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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
2
The Prescott Daily News is listed as second class matter with the April 1907 post office entry at Prescott Arkansas under the 1879 Act. The notice records its mailing status and archival filing details for that period.
The excerpt lists subscription rates per month and in advance options. It shows 40 cents monthly, with 8 month 6 month and yearly terms. It also notes 40 cents per month when not paid in advance.
A reflective line urging restraint and reverence in domestic life, comparing honorable living to sacred temples and suggesting that harming such homes would be akin to violation of holiness. The quote emphasizes discipline, virtue, and respect for the private sphere.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes Arkansas ties and a past rebuff of Jeff Davis, suggesting his politics never gained favor with the paper. The item frames the dynamic between the two states and the paper’s stance.
Senator Allison defeated Governor Cummins in the Iowa primaries and is likely to seek another Senate term. Supporters note his long service, while Cummins faced voter fatigue over favors and tariff ideas.
The article notes half of western high grade coal lands are privately held and about 30 million acres remain for possible government control. Prof Holmes reports substantial fuel waste from rejecting low grade material with half the natural coal supply left underground.
A One eighth acre plot on an elevated ridge near Camden assesses alfalfa's suitability in challenging conditions. The trial soil is gray dirt with deep red clay, with the crop sown to determine what it can achieve in such degraded ground. Local farmers seek guidance as the experiment aims to show forage potential on age-old farmland.
A northern county report details an alfalfa trial on degraded land once washed to clay. After deep plowing, manures, inoculation, and careful seeding, a thick stand emerged, rabbits grazed but production rose to 20 inches, with potential to expand to fifty to five hundred farms as a soil renovator and income source.
Washington reports rail executives do not expect a general freight rate rise soon. A New York meeting of presidents and operating officials urged against any hike given current low business mood. Some selective increases, like fresh meats to Carolina, were discussed but ultimately not adopted.
The treasury department moves to implement the new currency act. The comptroller of the currency prepares a state arranged list of all national banks with capital and surplus for use in forming national currency associations as banks seek information from the secretary’s office.
New York June 9. Nurse Sarah Koten says I shot him but did not murder him. In custody she claims she killed Dr. Martin W. Ausputs after he wronged her and refused to help. she tried the courts but felt powerless to protect her honor.
A tornado leveled the Mount Vernon light and power house and the city pumping station on June 9. Several barns were destroyed and houses damaged. At Lisbon Iowa, houses were damaged and farm property ruined as trees were uprooted. The electric light and water plant was wrecked.
A 22 year old worker Morrla Casebers died at a hospital after fellow workers allegedly inflated his body with compressed air causing peritonitis. An investigation is underway in Pittsburg.
Police disrupt a planned bombing by the Society of the Black Cross targeting a royal family religious feast set for June 18. Three notorious anarchists named among the ringleaders were arrested as part of the investigation on June 9.
A tornado struck Charles City Iowa on June 9 at about 6 p m demolishing about 200 residences and barns. W R Beck and a child were killed with three children reported missing. The storm carved a ten rod wide ten mile path from southeast of town toward the northeast spurring stock losses and downed telephone lines.
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