23 Nov 1916
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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
1
Dermott Hardware Co promotes Christmas and Thanksgiving bargains with MAJESTIC ranges and free factory demonstrations. Local listings note visits by Blake family, Dr. J. A. Buckner, and others. hunting trips and community notices fill the page with ads, weddings, and society updates.
A local church invites worshippers to join Sunday Bible School at 9 45 a m and morning service at 11 a m with an evening service at 7 15 p m. The notice mentions emphasis on worship and responsibility before God and includes an advertisement for Majestic Ranges sold by Orr Hardware Co.
Local fraternal groups announce weekly gatherings with schedules for Odd Fellows, Encampment, and Rebekahs. Visiting members welcome, signed by J. A. Glosup as Noble Grand.
WoL Splawn, long time assistant cashier of the Ex change Bank & Toast Co, will leave December 1 for Like Village to assume duties as county treasurer. Whily Denniott and others express general regret as Splawn joins his successor Foot. Clark of Wagers is mentioned in a later note, with unclear context amid the garbled text.
A Thanksgiving service is scheduled at the Presbyterian church for Thankscheine Day in Mornay North. Rev Meroulth Wood of the Baptist church will lead a program with hymns prayers and a sermon. Attendees are invited to join the community observance and meals afterward.
A traveling writer in Dermott on the night of November 13 observes a small town lit by torches and notes the spirited display. He compliments the town and promises to obtain more details and meet the leading locals on his next pass through.
Epworth League outlines a long service prayer, scripture reading, and lessons on gratitude. Leaders include Elizabeth Edwards Topi and George Adam Crenstow with topics on ingratitude and spiritual meaning.
See Drew Marble in Lon Livell Arkansas for monuments or tombstones. Includes ad copy urging direct purchase to save agent commission and related services.
The Youth's Companion Calendar for 1917 is presented to subscribers with paid 1917 subscriptions. It is described as unusually artistic with well-chosen colors. It is designed for actual use and is marketed as the Practical Home Calendar.
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