Plantations Split into Tenant Farms Over 40 Years
Across the last four decades Arkansas plantations were broken into smaller tenant farms. The piece notes that average farm size declined while the number of farms grew, with a shift from large holdings to numerous smaller parcels. It mentions census data and broader agricultural trends. The report also covers seed corn exhaustion and a pending Little Rock Pine Bluff Interurban vote, plus notes on a young legislator and duties of the Child Welfare Association.
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Bali
College Removal Rumors From Local School
Rumors swirl about possible removal or relocation of a college or school facility. Unclear names and dates appear in the fragmentary text, with mentions of a potential bid or decision by a city or institution and reactions from local stakeholders.
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Ark Coleke
Annual Convention of Arkansas Traveler Protective Association Appointed
The Arkansas Traveler Protective Association held its annual convention in Little Rock with officers and new members elected. The event included reports on deaths and invalid claims, bank clearings, and year-end finances. A Christian Church Conference also met at First Christian Church with about thirty visitors to discuss church work extending across the state, led by Dr. J. H. Smith and State Evangelist Chasteen.
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Child Welfare Association
Sou
Gen Cun Tanta
Arkansas Child Labor Committee
State St
Little Rock Ark
Cather Kathy
Osea Dowling
Hardsiath
Willoliet
Hefei
Peeetiine
Arkansas
Little Rook
Little Rook Teatt
Christian Church Conference
Christan Church
J. H. Smith
Little Rock
Chasteen
Governor Hays Seeks Citizens for Panama Exposition Fund
At a governor’s meeting the San Francisco Fair committee aims to raise at least $460000 by popular subscription for Arkansas’s participation in the Panama Exposition next year. No legislative appropriation was approved. A St. Louis lumberman with Arkansas interests pledged $10000 toward the effort.
Mayors Confer Over Property Tax Meeting in Port Smith
The article notes an imminent conference among mayors to discuss a proposed property tax measure. Mayor Tantor and Darian of Port Smith are identified as key figures in arranging the session, with a target date to be announced.
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Tantor
Darian
Port Smit
Big Trace Excursion Planned by Merchants Across Regions
Merchants from Litthe Minek and other towns announce an annual May excursion with a multi-location route. The trip lists numerous stops including Lake Vil Wei Pormand, Camden, Eagle Mills Millville, Pine Bluff, England, and several other towns. The plan spans May 2s, 29 and this year, with travelers expected to spend time at each stop.
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Litthe Minek
Panla
ATI Terentatie Ienaty
Hetites Dumas
Thlar
Meither TortHott Menthelto
Kusora
Lake Vil Wei Pormand
Tamtyrs
Cromsett
Hanks Tonsmain
Stark Dorada
Camden
Eagle Mills Millville
Tearden
The
Entertainment Committee Formed by Eagle Lodge in Little Rock
Sheriff WG fatten Circuit Merk Dan Quinn County Clerk Hooxter and Chancery Clerk Jack Maloney compose the Entertainment Committee of the Little Rock Aerie No 60 of the Eagles They plan what could be the largest Eagle gathering at the state convention May 44 Grind Worthy President Coghan will head the event representing a national membership over 400000.
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Eagle
WG Fatten
Merk Dan Quinn
Hooxter J
Jack Maloney
Little Rock Aerie No. 60
Eagles
Akansas
Coghan
Little Rock Aerte
Oldest inmate dies at Confederate Home in Pine Bluff
Two long-serving residents pass away soon after October. Daniel, of Pine Bluff, 74, had been there three years. Joe Warren, 68, eldest inmate, came when the home opened twenty years ago in Kingland. A native bachelor with no relatives, he served in the Fifth Missouri Cavalry.
