Local Notes and Social Round in Hendrix County
Cotton sells for six and six to fourteen cents. Hendrix students declamated last Tuesday. J. S. Tucker and J. S. Wofford visited from Greenbrier and Holland. Eupion Oil advertised by Menty’s for clear steady light. Several residents and visitors noted with individuals from Greenbrier Kendall Morriston and Camd en. A distaff of social events, fencing, shopping and road work fills the week with local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrix
J. S. Tucker
Greenbrier
J.S. Wofford
A. S. Julian
James Fleming
Holland
Menty’s
C. N. Menty & Co
Local Notices and Social Notes Highlight Conway Update
Dr. F B Stobaugh returns from Harrison Ark reporting pneumonia concerns there. Paine and Co announce top groceries and phone orders. Erbacher joins Potts Akine’s butcher shop in Conway. Miss Jeanette Alexander visits from Quincy Il. Miss Gertie Douglass hosts a party with refreshments. Ruth Stephan featured in St Louis Sunday Republic as a Little Rock Art Institute teacher. Road commissioner W W Martin reports ongoing district work and funding strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Stobaugh and Son
Harrison
Ark
Paine & Co
Id Erbacher
Potts & Akine
Conway
Mr. Erbacher
Jeanette Alexander
Quincy
W. R. Sturgiss
Gertie Douglass
Gertie
Sunday Republic of
Ruth
Little Rock
W. W. Martin
Bargain sale of steam engines and shop tools in Conway
For sale on terms to suit the purchaser three steam engines in good condition two are 20 H P and one is 25 H P. Also one Kingsland and Douglass saw rig and a first class wood lathe. Call on H L Thompson Conway Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsland & Douglass
Conway
Ark
Faulkner Chancery Court
da Ek, Vraventhal
M. Apple
Mattie M. Apple
Chancery Court
Vaulkner County
Arkansas
Faulkner County
Boulevar
Anitost County
Wold
M.C. Vatuiren
Chancery
Sam Vrauentmal
Hendrix College Hands Conway a 16 to 8 Defeat at East End Park
Tuesday afternoon a large crowd watched Hendrix College defeat Conway 16 to 8 at East End Park. Both teams played well in a hotly contested game and promised an interesting rematch next Monday afternoon April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrix College
Conway
East End Park
Lost or Stolen Pocket Book in Conway
A long back pocket book containing about $5 and several railroad passes was lost on Tuesday the 23rd in Conway. The owner requests return to Jno. G. B. Simms of Conway or to Bishop Brown in Little Rock Arkansas. Passes are valuable to the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Jno
G. B. Simms
Bishop Brown
Little Rock
Ark
Victim of a Joke Leads to Medical Alarm in Town
Ewell Walthal a Hamp Martins drug store clerk was doused with mustard oil during a joke about joining the Buffalo order. The oil allegedly paused his heart before he recovered. Dr Richardson and Gus Bahner were involved and a later mock kangaroo court fined them cigars. Frank Witt left town to escape trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Union
Oak Grove Cemetery
Col
L. B. Atkerson
Bessie
Ark
H. H. Street
Herbert
Ek. O. Brannon
J. A. Lea
Texas
Indian Territory
San Antonio
W. M. Morrison
Ewell Walthal
Hamp Martin’s
Frank Witt
Dr. Richardson
Gus Bahner
Ewell
Order of Buffaloes
Bahner
Two prisoners escape Arkansas City jail by lifting door
Jordan Bell the murderer sentenced to hang was granted a new trial by the supreme court and remanded to Desha circuit court. Peter Strindgins, who killed an old man, broke jail on the 8th inst. They escaped the jail hallway by lifting the iron door and exiting through a ceiling hole. An advertisement claims Boschee's German Syrup cures severe lung troubles and colds, available from druggists worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan Bell
Supreme Court
Desha
Peter Strindgins
Arkansas City
School report timing changes issued by Arkansas education department
The Little Rock education department issues new deadlines under two acts of the general assembly. Directors must enumerate between July 1 and 26 and file annual reports by July 20. County examiners must file reports by August 16 and enumerate reports with the county clerk by August 16. State apportionment will use 1901 enumeration starting September. Directors must file annual meeting reports with the county clerk within twenty days after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Education
Little Rock
General Assembly
Woman's cure for menstrual pain praised
A testimonial from Miss Della M Strayer of Tully states she suffered long lasting menstrual pain and nerves with loss of appetite. After using four bottles of Wine of Cardus and Thedford's Black Draught she reports being entirely cured and expresses deep gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Della M. Strayer, Tully, Kana
Cardus
Thedford
Indictments for Defrauding Government Unsealed in Arkansas Case
Federal grand jury at Little Rock charges Thomas W. Wilson R. L. Fryer Henry Warren and J M Barker Jr with conspiring to defraud the United States by forging writings and aiding payment of a widow’s lands claim for Namey Harris of Carol Pope County widow of Joseph Harris. All defendants released on bond.
