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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1912
Page
2
The notice details pricing for subscribers with three months per carrier and a spectral yearly price of 3.00 for daily rural route subscribers paid in advance. It mentions an additional near term for Laurel city readers and lists editorial staff and offices.
A shopper in South Mississippi visits a store to buy a saw. He learns the dealer would match mail order pricing only if he paid cash upfront and bore postage and money order fees. The customer pays 80 penni s and leaves, realizing street price plus delays beat mail order. The tale ends with the buyer disappointed by the extra costs and waiting time.
Divergent views surge in Congress over a bill to establish a parcels post system. Opponents warn against unintended costs while proponents argue it would modernize mail service despite past fears of new technologies facing early resistance.
A fragmentary discussion critiques express companies and freight monopolies amid calls for parcel post reform. It notes indictments against a company, fear of government interference, and arguments that life insurance and securities offer safety. Roosevelt seen as Republican nominee in upcoming contests.
The Mobile Register quotes Senator Tillman condemning New England mills for employing child labor as a form of white slavery. The report notes the unexpected link to secession sentiment and mentions Giles Palmer and John Epting visiting Mt Olive and Mr. and Mrs. John Farmer.
A fragmentary poem by Dr Thomas Summers Jr of Alabama laments suicide in St Louis and contemplates eternity and oblivion. The text shifts to a New Yorker patenting a wire frame to stretch garments, adjustable to any size.
Ovett Mississippi reports a new corporation forming for a merchandise and furnishing store with a $25000 capital. The frame building on Main Street in front of the post office nears occupancy. The first meeting of incorporators is set for next Monday night to select a name and finalize the charter.
In Magnolia Mississippi on March 2 Tohn Traylor was acquitted of murdering John Hill a strike breaker for Illinois Central in McComb City in January. The jury returned the verdict after five minutes with no argument. Judge Miller discharged the jurors noting the verdict came as no surprise.
Painfully injured employee G. G. Lawless caught in shafting at the Gilchrist-Fordney mill. sleeve entangled, arm twisted, possible amputation. Medical aid summoned, condition critical as authorities investigate accident.
Only six answers were received signaling a drop in interest. A new word has been omitted today and a dollar is offered to the first boy or girl who finds it. The contest closes after next week.
Public notices detail sales by execution for debt and a substitute trustee sale. Items describe property in Jones county Mississippi and a deed of trust in Ellisville with dates in 1912, listing involved parties, locations, and sale conditions.
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