Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-07
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AesASo. oOO Oul Suill WdlStS Sink & Martin 32btf
 Doctor Pepper left Thursday noon for Black Rock.
 James Graham of Tuckerman came down Thursday.
 W. s. Hobbs of Little Rock came up Wednesday night.
 Ladies, misses and children's slip pers. Sink & Martin. 32btf
 J. O. Hamblet of Cotton Plant spent Wednesday night here.
 Harry Isaacs of Walnut Ridge came down Thursday morning.
 Our White House shoes $3.50, buy no other. Sink & Martin. 32btf
 Satin, Taffata and Moria Taffata Ribbon. Sink and Martin. 32btf
 White Silk Flour, the best on the market, at Bowen's Cash Store. 33btf White River was still falling Thurs day and stood at 3.S feet on the gauge. J. R. Mayhan returned Wednesday night from short visit to his mother at Newark.
 Send your fine pearls and slugs to W. D. Burd. Office in Planters Hotel, Newport, Ark. 37 btf
 For liberal prices, send your pearls and baroques to 0. A. Windau, New port, Arkansas. 3O5 btf
 Robt. Morrow came down from Batesville Thursday to spend the day with Newport friends.
 c. s. Choinski of the Western Tie & Timber Company, came down We'd nesday on business trip.
 A. c. Huddleston of the American Grocer Company came in off the road Wednesday, but left next day.
 Marvin Hare of the firm of Clem- ents and Hare, Auvergne, spent Thursday in Newport on business.
 Miss Lula Jackson of Searcy re- turned home Thursday after visit to relatives and friends in Batesville.
 Mrs. R. A. Baker, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Florence, came down Wednesday from Batesville on her way north.
 When you have pearls, slugs and baroques, send them to P. o. Heide, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin for top market prices. 5.f.t.f.
 Ben W. Stainback is improving gradually, for while his fever runs up every evening, his average tempera ture IS being reduced slowly.
 w. J. Knox, Sr., left Thursday on the noon train for Aurora, Missouri, where he will spend the remainder of the summer visiting his daughter.
 J. Conway Hail wes Lee with his mother WeduIopped dead 4 way to Virginif ,.41 ,ummer. They came down on the local, which was too late to catch No. 4.
 Rev. Jas. H. Brooks and sons Wal ton and Nell left Thursday noon for their new home at Bald Knob and Mrs. Brooks and her daughters will follow tomorrow.
 A. c. Faulkner returned Thursday to his home in Brinkley, but will be back in few days to take up bis work as stenographer for the New port Grocer Company.
 
 Mrs. J. A. VanBrocklin of Little Rock was passenger on No. Thurs day on her way to Springfield, Mis- souri, where her husband is now en- gagged in insurance work.
 Prof. J. R. Hodges of Tuckerman, a very gifted declaimer, gave a recital at Jacksonport Wednesday night and arrived here next morning, for the entertainment of the Baptist church ladies.
 A pearl hunter was here with a large peeler Thursday, which he was holding for $500 so he said. The buy CTS were of the opinion that he would continue to be the owner at any such figure.
 The case of Wm. Partridge vs. the Southwestern Telegraph and Tele phone Company Gnjunction) was settled out of court at Forrest City by Partridge accepting $2,O00 from the defendants.
 Capt. R. D. Welch writes from Ra- venden Springs that the Southern hotel already has quite crowd for the summer season and that he is better prepared than ever before to accom- nodate his guests with all conve- niences.
 The Village Creek and Running Water Drainage commission has been organized at Walnut Ridge by the