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Rank Daniel
Pine Blut
Joe Warren
Kingland
Fifth Missouri Cavalry
Four Gunmen Die In Electric Chair In Ossining Death House
A dramatic daylight execution at Ossining NY saw four condemned men led in prayer by Father Cashion. Doctors and guards watched as they faced the electric chair amid a crowd on the Death House corridor. The condemned included Whites, a trio of Italians, and two Chinese inmates, with sisters from New York present to witness the scene. A final Jewish message from the Lote trio was relayed to East Side youths.
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Waastern Neuspojet Clow
Vissining, NY
Phe
Gulliven Phi
Derm
Rosenthal
Frank Crronet
Pritin
Muller
Lewis Roseman
Bowie
Father Cashion
Korman
China
Amd
Hans Semidt
Anna Aumuller
East Side
New York
Thcol Goldstein
Bane
Staal
Husenberg
Taiile
Maco Friuk
Morris Ant Fineph
Sirikan
Uestilon
Conflicting Conferences Probe Mexico Crisis This Week
Washington officials and editors debate outcomes of two key conferences this week. One in the capital discusses President Wilson and his representative John Lind in Mexico, the other at Torreon between General Venustiano Carranza and General Villa. The constitutionalist capital at Chihuahua sees Carranza arrival with his staff.
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Washington
Ilipromate
Wilson
Mexico
John Lind
Torreon
Venustiano Carranca
Firetother
Conustitccionalists
Villa
Juntey, Mex
Chitinhua
Venustiano Carranga
Transport Ordered to Tampico and New Orleans
The United States transport Hancock received orders from Washington to proceed at once to Tampico. It is believed the Hancock will embark men fleeing Tampico and bring aboard supplies. Marines will remain at a neutral station and the Hancock may be joined by the hospital ship Solace.
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Tampico
New Orleans
United State
Hancock
Washington
Rees
Arkansas Frosts Ruin Peach Crop Prospects
Western and northwestern Arkansas face losses totaling in the hundreds of thousands as a cold snap and frosts damage peaches pears and plums across multiple counties. Estimates vary by district with high impact in Crawford Johnson Greenwood and Franklin counties. Northern orchards suffer greater losses while southern regions report lighter damage.
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Festern
Newananer Deli News
Soretes
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Ozark Mountains
Hey
Highland
Crawford
Johnson
Greenwood
Lown
Boone
Carroll
Franklin County
Benton
Franklin
Logan
Washington County
Renton
Sevier
Little River
Polk
Pike
Sequoyah
Oklo
Oklahoma
Tenton County
Osirks
Lonoke Veteran Goodrum Sr Dies After Weeks of Illness
Lonoke County mourns Captain Goodrum Sr also known as Goodrum, born Greensboro Alabama, orphaned young, moved to Athatsat with William Goodrum. He farmed and built an estate, enlisted with Bull's regiment at Prairie Grove after quartermaster service, a World War I era line.
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Tern Newepanes
Pian
Latoke
John Claborne Goodrum
Captain Goodin
Greensboro
Alaim Tso
le Wa
Athatsat
William Goodrum
Lonoke County
da Goodrum
Goodrum
Pleasants Regiment
Prairie Grove
General Pleasant
Bull's
Deportation of Englishman from Miller County Jail
Frank Brown an Englishman held in Miller county jail for six months faced federal charges under the white slave law. A special agent escorted him to New York for deportation to England as an undesirable element. Brown had moved from Mearden near Camden two years ago with a woman.
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Wii
Texarkana
Frank Brown
Miller County
New York
England
Brown
Arkansas
Mearden
Camden
Bold Robbery on Hot Springs Road Reported
Western Sewanepet Poni News Service Little Rock relays a daring express car robbery on the Hot Springs local near Haskell. Express messenger Willan Abrine describes two masked gunmen binding him, locking the safe, and fleeing with the money. He recounts being tied and gagged then placed in a trunk, released later in Little Rock. Porters and train crew recall two suspects seen at Renton, one tall and dark, another heavily built, with caps and later a black slouch hat. The exact amount stolen remains unconfirmed.
