Local News Highlights From Prescott Area
Local notices report visits by Oscar Cummings from Nashville and Al Loomis on a business trip to Nashville. Rainfall reached 1.81 inches yesterday while farmers await better conditions. Education news notes Emmet High School principal Crump visiting, Rev L J Riddling from Emiture, and Galloway College board trustees meeting with Rev TD Scott. Local commerce mentions lumber, hardware and furniture sales at Junction Lumber Co Prescott Hardware and Howard Terry.
Texarkana Notices and Local Items from 1908
Mrs. W. N. Bemis visits Texarkana with children while a Jersey cow is offered for sale. Local moves include Jack Holland’s Little Rock trip, HG Sharp’s carpentry for J. A. Sullivan in Hope, and J. W. Bostick starting work with K. P. Arnold. The Quachita Callene notes Stella Hirst’s Arkadelphia trip home. Chancery Court meets with light docket. The Rebekahs receive ice cream supper dispensation for regalia funds. Rev I N Clack returns from Kansas City General Assembly to UV. Company M A N G schedules meetings ahead of July 4 trips. Captain Winslow orders the gathering.
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W. N. Bemis
Texarkana
Sam T. White
Jack Holland
Little Rock
HG. Sharp
Hope
J. A. Sullivan
J. W. Bostick
K.P Arnold
Local News Briefs From Prescott and Mevins
Henry Austin of Mevins visited Prescott on business. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Whiteside returned from Nashville. Miss Hazel Scott returned from Arkadelphia after Ouachita College commencement. Arkansas postmasters received small salary raises, but our office was not included. More letters may bring Mr. Grayson onto the list next year.
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Henry Austin
Mevins
Prescott
Mes
Garrett Whiteside
Nashville
Hazel Scott
Arkadelphia
Ouachita College
Arkansas
Grayson
Summer Club Warns of Wares and Dismantled Plant
In town chatter the Summer Club is labeled a waren proposition as a baseball plant in the east part is dismantled turning into grazing grounds for many families cows. Mr Springer of St Marys Ohio visits about the St Marys Woodstock Co tickery mill with little prospect of soon starting. A correction notes a deposited amount of 17 dollars by a local Tome Mission Society member and 65 pin cushions at 25 cents each. Henry Crow of the Ozan Mercantile Co receives a temporary shack after a recent purchase. An item in The Daily News about John Crow of West Dallas being drowned is clarified: the drowned man is a Dallas merchant of 70 who lived there. the true grief follows the misreading.
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Mr. Springer
St. Marys, O
St. Mary's Woodstock Co
Springer
Tome
Henry Crow
Ozan Mercantile Company
The
Daily News
Dallas
Texas
John Crow
West Dallas
Henry
Ohn
Ice cream at Nevada County Drug Store and local notes
A Nevada County Drug Store serves ice cream today while a New York embroidery line is shown at Gee and Son's. W L Miller arrives from Marshall Texas and Mrs Miller will join tonight. Isham Mack of Bodcaw passes through en route from Little Rock after attending the Nevada County Democratic state convention. John Smith the concrete walk builder travels to Hope to work on city sidewalks per a new ordinance. RE Short departs for North Carolina to testify in a federal case against a debt-collection firm accused of blackmail. The U S mails are said to be misused, and the firm faces fines and possible jail.
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Nevada County
New York
Wall
Gee & Son’s
Isham Mack
Bodcaw
Little Rock
John Smith
Hope
RE. A. Short
North Carolina
Mr. Short
U. S
Jefferson Davis centennial observed in Montgomery and Austin
Honoured dead and veterans groups gathered at the Commercial Club in Montgomery while banks closed and ceremonies marked the Jefferson Davis centennial. In Austin all departments closed in honor of the centennial with decorations and tributes noted.
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Pelham — Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Austin
Davis
Clevelands Quietly Mark 22nd Wedding Anniversary
Princeton, June 4. The twenty second wedding anniversary of former President and Mrs Grover Cleveland was quietly celebrated at their home. A large wedding cake inscribed To G. C. and F. F. C. June 2, 1908 was presented by Princeton friends. He is reported to be doing well though has not yet taken his usual afternoon drive.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
G. C
Cleveland
Thai Ickis Murdered by Moros While Asleep in Philippines
Manila reports the killing of Harry Ickis, a government mining expert, and a companion by two Moro brothers on April 1 while asleep in a hut during a geological survey. Ickis resided in Creston, Iowa, and was accompanied by one guard in the remote mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Harry Ickis
Ickis
Creston
Paying Teller Chas T Muir Suicide At Bank Basement
New York June 4. Chas T Muir paying teller at the Corn Exchange Bank basement on Forty second Street committed death by his own hand on Tuesday. The report notes a personal crisis preceding the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Detroit selected as next meeting site for engineers
Detroit was chosen as the 1910 meeting place for the Industrial Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, with Columbus, Ohio noting the June 4 announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Columbus
Industrial Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Allison Wins Big Republican Primary Lead
Des Moines June 4 Senator Allison outpaced Governor Cummins in the Republican primary for senator by about 12 000 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Des Moines
Senator Allison
Governor Cummins
General Luther R Hare Arrives to Lead Texas Guard Duty
General Luther R Hare arrives in Austin after being named military adviser to the Texas National Guard by the War Department. He will inspect the guard for joint maneuvers at Leon Springs from July 2 to 11.
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Hare
Austin
Luther R Hare
Texas National Guard
War Department
Leon Springs
Tremendous Corn Shipments
St. Louis reports corn shipments on Tuesday totaling 264000 bushels, reflecting strong agricultural movement from the region.
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St. Louis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baker Drug Store
Memphis
Hesterly’s Fountain
al Loomis
Prescott Hardware Company
Junction City Lumber Co
R. N. Ledbetter
Weaver
Oscar Cummings
Blanche O'Farrell
Mena
City
Prof. Crump
Cleveland County
Emmet High School
Junction Lumber Co
Bright
Albany Township
Lackland Springs
Howard Terry's
Hamilton & Capelle Frame Pictures
L. J. Riddling
Emiuret
Studebaker
Prescott Hardware Co
Langley
Murfreesboro
Chancery Court
J. H. Crawford
Prescott Hardware
Fred Powell
Blevins
Ellisworth
Brisbane
Hamilton & Capelle
TD. Scott
Searcy
Galloway College
Rev. Scott
Ed Brown
Will Brown
Camden
W. A. Waller
Adam
Guthrie
Albert
Buchanan
Stainton
Val
Gee & Son
Stella Hirst
Mars
John Neal
Fred King
J. A.sullivan
Court House
Jas. D. Shaver
Order of Rebecahs
Grand Lodge
I. N. Clack
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Rev
Clack
UV Att
A. G. Winslow
Esterly
Howard Terry
J. M. Pittman
A. Scott
Citizens Bank
ITAL
J. S. Regan
W. L. Miller
Marshall
Mrs. Miller
Montgomery
Alabama
Jefferson Davis
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