Local Notes Highlights From Town and Visitors
Local notes record L B Leigh from Little Rock visiting Wednesday and Max Frauenthal returning from Heber. Eupion Oil advertised for clear steady light sold by Menty Co and Burn Eupion Oil as safe. Mrs E A Bolton and Mrs W N Owen visited Little Rock Tuesday. Paine Co promotes Elgin butter crackers and fresh groceries. Mrs R Peay visits from Little Rock. Addison Paine hosts a party. Eula Malone of Plummerville visits Lula Gist and the Hardins. Hiram Glenn of Benton is in town visiting the Littles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Leigh
Little Rock
Max Frauenthal
Heber
Eupion
Menty’s
E. A. Bolton
W. N. Owen
Paine & Co
R. Peay
S. G. Smith
Addison Paine
Eula Malone
Plummerville
Lula Gist
Hardin
Hiram Glenn
Benton
J. EB. Little
Street family mourns infant loss and local news notes
The community mourns the infant of Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Street born last Tuesday. Ads report insurance man L. E. Donohue returning to Ozark, electric work in Lonoke, new phone listings, and local commerce notes. Coroner reports an elderly fisherman, C. L. Spiegle, died of heart failure near the Arkansas River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Street
N. H. Moore
St. Louis
Hot Springs
G. D. Dickerson
Richardson
Arkansas Fiver
C. L. Spiegle
Conway and Nearby Town Happenings Reported
The Conway area notes a Kentucky visitor for health and upcoming westward travels. Conway Telephone Co lists 91 working phones with room for few more. Annexation talk stirs local unease over hog pasturing near city lines. A court case in Little Rock involved Albert Jones and wife amid whisky charges. Railroad extension to southeast toward Marshall may reach Conway. Reverend T. C. Johnston preached in Conway. New town council installed. finances improve. sidewalks project near completion. Hog control policy set with stepped penalties and marshal duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway Telephone Co
Terrritory
Conway
Bolton
Hog Impoundment Order Amid Conway Street Nuisance
Mayor Bolton issues notice that hogs running on Conway streets will be impounded. City residents with hogs at large face a $5 fine on the second offense after pounds are needed.
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Bolton
Conway
Eloquent Orator Homer T Wilson Captures Nashville Audience
The Nashville American praises Homer T. Wilson calling his first Capital appearance a grand display of classic oratory. It lauds his presence voice sympathy and noble ideas and notes his contagious feeling and mastery. The San Antonio Express also commends his performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville American
Wilson
San Antonio Express
Restricting the Acreage to Stabilize Cotton Prices
A call to southern cotton producers to limit next season acreage within thirty days to avoid oversupply. The piece argues coordinated planting reductions will raise prices, urging farmers to attend the state meetings and act responsibly to price cotton fairly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Boschee's German Syrup Endorsed for Lung Troubles
A vintage medical pitch promotes Boschee's German Syrup as the sole remedy for severe threat and lung troubles. It claims the product heals tissues, destroys germ disease, allays inflammation, eases expec toration, and guarantees restful sleep, urging readers to buy from druggists worldwide.
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Boschee
Local Couple Arrested for Whisky Sales in City
Albert Jones and his wife faced suspension of $200 fines each for selling whisky without a license. Arrested April 15 they planned to leave for Texas Wednesday evening but were picked up by a U S Marshal before departure and taken to Little Rock Thursday morning.
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G. S. Brown
John Harrell
Little Rock
United States
Albert Jones
Jones
Texas
Coraway
U. S
Beasley Guardians Seek Probate Court Sale of 160 Acres
Notice is given that I will apply to the next April term of the Probate court of Faulkner County to sell 160 acres belonging to J. L. Beasley H. E. Beasley and R. K E Beasley minor heirs. sale proceeds to education and sustenance. R A Beasley Guardian March 18 1907
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Faulkner County
J. L. Beasley
H. E. Beasley
R. K E. Beasley
R. A. Beasley
Guardian
Faulkner Nancery Court
J. Ho Mills
Kinnie A. Morris Et al
Chancery
Faulkner Conunty
Arkansas
Faulkier Sur
North West
Oat MC. Vaughter
Conway Town Ordinance Prohibits Card Betting
The ordinance bans betting on card games such as brag bluff poker seven up and twenty one within Conway. Convicted violators face a fine between ten and twenty five dollars. The measure repeals conflicting ordinances and takes effect after passage and publication.
