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Newspaper
Newport Daily Independent
Location
Newport, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
1
The Jacksonport area sees illness easing with residents improving. Captain Riddell and Gus Swearingen recover from illness while R. W. Anderson expands a sweet potato business. New enterprise includes Elmo Riddell’s cooperative real estate plan and White River Cooperage Co. adds boilers. Plans for railroad platform on Jefferson street are discussed.
The Pulaski county grand jury returned nine indictments with two in custody for murder and grand larceny. Reports hint many targets are lawmakers tied to the doodling probe after the legislature adjourned. Grand jury adjourns to June 19 as Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton plans a new push with witnesses turning–state evidence and possible cash-for-legislation charges. A W Covington, president of the senate, was arrested in Little Rock on two bribery indictments and posted $5,000 bonds.
The chancery court adjourned until November after two days of filings. Divorces entered include Maud v Patterson and Mattie v Cowan with child custody granted. other cases involve restraining orders, foreclosures, partitions, and quiet titles on land parcels.
Joan K. Weinmeister reports on the Farmers Educational and Co operative Union expansion in Jackson County. She recounts organizing Sand church in Auvergne with eighteen charter members and a decoration day. next at Martin schoolhouse eight members joined. She notes further progress and hopes all farmers join under the union. Red Cross Ball Blue advertisement follows.
Judge F D Fulkerson traveled from Batesville to Hot Springs after reading the Independent, attending the State Bar Association gathering.
Gail Patterson, about 25 and brother of Sheriff Patterson of Woodruff county, and a Black companion were fishing with dynamite on the river ten miles from Augusta when the blast occurred. Patterson died from injuries, his body recovered with severe mutilation, an arm blown off. The other man survived with serious bruises.
Fred Beck aged 36 and Mrs E Derman aged 37 of Newport obtain a marriage license. Ollie Cones 22 of Lamar Missouri and Ona Fisher 18 of Clarendon receive licenses. Frank Richard 22 and Lou...
A partial OCR list records several pairs with ages and hometowns including Newport, Oil Trough, Weldon, and Remington areas. Names include Henry Williams and Ma hala Wisdom both of Newport, T J George and Ida Adam son from Newport, Paul Green and Addie Bird from Oil Trough, Jinks Jones and Anna Pridmore from Oil Trough, Simon Dean and Pearl Mc Dearmon from Weldon, Alfred Isaacson and Mrs. Delle Cruse from Rem-. ages range from 15 to 32. The fragmentary text suggests a community registry or social note listing couples and their origins.
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