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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1912
Page
3
Washing June 4. Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi renewed efforts to remove baths for a public documents move. He argued the baths waste space in the Senate office building and suggested moving them to the basement, noting the public criti cism and graft concerns.
The article recounts Mississippi Congressman A. J. Witherspoon known as a keen fisherman and storyteller. It includes a Chicago style anecdote about a postmaster job during Cleveland’s era and a tale of a man losing a five dollar coin to a big red fish, later found swallowed by another fish. It ends with local notices about R. Kirkwood opening a repair shop in Pascagoula and displaying a sterilizer.
Local showers tonight in Wassissippi forecast for Wednesday. Classified ad note mentions rooms for rent in the Daily Argus.
May 25 Graves Raynor wed Miss Verdie Knight at a ceremony performed May 26 by J Wilson Powell J P May 30 J W Gentry married Mary Sumrall by J J Boyd Also June 3 D Herrington wed Robbie Dupree in a separate ceremony conducted by an officiant listed in the notice
In police court vestecedas the following offenders against the law and ordinances were up for trial Ed Cortes drunkenness fined 3 dollars and cost Julius feavell drunkenness fined 750 dollars and cost Maggie Miller polit dareens des quitted George Molinteld profanity lis e nisseg for want of prosecution Tor Jackson preclamiv 1 dollar and cost Ela Gavin frospeassse Stated cast John Pigford stealing mde an ram 2.50 dollars and cost envy Jordan sagrancs twenty days 7 e RS Hance Ellison drunkenness 7 501 dollars and cost B Johnson selling Winspected fish 1 dollar and cost Several cases for failure to pin street tax were withdrawn upon the payment of costs. Rall Wne bids with one stone be ting the same advertising copy in both the Daily and Weekly Argus Ash for special rate. You ca Teach more than 2,400 Jones county homes by placing at advertisement in both the Darl and Weekly Argus. The Daily Argus can carey your store news into 1250 prosperous Jones county homes each afternoon the bandhi may find is way to the gutter of the trash barre oi the daily newspaper goes into Uhe home and stays until it is read by every member of the famiy. Shas accounts for the fact that the beat stores in all of the big cities use the daily newspapers exclusively for their advertising. Write your ad now Telephone 39 and a messenger will call for your copy. Remember the Argus goes to press at 3 o'clock each afternoon.
An old advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound contains no opiates or harmful ingredients. It promotes its healing efficacy for coughs colds and throat chest lung irritation. The genuine product comes in a yellow package and is sold by all druggists. What is B-EN-Q-0-949-
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