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Thomas W. Wilson
R. L. Fryer
Henry Warren
J. M. Barker, Jr
Little Rock
United States
Department of the Interior
General Land Office
Department
Namey Harris
Carol
Pope County
Joseph Harris
Third Regiment
Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers
Bend
Reapportionment Bill Divides State into Eight Congressional Districts
The bill passed by both branches lists district compositions by counties. District one includes Clay Greene Craighead Mississippi Crittenden Cross Poinsett St Prancis Lee Phillips Woodruff. District two covers Stone Sharp Randolph Lawrence Fulton Tard Independence White Cleburne Jackson Prairie Monroe. District three lists Washington Benton Madison Carroll Newton Boone Searcy Baxter Marion Van Buren. District four includes Crawford Towan Sebastian Beott Polk Sevier Howard Pike Little River Miller Montgomery Franklin Johnson Pope Yell Conway Faulkner Perry Pulaski. District six comprises Liesha Garland Hot Springs Saline Dallas Grant Cleveland Lincoln Drew Jefferson Arkansas Lonoke. District seven contains Hempstead Clark Nevada Columbia Union Ouachita Calhoun Bradley Ashley Chicot Lafayette.
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General Assembly
Clay
Greene
Craighead
Mississippi
Crittenden
Cross
Poinsett
St. Prancis
Lee
Phillips
Woodruff
Stone
Sharp
Randolph
Lawrence
Fulton
Tard
Independence
White
Cleburne
Jackson
Prairie
Monroe
Washington
Benton
Madison
Carroll
Newton Boone
Searcy
Baxter
Marion
van Buren
Crawford
Towan
Sebastian
Beott
Polk
Sevier
Howard
Pike
Little River
Miller
Montgomery
Franklin
Johnson
Pope
Yell
Conway
Faulkner
Perry
Pulaski
Liesha
Garland Hot Springs
Saline
Dallas Grant
Cleveland
Lincoln
Drew
Jefferson
Arkansas
Lonoke
Hempstead Clark
Nevada
Columbia
Worthless draft arrest of railway clerk E F Giles
E F Giles a railway mail clerk of Little Rock was arrested in St Louis on a charge of passing a worthless draft. The draft, drawn on a Forrest City mercantile firm, was discovered worthless after a call by the firm. Giles had been suspended from the mail service pending a government accounts investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Giles
Little Rock
St. Louis
Forrest City
Giles
Choctaw Oil Company Files Incorporation in Fort Smith
The Choctaw Oil Company headquartered in Fort Smith filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Capital stock is set at 100000 dollars with 10000 dollars paid in. The firm plans to develop oil and gas territory tributary to Fort Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choctaw Oil Company
Fort Smith
Conductor W J Marshall Crushed by Train Near Sallis
W J Marshall a railroad conductor from Van Buren suffered severe injury after being dragged under a car as a train started while he attempted to crawl beneath it at Sallis I T. His two feet were badly crushed in the accident.
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W. J. Marshall
van Buren
Sallis
I.T
Sentenced to Twenty Years in North Little Rock Case
Will Walker pleaded guilty to murdering his mother-in-law and wounding his wife in North Little Rock on March 17. He was sentenced last week to twenty two years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Walker
North Little Rock
Postmaster Spofford Arrested for Check Tampering
Assistant Postmaster Spofford of Stains is arrested on a charge of tampering with a master mind named Bass. He mailed a $45 check at Stamps, it was stolen and recovered. Spofford confessed to stealing the check and cashing it at Careden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spofford
Stains
Bass
Careden
Merchant A A Morris Killed in El Dorado Runaway
El Dorado merchant A A Morris died in a runaway incident. The accident details show Morris was involved in a fatal vehicle collision with a wagon on a local road, leaving his death reported by the town.
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A. A. Morris
el Dorado
Notary Public Office Opens in Martin and Harton Store
A new notary public office operates from the Martin and Harton Store offering authentication and certification services. Officials invite local residents and businesses to visit during posted hours for affidavits oaths and document notarization requests.
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Martin & Harton
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J. E. McMahan
Kendall
Herby Moore
Smyers Place
John R. Wright
Camden
A. E. Moore
Elgin
Philip Yeager
D. O. Horton
Thomas Markham
E. J. McCracken
Elzie Benton
Gordon
Carl & Tobey
Morriston
Sadie Nixon
Bertha Paine
Paine
Johnny Blair
J. C. Blair
Kerens
Eities
J. C. Higgs
Wash Cliburn
Andy Hess
Front Street
James Ligon
Abilene
Tex
Ola Shackleford
Col. Simm's
Central College
South Arkansas
George Briant
M. M. Harrell & Co
Hope
W. H. Duncan
J. W. White
Cato
Cadron Gap
H. P. Thompson
Near
Wooster
Alice Maddox
S. G. Smith
Louis Ragsdale
Pottsville
J. S. Westerfield
Sam Heiligers
Amos Halter
Charley Paine
Union Township
Sue Johnson
Susie
Jas. McCook
E. W. Gantt
L. E. Beard
Mr. Graham
Cascade
Parker
THE
Chicago
Sam Sarason
H. L. Thompson
Dors
Boschee
Ae .Wromaen
Scott
Mets
Nettie Hoss
Lowney
Caspar Dum
City Bakery
Nervita Medical Co
Clinton & Jackson Sts
Ill
Immedia
Lanhood
Trength
Sam Frauenthal
E. A. Bolton
Postoffic
G. W. Rice
Philips
Provist
J. A. Pence
North Front St
Conway, Ark
MO. T. Young
B. L. Harton
John Hess
Lacksmith
Conway Telephone Co
Kinchelor
C.J. Hamilton
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Mobile
Wichita
Ft. Smith
Kansas
Cy. Pueblo
Denver
Iron Mountain
Little B
Memphis
Tous
Lovit
Galveston H.C
Asto
Mexico
J. W. James
H. A. Shinn
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