Laneburg Bee notes heat slow cotton picking and local deaths
In Sutton Arkansas on September 8 hot dry weather slows cotton picking. Local visitors include Mrs. Bullock and Mrs. Harris. Buck Phillips ill in Rosston. Mrs. Fairchilds visit Bennet home. Two Fairchilds aged 80 and 88 with a reunion tale. Obituary for Mrs. Lips Phillips aged 74 and funeral held at alimony. Church additions and illness updates follow.
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Laneburg
Sutton
Bullock
Stamps
Harris
Belton
P. T. Phillips
Rosston
Buck Phillips
J.B. Minn
Tamily
Little Rock
Manile Fairchild
Oklahoma
Singing Convention Officers Elected at Buff Springs
Nevada County Singing Convention held at Buff Springs elected J A Bailey as president J R Whitehead as vice-president J N Silvey as secretary Mollie Luck was named organist J W Hollway sergeant at arms and E B Jones chaplain The next meeting set for Rosston first Sunday and Saturday in July with semi annual at Bodean in May Book selection by J R Whitehead Ro Westmoreland and W D Best to be published by March 15 1909 Readings by Miss Ruby Mendenhall and Roy Tompkins praised progress in music
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Nevada Co
Buff Springs
J. A Bailey
J R Whitehead
J. N. Silvey
J. R. Whitehead
Westmoreland
W. D. Best
Ruby Mendenhall
Notice to Contractors for seven room dwelling bid date Sept 10
Bid invitations state plans and specs available at T. ie. MRS, J. M. RN. Work on the colléred-school house proceeds and will finish in about two weeks. A moonlight picnic at Providence is planned tonight under chaperones Mr and Mrs R C Harley Baker’s Rexall Store advertises jewelry guarantees.
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Mt. Maria
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Bro Clampet
Wilburn’ Clark
T. Ie
J. M. RN
Providence
R. C. Harley Baker
Rexall
List of Millionaires that name wealth in dollars
A New York bank compiled a rich list naming J D Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie with hundreds of millions in wealth. The roster includes J P Morgan, William Rockefeller, W W Astor, H H Rogers, and many others with fortunes ranging from 20 to 600 million dollars.
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United States
New York
J. D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
W. W. Astor
J.P. Morgan
William Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
Ww. K. Vanderhilt
Senator Clark
John Jacob Astor
Russell Sage Estate
HH. C. Frick
D. C. Mills
Marshall Field, Jr
H. M. Plagier
J. J. Hinl
Oliver Paine
J. H. Higsins
Harry Field
H. O. Havemeyer
Henry Phipps
A. @. Vanderbilt
Hetty Green
Thomas F. Ryan
Mrs. A. W. Walker
George Gould
J. Ogden Armour
Be, T Gerry
Robert W. Goelet
J. A. Flagler
Claus Spreckels
W. F
James G. Bennett
John G. Moore
D. G. Reid
Frederick Pabst
William D. Sloane
William B. Leeds
James P. Duke
Anthony Brady
G. W. Vandertht
F. W. Vanderbilt
Ellen Terry on American life and steam heat
Ellen Terry recalls her impressions of the United States in McClure's, noting steam heat first troubled her but later improved with more heaters. She praises American ice and meals, compares favorably to French cookery, and misses local seafood back in England.
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America
Toledo
England
Ellen Terry
McClure's
Eagle project aims to create vast Rio Grande dam
The plan envisions a massive concrete dam between solid rock bluffs on the Rio Grande. It would stand LW feet above bed, 65 feet base depth, 180 feet bottom thickness, 20 feet top thickness, and 1,160 feet crest length. The resulting reservoir would be 45 miles long, 38 400 acres, 175 feet deep, irrigating 200 000 acres in Texas New Mexico and Mexico at an estimated cost of 7 200 000 dollars.
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Assuan
Nile
Rio Grande
Texas
New Mexico
Mexico
Bandits Hold Up Train Between Oroya and Lima Peru
Passengers on a train from Oroya to Lima were held hostage by a fully armed gang at Galera high in the mountains. Fifteen soldiers were disarmed. four wounded and one shot for refusing to surrender his rifle. Telegraph lines were cut and bridges blown as staff faced duress. Rev. A Miles Moss and others were prisoners for a period before government troops from Lima freed them.
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Oroya
Lima
Peru
Galera
A. Miles Moss
The Pope Reads the Papers Belief in News Reading
The Pope Pius favors press reading and especially follows two provincial sheets, Venice Difesa and yet another local publication. He values newspaper coverage as a window to current events and public opinion.
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Pope Pius
Venice
To Oblige a Friend Choice of Australian Ballot Hinted
A dialogue quotes a colonel telling a friend he will vote an Australian ballot next fall after being pressed by a political enemy. The exchange centers on secrecy and the sample ballot method, suggesting a political discussion about voting technique.
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Ruggles
Uncle Sam's Fast Warship Salem Sails Ahead of Fleet
The scout cruiser Salem is labeled the fastest warship afloat with 26.88 knots on a Rockland Maine mile test and 25.95 knots average over five runs. It uses Curtis turbines, and its sister ship Chester is noted as the second fastest. Reports of British Indomitable faster speeds lack verification.
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Uncle Sam
Salem
United States
Rockland
Curtis
Chester
Benefit of Assuan Dam and Nile Low Level of 1907
The Nile in 1907 reached its lowest level since 1877. Without the Assuan Dam and its stored water the country would have faced famine. It was the eighth consecutive lean Nile flood year, highlighting the dam's role during drought.
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Assuan
Fayot
Public Exam for Nevada County Teachers Authorized
Notice of public examination in Prescott Arkansas on Thursday and Friday September 17 and 18 1968 to ascertain professional qualifications for teaching in Nevada county public schools. County Examiner P F Chappell Prescott Ark August 28 1908.
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Prescott
Ark
Nevada County
P. F. Chappell
Prescott, Ark
For Sale Fixtures and Goodwill of Prescott Grocer
For sale by owner is fixtures grocery stock and goodwill of a firm in a good Prescott location. Apply or address X care of News office.
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Prescott
Iron Mountain Wreck Delays Trains at Sprudell Nebraska
Yesterday a southbound Iron Mountain wreck near Sprudell a few miles north of Fulton tore up track for about a quarter mile. All trains were delayed from 12 to 15 hours, with yesterday's cannon ball arriving this morning at 8 45.
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Sprudell
Fulton
Our Boys Honored at Rural Mail Carriers Session
Jay T. Burns Ben Daniela and J W Holloway returned from Little Rock after a two day Arkansas Rural Mail Carriers Association session They report a splendid time and bring honors Burns was elected to the executive committee Daniels named a delegate to the National Convention in Omaha Nebraska in October A speech by Burns on good roads received an enthusiastic reception yesterday afternoon
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Jay T. Burns
Ben Daniela
J. W. Holloway
Little Rock
Arkansas Rural Mail Carriers Association
Burns
Daniels
Omaha
Neb
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Tattie
Cross
Thos. C. McRae
Pres
Das. G. Clark, V.pres
T. C. McRae, Jr
R. Wright
Prescott, Arkansas
Thos. C. McRae, Jr
Csh
John C. White
Singing Convention
Roy Tomp
Kins
J AL Batley
J. B. Silvey
Vicenza
The
Difesa
Iron Mountain Wreck
the Ladies of
Elties
Moncrief Millinery CO
Ozan Mercantile Go
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