02 Dec 1909
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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
1
A small but formal helpline offers new accounts with safe handling and courteous service. The notice promises careful attention to individual financial needs and broad reach for potential clients.
Arkansas may adopt the commission form of government to replace mayor and council rule. A four member committee of the Citizens Improvement Union will study the Des Moines and Houston plans and report merits and demerits before seeking broader support within the state.
Dr A J Vance former Arkansas Medical Association president and Southwest Congress chairman returns from Mexico inspection tour on hook worm. He states there is more disease in the United States than in Mexico.
The class notes finishing exams and starting the second quarter mention a clean record last month two days of holidays and a visit from Prof Toreyson. William Briggs returns after illness while Fred Howe is absent sick. A leaky room and a new pupil join the class and Fred Duke struggles at his desk.
Claiming quick permanent relief for kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles Hall's Texas Wonder advertises testimonials. E W Hall lists 2926 Olive street St Louis MO and Hesterly Drug Store stocks the remedy.
In Little Rock on December 2 prospects grew for a three cornered gubernatorial race as Prof. John Hineman of Arkadelphia and C G Kavanaugh of Little Rock appeared ready to oppose Governor Geo W Donaghey. Both men signaled potential candidacies while declining formal announcements.
A Nevada farmer urges dry farming to double corn yields on arid acres and improve quality. He cites Arkansas support and explains that deep spring plowing creates a moisture reservoir and surface tillage reduces evaporation to sustain crops in dry years.
Sam Cantley cites capillary water in soils and the practice of shallow tillage mulch to conserve moisture. By breaking surface tubes and deep spring plowing while cultivating shallowly late, he claims corn yields can rise from 15 20 bushels per acre to 40 100 with the same labor. Cantley recently returned from Little Rock.
The Star of Hope reports Pike County hosts the only North American African diamond finds and now oil and gas development. Leases near Murfreesboro are being taken by a Hope, Arkansas company with work starting soon. Luther Middlebrooks of Hume California suffered a railroad accident. his left foot was badly mashed but he was recovering when he wrote home.
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