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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
4
Numerous items flood the Prescott Arkansas scene. Highlights include drugstore Christmas displays, fruit and candy sales at Baker Drug Store, Hut Grocery promoting celery and cranberries, and Howard Terry offering Nuts Candies and Fruits. Local residents travel to Texarkana for Christmas visits and holiday plans include limited fireworks on Christmas Eve and Day.
Arkadepia Reverend W F Evans visited Prescott today. Baker's Drug Store promotes Waterman Ideal Fountain Pens and a large gift assortment. Fire district rules were tightened to ban firecrackers and all fireworks with the mayor ordering strict enforcement. Mr and Mrs J W Lewis hosted Herschel Lewis and about forty young people for an evening of games and entertainment, described as highly enjoyable.
The Camden Board of Trade plans a waterway banquet at the New Ouachita hotel between the first and eighth of next month. U S Senators Clarke and Davis and Arkansas delegation, plus Congressman Ransdall of Louisiana, have been invited and several have accepted. About 150 will be served to press lawmakers for support of the Ouachita river lock and dam project to secure year round navigation.
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