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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
2
The Argus Chronicle advertises new pricing for T H Harris and J K Knox Huff. It details one year and advance rates, with six and three month options and an added annual city subscriber charge of 60 rent a year.
Laurel citizens have purchased the Yazoo City Cotton States League franchise and plan to raise 3000 to 4000 dollars for a league team. A 250 dollar forfeited payment is posted and the contract with President Lewis calls for a manager and eight players. Local business interests are urged to contribute to fund the season as Laurel aims to advance Mississippi baseball.
The piece celebrates Laurel's growth and the Daily Argus steady march with the city’s progress. It notes Governor Brewer’s anticipated win next Tuesday, mentions a Jackson hotel pause for a legislator seeking to ban tipping, and cites a claim of 900000 typewriters sold last year. It also reports Baltimore hosting Democratic delegates and Equitable Life Insurance planning a 62 story building. It references Senator John T Morgan’s memory monument drive and his canal advocacy.
The Chattanooga News lists lynching counts by state for 1911. Alabama 3, Arkansas 4, Florida 7, Georgia 19, Idaho 1, Kentucky 8, Louisiana 4, Maryland 1, Mississippi 2, Nebraska 1, Ohio 12, Oklahoma 6, Pennsylvania 1, South Carolina 1, Tennessee 6, Texas 4. Of 64 black victims, 1 was a woman and 7 were white.
New Orleans cotton market closed at 230 this afternoon with price action shown for the day. Trading focused on near term contracts as buyers and sellers exchanged notes on supply and demand dynamics influencing prices.
The trustee H G Walters announces a public sale under a 1909 deed of trust to satisfy indebtedness. On February 3 1942 at the Laurel courthouse, Jones County Mississippi, the SF 1-4 of 8SW 4-4 of section 25 township 9 range 11 west will be sold to the highest bidder for cash.
Trustee sale under a deed of trust dated August 28, 1944 to secure debt to First National Bank Laurel Mississippi, assigned to Little Park Company. Sale set February 5, 1942 at the courthouse steps to satisfy the indebtedness, costs, and purchaser receives title free of liens.
A 1912 Mississippi foreclosure ad by trustee Tom Bisall and Woa Biyauh sets a Feb 15 sale date at the Lan d Jones county courthouse. The notice describes a deed of trust on land in section 9, township 9 range, sold to satisfy the secured indebtedness, with public sale to the highest bidder. Witness H G Walters signs the document in January 1912.
A clerk at Potland Eng placed £130 in currency coins inside a tie and stored them after business hours. The money meant for safe keeping fell into a sheep cart, and the incident was revealed after a market telephone call.
In a brief exchange quoted by Washington Star reporter Cayenne Voss, both women are described as greeting with the most effusive cordiality. Bach is praised for revealing how deftly she can mask true feelings in the face of the other.
Public sale notice by trustee in Jones County Mississippi following a deed of trust executed by N R Craft and R C Craft to secure debt to J P Myer with a court decree dated 1911. Sale set for February 6 1912 in Laurel, Mississippi, including land described as the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter and adjacent property plus listed personal property. Proceedings reference sheriff sale and court orders in Chancery and circuit courts of Jones County.
A young lawyer boasted of earning two hundred dollars for speaking at an affair, to which a fellow bar member replied he had earned double keeping silent at the same gathering, a tongue in cheek exchange reflecting courtly wit.
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