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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
3
Judge Whitman notes that Mississippi law requires domicile and personal service to grant a divorce, even if neither party is a resident. The court has applied the rule this term, granting a divorce to parties not legally residing in Mississippi.
Laurel city schools close for the balance of the week to allow teachers to attend the State Teachers Association session at Gulfport. Superintendent Watkins Principal Neate and about twenty teachers left last night for Hattiesburg to connect with Gulf & Ship Island. Twenty six tickets to Gulfport were sold at Laurel this morning, with eighteen last night including teachers from N O M C points. Mr Bailey of Meridian visited Mr George Dunagin.
Large crowds attend the Spooner Dramatic Company’s nightly performances at the Airdome. The Maid of Lyons was given last night with creditable effort by the Spooner players. Visitors from Newton Bay Springs Moss and Bay Springs joined locals in viewing the show.
An excerpt from Laurel Mississippi recounts a three game series at the park with varied play and field conditions. It notes pitches, hits, errors and crowd support for Lansing and M C as Laurel’s team faces Ellisville’s A H S squad in a five game set. also includes local ads for hats, pianos, and livestock notices plus a thirsty refrain for Mint Hickey from Wallace Drug.
The contract for the new freight depot and general office building of the road will begin June 4. The brick structure on Front Street is to be an immense block with an upper floor of 100 by 25 feet set aside for offices and hundred of clerks whose salaries stay in Laurel.
Mrs J C Davis bought several seventh street lots through the Baler Agency and is building six foot houses. Watson Buckley constructs a bungalow in Kingston. Two houses rise on Sixth avenue for De Grat with modern conveniences. Dr Craft, though not Laurel resident, backs the city’s future. Judge Goode Montgomery ponders a residence in Oakhurst. once considered Ellisville with interurban. Argus building addition nears completion. a modern printing office is expected within weeks. Wallace Drag Co and others noted along with political chatter on extending presidential term.
The narrator visits a tiny Japanese kitchen four by eight feet with no range or oven. Cooking is done on two single hole contrivances using wood pieces, while a maid tends the rice over a small fire and feeds it with faggots as she keeps the flame alive. Meals are prepared sitting on the heels of the Sapam.
In Irkutsk markets Siberia vendors present produce in solid form. Milk and liquids are frozen into blocks with strings or sticks protruding for easy carrying. Meat fish fowls and even whole animals are stacked upright as if alive, creating a surreal impression of a living menagerie.
At Paris Sedan hospital doctors grafted skin from the father onto a six month old girl with a carbonized back. The operation left a large wound on the thigh, and while only a third of the burn could be covered some hope of recovery remains for the child. The father faced a long recovery and rehabilitation.
An open day and night schedule at the Fountain venue kicks off the 1K Ristrer's event with activities for visitors. Organizers invite participants and the public to experience contests and demonstrations across hours.
French veterinary surgeons report Lepreux’s dog Dyck deliberately killed itself. The attached animal whined for food, followed its master, and escaped a street mishap once but then ran back into danger as a cart approached, dying after the second incident. They cite many canine suicides in veterinary hospital records.
Three young women in tailored costumes and large hats attracted ParIs crowds on a main boulevard as they walked and smoked cigarettes with a riding whip. A shop doorway held one participant briefly before she vanished and proclaimed that admission was free.
In Mulhhausen Alsace locals witnessed a red white and blue French pool display stirring great excitement. German police attempted to arrest the sedition animal which fled to the mayor's house where the prank was owned. The pranksters hid nearby in cautious silence.
An odd illness named cashitis spreads among treasury clerks in Washington. Reported symptoms include vertigo headaches and stiff necks caused by eye strain from glare of machines and electric lights. Officials note the condition is connected to handling gold and silver coin piles and related ledger work.
A garbled weather note suggests upcoming rain and moisture changes. The fragment mentions Beehive, moisture terms, and a general forecast, but lacks clear dates or locations.
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