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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
4
The Dermott News is a weekly Dermott Arkansas publication with a stated price of 11 dollars per year. The OCR shows fragmented filler text about advertisements and contact lines, with garbled phrases that fail to present a coherent event.
Dermott welcomes Mrs Dyer Kennedy, niece of President Woodrow Wilson, a long resident connected to the Kennedys of Little Rock. Her late mother Miss Marton Wilson was the president’s sister. A News representative learned of the family link after obtaining a letter from the president.
The fragment mentions Mr and Mrs Dyer moving to Dermott from Batesville and references correspondence that never fails to answer letters. Some phrases are garbled but indicate an individual connected to the Dyer family and ongoing letter writing.
The Arkansas Pisindenler reports John Baxter, a respected lawyer and community leader from Hampton, has moved to Dermott to establish his practice. He was educated at the St University Law Department and admitted before the Supreme Court. Baxter vows to stay in Dermott and support town development, while Hampton mourns his departure and acknowledges his public spirited work with WSS, YoM CAL, and Red Cross.
The public is cordially invited to attend the opening program. Representatives from Vintrons cre w tied to attend. The event will be held in September with details to follow.
Announcements and remarks by the school and congregation. All students must furnish a vaccination certificate to enroll. Those who completed summer work and seek credit must report Friday morning with writing material for examination. No summer credit without exam. Further course and schedule announcements forthcoming.
An interested audience gathered at the Presbyterian Church to hear Res ob Crawford Trenshaw recount seven and a half years as a missionary. He returned home for a year’s vacation from China’s heathen Chines, sharing vivid experiences, devotion, and inspiration from his work for the Lord.
A church revival ongoing at the Baptist church notes attendees and messages. The report highlights weekly sermons, prayer, and communal participation amid religious focus and Easter preparation.
Leal Raitt Frente presents a musical reel production at Alltel Theatre on Oct 2. Cresins showcase a paired age themed cotratabanets amid a woven operatic style. Recent Rival Theatre showing sparked attention with a dramatic military and naval motif, promising a high pitch sensory experience.
A letter from James A. Morris of Dermott, serving in France, to his mother describes front-line life. He details gas masks at night, a burnt blister from mustard gas, prairie-dog-like trenches, a hot air battle on arrival, machine gun injuries to two fellow soldiers, an aerial attack by a lone Frenchman who shot down two German planes, two observation balloons destroyed, and a failed German attempt to hold the River Vesle. He laments long-awaited mail, predicts the war's end soon, notes travel by truck and boxcar, and signs off with affection from the 8th Division, France.
A viewer notes two standout moments in the historical film Gerard’s Four Years Immany the escape of the British fleet and a dramatic scene involving a German minister. The description highlights the picture as the most wonderful ever shown and promises a spectacle upon release.
Subscribers who have not paid their Second Red Cross War Fund subscriptions are urged to call and pay promptly. A deadline of September 20th is set. after that date unpaid subscriptions will be sent to Headquarters. All are urged to pay at once to avoid being listed as delinquent. Temsort Bank and Trust Co Depositor.
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