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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1912
Page
2
The Laurel Argus announces subscription rates including annual 95.00 and rural route option at 3.00. It lists six months 45.00, three months 12.60, one month 50 cents, and weekly 6 cents. Also notes The Argus Chronicle pricing and a 50 cent city surcharge.
The Consolidated Printing Company owns The Laurel Daily Argus the only daily in Jones County The Argus Chronicle the only weekly in Laurel with the largest circulation in South Mississippi The Jones County News the oldest weekly in Ellisville For advertising rates contact Consolidated Printings Laurel Mississippi.
We are authorized to announce Frank H. Bush Prank M. Meek and J C Clark as candidates for the office of Mayor to succeed Albert W Noble, who resigned.
For Clerk. We are authorized to announce J. H. Crawford and D A Scarborough as candidates to succeed Andrew Flanagan, who resigned as City Clerk.
A Collier’s Weekly vignette praising farmer agent G E Hailes who travels Jones County Mississippi promoting practical farming. The correspondent describes stops with RB Graves W J Bustin and others noting molasses making, hay bales, corn, sweet potatoes, hogs and new farm implements bought this fall after reading government bulletins.
The Mississippi legislature debates creating a reform school for boys to prevent youth crime. The Mobile Register argues prevention saves costs and cites East Lake and Alabama's industrial school for boys as proven models. The Jackson Clarion-Ledger notes current lawmakers’ decorum and jokes about animal-related bills.
The text lauds fields of oats and farmer energy while praising Jones County and the Argrus Chronicle. It notes Tuscaloosa’s six months of commission government as successful per the Tuscaloosa News. It also cites the New York World questioning Mr Roosevelt’s consistency between rhetoric and actions.
January events include Farmers Institutes in Laurel and Ellisville with speakers, a Businessmen meeting to organize a Jones County Fair Association for Laurel, and a mayoral and city clerk election at Laurel courthouse. Quotation about fear of public speaking ends with a local spoof dialogue.
A fragment quotes Uncle Eben arguing that a person chasing the biggest and most of everything may overreach, likening it to an ostrich chasing loot while ignoring the turkey. The line reflects a humorous rural voice and a cautionary lesson about excess.
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