29 Jun 1907
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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
1
A county fair contest kicks off Monday with entries from local competitors vying for top honors. Organizers urge participants to bring required forms and follow rules announced by Daily News staff.
The State Fair Queen contest for the 7th Congressional District runs from Monday to September 7. The News will publish a daily coupon to cast a vote for the party name on the line and also accepts votes via donations, subscriptions and ads during the period. It is expected Prescott will have a candidate and has a reasonable chance.
Capital stock authorized one hundred thousand dollars subscribed fifty thousand dollars. Small accounts and large ones are appreciated by us. Our customers receive every courtesy and we extend every accommodation consistent with safe banking.
The State Fair Association will pay all expenses for the most popular lady from each of Arkansas seven congressional districts to attend the State Fair. Expenses cover transportation, hotel, carriage, receptions, and hosting duties during a ten day event. The Womens Federated Clubs support the effort and urge clubs to nominate suitable district ladies for the queen contest.
Deputy Sheriff Golden captured an armed man named Schultz after a pistol duel on a public road about a mile from Arkadelphia. Schultz is said to be wanted in Texas on a cattle theft charge. An accompanying man escaped.
Secretary Taft today dismissed reports of dissatisfaction with the Isthmian Canal Commission and claims that officers would relinquish duties and return to the United States as a tissue of falsehoods.
Agricultural Commissioner Guy B. Tucker received a letter from Orlan Clyde Cullen of St. Paul Minnesota representing a large colony from the Russian Caucasus seeking to purchase 3 000 acres in Arkansas for general farming and stock raising They offer cash and will cover trip expenses for a commissioner to help locate land They plan to bring horses Angora goats and sheep and would be credit to any community Commissioner Tucker vowed to assist in locating a suitable tract for the colonists.
At the Peace Conference First Committee session in The Hague on June 24 Joseph H. Choate the American delegate delivered a long eloquent speech defending the exemption of all private property from capture on the high seas except contraband. His remarks left the impression the American proposal will be approved unanimously, a stance first raised in the 1949 conference.
The cornerstone of Gurdon's new Methodist church was laid during the district conference morning session on June 28. Items placed inside included a Bible, Methodist Hymnal, Christian Advocate, Gordon Times, and rolls of church and Sunday School members. N P O'Neal, builder, set the stone as Dr J B Godbey delivered an address and Rev James Thomas led a bank offering that raised $200 for the Woman's Home.
R G Dun Weekly Review reports improvement in distribution of seasonable merchandise and broadening interest in jobbing and wholesale shipments of fall and winter lines. Weather aids trade and crops, mercantile collections improve, little machinery idle except for repairs or inventories. A park project progresses with a partial, not yet finished, but good start.
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