Newport News Roundup of People and Events
A wide mix of local items. Newport residents include G. S. Maynard on a houseboat in Augusta then Newport, John Teichmiller visiting Muscatine, and Richard Riter from St. Louis visiting his mother Mrs. Niemeyer. The Monarch cargo ship returned with 150 tons of shells, and a Tupelo baseball game is being arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Teichmiller
Muscatine
Monarch
Augusta
Newport Athletic Association
Tupelo
Litchfield
Richard Riter
St. Louis
C. H. Niemeyer
Cameron
Max Mendel
Ike Bottenstein
Josie Weisel
Bernstein
Newton Lake
Beulah Baird
Corley
Irby and Taylor Tie The Knot In Newport Home Wedding
Mr George R Irby and Miss Lucy A Taylor wed Wednesday morning at the bride’s brother J C Taylor’s home at Elm and Second streets. The ceremony by Rev J W Smith followed by a luncheon, then the couple left for Hot Springs for a week. The event drew nearby relatives and friends with gifts and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Irby
Lucy A. Taylor
Bride
Hot Springs
J. C.taylor
Elm and
Second Streets
Newport
Mendlessohn
Clara Johnson
J. O. Taylor
Leila Moore
Memphis
J. W Smith
Mrs. Irby
Messrs. and Mesdames J. W. Smith
J.S. Wilmans
J. M. Hobgood
Mesdames
O. W. Scarborough
W. A. Billingsley
L. C. Doswell
Misses Leila Moore
Mary Laird
Messrs
J. E. Wilmans
J. W. Coffman
R. M. Laird
E. L. Boyce
Crop Report Bulletin Shows Drought Strain Across Regions
Very high temperatures and scant rainfall dominated the week ending June 16. Crops show stress from drought with wells drying and stock water scarce in the northwest, while cotton thrives and wheat and oats yields vary. Fruit prospects are uneven as peaches dry and apples hold uncertainty.
Two Plead Guilty In Local Gaming Case
The case against fifteen accused craps shooters arrested by Sheriff Randy Monday night proceeded before Justice J. J. Martin. George Willis and J. B. White pled guilty to gaming and were fined ten dollars plus costs. A third defendant faced trial. no conviction was reached and he was released. Proceedings recessed till two this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy
J. J. Martin
George Willis
White
Fourth of July Rates for Choctaw Route Excursion Tickets
The Choctaw Route offers excursion tickets within 200 miles of the selling station at one fare round trip, Memphis trips at one fare plus 50 cents. Sale dates are July 3 and 4, 1902 with return limit July 6, 1902. Agent W. R. Thompson signs as agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
W. R. Thompson
Agt
Newman Erb moves to buy Memphis Arkansas Texas line
Newman Erb, president of the St. Louis Memphis and Southeastern railway, seeks to purchase the Memphis Arkansas and Texas Railroad right of way from Memphis to Shreveport over 300 miles. His Memphis attorney has telegraphed for a price, stockholders meet in West Memphis next Saturday to discuss options, with several stockholders aiding negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman Erb
St. Louis, Memphis & Southeastern Railroad
Memphis, Arkansas & Texas Railroad Company
Memphis
Shreveport
Memphis, Arkansas & Texas
West Memphis
Summer Tourist Rates for Choctaw Route Excursions
Choctaw Route sells Newport to Mt Magazine Arkansas excursion tickets daily at 87.40 for round trip valid for return by September 30, 1902. Agent W R Thompson announces annual meeting details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Mt. Magazine
Ark
W. R. Thompson
Agt
Southern Educational Association Trip Fare Notice
The Southern Ry will sell round trip tickets to Chattanooga from all points on its lines for the Southern Educational Association meeting from July 1 to July 4 1902. Fare is one fare for the round trip plus 2.50. Tickets must be deposited with a joint agent at corner 8th and Cherry streets Chattanooga on or before July 6 1902 with a 50 cent extension fee to extend the return limit to September 10 1902. For more information call your ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ry
Chattanooga
8Th
Cherry Streets
Warning to William Wheatly in Jackson Circuit Court
The defendant William Wheatly is ordered to appear in Jackson Circuit Court within thirty days to answer the complaint filed by Lulu Wheatly on April 9, 1902. The notice is issued under the authority of the court and signed by J. 8. Jon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wheatly
Lulu Wheatly
Jon
Surveys for extension of Missouri Pacific line
The Springfield Record reports about six hundred workers in Taney county advancing the Missouri Pacific extension. Surveyors push ahead to outrun construction gangs while the red mapped route to Carthage from Batesville seems unlikely as it misdescribes completed Arkansas sections. The map suggests a path through Aurora toward Carthage between the Frisco and Memphis lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Springfield
Taney County
Carthage
Batesville
Arkansas
Aurora
Point Pass
Frisco
Memphis
Convention Deadlock in Woodruff County Delegates
Wynne June 17 deadlock in the congressional convention continues with no immediate prospect of resolution. A fraction of Woodruff county delegates voted Parrish this morning making Macon 322 Parrish 233 8 Taylor 16. Later three fifths of a Woodruff vote returned to Macon. Recess planned until 9 tomorrow morning after the 525th ballot. Effort to move convention to Jonesboro or Paragould expected tomorrow. Friends of each candidate remain firm and no clear outcome yet.
