East Carroll County Louisiana Archives News.....Local News March 9, 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pauline S. Mobley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00028.html#0006760 August 20, 2010, 11:06 am The Sentry-Lake Providence, La. March 9, 1906 Mr. Z.A. Kimbro, of Nashville, Tenn., arrived last week to accept the position as manager for the Cumbeland Telephone Co., which was made vacant by the resignation of Mr. McLean. E.J. Hamley & Son, the husting real estate agents, removed this week from their office on Lke Street to their handsome new office in the Fischer Hotel Building on Scarborough street. Mr. and M rs. Max Levy returned home this week from a business trip to Nashville, Tenn., where they purchased an immense stock of spring and summer goods for their large dry goods store. Don't fail to see Colgate's 100th Anniversary gift in our show window this week. You get a cake of Cashmere Bouquet Toilet Soap free with every 25 cent bottle of Toothpowder. Guenard's Drug Store It is with extreme regret that we chronicle the death of Mrs. W.S.B. Mitchiner which occurred at Homer last Saturday. Mrs. Mitchiner had been ill for several months at her home at Monticello and had gone to Homer about a month previous to her death hoping the change would prove beneficial. The Sentry extends its sincerest sympathy to the grief stricken husband and children in their bereavement. Telephone Growth The Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company has issued Statement of its business for the month of January as follows: Number telephones in service Jan 1st 1906----------141,266 Number added during month ------------------------- 5,670 Number discontinued-------------------------------- 3,568 Net increase------------------------------------- 2,102 Total telephones January 31, 1906---------------------143,368 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/eastcarroll/newspapers/localnew202gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb