Smooth Swindle in Fayetteville Exposed in Local Bank Draft
Fayetteville June 11 A affable stranger deposits a draft for 95035 at a local bank then vanishes. Real estate dealers who aided his ruse face scrutiny as merchants reassess risk and seek new clients while authorities search for O K Spear.
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Fayetteville
O. K. Spear
O. Ky
Spear
Ryan
Feu
Butler and Mitchel
le Bovstie
Arkavaas National Bank
Wade
San Anglia Tex
Texas
Arkansas National
San Angelo
Survey of Proposed Railroad Route From Clarksville
Survey crews have completed arrangements in Clarksville for surveying the route of the railroad from Sajem Mo through Clarksville to Parris Texas. Clarksville residents are to pay for the segment from Clarksville to the Southern terminus. The engineer acts for the trust company aiding the project finance.
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Cairksvile
Clarksville
Sajem Mo
Parris
Texas
FIGHTING MOSQUITOES WITH MINNOW RELEASES
Stuttgart reports a cooperative effort by large rice growers to control the mosquito pest in fields and irrigation ditches. Thousands of minnows from nearby pools and bayous will be released to feed on larvae and reduce mosquito mortality, aiding local control.
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Stuttgart
Huckleberry Harvest Thrives Near Hot Springs This Week
In Hot Springs a large harvest of huckleberries is attracting a workforce of boys, girls, men, and women. Pickers swarm the mountains and sell berries at wood prices to hotels, boarding houses, and housewives eager for preserves.
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United States
Paper mill eyed for Fort Smith by Atlanta men
S. D. Squiers of Atlanta surveys Fort Smith area for a potential large paper plant. He says the city offers ample water from a clear stream and favorable conditions for establishing the mill in or near town.
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Fort Smith
Atlanta
S. D. Squiers
Arkansas Boats Ready to Sail
St Louis officials announce the Arkansas Packet Company will launch the Grand and Rapids on the Arkansas River to renew cargo trade with Little Rock. The two $40,000 steamers will carry shoes and dry goods from St Louis to Little Rock Fort Smith and Muskogee. A reception committee led by Governor Donaghey will mark the revival of river commerce.
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St. Louis
Franklin Avenue
Grand and Rapids
Little Rock
Arkansas River
Arkansas
Peters Shoe Company
White River
Liberty
Arkansas Packet Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lakes
Mississippi
Wallace Byler
The
Litte Rock
Littl Rock Harbor
Donaghey
Fort Smitht
Muskogee
Arkan
Oklahoma
De Sagan Succession Crisis Tangles German Estate Rule
Paris reports Prince Helie and his American-born princess face a crisis as the German authorities bar the De Sagan estate in Sagan from welcoming the expected heir. A Breslau court rejected Helie's bid to compel the delegate to permit residence, prompting further appeals and a bleak outlook under Prussian overlordship.
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Paris
de Saganus
Avenue
Malakoff
Prince Helie
Heip
de Sagans
de Sagan
Germany
Breslau
Helse
Anna
Sagan
Hesse
France
Prussia
Heir to Goudmi Jones and Sistorie De Sagan Tites Likely Appear
The heir apparent may need to present themselves in the house of the first husband of the princess, Count Boni de Cast taTet, amid unsettled titles and family claims in a royal lineage dispute.
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Goudmijones
Sistorie de Sagan Tites
Hait
Count Boni de Cast taTet
Institute for White Teachers at Prescott Public School
Notice announces two teacher institutes in Prescott on June 11 to 18, 1909. The White Teachers Institute meets at the Prescott Public School Building and the Colored Teachers Institute at the colored school on the same dates. Competent instructors are assigned and all teachers must attend. The philosophy examination is scheduled for Thursday and Friday June 17 and 18, 1909, with Hallack's Psychology as a required text.
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Institute For
Prescott
Institute For Colored Teachers
Hallack
P. F. Chappell
Coal Robbery Threat After New Paris Railroad
On June 11 Paris reports the Logan county coal fields face large scale theft once the new Paris New Subiaco and Eastern railroad nears completion. The line reaches Spielerville home of Subiaco Abbey and connects with Arkansas Central at Paris, running about seven miles through rich country.
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Paris
Logan County
Sone Rich Country
Police Chief Heads to National Chiefs Meeting in Buffalo
Little Rock chief Frank McMahon leaves for Buffalo to attend the National Association of Police Chiefs meeting with stops in New York and Washington D C on official business. He helped found the association with Ontario’s chief a year ago, now an international body. Governor Donaghey returns from Fayetteville after University of Arkansas commencement. predicts a record year for 1910. Nevada County files a $250 bond to fund a July 10 special election on a four wire fence proposed by Senator McKenzie. bond filed shortly before deadline amid expected protests.
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Little Rock
Frank McMahon
Buffalo
National Association of Police Chiefs
McMahon
New York
Washington, D.C
Polie
Oniatia
Donaghey
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas
Nevada County
McKenzie
Tucker makes request on convict labor bids until July
Commissioner Tucker asked the prison board to delay action on contractor bids for convict labor until after July county court terms. He notes county judges will decide on road work for convicts under the Patterson bill and the board will assess how many men can be spared from farms. Many judges prefer to wait until July to respond.
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Guy Ty Tucker
Agriculture
Penitentiary Board
Tucker
Patterson
Tns
Removal Notice Halls Then As Wonder
Product removal notice claims Halls Then As Wonder will cure kidney, wadder and rheumatic troubles. Bottle priced at $1.00 provides sixty days treatment. the ad asserts rarely a bottle fails to cure and cites Hesterly Drug Store as the seller.
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Wonder
Hesterly Drug Store
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M’ Company
Drijll Suny
Armory
Winslow
FT. Smith
Prescott, Ark
Bank of Prescott
Thos. C. McRae, Jr
Morrow
South
Desagan
Teacher's Institute
Iron Mountain
Memphis
Rock Island
Frisco
Gould Roads
Gillhooley
Irish Liniment CO
Sir Paul
Minn
Ozan Mercantile Co
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