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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
2
The Laurel Argus announces subscription pricing for daily and weekly editions with carrier, rural route, and advance payment options. Rates include yearly, half yearly, and quarterly plans, plus an extra city charge and contact details for the newspaper office and editors.
The article urges widespread harvesting of boll weevils with payments offered by merchants and banks, outlining their life cycle and the impact of eradicating early weevils. It shifts to local crime, a shooting incident, and national politics, noting New York dispatches on Oscar Underwood and a taft Roosevelt dark horse prospect amid a Chicago effort.
The Laurel store promotes a sixteen day sale with heavy first day takings. The Meridian Dispatch cites Mexican boll weevil invasions reaching Lag Wardale county, about seventy five miles beyond last year’s cotton pest range. Mississippi residents recall Roosevelts move against the Indianola post office over a white resident post mistress. A New York doctor warns fear of pellagra may be worse than the illness. He notes deduction could claim lead from lightning is worse than a strike by H.
A fragment reflecting a maxim on perception and bias. It contrasts finding crookedness with seeking truth, suggesting a reader’s mindset shapes what is seen and how reality is interpreted. The source presents a meditation on perspective.
The Mississippi tax dispute over levying and constitutionality of the auto tax will be tested in court. The case is expected to go to the state Supreme Court for a decision before the next taxpaying season, according to Natchez Democrat reporting.
The Meridian Dispatch argues that Woodrow Wilson is the preferred Democratic nominee no matter which rival, Taff or Roosevelt, secures the party’s whip in a contested race.
The Woodville Republican reports that Woodrow Wilson rejects claims he sent a sympathy telegram after a New York assault on a Black man. The piece frames the denial as part of political opposition's attacks during the Democratic presidential nomination fight.
The New Orleans Mobile and Lineago railroad filed its operations with the railroad commission for the quarter ending March 31. Receipts totaled 501 840 69, up from 487 768 65 a year earlier, while expenditures rose to 362 348 55 from 268 106 72. Net operating revenue stood at 27 144 91 versus 187 138 64 last year as improvements continue. Find me at Price's.
Mississippi's 15 delegates to the Democratic national convention debate whether to follow the state convention’s instruction to back Oscar W. Underwood. With only Underwood and Wilson on the primary ballot, delegates argue over the unit rule and potential second choices if Underwood is eliminated, as others favor Clark Harmon or Wilson depending on evolving ballots.
New York on June 15 reports Dr. Leinan a Brooklyn dentist installed on a Great River farm an apparatus powered by electricity to raise chickens. He claims hens may reach normal weight in half the time or surpass ordinary barnyard fowl by about 38 percent.
An old advertisement extols Wilson's Freckle Cream with bold promises of effective results. The copy mentions a one cent jar and urges readers to try the product, claiming safety and certain outcomes.
Knight Alph K Knight a student at the Agricultural high school at Ellisville has vaccinated over 100 hogs near Laurel to prevent hog cholera. He treated sick and healthy stock for families including Frank Mason and B Mason, under Prof Hutcheson guidance, with serum purchased at cost from Starkville.
The Georgia Star Savings Association announces in Laurel that it has 350 960 available to loan, asserting confidence in the future and offering to conduct business in its traditional manner. R. E. Halsell presents the statement.
Owen and Azwell offer to plan and estimate work with competitive prices. They furnish bond for faithful execution and show letters from reputable Delta businessmen. No charge for plans if they secure the contract. Inquiries invited. office in Fine Building opposite N. & NE Depot. phone 484.
R. J. Heyde M.D. announces veterinarian Lamdow situated with T. E. Le on Central Avenue and will appreciate public patronage. Telephone number 4 Gall answers day or night.
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