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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
4
Local brief notes report Lime for sale and assorted business visits by H M Stewart Wes Russel and J T Mendenhall in Prescott. Fay Shipp Edna Rudolph and Mrs Isaac Moore visit or return from nearby towns. Sash and doors stocked by McDaniel Hardware Co. Masonic Lodge to meet and perform third degree. Mrs H J Sneden visits Betsy Hinton. English bull terrier shipped from Nelson Missouri.
The list notes Prescott and Northwestern Railway events with a 1 2 schedule at 15 pm, arrivals at 4 40 pm. It lists McDonald Stock Co at the Opera House, W F Kirby candidate for governor speaking in Prescott, CGTU meets at Mrs Sam Logan’s with A H Smith leading, city council session, and a Democratic primary on the 25th.
A pharmacist vows to provide the best and purest drugs as prescribed, stating no scrimping on remedies to save a cent and inviting patient satisfaction before treatment.
The city welcomed Ed Hood Jno Haltom and John Warren for sheriff race talk. Dr J F McLain and Miss Violet Price Ethel Nevels Dora Franklin visited to see In The Heart of The Storm at the opera house. Ben Webb and wife from Little Rock plan several days in Prescott. Cemetery Association netted about 39 dollars from a measuring party to fund cemetery piping while McDonald Stock Co presented In The Heart of the Storm and advertises Dont Tell my wife as the next four act comedy.
Mr Homer Hudson and Miss Frances Smyth wed at the bride’s home with a few intimate friends. The ceremony was performed by Smyth, the bride’s father, and the couple receive best wishes. A new Typograph was shipped from Detroit March 3 and will arrive in Prescott soon for installation by expert Cosgrove.
A cold beggar boy pleads for a nickel and a benevolent stranger hands over money. The boy jokes that he will buy an ice cream soda rather than fuel, illustrating a small urban vignette from Chicago News.
A historical data appeal by the State President of the Club Federation seeks old letters manuscripts diaries master rolls military papers newspaper files maps forts battle fields history houses graves portraits and era specific records related to Arkanians India boundaries villages trails treaties churches schools and writings. Committees include Sam E. Logan chair Annie Watson and Miss Sula Brown requesting any information.
In Little Rock on March 7, workers report Tron Mountain still owes wages. The pay car visited Argenta and Little Rock to settle February time worked, but many mechanics have not yet received pay. Some are remaining in town while conditions remain unsettled.
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