22 Jun 1914
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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1914
Page
1
Chautauqua management extends deadline to tomorrow afternoon at 2 for association members to sell season tickets. They have sold just over 400 dollars so far of the 600 dollar guaranteed amount and aim to dispose of the balance. Tickets are 1.40 dollars and worth three single programs, urging rapid purchase.
Delegates appointed by Mayor Hamby to attend the convention in Little Rock on June 24 to consider campaign in favor of passage of proposed amendment No 14, the bond amendment, including R P Arnold and others.
Oil men from Oklahoma and nearby points organize a company to develop the recently found Franklin County fields here. The outfit may be incorporated and begin work before August 1. In the Bristow well the oil volume increases daily, with a 23 foot shaft yielding two thirds oil from a water bucket draw.
Prospects for a bumper cantaloupe season along the Prescott & Northwestern railroad look bright as truck grower associations in McCaskill Belton Blevins Deaneville Shady Grove and Highland increase acreage. An estimated 1000 acres are planted with cantaloupes along the line, with potential shipments of about 300 cars if rains cooperate.
An old advertisement from Hesterly Drug Store promotes LIV-VER LAX with a prompt that it “will wake up” the liver. The daily News ad invites readers to subscribe for the newspaper.
Rebels report three Federals positions captured near Zacatecas as Villa resumes fighting. Carranza directs a southern campaign with 30,000 troops concentrated near Saltillo and trains arriving with artillery. Cuban newspapers praise Carranza’s international stand amid war conditions.
The Argenta Liquor petition appeal from County Judge Asher to Judge Hendrick’s division is adjourned. Defense counsel Col. J. W. House sought a continuance due to illness, and the case was pushed to the September term of court.
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