Local and Personal News Highlights From Laurel
The community page notes Mrs. R L Evans returning home from a sanitarium improved. Miss Lucy Evans heads to Puton Alabama. Dr. Edwards of Summerland and Dr. J E Massey of Acme visit for business. Judge Sam Whitman of Bay Springs travels toward Ellisville for court. Several locals including J M Brewster Newton and J J Hardy Roberts sighted in Laurel. Mr B A Emery and daughter Richton register at the Nelson. J T Mitchell Union engages in Laurel business. Miss Carrie Wallace Richton and Miss Linnie Crumbley Ellaville visit G C Johnson and family.
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Putton
Ala
Dr. Edwards
Summerland
Sam Whitman
Bay Springs
Moute
Ellisville
Gam B. Boyd
Columbia
Laurel
W. W. Doolittle
Newton
B. A. Emery
Richton
Nelson
Carrie Wallace
Linnie Crumbley
Elis Ille
G. C. Johnson
Coming Events and Local Elections in Jones County
January events include Farmers Institutes at Laurel and Ellisville with noted speakers. January 20 hosts a businessmen meeting to form a permanent Jones County Fair Association at Laurel courthouse at 1 am. A mayor and city clerk election for Laurel is planned. Maude Gallaspy, a teacher in Ellisville, was seen in the city returning from Cedar after holidays with family.
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Jones County Fair Association
Court House
City of
Maude Gallaspy
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Cesar
Quin Elected Speaker of State Legislature
Report notes Quin's election as speaker amid a young, earnest legislature. Observers expect committee chairmanship to favor experienced members and emphasize duty. The piece highlights the youthful tilt in both legislative chambers and comments on editorial revenue rules for events.
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Quin
Rural Beauty and Improvement in Distant Districts
The article urges rural districts to pursue beautification and home adornment. It argues settlers once lived among beauty, but modern neglect and stripped landscapes dull the land’s charm. It praises planting, vines, and orchards while noting renters and lack of taste impede rural embellishment.
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Legion
Trees Harmed by Electrified Wires and Grounding Dangers
A Gardeners' Chronicle warning explains how contact between high tension wires and tree limbs causes current to ground through moisture, burning sections above and below the contact. Wet weather increases risk as insulation fails. remedy is to prevent wires from touching trees and avoid tagging wires to trees.
Automobile street sweeper transforms city cleaning
The street department adopts a motor vehicle that sweeps and waters roads at a steady pace, performing as much work as ten horse sweepers or a hundred hands. Early tests clogged gearings with dust until motors were dust proofed, reviving the innovation.
Training Street Trees For Stronger Winter Form
The article stresses early care of street trees to prevent wind damage. It notes the value of reducing top-heaviness before winter rains soften the soil, so excessive tops won’t catch wind and cause trees to blow over. It warns heavy tops facing strong winds risk tearing or splitting.
Boomed Board of Trade Fails to Stay Strong
Local exchange collapsed after rapid growth drew in unfamiliar outsiders. Officials dissolved the board quickly as townsfolk observed a surge of unknown visitors and steady decline in activity.
Governor Brewer Watches Unopposed Legislature Move
Mississippi scene shows Gov elect Brewer observing the House as it elects a speaker without contest. He plans no action until his inauguration on January 16 while staying out of factions and growing popularity. A curious aside presents a home remedy for repairing china using a gin-soaked cement recipe.
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Dacsson
Miss
Earl Brewer
Brewer
Lettuce While You Wait Amazes Dinner Guests
A New York florist claims to grow lettuce in ten minutes using soaked lettuces planted in loam and quicklime. Seeds sprout in minutes, producing edible leaves within an hour, displayed at table for a dramatic salad course. The piece playfully imagines future culinary marvels alongside evolving kitchen tech.
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New York
First Philadelphia street cleaning by contract story
A historic note from the City Club of Philadelphia recalls Benjamin Franklin describing the first street cleaning contract. A poor worker offered to sweep twice weekly for six pence per month per house, with neighbors subscribing to fund the effort. The effort sparked broader support for paved streets.
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Philadelphia
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Algo
Rankily
Wanted Agents and Correspondents in Jones County
Classified ad seeks agency and correspondence staff for Daily and Weekly Argus with good pay. Also advertising for rental of a second hand roller top desk for three weeks with pickup and return guaranteed to be in same condition. apply to a Chronicle Office.
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Jones County
Daily
Weekly
Argus
Chronicle
For Sale Poultry Eggs and Hens in Laurel Mississippi
For sale two items from local ads. C Brown Leghorn eggs at $1.50 per setting of 16 and $2.50 for two settings. 80 eggs available. Apply West Side Poultry Farm Laurel Route 3. Also bargain sale: 20 Buff Orpington hens and one cock at $1.50 each from J W Buckley Laurel Miss.
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Laurel Rt
J. W. Buckley
Laurel
Miss
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