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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
4
Prescott community notes report visitors and travels including Mrs. George Cress's Nebraska trip and Pauline Generelly from Texarkana. Local baseball updates recount Gordon defeating Atkins 7 to 2, and Walter McKelvey’s successes in Missouri. Also mention church and club meetings,cotton crop prospects, and railway activity with track measurements.
The report states O. L. Muncrief is slightly improved this afternoon. Mrs. John Warren visits her parents in Jackson township. The Fortnightly Club hosts this afternoon at Mrs. W. N. Bemis’s home. Mrs. Walter Mash of Little Rock visits Mr. and Mrs. Will Capelle. Marsh is Capelle’s sister. Lost between the Nevada County Bank and Bank of Prescott a Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen No 13. Mrs. V. Johnson travels to Emmet. returns to Louisiana Saturday after a month with local friends and relatives.
A North Carolina licensed saloonkeeper broadcasts a blunt plea for new customers. He describes a harsh view of town residents past and present and urges rapid recruitment to avoid shutdown. The piece shifts to note a May 26 prohibition on alcohol production, allowing only physician prescription for medicinal use. The North Carolina Medical Society condemns lax professional conduct under the new law.
In Russellville Kentucky a black youth Garlester Spence aged fourteen was shot through the bowels by Henry Young who claimed the act was accidental while attempting to shoot a snake. A mob feared for lynching gathered at the jail as Governor Wilson ordered Company H and 25 troops to Russellville to restore peace amid night rider alarms.
Winnipeg reports twenty bodies located in Fernie ruins after the Tuesday search. Victims include Engineer Anderson, Ford family members, Lena Ball and others, plus eight unidentified, and two unidentified women. Relief funds total 25000 dollars. Rail lines repaired and relief trains speeding in as fires burn away from populated areas. Police to probe whether five alleged Black Hand suspects jailed at Fernie sparked the blaze.
A brief clipped item notes a distraught individual in New York on August 5 linked to the Children's Society. The text hints at heartbreak driving a dire action but offers no further details.
Marie Sicaria a sixteen year old girl living with her husband in Long Island City attempted several methods to end her life after failing to care for her infant. She soaked matches in water and drank them then tried cheaper cleaning fluid before finally shooting herself in the breast with her husband’s pistol on the front steps. Neighbors and authorities were shocked by the tragedy and the woman’s deteriorating condition following the infant’s removal from care.
United States District Judge Thompson appoints Clarence Rennenkamp receiver for the Charlesman company following James Healy’s action. The estate lists cash and furniture valued around 50 000 with liabilities reported from 140 000 upward. The case involves creditors and a broad group of states represented among firms like Bultman Company and Moreheat & Co.
Kansas City readers weigh the Democratic ticket with Cowherd of Kansas City and Cowherd of St Louis leading the nomination and Herbert S. Hadley as the governor candidate. The forecast suggests a strong move to back Hadley on the ticket.
Topeka reports indicate W. Stubbs nominated as Republican candidate for governor with 3,786 votes in 111 precincts. Statewide, 3,252 votes counted for state senator across 100 precincts.
Sl ington, sixty two, found dead by his wife during an levy on their Fort Worth home. Heart failure believed to be the cause.
Governor announces no vacation will be taken through the Democratic state convention. He remains at duties despite summer weeks, keeping schedules tight as party leaders anticipate caucus moves and statewide campaigning.
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