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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
4
Local notes include Sam White in Rosboro on business, and trades at Junction Lumber Co and Crescott Hardware. Council lacked a quorum and did not meet. Miss Annie Hatley returns from Weatherford teaching, and Dr J J Bell attends deaf mute institute closing exercises in Little Rock with his sons.
A compiled sheet notes a Jersey cow for sale, a business trip north, and several racehorse names. It reports Red River level dropped, flooding eleven miles of railroad with water one to four feet deep. An Methodist church event is rescheduled to Friday. Richard Coley visits his injured son in Nashville before moving him home to Little Rock. J M Wendrix plans a restaurant near East Front Street after moving from Hope.
A Nevada County Drug Store display highlights Embroidery an Insertionight from New York and local view post cards. Excavation for a new school building began yesterday by contractor Tedford, while help wanted ads seek a Prescott branch manager. The Morris Wholesale House in Cincinnati seeks references. In 1907 Prescott paid 10,500 to life insurance beneficiaries, with nine towns ranking higher. Ozan Lumber Company resumes a slog mill in Pike County facing worm damage, aiming to cut two million feet monthly and haul three million with a large pond nearby for timber storage.
A mix of motivational verse by Albert Kaufman and local notes recount an accident at the depot involving Nathan O Neill who found an umbrella. The piece appraises church women work, a Home Mission Society pin cushion effort, a bank deposit, and surveys recent rain and theatre crowds despite drought.
Attorney General Davidson received word from Congressman Burleson that he filed in the U S Supreme Court a motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing in the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway case. The court granted until September 1 to file.
State treasury reports quarter ending June 1 totals of 1 963 149 in cash and 16 010 295 in bonds. Treasurer Sparks says general revenue holds 975 978 in cash and the permanent school fund accounts for 14 900 000 of the bonds.
Austin June 2 Lieutenant Governor Davidson of Cuero announced his candidacy for reelection at the Democratic primary. He stated he would seek the party nomination to continue his administration in Texas politics from Cuero and across the state.
New York reports the Cunarder Mauretania arriving at her pier with two new records. She surpassed the Lusitania by seven minutes for the long course and achieved the best single day run by any steamship. Daunt's Rock was passed at 4:35 a.m. May 28 and the final 24 hours produced 6239 miles.
One official fatal bubonic plague case is reported in St Thomas with two suspected cases under observation. The notice notes the location and ongoing monitoring by authorities.
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