Arkansas News Briefs: Banks, Fairs, Pardons And Jobs
Reports from the Arkansas State Bank Commissioner show 441 financial institutions under state supervision with several new filings and a liquidation committee named for the State National Bank in Little Rock. County fairs and school gardens expand across the state with Boone and Faulkner leading efforts. Governor Hays grants a full pardon to Nathan Gray amid liquor prosecution and county officials change as Sherriff Lacy oversees other cases and new bank appointees take office.
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Ce & Ala
State National Bank
Little Rock
Ho Mo Johson
the Counter
Thos., McRae
Prescott
Max Mayer
Maurice Altheimer
W. M. Lewis
Mom Johnson
Haye
Nathan Gray
Testa Comney
Sheri George R. Lacy
Olepeare
Greek Grocery Trick and Oddities in Wartime Tales
A garbled slice of humor and anecdotes describes a ginger offering fruit from a Greek grocery, with shop signs reading Highest quality, lowest prices. The piece mixes a breakfast scene with Mordecai Hammerfest and a string of comic vignettes including a wedding fire alarm and social quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Ledger
Relief from itching with Resinol soap and ointment
The advertisement promotes Resinol soap and ointment to stop itching and heal eczema, rash, ringworm, boils and other skin eruptions. It claims safety for all skin types, includes sunburn and insect bites, and notes the product has been doctor-used for 19 years. Counterfeits are warned.
Rough Road and the Russian Newspaper Mix Up
A philosopher muses on how rough life paths compare to a steam roller. A passerby dismisses blame and admires a linguistic skill while mistaken for a distorted Russian newspaper sparks surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sizhed
Silly Advertisements and Medical Potions Blend Odd Ephemera
A jumble of old ad copy features antiseptic powders for bites and footcare, beauty tips, and patent medicines. It advertises Dr Porter's Antiseptic Heating Oil, Quinine labeled products FEDRILINE, and jokes about marriage and angels. The fragmented text mixes product pitches with clever lines about happiness and favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Sporting Instinct Aroused By Gentleman's Lecture In California
Gilbert Parker recounts an English traveler in California who, while delayed on a train near San Bernardino, is drawn into a tale of hunting and kindness to dumb animals. A lecture on humane treatment leads to a humorous exchange with a child who answers a dogfight question with a thoughtful, unintended moral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Governor Hays
San Precisco & Large
Arkansas Society
J SP Dean
Wee Wor
A. H. Roberts
Paruas- Bun Avenue
W. A. Hathcoat
Spring River
Ce Crittenden County
JT Harahan Bridge
Crittenden County
Tloreshoe Lake
Marion
Gilbert Parker
California
San Bernard Inpee
Telegraph advisory on pest control and garden notes
The fragment mentions sending for Ross Thad Quick Spray to defend vegetables fruit and poultry from insects bedbugs and mites. It also references the White House Rose Garden and Mrs Woodrow Wilson's garden and hints at political commentary and scattered historical names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Thad
Ross Manufacturing Company
Little Hock, Ark
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Whitty
Pritceton
Davestars
Cally
Six-Sixty-Six Patent Remedy Mentioned in Odd Ad Frail
A scrambled and unclear OCR fragment references a nonsense patent remedy for malaria or chills and fever. It includes stray phrases about taking pills to break fever and mentions tools, gardens, and a "Kostun Transcript" with no coherent context or identifiable entities.
Not Well Enough to Work Prompted Pinkham Remedy
Adrian Michigan woman Mrs Atonzo E Baker describes fatigue and weakness from female ailments and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring strength after three months of use. The ad urges others to try the remedy and cites the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian, Mich
Judia E. Pinkham
Atonzo E. Baker
Tecumseh St. Adrian
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
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Rok
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Ailseek
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Miler
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Louisiane
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Nashville
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Ty Journal
Wge
Mivat
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Postum Co
Wellim
Hue
Arkansas News
GA Hulen
Lawrence County
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Boone County
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Saline
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Asgss
Farmers’ Institute
Sericultural
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Sherine
Parker
Quaetua County
United States
Arkansie Treventiy
Sou Penn
Anarshil
Central
Hagk and Trust Company
Hot Springs
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Cotter
Kansas City
Mordecai
Mordecai Hammerfest
Mr Hammerfest
Richard le Senne
Wenbelt
Enteridaut
Woodstock
Limeti
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Parasate Metalware Company
Fye
Rutherford Nuathey
Neville
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Clifton
Hremen
United
Maid
Johnson
Johnsen
Grocer
Ieen
Equ
Naling Allen
Alles
Hie
Ted
Deel
Tater
Amina Ulvren
Mr Bierce
Bradless
Fulsom
Kostun
Carter
Merras
Daisy Fly Killer Fest
Leeke Alt Son
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
Kodake Hy Mailes Hegarty Drug CO
Main St
Dandrum
Doc
Thomas E. Green
H. H. Greens
Atlanta
W.N.U
Hunt
W. T. Dixon
Sherman Texan
All Druggiate
A. B. Richards Medicine Company
Sherman, Texas
Renovine
van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co
Memphis, Tenn
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