Lost Son Inquiry Reaches Iron Mountain Agent
W M Gregg, agent for the Iron Mountain, received a letter from J W Spencer of Pensacola seeking the whereabouts of his son R W Spencer last heard of at Newport. The young man was en route to Batesville to visit and disappeared in Newport. His baggage remains at the Iron Mountain depot and an Odd Fellow justice J J Martin is handling further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Gregg
Iron Mountain
J. W. Spencer
Pensacola
Fla
R. W. Spencer
Newport
Batesville
Spencer
J. J. Martin
Negro crashshooters trial ends with Patterson verdict
Bud Jorden Patterson is the only one convicted among the negro crap-shooters arrested Monday night. Love Grant defended the group, earning a growing criminal lawyer reputation. McNary fruit farm manager Mr. Pease unloads 7000 baskets this week with peach shipments set to start next week, potentially thirty carloads. Whitstein Lake yields two favorable fishing parties: Frank Caldwell, Charles Thorne, Maury Stevens, Dr. Oscar Jones on one boat and Alcorn Ferguson, B. L. Joyce, W. A. Billingsley, Charles Hungerford on the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Mare
Auvergne
Marvin Hare
Ed Ponder
Walnut Ridge
W. L. McDonald
Augusta
W. H. Penn
J. Mitchell
Addie Willis
C. A. Windau
Olyphant
Muscatine
Elsie
Katie Harrison
Conway
B. W. Stainback
Alexander
Minnesota
Lake Geneva
Constable Tucker
Grand Glaize
J. G. Walker
Frank Caldwell
George Redman
Charles Thorne
Whitstein Lake
Hinkle
Bud Jorden Patterson
Love Grant
Pease
McNary
Maury Stevens
Oscar Jones
Alcorn Ferguson
B.L. Joyce
W. A. Billingsley
Charles Hungerford
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G. S. Maynard
Arkansas Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
Houck’s Hall
Little Rock
T. B. Stewart
G. J. Tankersley
Weldon
Judsonia
J. W. Hutchinson
Oxford
Mississippi
Tron Mountain
Hx-Confederate Park Grounds
M. A. Parker
Rock Island
Harrison
St. Louis & North Arkansas Road
J. H. Stewart
Choctaw
Bam
White River
Jay Sprigg
Searcy
Mitchell Holloway
Jefferson Davis
Gen
W. Y. Cook
Cache River
Jackson County
Hal
Hester Phillips
Golden Lake
Nell
Lucy Rhodes
Miss Hal
Jonesboro
Lottie Robertson
Woodruff County
Lockard Bandy
Bundy
Neal
P. Huffman
Ira Huffman
Ilinois
Nebraska
Byron
Pancy
Walnut Street
Irby-Taylor
Crop Report Bulletin
Southern Educational Association
Tennessee
Jackson Circuit Court
Newport Laundry CO
W. F. Williams, Mer
R. P. Morrison
Wne
Second Street
Texas
International & Great Northern Railroad
Dot
Prien
P&t
Destine
Pleiiae
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