle Lacey
Chancery
Bray
Sulut Banklis
Amnion
Chancery Court OF the Couns
Ncana
Gm Thett
Mewar
Chancery Clerk
Supers
Wyler, Agkerland MD & CO
Cincinnati
Bate
Economica
Amd
Lesal
Rome
Megale Co
West States
Kew
Photography
A. Fosby
Brotkhaen
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