All Woman Jury Convicts Kidnappers in Arkansas
In Murfreesboro Arkansas on October 8 an all woman jury sentenced Curley Smith to 34 years after convicting him on ten counts of kidnapping robbery assault and attempted murder. Fellow convict Buster Yates received ten years for two kidnapping counts and Smith again faced 29 more years as a separate verdict. The jurors found the defendants robbed the boys of pocket knives and change and fired on them Judge A P Steele noted it was among Arkansas history’s rare all woman juries hearing a criminal case.
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Murfreesboro
Ark
Curley Smith
Smith
Buster
Bargain Columns Offer Used Ice Box to Phonograph Deals
The Eagle advertises bargain columns featuring used goods including ice boxes radios guns rugs phonographs store fixtures bicycles and furniture. Readers can save money by revealing listings and contact details to buy or sell items locally.
Mobile Prepares Stage of Azalea Celebration
Mobile plans an azalea trail opening early in 1935 with coronation of an azalea queen and Negro spirituals. Nearly 100,000 azalea bushes line the 17 mile route begun in 1929 by locals and the Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce
SUNDOWN STORIES And Mary Graham Bonner
A whimsical excerpt where Willy Nilly builds a shed addition for Quick-Dick the horse while a chatty squirrel teases Christopher Crow about peaches. The crow reflects on neighborhood knowledge and humor as the tale edges toward a woods departure. An eagle want ad tagline closes the piece.
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Willy Nilly
Quick-Dick
Christopher Crow
Christopher
Grandpa
Terracing Demonstration Planned Near Dothan
R S Duncan assistant agricultural engineer finished prep for a terracing demonstration for Houston county farmers on the W J Dominey farm two miles south of Dothan on the Marianne highway starting at 10 am. County Agent M Ling urges all farmers to attend.
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R. S. Duncan
State Extension Service
Houston County
W. J. Dominey
Dothan
Marianne
M. Ling
Alabama Port Week observance set for Mobile docks tour
Preparations are under way in Mobile for Alabama Port Week from December 10 to 18 sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. State organization leaders will be invited for an inspection tour of the port facilities and the $10,000,000 docks.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
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John ‘Adkins
Rogers Beauty Shop
Bonde
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Houston Battery & Supply Co
Johnson's Fender & Body
Swiss Cleaners
T. J. Whatley Jr
Bermuda
Poyner Seed Co
W. Main
QO. O. Toileson
Byrd
Hand Bros
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Watts & Lane
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B. D. Guy
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