Ordinance to Ban Election Betting in Conway
No 101. An ordinance prohibits bets on any election within the incorporated town of Conway. Any person betting shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined at least fifty dollars upon conviction. The ordinance takes effect after passage and publication. W. W. Martly, Mayor. W. H. Martin, Recorder.
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Conway
W. W. Martly
W. H. Martin
W. W. Makrin
W.H. Martin
Common Council
W. W. Martin
Conways
Conway Ordinance Prohibits Gaming Houses in Town Limits
The ordinance forbids owners or occupants in Conway to permit any game of chance or skill for money or valuables. Violators face a misdemeanor charge with fines at least one hundred dollars and possible imprisonment from thirty days to one year. The measure takes effect after passage and publication. signed by Mayor W. W. Martin and Recorder W. A. Martin on March 26, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Secceoeten
W. W. Martin
W. A. Martin
Ordinance Against Cruelty to Animals Enacted
The Town of Conway adopts an ordinance prohibiting cruelty to animals within its corporate limits. It makes overdriving overload torment deprive of sustenance or cruelly beating mutilating or killing a living creature a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail or a fine up to two hundred fifty dollars or both. The measure repeals conflicting ordinances and takes effect after passage and publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
W. W. Martin
W. H. Martin
No 104 Ordinance against throwing rocks
An ordinance amends Conway town rules to punish throwing rocks or other hard missiles at people in streets alleys or on property within town limits. Violations carry penalties not exceeding one hundred dollars and conflicting ordinances are repealed. W J Martin, Recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
W. W. Martin
W. J. Martin
Ordinance Prohibits Attacking Locomotives on Rail Lines
No 105 an ordinance by Conway town council bans firing guns or flinging missiles at any locomotive train or car within town limits. Violators face a fine of 25 to 250 dollars or up to three months imprisonment or both. The measure repeals conflicting ordinances and takes effect after passage and publication. Mayor Makne and Recorder W H Martin sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Maken
W.H. Martin
Conway Town Ordinance Prohibits Abusive Language
The ordinance prohibits profane violent abusive or insulting language within Conway limits. Violators face fines from five to three hundred dollars or imprisonment from one to six months. The measure repeals conflicting ordinances and takes effect upon passage and publication.
Ordinances Punish Obscenity and Indecent Exposure
Several city ordinances from 1901 address obscene exposure and indecent materials. Penalties include fines from twenty to two hundred dollars for public nudity and vulgar language. The measures repeal conflicting ordinances and take effect after passage and publication.
Ordinance to prohibit firing rifles in Conway town
An ordinance of the Incorporated Town of Conway forbids discharge of rifles air guns or bean shooters within town limits. Violators are guilty of a misdemeanor with fines not less than one dollar up to fifteen dollars. Passed April 9 1901 and approved by Mayor W H Martin and Town Recorder.
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Conway
W. W. Martin
W. H. Martin
Wow. Martin
W.H. Martin
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C. N. Menty & Co
L. E. Donohue
Ozark
E. W. Gantt
Lonoke
C. M. Armistead
C. H. Voris
New Idea
J. E. Martin & Co
Charles Frauenthal
Memphis
R. F. Young
Nead’s Creek
Hope Randell
Denison
Tex
J. L. Randell
Bessie
Dimities
Batiste
Madras
Mr. Wilkins
W. J. Wilkins
Kentucky
Oklahoma
St. Louis & North Arkansas Railroad
Harrison
Marshall
Searcy County
Arkansas Democrat
T. C. Johnston
Conway Presbyterian Church
Johnston
Royal University of Ireland
Theological Seminary
Irish Presbyterian Church
North
Missouri
The
Old and the New Council
Martin
Hendrix
Central Colleges
Central College
W. H. Duncan
Col. E. A. Bolton
D. L. Young
Sam Frauenthal
W. D. Cole, Jr
J. A. Pence
J. M. Botten
Homer T. Wilson
Parker
Ghigago
Gheap Store
Profis
Sam Sarason
Dors
Nettie Hoss
Town of
W.W. Martin
Comway
RE. A. Bolton
the Rostellh
G. W. Rice
Philips Building
Front St
Undertaker and Funeral Direct
North Front St
Conway, Ark
MO. T. Young
Posto
B. L. Harton
Martin & Harton
John Hess
DR. C.J, Hamilton
C.J, Hamilton
Arkansas Valley
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Mobile
Wie
Ft. Smith
Sas Cy. Pueblo
Denver
Iron Mountain
Little
St Auck Galveston
State
Townsend
Paes
Ates
Mexico
W. James
Ati
Yong Ke Byo
Kent Yor
H. A. Shinn
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