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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
1
Prescott Bank invites subscriptions with capital stock authorized at 100 000 dollars and subscribed at 50 000 dollars. The note emphasizes that small and large accounts are welcome and that customers receive courteous service and accommodating banking within safe practice.
Prof Emmery of Atlantic City asserts that nine months of earthquakes have knocked the earth from its orbit and it cannot return to its proper groove before July 1. He predicts intermittent winter conditions until that time based on goose bone and astronomical studies.
The Prescott Hotel advertises convenient location with good board and clean beds. Rates listed at 1.25 dollars per day and 54 dollars per week.
The State Charitable Institutions board spent an all day session selecting teachers and employes for the Deaf Mute Institute in Little Rock. The list includes numerous educators, a governess, oculist, engineer, attenda nts, and a principal literary department head.
Oklahoma City hosts a Democratic territorial convention June 11 to ratify primaries nominations for state and U S senate. Each county gets one delegate per hundred Democratic votes. county conventions June 15 with one delegate per 25 votes. State committee members meet in Oklahoma City June 17 to organize with a chairman and secretary.
Miss Ethel Stevens leaves Arkadelphia for home in Blevins after visiting friends. Willie Gardner returns from Bodcaw and stays for the summer. Miss Lise Conger returns from Waldron where she taught music. Miss Mamie Evans departs Tuesday for Prescott for a few days with friends. Rev. A. O. Evans has been at the town.
Washington June 6 Senator Knox's statement that he would consider a 1908 presidential bid if nominated drew strong interest. President Roosevelt read the note but offered no comment. Senator Foraker praised Knox as able and worthy while Secretary Taft declined to comment.
Postponement in Little Rock as Western Union Telegraph Co injunction against state prosecuting attorneys is rescheduled for June 13 due to absence of New York attorneys. The suit targets the Wingo law and limits state actions.
Hon T C McRae reports from Little Rock where trustees of the Little Rock Female Seminary announce a city gift of 825,000 and the Presbyterian Church of Arkansas plans to raise 50,000 externally. Trustees aim to have the seminary ready by September 1908.
A grip and coat belonging to J W Anderson, brakeman on a freight train, were reported stolen from a caboose but the grip with clothing and a $2000 check was found on a vacant lot behind Sam Logan's warehouse. The coat remains missing and no currency was found. A telegram from conductor I H Shepherd warned of the theft.
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