09 Mar 1908
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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1908
Page
1
Gronblatt's sky scraper west of the Poreman block in Youlana nears completion of a height that dwarfs nearby structures. The gateway front is to receive a copper dome though not as a tribute to Donaghey, with the building entirely beyond the danger line of Arkansas politics.
The Roosland Railway Co plans a system of company hospitals to treat its employees nationwide. A move aims to secure a hospital in Little Rock with company physicians and staff, sending workers to St. Vincent's on High Street when needed. The plan seeks to care for injured workers locally as part of broader medical support.
Hospitals shift patients home as soon as possible and keep the most serious cases admitted to free beds for dangerous conditions. The policy prioritizes urgent care to accommodate rising needs and ensure critical treatment.
Little Rock on March 9 reports arrangements for hosting the State Me Society convention in the city on May 12. Last year Hot Springs hosted. Little Rock Board of Trade invited members, promising royal entertainment. George W. Rogers chairs the entertainment committee overseeing preparations.
In Garden Bottoms near Rushville a year ago Dr. L. T. Lindsey was killed. Ed Smith is charged with the murder and is resisting requisition papers. Deputy U S Marshal John Burris pursued Smith to Salisaw after learning he was there, but Smith remains missing. The Lindsey body was found in the Arkansas River.
The Arkansas Anti Saloon League declares it is not pledged to any governor candidate and has not sought endorsements. President George Thornburg signs the statement, followed by the State Superintendent’s official note on the gubernatorial race and statewide prohibition to Prohibition friends. The group had given no public stance until evaluating each candidate’s temperance positions.
An advertisement touts a cigar labeled Contract as a good smoke and long lasting. It promises satisfaction and value with a box of fifty priced at 2.50 dollars.
The Anti Saloon League notes long acquaintance with four governor candidates and their loyalty on temperance. It cites R W McFarlane withdrawing from the race and honors W F P Kirby for his consistent temperance support and refusal of whiskey faction fees in Texarkana.
The group lauds Hon. George W. Donaghey for twenty years of loyalty and credits his leadership in driving saloons from Conway lifting the town toward Christian education. They praise Hon. John H. Hineman as a church and school man and urge voters to back prohibition statewide, while stressing unity among leaders and rallying efforts for Senators and Representatives from each county.
In Little Rock Judge Ratteree warned against street crime and sent Jake Priola and Robert Wilson to the reform school after they were accused of breaking into a rooming house and targeting the Capitol Theatre. Priola faced an unproven flowers theft. Wilson’s background showed a absent father and a boarding house mother. he admitted disliking school. The judge urged actions to stop juvenile crime. Continued on page two.
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