Local notices mix of sales and events in Prescott region
Local items report jars of ice cream at Hesterly's, airdome progress, and Dr Hinton promising money back on frames. Prescott rainstorm and Elmer Conklin's career move noted. Also farm sale near Blevins, new furniture at Prescott Hardware, and a mission lecture at Cumberland Church. Company M 2d Regiment to elect non commissioned officers June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Hinton
Geo. J. Terry's
Edith Hughes
New York
Tome Mission Society of the Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
M” 2d Regiment
A.G. Winslow
Local notes from Nevada County and surrounding areas
Hamilton and Capelle frame pictures at the Nevada County Drug Store and ice cream being served there today. Dr and Mrs T W McDaniel of Boughton visited the city. A storm causes power outage with no electric lights tonight. Mrs D C Bright and son Millard of Paris Ken are guests of Mrs Hugh Moncrief. Interest in the Teachers Institute grows with about 25 teachers enrolled since yesterday. Prescott Supply and Hardware Co advertises low price on screen doors. Rev T H Ware named chaplain of Confederate veterans reunion in Birmingham with captain’s rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton & Capelle
Nevada County
D. C. Bright
Little Son
Millard
Paris
Ken
Hugh Moncrief
Prescott Plans Fourth of July Celebration Push
Residents consider home celebration as rain delays and river levels affect travel. Dale Wilson at Iron Mountain telegraph notes train operations strain the Prescott office with multiple passenger, freight, and fruit trains. Farther afield, levee breaks flood Mobile and Mullauphy Islands, drowning livestock and destroying crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Wilson
Iron Mountain
Little Rock
Hope
Texarkana
Ron
Mobile
Dressers
Mullauphy
Prescott Social News Highlights Involving Locals
Miss Ruby Mendenhall arrives from Philadelphia to return home this afternoon. Chas Fo and Dan Pittman of Prescott Hardware travel to Hot Springs for Arkansas retail hardware meeting. Col Frank Gibb of Little Rock visits Prescott. Fortnightly Club reception postponed due to bad weather. Miss Ruth Bascom returns to Little Rock after Prescott stay with rumors of permanent return. Rebekahs plan an ice cream supper to raise funds for lodge regalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Fo
Dan Pittman
Prescott Hardware Co
Hot Springs
Retail Hardware Dealers of
Arkansas
Col
Frank Gibb
Little Rock
Prescott
John A. Davis
Ruth Bascom
Bascoms
Tornadoes and Floods Hit Mississippi Valley Meantime
Severe weather lashed the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys with tornadoes cloudbursts and floods. Anabel Missouri suffered a church collapse and widespread damage as a cyclone roared from Clarence toward the Mississippi river, grounding the steamboat Uncle Sam near Warsaw. Heavy rains pounded Quincy and Hannibal while Nebraska and Kansas saw torrential downpours.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Anabel
Clarence
Creel
Mississippi River
Fox Island
Warsaw
Cairo
Quincy
Hannibal
Nebraska
Kansas
Levee Break Threatens Missouri Point Area
After ten days of continuous work along levees north of the Missouri and Mississippi river confluence, a levee near Missouri Point has broken and threatens nearby lands. Local crews and residents brace for flood risk as repairs race to shore up the breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Point
Missouri
Mississippi
Royal Welcome As German Fleet Visits Victoria and Albert
King Edward aboard the royal yacht Victoria with Queen Alexandra met a large Kiel reception on June 9. German warships dressed, crews cheered, and royal salutes fired as Prince Henry and his wife visited for nearly an hour aboard the Victoria and Albert with a guard of honor on the quay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiel
King Edward
Victoria
Albens
Queen Alexandra
Princess Victoria
Prince
of Henry
Prussia
Quinby Passes Away Former Detroit Free Press Editor Dies at 75
William Emery Quinby longtime editor and proprietor of the Detroit Free Press and former United States minister to the Netherlands died Sunday at Grave hospital after a three month illness. He was seventy five and had been in the hospital since May 22. He is survived by six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinby
Detroit
William Emery Quinby
Detroit Free Press
United States Minnister
Netherlands
George F Payne Dies in Philadelphia Death
George F Payne of the George F Payne & Co builders of the new state capitol at Harrisburg and a defendant in capitol conspiracy cases died at his Philadelphia home Sunday aged 55. Death caused by a complication of diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
George F. Payne
George F. Payne & Co
Harrisburg
Bandits Hit Pay Train Near Balsas Killing Four Escort
Bandits attacked a pay train bound for Los Grandes mines near Balsas in Guerrera state killing three of the four escort and wounding one. They seized $4,000. The mines are owned by an American company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mexico
Los Grandes Mines
Balsas
Guerrera
Flood Devastates Cattle Herd in Bennington
On June 9 in Bennington Oklo M L Lefrole reports flood losses of 200 cattle. The disaster impacts local ranching with significant stock losses and property concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Oklo
M. L. Lefrole
Persia Forms New Cabinet Amid Turbulence
Big Springs experiences a $20000 fire. Nebraska endures forty five tornadoes in a week. Arnold Card, 15, drowns near Lawton Oklahoma. Denton Normal School enrolls nearly 350 students. A bank swindle hits Guadalajara. Burke corpse found in Galveston Bay. A 5000 barrel oil well hits near Markham Texas. Parisman Don Wallace fatally stabbed in Houston. Two drownings reported at Creve Coeur Lake St. Louis. Higgins company reports oil strike at Henri in Texas field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Big Springs
Tex
Nebraska
Lawton
Okla
Arnold Card
Denton
Bank of
Texas
Beeen
Don Wallace
Paris
Houston
Mike Werner
Creve Coeur Lake
St. Louis
Higgins Company
Henrloe Tex
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Barber Sapies
Memphis
Hesterly’s Fountain
J. Z. Jordan
Prescott Hardware Company
Junction City Lumber Co
Junction Lumber Co
Elmer Conklin
Stamps
Lewisville
Waldo
Walter Williams
Texas Watermelons
Howard Terry's
Gordon
Studebaker
Prescott Hardware Cos
Precott Hardware
Blevins
Ellsworth
A. H. Evans
Hesterly
Almand
HT. B. McKenzie
Chas F. Pittman
H. B. Mckenzie
Berta Vittman
Adam Guthrie
Albert
Buchanan
Stainton
T. W. McDaniel of
Boughton
City
Henry Crow
Aisit
Nashville, Ark
Prescott Supply & Hardware Co
T. 11. Ware
Birmingham
Beauty
Esterly
Bank Apital
J. S. Regan
Mcimete Ee
Howard Terry
Anywa
Ruby Mendenhall
Rosston
Aldelphia
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