Poisoning Suspect Confesses in Ft. Smith Family Illness
Mrs Jerome Shepard admits to spiking the family flour with corrosive sublimate after her husband secretly brought a powder from the Frisco Hotel. The family, including a child who baked cakes, fell violently ill but are improving. Jerome Shepard to be arraigned. preliminary trial set for Dec 27. Mrs Shepard jailed. J F Moore ordered 500 Christmas letters.
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W. C. Shepard
Jerome Shepard
Ft. Smith
Frisco
Jerome
Squire Walker
Shepard
Gilbreath-Taylor & Son Christmas Offering Ends This Week
Gilbreath Taylor and Son advertise Christmas stock with apples 35c, Winesaps 40c, Collins Red 45c per peck. Ready mixed nuts 20c per pound, candy 35c per lb and cheaper options. Oranges 20 to 50c per dozen, stock designed for early holiday shopping. Includes a note of thanks for 1911 and best wishes for 1912. Also offers a family horse with buggy and harness for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbreath-Taylor and Son
Ben Davis
Collins
Gilbreath-Taylor & Son
Ladies onyx silk umbrellas and mahogany dining set ad sale
Silk base umbrellas with gold filled handles go on sale Friday at 9 am five fifty dollars. Two upstairs rooms for rent furnished or unfurnished, couple preferred. Nesbit McMillan window features a solid mahogany dining room set at a low price. IDEAL horse and cattle feed from International Sugar Feed. Harve Harris writeup omits Gertrude Soul and Clara Carter who helped serve.
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Nesbit McMillan
Harve Harris
Gertrude Soul
Clara Carter
Property Price Update for City Park Suburban Lots
Real estate notice stating prices will rise materially after this month for suburban City Park lots. The seller, A L Trent, notes previously low prices and a substantial increase effective at the start of the year.
Real Estate Price Cuts Aim at January 1912 Purchases
J. O. Mitchell & Co. announce reduced real estate prices from this date through January 1912 with easy payments. Offer 5 to 10 acres near East Mountain or west of the city at 70 to 100 dollars per acre, 5 to 20 acres in the southeast valley at 50 to 70 dollars per acre, plus farm properties for city land trades. Office in Ark National Bank.
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Ciy
East Mountain
J. O. Mitchell & Co
Ark
Nat'l Bank
Private Sale and Local Notices From Mineral Wells
A private sale offers all furniture and household goods at the corner of South and Church Streets with buyer terms to negotiate. Local family updates note travel to Oklahoma and Texas relatives, a Tahlequah obituary for Mrs. Mary J. Molloy, age 76, and mention Rev. J. T. Molloy. University Christmas holiday expands for eighteen days while public schools stay open this week. A special train to Pt. Smith and Little Rock is fully booked. dormitory students will remain away, with town friends offering cheer. Nesbit McMillan Fur Co announces extended store hours through Christmas season.
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Mineral Wells
Texas
South
Church Streets
Mary J. Molloy
Tahlequah
Cane Hill
Rev
J. T. Molloy
The
University
Pt. Smith
Littl Rock
Christian
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Ricide
J. F. Moore
Gilbreath
Taylor & Son
C. J. Leverett
Duke Jewelry Co
A, L, Trent
Frisco Drug Store
Dickson Street
Campbell
J. C. Williams
Prop
Karesis
Soid Gola ' Horan
Wigar Wu
Korman
Ilo Mionlemad
Engh
Duke Jewelry Co., Inc
B. H. Barnes
Pres
Nesbit-McMillan Fur, Co
Harrison Fisher Books
Aschino
RED Cross
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