Fire destroys Batesville Arkansas College dormitory
A dormitory at the Arkansas College in Batesville burned after a basement origin. Firefighters arrived late as smoke enveloped the building. Most housing and furniture were lost, with injuries including a pupil named Oliver McClintock. The total loss was about 6500 dollars amid a large crowd and dramatic flames.
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Ballsville
Arkansas College
Batesville
Thames
Bullattiny
Oliver McClintock
Mariataa
Brown
State Happenings In a Fragmented 1900s Local Column
Local notes report church events, weather havoc, and school activities. Poultry losses exceed $1700 due to cold. calves, rabbits, and quail found frozen. A 2000-member South Central Teachers meeting is anticipated at Rock Point. Community groups push Christmas gifts for the poor. Arkansas fruit plant updates. coal price caps set at seven dollars and fifty cents per ton.
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Mose Smith
Nave
The Story of the First Christmas Tent
A compact lesson recreates Matthew 2 1 12 Luke 2 1 21 and Luke 2 39 40 in a single narrative. It covers the Zechariah and Mary announcements the shepherds visit the manger and the Magi voyage presenting gold frankincense and myrrh. It notes Herod's plot and the divine guidance that protects Jesus as the world seeks him.
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City of
David
Christ the
Lord
Jesus
Mathew
Luke
Jobo
Zacharles
Piremiel
Simon
Talestine
Rome
Gren
Ning Beret
Balnani
Suspiion
Jestouey
Mary
Christ
Herod
Christmas Seals Help Amy Sell for Red Cross
In a small town before Christmas Amy Wells faces poverty yet finds help from kind neighbors. Miss Lucy buys all twenty five seals, gifting Amy money and a dress for her mother. The Granger sisters assemble a care basket with clothing and food, and Amy learns the season can end in tears of happiness.
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Amy Wells
Amy
Grangers
Little River
Miss Belle Gringer
Miss Tu
Beth
Beth Cirageer
Abe
Walt
Moment Aid
Miss Theth
Aunie
Huth
Dave
Amy Old Ter
Lucy
Christinas
Miss Lucy
Amy Tank
Crosa Tooney
Mia Sraith
Christina
Granger
Wells
Mrs. Wells
Christus
Three boys find home with Mr Bartley this Christmas
Three Little Boys visit Mr Bartley at his home on a snowy Christmas Eve hoping for shelter and stockings. He welcomes them, shares a warm library scene, and later adopts the three orphans, giving them a family and a future as they drift to sleep.
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Mr. Purtley
Dart Joy
Tim
Tobby
Bobby
Bartley
Martin
Mr. Bartley
Uncle Dick
Foreman Missed Rescue In Odd Noon Scene
A fragmentary account recalls a tense moment near a shop where a foreman was yelled at for aid but defended as the man in charge. Witnesses described a sudden alarm and a dramatic, brisk exchange as bystanders pointed to leadership and duty.
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Wes Poitin
Fragments From an Odd Ad Littered Page
A garbled OCR snippet mixed with ads and dialogue fragments includes mock product pitches and stray conversation. It references cosmetic lotions and daily toilet preparations, stray comments about social moves, and a casual exchange about a church choir and a new area. The readable content is sparse and incoherent.
Liver Stimulant Pills Banned and Warned Against Use
A garbled late 19th or early 20th century notice warns readers not to experiment with liver or bowel purgatives. It mentions Bond's Diver Pills as ineffective and unreliable and alludes to unsafe health practices amid wartime beverage tensions and mineral remedies.
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Bond
Fragments From an Old Ad Page Read With Scrambled Text
Partial OCR style lines describe miscellaneous items and prices. References to a Red Cross Hall and a Kaiser hint at wartime or charity notes. The text is garbled and fragments include prices like two sizes and one dollar. No coherent story or event is present.
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Arkansas
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Red Cross
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van Buren Press
Simon Bloom
Pine Bluff
State Happanings
Lath Vilage
Wethmalaria
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Villace
Sontienn Iuniemen's Association
RC Thaw
Marta
Thn Southern Association
Chork Coun
Arkateinia
Pars
Gloodfellows Club
Arkansas Ghose Product Company
van Buren
Ihs
Tuoauy T
Newport Burren
Hal
United Mine Workers of
Faulkner County Fuel Administration
United Charities
Santa Claus
Margaret Callahan
Fayetteville
Chicot County
Bearden
Bearden Courier
International Sunday School
F. C. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Werrery Lew
Achilgrens
Bayville Howie
Jimmy
Tomors Dow
Tie
Hed
Lydia E
Carr Smith & Sons
Tock Commission
National Stock Yards
E. G. Gunsolus & CO
New Orleans
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DAHL
Thomas E
Creen Bank
Omatsworth
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Dept. Toston
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