RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
FROM THE DAILY SOLIPHONE MARCH 26 , 1902
THIS LETTER WAS PRINTED IN THE SOLIPHONE
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PARAGOULD ARK, MARCH 24, 1902
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
THE STATEMENT HAVING BEEN MADE PUBLIC , THAT MR. PARRISH A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, WAS DRINKING WHEN HE VISTED THE FACTORY BOYS IN THE INTEREST OF HIS CADIDACY , WE WANT TO SAY IN BEHALF OF MR. PARRISH , THAT WHEN HE CALLED ON US HE WAS NOT IN THE LEAST INTOXICATED SO FAR AS WE COULD SEE AND HIS MANNER TOWARDS US WAS THAT OF A GENTLEMAN , WHICH WE BELIEVE HIM TO BE. THE REPORT BEING PUBLISHED WITH THE INTENTION TO INJURE HIM IN HIS RACE WE TAKE PLEASURE IN CONTRADICTING IT.
GEORGE HOGLE
RUDOLPH HASLEY
CLAUDE HOUSTON
WM. HITCHCOCK
OF THE HENRY WRAPE STAVE CO.
DEXTER CRUMPTON
GEORGE FLIPPIN
CHARLES DALE
CLARENCE BOWDEN
OF THE HENRY WRAPE HEADING CO.
J.L. BOWEN
W.C. GREATHOUSE
J. COUTRE
W.R. SMITH
OF THE HASTY FACTORY
FRANK WALBERT
THOS. J. WALBERT
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MAY 5, 1902 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
FRONTPAGE - NO.165
REBUILDING PLANT
AT WORK ON PEKIN STAVE & MANUFACTURING CO.'S BUILDING
THE PEKIN STAVE & MANUFACTURING CO. PLANT WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE SOME TIME AGO , IS BEING REBUILT , AND BY JULY 1ST THE COMPANY EXPECTS TO BE IN ACTIVE OPERATION. A LARGE CREW OF WORKMEN BEGAN ON THE SITE SEVERAL DAYS AGO AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE MAIN BUILDING HAS BEEN LAID.
THE WORK OF CONSTRUCTION IS BEING SUPERINTENDED BY GEORGE WALBERT , ONE OF THE MANAGERS OF THE ENTERPRISE, AND HE IS LOSING NO TIME IS PUSHING THE CONSTRUCTION FORWARD AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE NEW PLANT WILL BE A LITTLE LARGER THAN THE OLD ONE BUT WILL BE BUILT SIMILAR IN PLANS. THE ENGINE AND BOILER ROOMS AND THE DRY KILN WILL BE BUILT OUT OF BRICK AND THE WALLS OF THIS PART OF THE STRUCTURE ARE ALREADY GOING UP. THE PLANT WILL ALSO EMPLOY A LARGER FORCE OF MEN , AND THE OUTPUT INCREASED .
THE MACHINERY , A LARGE PORTION OF WHICH IS BEING MADE TO ORDER , WILL BE OF THE VERY LATEST DESIGNS , MAKING THE PLANT ONE OF THE VERY FINEST IN THE COUNTRY,
MR. WILSON , THE MANAGER , RETURNED TO TERRE HAUTE , INDIANA , FRIDAY NIGHT. HE SPENT LAST WEEK IN THE CITY LOOKING AFTER THE PLANS AND ATTENDING TO OTHER DETAILS OF THE COMPANY.
WE ARE GLAD THAT RAPID PROGRESS IS BEING MADE TOWARD REBUILDING THE PLANT FOR IT IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE ENTERPRISES IN PARAGOULD AND HAS BEEN GREATLY MISSED SINCE IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.
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