Tillman calmly faces death as governor refuses mercy
Arthur Tillman, condemned for the Amanda Stevens murder near Delaware in 1913, heard the governor would not commute. He spent Sunday alone in a hospital ward at the penitentiary while reporters and visitors were barred. Warden Hodge said Tillman faced his fate bravely as commencement week at the University of Arkansas begins with plays, exams, and ceremonies in Fayetteville.
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Arthur Tillman
Jays
Tillman
Amanda Stevens
Delaware
Logan County
Marc
R. J. Hodge
Big Fish Story Stirs Little Rock Crowds
Roy Smith, once clerk for the Arkansas B Commission and now a Camden land agent, arrived in Little Rock on Sunday and boosted his daily Ouachita County catch tale. The fish tale caused a panic and prompted several local fishing parties to plan visits to Camden later in the week.
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Ple Rock
Roy Smith
Arkansas B Commission
Rock Island
Camden
Little Rock
Sixty five children confirmed at St Andrews Cathedral
Little Rock notes sixty five children confirmed in the Catholic faith Sunday morning at St Andrews Cathedral by Bishop John P. Morris. The girls wore white dresses and flowing veils like brides as part of the ceremony.
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Little Rock
St. Andrws Cathedral
John P. Morris
Herd of Fifty Elk for Arkansas to Boost State Game Reserve
Federal game inspector V. Visart reports the US Department of Agriculture will grant a herd of fifty elk to Arkansas after the legislature passes protective laws. Arkansas lacks such laws, leaving it one of two states without game protection. Visart surveys potential sites, possibly near Jonesboro, for a reserve.
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V. Visart
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Arkansas
Union
Jonesb
Highway contract to be let at Lonoke
Little Rock June 1 It is announced by the State Department of Highways that a contract will be awarded June 20 at Lonoke for eleven miles of highway from Scotts Station East toward Lonoke. The link will connect with the Alexander turnpike and close the Lime Rock Lonoke gap of forty miles. The work will be done by the county and by the district at an estimated cost of about 46000 dollars.
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Little Rock
State Department of Highways
Lonoke
Scott's Station
Lime Rock
Prescott Citizens Cut Telephone Use Over Rate Increase
Prescott Arkansas residents join Business League protests halting about two hundred telephones across business and home lines. A petition urged major patrons to discontinue service, threatening a new local system if negotiations fail.
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Court House
Prescott
Arkansas
Southwest Arkansas Telephone Company
H. A. Hamilton & Co
Hill Shoe
Guthrie
Stainton
J. K. Hamilton & Co
Scott Bros
W. B. Waller
E. L. Cox & Co
Hesterly Drug Store
Wylie Mere. Co
J. M. Haltom
Imon Gee Mere
Vickers & Co
Hunt Market
Jake Sanders
McDaniel Hdw. Co
T. G. Moody
J. M
Alum baking powders declared now harmful
Washington May 1 Alum baking powders are no more harmful to a person than any other baking powders. Such is the conclusion announced today by the referee board of consulting scientific experts of the department of agriculture after three sets of extensive experiments on human subjects. The board’s report was unanimous and signed by Ira Remsen and others from Johns Hopkins Yale Northwestern Penn Harvard.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ira Remsen
John Hopkins University
Russell H. Crittenden
Yale University
Sheffield Scientific School
John H. Long
Northwestern University
Alonzo E. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
Theobald Smith
Harvard
Hendrix Commencement Program Announced at Conway
Hendrix College president Dr J T Reynolds outlines the June 7 10 11 am schedule with sermon by Dr Shailer Matthews from the University of Chicago and the Hendrix College U M CLA address at 4 pm. Declamation and oratorical contests at 10:30 am June 9. New president’s home dedication 4 8 pm. Commencement address June 10 10:30 am by Dr William A McKeevr of University of Kansas.
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University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Blackfriars’ Club
Ozark Theater
Ton W. A. Black
Missouri Valley College
Marshall
Department of Fine Arts
Brough
Glee Club
J. N. Powers
State Superintendent of Education of
Missouri
Shailer Matthews
University of Chicago
William A. McKeevr
University of Kansas
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Alice
PLES
Sinty
the Bank
Tay Nau
Bank OF Prescott
Prescott Business League
Ates
J Thomas
Douglas Brooks & Co
Chas Beckner
J. T. Nichols
F R. Thorburn
T. H. Duke
D. L. Dillar Barham Bros
Werner Hamilton
JH. Laughter
C Carle Vickers
A. W Se A
A. Gordon
M J, B. Soudan
Cc. Arnold
J. S. Chastain
L. C. Etderson
J. M. Duke
A. M. Westmoreland
R. A. Knox
G. A. Hale
F Mall
HG. Sharp
J. TH
Imon Gee
Will Waller
D. W. McLendon
Dan Pittman
Villion
J. D. Wilson
H. B. McKenzie
J. W. Goodall
Prescott Steam Laundry
W. R. Steed
A. F P. Logan
Carl EB. Porter
L. E. Hitt
Sam B. Gee
A. W. Hill
O. S. Jones
P. S. Harrell
C. W H. Gilmore
Farmers Supply Co
J. O. A. Bush
S. J. Hesterly
H. D. Holloway
J. M. Caruthers
Thad Butcher
FP. E. Murrah
H. E Dorris
J. E. Daniels
M. M. Smythe
J. A. White
Sam ©. Logan
John Barham
Harry Morton
City Livery Stable
J. S. Regan
Edward Elke
B. B. Young
J. R. York
E. R. Daniels
J. A. Bailey
C. L. Green
Advt
Nobby
Palm Beach
Boswell & Higgason
East Elm Street
Prescott, Arkansas
F. E. Murrah, Bank of Presentt
Hendrix
Alfalfa Hay
Ozan Mercantile
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