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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
2
The Laurel Argus lists daily and weekly subscription rates with payment terms and a special year price for local route subscribers. It notes office and editor contact numbers and states publication details and staff titles.
The article describes the Wausau Southern lumber mill nearing completion with 1000+ workers to be employed, plus another large mill to be built on an adjacent site. Laurel expects over 5,000 new residents within a year as saws, branches, and related industries expand, and new rail and warehouse facilities accompany the growth.
President Roosevelt backs the referendum and recall for the judiciary and state reforms, while critic Vr Tait warns that the legal forms he proposes would empower legislatures and alter judicial independence.
To Our Friends and Patrons we inform you that Mr L F Kitchens of 7th Avenue phone 307 has our Undertaking in charge and will give it personal attention When in need of any thing in this line call him or E D Travis who will see that your wants are promptly attended Thanking you we are Yours truly Travis and Abney 317 19 Central Ave Laurel Miss
The article notes talk in the South of repealing the Nine teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments and disenfranchisement. It cites Mr. Roosevelt as showing willingness to stand by his views in Camden New Jersey. The piece highlights Mississippi politics where repeal debates have been active and questions Roosevelt’s alignment with Jim Vardaman on the issue.
Hon A J Baker of San Angelo Texas seeks the Democratic vice presidency after early entry. A Grenada County Mississippi native and University of Mississippi law graduate, he has lived in Texas twenty years and hopes Northern or Western support could secure a nomination.
An essay on how small irritations in daily life escalate into major conflicts. The author argues trifles undermine calm, triggering miscommunication, impatience, and discord in marriage and households, with broader echoes about human strain.
The State Summer Normals held at Brookhaven in 1909 1910 and beyond were very successful with an average attendance of 485 teachers per year. The faculty includes J N Powers B P T Schumpert Dr Z V Cooper and many noted educators. Prospects for larger attendance this year are encouraging.
A short promoter note invites readers to support the newspaper through patronage and mentions the character Anderson guiding readers to help make the Areas bigger and better.
A reflective note invites readers to recall graduation day joys and the growing years of children. It highlights celebrating graduates, honoring mothers, and recognizing those moving up or advancing a grade as a communal moment.
Eight new members were inducted into the Knights at Pythias Lodge in Yassersville on Thursday night. The event marked a notable expansion for the local fraternal order with attendees from the community.
Report from Hattiesburg on May 25 states a dead body described as a negro was found floating in the Leaf river a few miles below the city. The item appears in a damaged OCR style with additional unrelated notices about loans and local businesses interspersed.
Dr W B Harper front offices over her drug store LYE EAR NOSE AND THROAT hours nine to twelve and two to five. Office phone 99 rent due contact Hobert E Lee 303 Keys Building Hatttesburg Miss N E Lee Rumble Building Laurel Mississippi. Lee Brothers Architects.
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