Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-23
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 H. Oliver Nouss of this city and J. R. Davis of Auvergne took the ex- cursion trip to St. Louis Saturday night.
 Jno. w. Stayton and Miss Susie Jones went to Walnut Ridge on the noon train Monday and will visit the | Ponder family.
 R. F. Drummond went to Little Rock Wednesday morning to attend the annual meeting of the State Un- dertaker's Association.
 Bud Warren, colored, aged about 25 years, died Thursday at his home near the lake from consumption and was buried Friday morning.
 Mrs. L. Minor, Willie Overton and Alcorn Minor returned Tuesday after noon from Augusta, after a very pleasant visit with relatives.
 Eugene Hirsch spent Sunday at home. He is pupil at Speers-Lang- ford and nice young fellow of pleas ant address and good character.
 s. R. Hudson, who is a drug clerk for Knox & Woodburn of Paragould and a good one too, spent Sunday and Monday in Newport his former home.
 Mrs. Pierce Abernathy, who has been quite sick for several days is re- ported better. Her husband, who is contractor in Little Rock, has been here waiting upon her.
 The two sisters from the Catholic Convent at Jonesboro, after canvass ing the city in the interest of their work, returned to Jonesboro on the noon train Wednesday,.
 Morris Weisburg of Sedalia, Mo-, stopped over Wednesday with his wife, who is visiting Mark Cohn and family, on his return home from a business trip to Pine Bluff
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 Henry Schott returned Monday morning from St. Louis, where he ac- companied his wife, Hortense and MT. Lorch. The last named con- cluded to remain with his wife, who is no better.
 Editor Chester A. Aldrich, of Poplar Bluff, has been arrested charged with burglary and larceny in having bro- ken into the newspaper office, with which he was formerly connected and certain contracts.
 Pearls and SIugs-=Send your pearls and slugs to J. M. O'Hara& Co.,, Mem phis, Tenn. Best prices and quickest returns.
 o. D. Watson left Monday for Clin- ton, Kentucky, called there by the serious illness of his aunt, Mrs. Mar tha Robinson. Miss Bessie Watson went Saturday night and as Mrs. Rob- inson did not improve, MT. o. D. Watson was telegraphed for.
 w. H. Kolkmeyer of Jefferson City, Mo-, was here on his way home Mon day. He has a contract for ten miles of construction work on the Batesville extension. He believes that Spring field, Missouri, will be the terminal and that the Gould system will build the Bagnell surveyed line from Springfield to Jefferson City.
 John Borgstedt of. Muscatine, Iowa arrived on the noon train Wednesday to take charge of the plant of the Valley Button Company, which is being erected in Chastain's addition. He says that many button cutters from his town expressed a desire to come south and he does not anticipate trouble in securing skilled labor for the new factory, which will soon be ready for business.
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 Tone Pool, son of Orville Pool, who was agent for the Iron Mountain here about ten years ago, passed through on No. Wednesday noon, accom- panied by his wife. They were on their bridal tour and will return to Pine Bluff, where the groom has good position in a railroad office. His friends in Newport rejoice to hear of his good luck and offer heartiest con gratulations.