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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
8
Next Tuesday October eleventh will be Fire Prevention Day with broad interest in a constitutional Convention. The convention plans to meet at the state capitol on November eleventh and may adjourn until peace makes drafting a new constitution feasible. The decision rests with voters who will scrutinize any proposed change before voting.
The State House delegation plans a trip to the Southeast Arkansas Fair in Monticello on Wednesday the 17th. Gov Brough State Auditor Hogan Oliver Attorney General J D Arbuckle Secretary of State Tom Terral and Treasurer RG McDaniel are among those confirmed to attend with several other prominent leaders considering joins. The party will depart Little Rock Tuesday by auto.
The Second Liberty Loan campaign begins Monday nationwide, lasting four weeks. Treasury officials target about 5.01 billion dollars, with McAdoo stating loans will be repaid with four percent interest. The proceeds fund arms, navy, wages, dependents' support, life insurance, merchant fleets, aircraft, and other essential war needs.
Dermott High School hosted M. J. Anders who urged students to pursue active loyalty and excellence for themselves and their town, and to apply this spirit in school, civic life, and the business world. Meanwhile coaches plan a ball game, tennis courts are nearly ready, and a school paper is forming with Leonard Evans as editor in chief.
The regular WMS session met at the church Monday afternoon with Mrs. Arnie Henry presiding. Devotion referenced the First Chapter and verse about every good gift from above as the group noted summer work and membership efforts.
Coupon worth 400 votes will be distributed at The Dermott News office for the Ladies Home Journal Saturday Evening Post or the Country Gentleman.
Extension Division University of Arkansas urges Arkansas households to plant one half to one acre of fruit trees. Emphasizes choosing accessible, well drained locations, buying trees from reliable nurserymen, proper planting timing from December to March, pruning and spraying, and pooling purchases to save costs.
Partial timetable fragment lists east and westbound train numbers and times with abbreviations for routes and classes. Mentions M H L and local designation with arrival times and periods cluttering the snippet.
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