Arkansas World Fair Commission Hears Budget and Authority
The Arkansas world’s fair commission met at Little Rock on May 27 with all members present. Attorney General Murphy ruled the old board had no authority to contract for a $100,000 St Louis building when only $30,000 was available and that mileage and hotel costs for meetings were not authorized. The board revoked the Hart contract for the $100,000 building, extended officers’ terms to July 1, and urged former members to refund travel expenses.
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Hot Springs
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George T. Lake
Fayetteville
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St. Louis
Belding
Hart
Call to Organize a State Fair in Arkansas
Citizens of Little Rock call a mass meeting at the board of trade on June 10 1902 at 8 pm to organize a state fair association. The goal is to exhibit agricultural, industrial and other resources and to pursue incorporation and needed actions for a statewide fair. All interested citizens are invited to attend.
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Board of Trade
Storm Hits Texarkana Churches and Homes in May
A destructive May storm struck Texarkana on May 24 damaging churches including Oak Street Baptist and C M B quarters, Fairview Methodist and Episcopal, and shifting the Odd Fellows hall. Fruit trees fences and outbuildings were ruined. Will Chance’s house and another residence were destroyed while several dwellings under construction were leveled.
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Christian Church
Oak Street Baptist
Fairview Methodist
Episcopal
Odd Fellows Hall
5. M. Ragland
Lawyers Propose State Bar Plan For Court Relief In Arkansas
At the State Bar Association meeting in Little Rock leaders urged the legislature to fund court stenographers and clerks, grant the court 10 percent damages for delays on appeals, expand mental health facilities, create a reform school, and appoint a pardons commission with removable nonpartisan members. A resolution forbidding bar members or corporations from paying or influencing legislation was adopted, and officers for the year were elected: Rose, Hawthorne, Armistead, and Dodge.
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State Bar Association
Little Rock
Sanders & Hill
George B. Rose
J. ©. Hawthorne
Jonesboro
H. H W. Armistead
George EB
Dodge
Women's Fatal Shooting Near Luxora by Husband
Marshall Top, husband of one victim, fatally shot two women near Luxora as they worked in a field. The incident followed domestic trouble with his wife. He used a Winchester in the killings.
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Sergt. Walling
Tenth Infantry
Camp Vickers
Mindanao
Sergi
Huimber
Marshall Top
Luxora
Top
Winchester
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