Business Announcements , Openings, Sales 1909
THE RECORD BELOW IS A RECORD OF NEW BUSINESS , BUSINESS EXCHANGE HANDS , OR OTHER BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS, OR HAPPENINGS THAT WERE PUBLISHED IN THE OLD NEWSPAPERS.
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
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TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 2, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
CHANGE IN TAILORING FIRM
E.V. HOLIFIELD HAS SOLD HIS INTEREST IN THE TAILORING FIRM OF McHANEY & HOLIFIELD TO BOB McHANEY , THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE FIRM. MR. HOLIFIELD HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH THE CLYDE MACK MERCANTILE CO.
MR. McHANEY WILL CONTINUE THE TAILORING BUSINESS AT THE OLD QUARTERS OVER THE ELK CAFE.
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THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 4, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
HANDS SEVERELY BURNED
MRS. A.E. LAMB , THE WELL KNOWN WEST COURT STREET PHOTOGRAPHER HAD A NARROW ESCAPE , WHEN A SMALL GASOLINE STOVE EXPLODED AND IGNITED HER CLOTHING.THE STOVE IS USED IN HER STUDIO IN CONNECTION WITH HER WORK .
IN PREPARING IT LAST NIGHT FOR SERVICE SHE LET TOO MUCH GASOLINE RUN INTO THE CUP. THINKING IT WOULD BURN OUT WHEN IGNITED SHE TOUCHED A MATCH TO THE CUP AND THE FLAMES IMMEDIATELY FLASHED UP ALL OVER THE STOVE . SHE GRABBED THE FLAME - ENVELOPED STOVE IN HER HANDS AND RAN TO THE BACK DOOR AND THREW IT OUT , BUT IN DOING SO BURNED HER HANDS. AS SOON AS THE STOVE HIT THE GROUND IT EXPLODED .
MRS. LAMB HURRIED TO THE SANITARIUM ACROSS THE STREET WHERE DR. WILSON DRESSED HER BURNS. HER HUSBAND WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ACCIDENT BUT WAS ADVISED THAT THE INJURIES WERE NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR HIM TO QUIT WORK AND HURRY HOME . MR. LAMB IS AT THE PRESENT RUNNING THE WABASH AS ENGINEER , HIS HEADQUARTERS BEING AT MOBLEY, MO.
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THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 4, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
SOLD PIGS SIX CENTS A POUND
I.C. LIGGETT DROVE TO TOWN YESTERDAY MORNING A FINE BUNCH OF YOUNG POLAND CHINA PIGS WHICH HE SOLD TO GRAYSON & WOODS FOR 6 CENTS A POUND GROSS.
THEY WERE SHIPPED TO ST. LOUIS WHERE THEY WILL BE FATTENED AND SOLD TO THE PACKING PLANTS.
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WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 10, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
PAPER DELIVERY
CURRY BRADBURN IS LEARNING THE ROUTES FOR THE DELIVERY OF CITY PAPERS FROM HATFIELD'S NEWS STAND AND WILL TAKE CHARGE JUST AS SOON AS HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK , RELIEVING WALLACE WOODARD WHO IS TO OPEN A PERIODICAL AND CIGAR STAND IN THE LOBBY OF THE STANCILL HOTEL.
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WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 10, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
AN OLD BEAR TRAP
GEORGE VANADA OF SUCCESS HAS A BEAR TRAP MADE BY HIS GRANDFATHER IN INDIANA TERRITORY 125 YEARS AGO , BEFORE THE AGE OF STEAMBOATS EVEN.
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THURSDAY , DECEMBER 11, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - VOL.XL
MAY LOCATE HERE
O.G. FITZGERALD , A BIG MANUFACTURER OF HICKORY DIMENSION STOCK , HAS BEEN IN THIS SECTION FOR SEVERAL DAYS LOOKING OVER A FINE BODY OF HICKORY LAND NEAR STONEWALL WITH A VIEW TO PURCHASE THE HICKORY TIMBER.
IN CONVERSATION WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SOLIPHONE MR. FITZGERALD STATED THAT HE HAS SECURED AN OPTION ON A TRACK EMBRACING ABOUT 3,000 ACRES. HIS TIME WAS SO LIMITED THIS TRIP THAT HE COULD NOT THOROUGHLY INSPECT THE TRACT TO DETERMINE ITS VALUE.
HE SECURED THE OPTION IN ORDER THAT HE MIGHT RETURN AND MORE THOROUGHLY INSPECT THE TIMBER . HE IS AT PRESENT LOCATED AT CLARENDON , BUT STATES IF HE PURCHASES THE HICKORY ON THE LAND NEAR STONEWALL HE WILL MOVE HIS FAMILY TO THIS CITY AND WILL PUT IN A BIG MILL NEAR STONEWALL.
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