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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
2
Newport farmers request state help to buy seed for fall planting after floods ruined grazing and pasture. Commissioner Page supports action but notes no available state funds. urges public contributions and newspaper/business involvement to form a relief fund.
A long stream of local and state updates covers apprentice wage rules under a minimum wage commission, audits of McKinley deputies, and plans for teachers associations. Governor Hays reshuffles key posts, appointing Oliver Burnside as attorney general and outlining election-board control. Penal commission work continues with delays, while talks on labor scarcity and farm aid reflect receding water and plant shortages.
Loss from flood damage totaled about 1,400 dollars as Floral Gill and several stables were washed away. Newport and Jackson County stockholders from across the area have offered financial help to restore the grounds, with expected profits to cover expenses and reduce debt.
Mrs J Riley of Walnut Ridge, formerly Sallie Standfeld of Richland, visits Rison to settle property including the Cleveland County Herald editorship. Reports cover floods relief, Rhodes Scholarship exams at Little Rock, poll tax lists, Levee District damages, school openings, and town meetings in Harrison, Stuttgart, and Gravette with various local developments and notices.
The president told Virginians at Manassas that while skies may clear he cannot predict events and has mortgaged his thoughts for the present. He said his duty is to focus on international matters and curb his own thoughts from straying beyond current commitments. Germany seeks American cotton and offers to buy 1,000,000 bales at a set price for delivery in a German harbor.
A hurricane wreck off Grand Cayman on August 1 cost the Port Arthur crew of nine plus captain Malcolma their vessel Curacao bound for Kingston Jamaica. The nine sailors from the Brrth schooner were reported lost with the captain.
The European conflict has positioned the United States as the world's second naval power behind Great Britain. Analysts caution the rise may be temporary as postwar shifts and budgets may alter this standing.
Berlin reports Bernard A J Briedric has been assigned to a field command at his own request by Emperor William. He has already departed for the front to take command duties.
In central Mexico Carranza forces prepare a general offensive against Villa. Washington officials study options to influence or respond to the looming clash between rival factions in the region.
A mass meeting of Austrians in Chicago denounces actions of Ambassador Dumba and expresses loyalty to Austria while addressing American policy. The event voices support for the Austro Hungarian cause and calls for unity among subjects abroad.
Melbourne reports the federal parliament pledges to boycott German goods. In Memphis the old Shelby County courthouse, a historic landmark, was destroyed by fire with undetermined origin and an estimated loss of $60.00.
Ambassador Morgenthau assumes duty at the Porte covering eight European countries including Italy Russia and Montenesto. He acts as diplomatic representative for these nations in Constantinople while handling France’s tax receipts showing a substantial fall from the previous month.
Chronicle of early World War I events from September 13 to 18 1914 including German retreats at Nancy Luneville and Amiens shifts along the Aisne battles near Soissons Reims and Verdun Russian advances around Lemberg Grodek and San battles Japanese moves at Kiaochow and Chima plus Allied actions Antwerp Nakop and Belgian atrocities notes with mentions of Wilson and various front line shifts.
A humorous exchange shows a man asking about a cord on his finger used as a reminder to post a letter. The punchline reveals the wife forgot to give him the letter, leaving the task undone and the cord a soft joke.
A mother calls the doctor for her ill daughter Ruth who is surprised by a large dose of castor oil. The child protests that it is her favorite hate, reflecting playful mishearing in a domestic moment.
A reflective late 19th century aphorism notes that complete disenchantment with the world is impossible. few grow so cynical as to never find a moment of happiness, a partial reconciliation, as life offers glimpses of humor.
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