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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1912
Page
5
Fragmented OCR yields a social page snapshot from Laurel with names like Wilcomb Raley and Mrs Howard Bosworth, notes on patient recovery of a Hoosier poet’s hand, visitors from New Orleans and Baltimore, and social club and millinery department details. Residents organize gatherings, plan travel, and attend events at the Donegan-Whittaker millinery house and local clubs.
A proposed measure would authorize municipal bonds to fund paving about one mile of Laure Street in the city. The cost would be shared pro rata with abutting property owners who would pay one third, with installments arranged. If the line runs along a street with a street railway, the railway bears the paving expense on that segment. The council expects funds to cover the next twelve months.
Funeral services for Mrs. Thos. Nelson were held the day after noon at the Dust Methodist church in Dorloch. The house was filled with friends who listened to the sermon by Weems. Pallbearers carried the casket from Willow Grove Cemetery after the service, and a large committee prepared floral offerings.
Elliguille boys basketball at Agricultural Thigh School in Lidsville defeated Stramer IIL in a warm contest. The readable fragment hints at a score or outcome with local team names and place but text is heavily garbled.
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