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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
2
The notice states prices at 40 cents per month when not paid in advance and indicates payment timing by carrier or mail. It emphasizes monthly charges and collection method, reflecting a historical subscription policy.
A historic ballot slate appears with names for Governor Secretary of State State Treasury State Auditor Commissioner of Mines Manufactures and Agriculture Superintendent of Public Instruction and several county offices including Sheriff Circuit Clerk County Clerk County Treasurer Assessor Surveyor Coroner and Justices of the Peace. The roster includes George W. Donaghey C Ludwig J L Yates John R. Jobe Guy B. Tucker George B. Cook J C Hart Carroll D. Wood Minor Wall Murkarkos Pur tle Ingram Smyth Eshers Boirns Moon.
Emory Barnes nineteen faced an angry white crowd after being accused of attacking Katherine M. Paul a white child on Garden street in San Antonio police protected him to the jail door and he prayed for protection at the city jail after arrest with a crowd pursuing him.
The Farmers' Union of Mississippi failed to secure 2,000,000 yards of cotton bagging after mills refused without a heavy forfeit. Three months prior, Business Agent Welch touted the deal and asked other state unions to assist. The Mississippi penitentiary order for jute bagging damaged the scheme, though the Union Advocate remains optimistic about future integration of bagging and gin compresses.
Springfield Illinois faces intensified tension after a rumor that Rolla Keys was shot by supporters of George Richardson. The wound was later ruled accidental, inflicted by Keys' companion while fishing near the Sangamon river. Police removed notices as crowds gathered amid indictments of mob leaders and a murder charge tied to a lynching.
James A. Cartwright a farmer near Conway Arkansas shot and killed his wife with a shotgun three times. After the first shot she ran the second hit her in the back and she fell the third struck her neck as she lay. A posse pursued Cartwright into the woods but he fled. He is under indictment for selling whisky.
A fire at the H. W. Schultz ranch between Colfax and Colouse, Washington, killed six children and left two more severely burned with doubtful recovery. The Aug. 22 event destroyed the home and prompted investigations by local authorities.
Birmingham report says Peter Wal lace, a well known white man, was arrested at Pratt City on charges of dynamiting the house of mine boss Tom Duggan. Deputies moved toward Pratt City after information warned of an attack on the camp Tuesday night.
Oklahoma City reports that G B Stone, president of the chamber of commerce, traveling in Europe, says a company of Vienna capitalists is organizing to build a trolley line from Oklahoma City to Wichita Falls Texas.
Naomi Dumas an eighteen year old Black girl in Macon Georgia committed suicide by ingesting carbolic acid standard local wording reports in the Aug 21 issue. The incident is handled as a tragic self destruction with no further details provided.
Notice of a September 14 1908 election in Nevada County Arkansas naming offices including Governor Secretary of State Treasurer Auditor Supreme Court Justices Attorney General and more with multiple township polling places and amendment questions signed by Sheriff Ed Hood on August 20 1908.
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