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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
1
The notice reports the wedding of Miss Alina Pickens to Mr Lee Gossett of Memphis at 104 Summit Street with Rev Morris performing the ceremony. A small gathering attended a wedding supper before the couple plans to reside in Memphis after their honeymoon.
The famed enslaved pianist known as Blind Tom died in Hoboken New Jersey where he had lived in retirement and charity. Born near Columbus Georgia about 1845 he showed early imitation skills and was exhibited in New York as a piano prodigy before gaining international fame.
At the Stuttgart Chautauqua Tillman of the state university urged steps toward nationwide prohibition. He advised local and county measures first and asserted the right to abate saloons under common and statute law, aiming to end the presence of drink nearby.
A fragment discusses nuisance relief options including open and orderly dynamite use if other means fail, implying drastic action to remove an obstacle or threat. The wording suggests contentious methods amid ongoing disputes and legal considerations.
State House notes Commissioner Guy B. Tuckett reports boll weevil activity in several cotton counties including Benton Colombia and Lafayette with letters and samples from Nashville and other sources. Land Commissioner Coffman sends blanks to county clerks to report 1905 tax- sale lends data will be compiled in the land office.
The No 85 southbound short train moved through this morning at 7 10 on the old time, heading to Texarkana via Lion Mountain tracks. Other trains detoured over Cotton Belt. track repairs lower Ful ton gauge to 33 1, near season high.
Experiments in France show natural turf filt ers usable as sewage beds. Each square meter of turf cleans three to four cubic meters of sewage daily with no loss of efficiency after seven months. Higher loads reduce performance but recover when sewage is reduced. Analyses and fish tests confirm the process works.
Yesterday the Presbyterian church saw unusually high attendance as Rev. McLain delivered an excellent memorial sermon for the Odd Fellows. The local lodge and many citizens attended the meeting.
Miss Marion Walles of Prescott guests Mrs Estetle Irown. Miss Jerema McIntyre visits Miss Jennie Anderson. Mrs Mary McIntyre of Texarkana visiting Mrs Will Helzner. Miss Belle Young to visit Texarkana and Hope. Miss Louis and Ethel McKay return from Galloway College Searcy. Brown family and friends spend week at Mustin Lake. Severe wind and rain storm causes damage and removal of ugly awnings. G P Wilson of Bogalusa La and Miss Gussie Douglass wed in Camden. Matthew Discos and Miss Ruby Hunt married at Ouachita College parlor. Fire destroys a residence owned by Dr W S May. insured. P D Whatley buys Commercial Hotel lease. Purcells plan Hot Springs retreat.
Readable items include Caries St Louis R EB Parker and Middleton Lowry Vine Blift with scattered place names and initials. Unclear structure. no coherent event or action detected.
Chicago crowds greet Republican delegations from New York Pennsylvania and Ohio as Taft supporters push for early nomination. Knox forces clash with other camps while Kellogg backers push vice presidential bid and Minnesota hints at Johnson second place on the Democratic ticket.
Oil sand found near Brownwood Texas while Ardmore clerks examine Indian land titles. Cleburne cannery to use peaches. Quincy Shaw a mining and finance figure dies in Boston. NY congressman T. Dunwell dies in Brooklyn. Shropshires of San Angelo celebrate golden wedding.
Reports from New Orleans describe a disastrous flood of the Black river in northeastern Louisiana. About 2,800 people have been driven from homes or confined by rising waters as the flood has continued for weeks with roofs crowded by campers and floating barnyards described among the dramatic scenes.
This morning at 4 o'clock the infant child of Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Nelms died suddenly at their Laneburg home after a brief illness. The funeral is set for 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Ellsworth and family arrive at the Park Hotel along with guests including H B Stainton J Waller Jno Milburn Betsy Hinton Mildred McRae Dixon Hatley J K Hamilton Chas Bemis Mrs Williams Hugo Oia J D Barlow Hope Bob Crow FP Holt W E Bilheimer Little Rock D E Rosenbaum Jas
The Arkansas Farmers Union executive committee met in Little Rock and outlined a summer campaign across the state. Speakers from Arkansas and other states will tour districts to promote union interests, with dates in Park, Sevier, Little River, Miller, Lafayette, Hempstead, Howard, Pike, Nevada, and Chars counties. The statewide summer school for young union farmers was also planned.
Bishop F W Oldham, arriving from the Malay archipelago, described island life where residents wake to fish from bed through a window. He cited church school enrollment rising from 13 to over 14 thousand in the last 25 years and urged establishing a Methodist college there.
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