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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1912
Page
4
West Side Poultry Farm Laurel Route 3 advertises Leghorn eggs for setting 15 eggs at 1 50 and two settings 30 eggs at 2 50 to customers on December 22 1946. Limited to this location and date.
A noisy campaign details district maps and candidate tallies for Laurel city politics. Listings include Miss Sadie Perlman and Miss Lucille Farmer among many local names, with district boundaries and vote totals across districts and towns in the region.
The Argus announces prizes for an automobile diamond ring merchandise and gold watches contest. Names listed include Ford Automobile Missy Rebbecca Sharborough Diamond Rings Mrs Copeland Miss Sadie Perlman and others, with merchandise orders and watches awarded to several entrants. The note urges readers to support candidates, noting that success would boost campaign visibility.
Washington reports Representative Oscar W. Underwood Democratic Leader in the House is bedbound with suspected appendicitis. Doctors hope surgery may be avoided. His condition stems from acute intestinal trouble, and despite market uncertainty, the merchant’s half confidence in business is noted as unlikely to impact city commerce.
Miss Roberta Aikingon, the pretty athletic Sandy Creek School teacher in Penn township, administered discipline after a bully refused to surrender a painted mask during a spelling bee. The boy and companions joined in a scuffle before the teacher regained control and ended the disturbance.
Philadelphia man Harry Nutall Jr. played with matches and set his mother's bed on fire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and saved the house though no trace of Harry remained, prompting fears he was burned. Joseph Nagle, acting foreman of engine company 19, then spotted a small foot protruding from a coal bin.
A frightened child named Harry emerges from a cellar, crying and fearing scolding from his mother for humming in her bed. The fragment evokes a tense domestic moment with a fragile emotional core.
Oscar Bowman of Paoli Kentuckian and driver of the New Albany and Paoli stage has completed his 3276th round trip covering 368000 miles along the pike between Albany and Paoli. He has driven the route in all weathers for ten years never missing a day and never stopping for rain snow or sleet.
Old year exits at 11 21 and 1912 steps in with a dynamite like salute near the hall park. The midnight explosion awakens Laurel as residents hear guns, firecrackers, bells, and whistles. The crowd marks the transition with fireworks and a three minute display before returning to bed, welcoming the newer year with characteristic gusto.
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