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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
5
Arkansas reports winter wheat conditions near normal with lowland cotton faring well. Spring plowing 72 percent done and spring planting about 64 percent. notes on diversified farming, reduced cotton acreage, and ongoing state farm planning for white convicts. Also mentions Episcopal Auxiliary officers and state aid to high schools.
State Bank Commission announces retirement of Commissioner Jones Davis after closing Huntington bank due to insufficient local business. Officers will notify depositors, arrange for sale of assets, and proceed with liquidation while depositors are expected to recover funds.
About sixty progressive business men from across the state met Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce to organize the Little Rock Stock Yards Company with $50,000 capital in shares of $100. A 15 member board will direct affairs and 20 percent of stock is payable on subscription with the remainder due in ten percent installments as called.
Vol. 107 Supreme Court Reports covers February to April with No 108 issued March 21. Little Rock held a special primary May 7 to fill a council seat. Aaron Frith led with 225 votes and William Miller 128. Frank will succeed the late Volmer. Eagles officers elected at the Fraternal Order of Eagles convention. Springs chosen for 1915 meeting, officers named: Sammon president, Riff VP, Rye secretary, Gunter treasurer, O Shea conductor, Steil chaplain.
Two sailors wounded during the Vera Cruz occupation have died. Fireman Harry Pahlam and seaman Clarence R Hirshberger, both from the battleship, succumbed to gunshot and complications after emergency surgeries. The losses follow earlier wounds as U S forces consolidate. The president is urged to support memorials and naval readiness amid the ongoing conflict.
A volatile petition alleges a Philadelphia firm faced severe losses from underaking operations. Directors Theodore W. Romp and Howard E. Munhell, the latter ill, are named amid the distress. The petition was filed in the U S district court and granted.
In Senate town meeting, discussions cover Panama Canal negotiations and history. Rome reception plans include Countess of Aberdeen and International Council of Women delegates. Davenport bids $7,500 for a Walcott saloon license. bid considered.
Heated talks marked the miners and operators meeting in Terre land as Delegate Laiehlin branded the operators rogues and warned of a traditional strike. Thil Pensa of the operators retorted that miners could have a strike if they insist, signaling rising tensions and potential actions.
A fragment notes a postal policy for sailors marines and other personnel with prepayment rules under an order by the postmaster general. It mentions a twelve cent rate to Greece and a new parcel post rate. It also reports a market gardener George Roth from Des Moines and a fake wire tipping scam leading to three arrests.
Mayor James M. Boutwell forwarded an invitation to mediators of the U S Mexico differences to hold conferences in the city hall at Montperlier Montpelier.
Maj Holbrooke urged miners to surrender arms to US authorities at Camp San Rafael. After the speech, interpreters relayed the remarks in Greek Slavish Malian Spanish and English. Union leader William Diamond said disarmament would be decided by individual strikers, not a referendum.
Regulars of the Modern Woodmen of America led by Head Consul A R Talbot of Lincoln are defeated in a state convention vote on electing delegates to the Toledo head camp. Administration forces bolted after their loss and plan a separate convention. Rock Island Illinois reports a May 220 tally of 34 delegates.
Senorita Aman da Alvarade, a Mexican woman, was sentenced by a US military court in Vera Cruz to six months imprisonment after admitting she fired on American marines from a window. She said the act was revenge for her brother’s death in the fighting when US troops seized the town.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ren HL HI denied Leo M Frank’s extraordinary motion for a new trial in the Mary Phagan murder case. The ruling, accompanied by noted exceptions, leaves Frank’s appeal to the state supreme court possible, per the Evening Star report. Also noted in the issue are items on Mage’s lecture on American democracy and a fatal fall in New York, with additional coverage on juror guidance about wives in Queens county.
Minneapolis resident Mrs. JosefH ASELIN shares two years of illness and relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improved health and offers to answer inquiries, praising the product as a safe remedy for women's ailments.
English novelist Flora Annie Steele recounts being treated with contempt by the U.S. immigration department in New York. She cites a joke comparing a Sioux Indian seeking to buy a gun to a storekeeper who fears the weapon might kill a soldier, noting the gun isn’t sold to him. The anecdote contrasts courtesy reportedly shown to her with the hostile treatment she witnessed.
A Busy Dearborn Democrat item notes Crafty John requesting two pounds of Mrs Annie Dallams butter. The proprietor replies about pleasing customers while attending to others. John adds his wife’s relatives are visiting and he does not want them to return.
In a brisk exchange, Mr Dustin Stax reacts to a suggestion that his income tax could run into the hundreds of thousands. The remark frames thrift as a civic duty and a chance to economize amid mounting public finance concerns.
A fragmented note references Indiana production in 1912 with mineral values cited as 42 239 193. Mentions Penman and serials but lacks full context and dates.
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