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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
2
Public notice appears in the Prescott Arkansas post office records stating second class matter under federal act. It lists subscription rates per copy and per month, including payment in advance and not in advance terms, along with a telephone contact.
The document lists candidates for state and county offices including Governor George W. Donaghe, Secretary of State Ludwig, State Treasurer J B Yates, Auditor John R Jobe, and others such as Guy B Tucker for Commissioner of Mines Manufactures and Agriculture, L Coffman for Commissioner of Lands, George B Cook for Superintendent of Public Instruction, J C Ha and Carroll D Wood for Supreme Court seats, Minor Wallace for Comptroller, O A Graves Prosecuting Attorney, and local county posts including Sheriff and Clerk with names like W C Felts and M D Mug.
Chairman Carden of the Texas state Democratic executive committee calls a meeting in San Antonio on Aug 10 at noon to prepare a temporary delegate roll for the Aug 11 convention, tabulate primary votes, approve secretary figures, elect temporary officers, and handle other business. One and one fifth railroad fare rate secured. List of committee members updated through Aug 4 includes I Robinson Bowie Ark.. Charles Duncan Titus Mount Pleasant. F M Gibson Fannin Bonham. Silas Hare Grayson Sherman. William Bacon Hunt Greenville. George A Robertson Dallas. James M Edwards Smith Tyler. E H Carter Shelby Center. R P Wofford Henderson Athens. C Mannes Hill Hillboro. B Ay Tee Milam Rockdale. Lufkin. W J Crawford Jefferson Beaumont.
A compact roster of individuals linked to various Texas counties and cities including Leon Jewett Harris Houston Galveston La Grange Galveston County Dr J M Johnson Lee County Giddings Georgetown New Braunfels Beeville Nueces Corpus Christi San Antonio El Paso Brady Killeen Mineral Wells Childress Fort Worth Montague.
Indianapolis August 6 John W Kern will be officially notified as the Democratic party nominee for vice president on Tuesday August 25 at the state fair grounds. The announcement came from Kern and Democratic state chairman A B Jackson. Kern said no definite plans yet but details will be settled in a few days. Bryan will attend and likely give his sole Indiana address this campaign.
The Texas Southern railroad, Marshall, Texas, was sold to Osce Goodwin of Dallas and associates for 286000 dollars. Special Commissioner P. M. Young announced an upset price of 225000 dollars set by Judge Buford and that bidders must deposit 25000 dollars to qualify. Marion Robertson claimed a land parcel now occupied by the company did not belong to it.
Dr. Olof Oscar Robertson, proprietor of a local sanitarium and typhoid fever expert, originator of the water cure in typhoid treatment, died at his home near Atlanta on Tuesday. Born in Malme Sweden sixty two years ago, he came to Atlanta in 1865 and practiced medicine here after studying.
Olin McChesney a plumber suffocated by gas while wiring a gas line at 1211 Wyoming street. He did not turn off the gas and attempted to complete the connection before gas escaped. Working in the cellar he failed to seal the line and was overcome, dying within minutes.
Glad He Is Outtalked. In Hot Springs Virginia on August 6 former President Taft listened to a speech by President Meredith of the Virginia Bar association for nearly two hours and then joked that he was glad they were one speech shorter than his Cincinnati address, congratulating Meredith.
President Neill delivers annual address to the State Farmers' union in Fort Worth on July 1. He pays respects to those opposing the order, outlines the group's aims, and urges farmers to be progressive.
A narrator recalls his father’s fall into insolvency and the family’s struggle as if drowning, noting his mother and sisters kept him afloat despite hardship and the lack of swimming lessons.
A distressed man recounts selling sewing machines to support his family, facing arrest for theft, and plotting suicide. In darkness a woman in another room intervenes, calming him, sharing her faith and help. She guides him to confession, pays debts, and introduces him to her father, leading to work and new prospects. HORACE B. GAYLORD
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