Newport News Briefs and Local Notes
Henry Owen Nouss recovers from illness and visits with relatives. Multiple local residents travel, visit, or relocate including Miss Alta James wedding in Cotton Plant to W. D. Jones of Atlanta. River traffic updates and rail interests noted with dock and steamer movements, crops and rainfall reports, and civic events around Newport and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta James
Cotton Plant
W. D. Jones
Atlanta
Georgia
Local News Briefs From Harrison Times And Newport
Mr and Mrs F H Heinrich now occupy a house at Mrs E R Tylers on Laurel Street. Mrs Tyler and Miss Lib Chaney depart Thursday for the North with Tyler to Indianapolis for four months and Chaney to Omaha for two months. J M Stayton is away east. Morning Star building plans are reportedly complete and Stayton, under President Jackson of New York, has gone to Washington to seek War Department permission to bridge White River. O Neal Gardner, printer, seen in Newport seeking work, knows many old residents of Jacksonport. Morning Star option expires next month and its purchase is expected as the company has begun railroad work from Newport to the mines. This confirms the saying you must go away to find the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Heinrich
E. R. Tyler
Laurel Street
Tyler
Lib Chaney
Indianapolis
Omaha
J. M. Stayton
Morning Star
Jackson
New York
Washington
White River
O'Neal Gardner
Frank Lynn
Mike Gonnelly
Arkansas Statesman
Jacksonport
Newport
Harrison Times
Dynamo Cars On The Overland Limited Luxurious Electric Train
The Overland Limited carries expert electricians to supervise lighting. Each sleeper has 70 electric lights, dining and lounge cars 40 lights, with 12 inch fans in several cars. Electric reading lamps and curling irons are provided. Salt Lake City is reached 12 hours ahead of rivals, San Francisco 16. Union Pacific offers comfort, luxury, and time savings with full information from J H Lovatop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland Limited
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Union Pacific
J. H. Lovatop
Gen. Agt
St. Louis
Summer resort literature offers free booklets and guides
O A Desaussure of the Southern Ry Memphis urges readers to request the free booklets Resort of the South and other summer resort literature. Congressman Brundidge introduces H R 14780 authorizing the Newport Bridge and Terminal Railway Co to span the White River in Arkansas, referred to the committee on interstate and foreign commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
O. A. Desaussure
D. P. A. Southern Ry
Memphis
Brundidge
Newport Bridge & Terminal Railway Company
White River
Arkansas
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Southern Railway Announces Summer Special to Knoxville
The Southern Railway will offer round trip fares from all points to Knoxville Tennessee for travel on June 16 17 18 28 29 30 and July 11 12 13 with a return final limit August 15 1902. Tickets available through any agent or A Benscorri assistant general passenger agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Knoxville
Tenn
The
A. Benscorri
Asst
Pass. Agt
Boas Hotel Owner Offers Land For Tron Mountain RR Depot
Mrs M A Boas proprietor of the Boas Hotel and townsite of Hoxie offers land for the Tron Mountain Railroad to locate a brick depot and office building. If accepted the roundhouse would be south of the Frisco crossing with right of way donated by Mrs Boas. Tracks would extend from Frisco crossing north to Walnut Ridge with about a half mile trackage in town already offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Boas
Boas
Hoxie
Tron Mountain Railroad Company
Walnut Ridge
Frisco Crossing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Owen Nouss
Sam Taggart
Weldon
Charles Lawson
Little Rock
W. W. Dutton
David Bowen
A. Bowen
Harrisburg
J. M. O'Hara
Allen Babcock
Batesville
Searcy
GC. Phillips
Lena Stockton
Eugene Hirsch
Speers-Langford Military Academy
Episcopal Church of
Jesfie Johnson
Mattie Moore
Charles Meyer
W. L. McDonald
Jesse
Kittrell Stacy
Augusta
R.W. Bandy
Tigers
Pearl
Lynne Leon
Sheedy
Gordon
H. ©. Wopkins
Charles F. Cole
Judsonia
Blue
A. Gibbs
H. BD. Terrell
Front Street
Drummond & Company
R. L. Bennett
Springfield
Fayetteville
T. J. Watson
Bessie Watson
Cora Bonner Stacy
Earl Lenwood Kittrell
T. E. Bonner
Augusta Vidette
William Cotter
Iron Mountain
J. G. Walker
Joyce
Kennedy
Joe Wheeler
Buffalo City
Cape Girardeau
Mississippi
White
R. R. James
J. W. Smith
John C. Hayes
Nashville
Chattanooga
Aew
D. Thaxton
Swifton
Robi. Harder
Thomas, L. Jr
Clyde Wood
O. J. Gould
Eight Mile
Litchfield Bridge
Z. L. Ford
Elgin
John W. Ferrill
Bud Reid
Alicia
Clover Bend
Sigmund Wolff
Mrs. J. Goldman
Mr. Wolff
Westminster Place
Mrs. Goldman
Louis Mustin
Imboden
Hendrix Training School
Miss Mustin
Tupelo
M. ©. Jones
B. A. McDaniel
Veto
Miss
John Hudson
Urbana
Grubbs Township
Black Bros
Watson
Newport Laundry Company
Newport Laundry CO
A. T. Hubly
H. A. Ridley
Newport Foundry and Machine Shops
Chicago
Chicago & Alton
D. Bowes
St. Louis, Mo
Eureka Springs
Ark
J. N. Cornatzar
Southern Ry
Hoxte
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