Good Roads and the Road to Prosperity in Lafayette County
A pro road reform editorial urges unity to improve county roads for commerce, schools, churches, and public services. It praises the Board of Supervisors and contractors, calls for public input and action, and notes windmills and boards as symbols of progress and freedom of speech.
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Board of Supervisors
Lafayette County
Senate Terms End March 4 1911 List of 31 Members
The terms of 30 United States senators expire on March 4 1911 comprising 24 Republicans and 1 Democrat. The Republicans are Nelson W Aldrich Rhode Island Albert J Beveridge Indiana Morgan G Bulkley Connecticut Imer Burkett Nebraska Julius Burrows Michigan Thomas H Carter Montana Moses I Clapp Minnesota Clarence J Clark Wyoming Chauncey M Depew New York Charles Dick Ohio Henry A DuPont Delaware Frank P Flint California Eugene Hale Maine John Kean New Jersey Robert M La Follette Wisconsin Henry Cabot Lodge Massachusetts Peter J McCumber North Dakota George Nixon Nevada George T Oliver Pennsylvania Carroll S Page Vermont Samuel H Pyles Washington Nathan B Scott West Virginia George Sutherland Utah William Warner Missouri. The Democrat list includes Charles A Culberson Texas John W Daniel Virginia James B. Frazier Tennessee Hernando D Money Mississippi leader R Rayner Maryland James P Palnamed Florid? (text garbled) The farmers of this vicinity are busy with General Green amid sunny days. A box supper at Riverside Saturday night raised $9.60 for the sale of boxes and a cake brought $24.50, total $33.69 for Riverside church. A Riverside July 2 picnic is planned with baskets, basic provisions, and potential speakers. The community mourns Lafayette lady Miss Bettie C Ll who died in Howland Tex on the 3rd. The text ends with a garbled line about Dew Was Eacue $100 per year.
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United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Albert J. Beveriege
Indiana
Morgan G Bulkley
Connecticut
Imer, Burkett
Nebraska
Julius (. Burrows
Michigan
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Moses I. Clapp
Minnesota
Clarence J. Clark
Wyoming
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Charles Dick
Ohio
Henry A. DuPont
Delaware
Frank P. Flint
California
Eugene Hale
Maine
John Kean
New Jersey
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Peter J. McCumber
North Dakota
Geo
Nixon
Nevada
George T. Oliver
Pennsylvania
Carroll
Page
Vermont
Samuel H. Pyles
Riverside
Na Speace
Lucile Tarrant
Riverside Church
Lafayette Com
Bettie C Ll
Howland
Tex
Dew
Hindrance of Ignorance and Pursuit of Knowledge
A neglected piece discusses a famed writer who attributed his struggles to ignorance and urges readers to identify and remedy their own weaknesses. It notes ignorance as a universal obstacle for farmers, workers, merchants, and professionals, and promotes continual learning as power and a path to success. Local notices praise summer visits, church events, and upcoming gatherings in Delay with names and places such as Pocahontas, Lois Eskridge, Tommie Hill, J. C. Davis, and Oxford appearing among the community updates.
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Sociely
Dev Dots
Pocahontas
Lois Eskridge
Tommie Hill
Willis Davis
Oxford
J. C. Davis
Nola Spwar
Kansas
Jim Lancaster
John Cole
Tula
Spwar
Mr. Cole
Bro. Wood
Huldrie Davis
Messers
Lokie Lynch
Duff Davin
Kingdom First
Leavell
A. G. Hunt
Clarence Eiskridge
Hodge
Misa Udie Lindsey
W. N. Shippey
Zelma
Moody Swaim
A. R. F. Gault
J. T. Lynch
Paris
Lawrence Hodge
Mem_phis
Elgin Davin
Kingdom
Notice of cash only livery and transfer business change
Patrons are informed that starting July 1 the livery and transfer business will switch from mixed cash and credit to cash only. The notice thanks customers for past business and hopes for continued patronage. Signed Bennett & Falener A V Hiler Lunpiz & Son Bramlett & Callicottee Read Tue Eacuz.
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A. V. Hiler
Lunpiz & Son
Bramlett &Callicoatte
Battle of the Wilderness remembered in a county letter
In Roanoke May 1910 a local reader recalls General Grant’s 1864 advance toward Lee, describing the Wilderness fight, the march from Rapidan, and a moment with Lee. The letter notes wounded brothers, staff at the field, and ongoing Civil War reminiscence with local church and community updates.
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Roanoke
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Washington
Scott
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Mead
Burnside
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Rappahannock
Fredericksburg
Lee
Gen. Stuart
Calvary
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Gen. Lee
Raing
Georgia
Wilcox
Proceedings of Board of Supervisors JUNK PURM
Records list numerous county expenses including janitor, pauper care, road work, lumber, bridges, and levee contracts. Mentions officers, road districts, jail repairs, and official directives, with bids, bonds, and term dates.
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Board of Supervisors
Junk Purm
Community Notes and Health Advertisements
Stringtown reports good communal health amid rain and social events. Miss Salome Knight is ill. W R Knight visits cornish. Local youths attend Kingdom singing. hints of upcoming wedding bells. An advertisement extols Zemo for eczema and skin conditions with claims of medical endorsement and home treatment guidance from Kendel’s drug store.
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Claude Brasher
Kingdom
Salome Knight
W. R. Knight
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Paul Lusk
Cornish
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Aubrey Knight
Leonard Kneight
C. A. Knight
Altus
Zemo
Kendel’s
Voters hold great responsibility in law and leadership
The Bay Springs News argues voters shape laws by whom they support and oppose. It notes the influence of personal liking over issues and urges careful choice in elections. Also includes advertisements for Arnica Salve, Dr Kings New Life Pills, and Stomach and Liver Tablets.
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Bay Springs
Not Very Sweet and Marvelous Discoveries in Health
A fragment discusses a young man’s claim about sweetness and a chemical analysis of a person’s composition, listing water and various substances. It shifts to praise for a remedy named Risn's Colicra and Hees, claiming successful cures for diarrhoeal bowel complaints and urging sale by the inventor.
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