27 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Fayetteville Daily
Location
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
1
Mrs Bertha Shepard, jailed on a murder charge, attempted to slit her throat with a case knife in the county jail after breakfast. A guard intervened, a long neck wound sewn, and she is guarded to prevent another self harm. authorities note prior poisoning claims against her husband.
The 44th annual Arkansas State Teachers Association session begins in Little Rock with large expected attendance. Registration signals 1250 to 2000 participants as leaders including Mayor Taylor and State Superintendent Miller prepare opening events at Hotel Marion. Prominent speakers include Dr. David Starr Jordan and H G Holden with talks on farming life and the waste of man.
The state board granted an amendment to the Harrison Mineral Belt Railway Company. The line may be renamed the American Pacific Railway Company with stock increased to 3,080,000 dollars. Initial financing covers 100 miles with 2,000 dollars per mile. project is concentrated in Boone and Newton counties Arkansas with plans to extend from St Louis north to Fort Smith and toward the unit.
Weather in southern California records the coldest in years with readings down to 16 degrees in some areas. Smudging likely spared the orange crop, though anxious forecasts linger for tonight as damage appears insufficient to drop yields below average. Mexico News reports Gen Reyes may face up to ten years for rebellion, with a military court to rule. Reyes, 74, surrendered at Linares signaling a major shift in the Madero era unrest.
fragmented OCR narrative covers Mexico's 1910s revolts around Madero, Reyes, and Diaz with references to cabinet moves and elections. mentions European study, war portfolio, and a Christmas pack joke. overall ambiguous, names and events tangled in garbled text.
In Little Rock Arkansas on December 27 the absorption of independent telephone lines continues as smaller concerns surrender charters to the Secretary of State. Three charters were surrendered Tuesday with Arkansas Telephone Company Littlle Rock Telephone Company and North Arkansas Telephone Company among those affected. The transfers trace to KE Boqua and Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company and involve nine counties in a broader consolidations plan.
Telegraph reports from Teheran seized by Washington indicate Russian troops are again targeting Persians in Tabriz. Cables warn that renewed atrocities threaten any chance of an amicable Rus-Persia settlement as Persian hostility grows.
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