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Sewanepet Poni
Little Rock
Thic
Hot Springs
Haskell
Willan Abrine
Brage Street
United States Express Company
Expo
Haskellawn
Benton
Renton
Ahring
Brownings
Browning
Penitentiary Escapes and Population Report at Little Rock
Five escapees and six deaths at the state penitentiary during March are recorded. Names include Roy Chamberlain Hert Aiken Chas Sanford Pred Forst Merrell Wesson and others. Recaptures noted for Jim Reed and Sat Lambert. Inflows and discharges: 56 admitted, 50 discharged. total inmate count 945 with 672 black males 25 black females and remaining white. Antoine cantaloupe planting to exceed 110 hectares. Washington Senator Robinson introduces amendment to Indian appropriation bill to remove civil service protection from all Indian service agents and supervisors.
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Little Rock
Marel
Roy Chamberlain Hert Aiken
Chas. Sanford
Pred Forst
Merrell Wesson
White Jaw
Wil Jones
Will Allen
Henry Bowers
Leither Rite
Frank Patterson
Jim Reed
Wnd
Lambert
Washington
Robinson
Arkinsis
Indian Service
Warning Against Poor Seed In Cotton Planting Areas
Warrington Cotton planters in Ar Katcas Oklahoma and parts of Texas warned of unsatisfactory cotton seed reserved for planting this season. Weather last fall was unfavorable and a large percentage of seed injured in vitality. Germination tests are advised on all seed to be used for planting to avoid poor stands.
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Warrington
Ar Katcas
Oklahoma
Texas
Equalizing Assessments Across Arkansas Counties
Arkansas Tax Commissioners plan May conferences with county assessors to set a uniform taxation base. Officials will tour Monticello Batesville Hoxie Jonesboro Perkele Mem Ina and other counties to discuss detailed assessments and correct long standing inequalities.
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Patin
Sarton
Little Rock
Arkansas Tax Commissioners
Monticello
Fordver
Batesville
Hoxie
Jonesboro
Pe Lekles
Mem Ina Fetter
Tx Commission
Dermot Man Inherits Holland Estate From Aunt Fraulein Van Dehr Dorrie
Dermott G. V. Wo Heyle, manager of Dermott Tobacco, inherits a large estate in Holland from his aunt Fraulein Anne Van Dehr Dorrie. The will states one fourth of the estate and $20,000 in cash valued at about $15,000, with details unclear. The aunt died in Cloenestigh, Hotland about four months ago. a letter from his mother urged him to come to Holland to close the estate. Heyle has traveled widely, later acquiring stock in a tobacco concern in California and returning to Dermott to expand his wholesale tobacco business next year.
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Westen Nemapaner Minion News
Referea
Dermott G. V
Holland
Eley
Paria
Stuffaing
Hevle
China
Win Chink
California
Arkansas produce prices in April higher than U.S. average
The April crop report shows Arkansas prices for wheat corn oats rye potatoes and hay higher than national averages. Cotton butter and chickens in Arkansas were below U.S. averages. The report gives Arkansas wheat grades for 1914 at 1 with U.S. 10-year mean 95.5.
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Washington
Arkansas
Bureau of Statistics of the Weather
Mureau
United States
Arkansan Ust
Floyd to Regulate Lobbying in Arkansas Law Proposal
A bill by Representative Floyd of Arkansas seeks to regulate lobbying by requiring every legislative attorney and agent employed by individuals or groups to promote or defeat regulation to register and render an accurate account of all money received. The measure, from the Judiciary Committee, would require registration within days of employment and additional information.
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Floyd
Wishington
Arkansas
Hove Judiciary Committee
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Pine Bluff
Bluff
St Louis
Ernest Hatley
Polk County
Momiber
Hatley
Hail L. Norwood
Sevier County
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Beth Seti
Fulton
Pete
Little Rock Bank
SP Nasm
Chedare
Ossining
N.Y
Lonoke
Rock Island
Antoine
Dermot Man
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