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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1912
Page
3
A New York grocer turns an electric motor driven butter churn in his shop into a profit gimmick. Customers buy cream and pay a small fee to have it churned into butter in minutes, blending novelty with sales in a busy storefront.
Weather report for Mississippi predicts fair and warmer conditions with northeast winds. Laurel hosts visitors including Grant of Grenada and Kilchell of Meridian while locals Levy of Lexington and Barnett of Sandersville conduct business. Grants and other travelers from Mobile to Hattiesburg are noted along with illness and transfers in Richland and Richton.
Glacksdale, March 13. Barteed and Lillian Davis, a white underworld woman, plus a Black man, were brought before Mayor Bouldin for a vile offense. Both pleaded guilty and were ordered to leave town on the first train. Davis later refused to depart and was subjected to a severe whipping by local citizens with a razor strap, receiving about thirty to forty lashes.
Chapman & Co announces a fresh Franmen’s eccamines halter shipment with guaranteed quality. Anderson comments on heat resistance and product reliability for local buyers.
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