Flood Devastates Fulton Area On Red River Trip Report
A News reporter describes the Red River flood near Fulton where levees fail and farms are flooded. Crops and stock are destroyed, many residents face ruin, and boats and rafts line flooded streets as the Iron Mountain line struggles to resume service. The river sits around 33.8 feet with no immediate rise expected, but a slow fall over the next week leaves widespread ruin and prevented replanting.
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Fuln
Pr BiShers
Fulton
Chant
Leveerd
Bureau of Infasion
Iron Mountain
Local notices from Arka delphia stretch of week’s events
Rev H M Bruce visited Prescott Monday. Postmaster salary in place raised from 8200 to 2100. Rev H L Winburne to Tennessee for his mother’s funeral. Geo W Logan returned from Cherry Hill Park trip. He preached at Ransom Church east of Mena. Mrs Dwight Make visited sister at Lake Village. W Tompkins prominent Prescott attorney was here. Mrs T P Blake of Camden visiting relatives. Boys warned about sling shots and nigger shooters. complaint will be filed.
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Tennessee
Geo. W. Logan
Cherry Hill Park County
Ransom Church
Mena
Dwight Make
Fred Casteel
Lake Village
Tompkins
Prescott
Iron Mountain Busy Amid Rail Traffic Surge
Iron Mountain Railway profits from misfortunes of rivals as floods in Oklahoma and Texas shift freight and passenger business onto their routes. Lumber shipments surge and overall business is satisfactory. no shop expansion at Bading Cross, roundhouse crew maintains repairs, and switch engine demand remains high. Ice cream at the Nevada County Drug Store today.
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Iron Mountain Railway
Rock Island-Frisco
Oklahoma
Texas
Southwestern
Bading Cross
Uniforms Required for Arkansas National Guard Camp Leon Springs
Adjutant General issues circular detailing uniform and equipment for Arkansas National Guard officers and medical staff attending joint maneuvers at Camp Leon Springs Texas July 16 to 25 1908. Officers must bring khaki coat breeches campaign hat cord Puttee leggings olive shirt and wear no other uniform en route or during maneuvers. Recipients must acknowledge receipt. A squad of top Arkansas guardsmen may join rifle practice at Camp Perry Ohio this summer though War Department notification is not yet received. The strongest shooters nationwide are expected to attend Camp Perry.
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Arkansas National
Leon Springs
Tex
Arkansas National Guard
Camp Leon Springs
Elment
Camp Perry
Paul Little
War Department
Guard
Ohio
Beef Prices Rise Sharply In New York June 11
Beef runs higher than 1902 levels for the season as porterhouse sells for 30 cents a pound and other cuts climb. Wholesalers expect relief not until July with new grass-fed cattle. Amid shortages, consumers pivot to vegetables, boosting veg sales and reducing meat meals to once a week.
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New York
Little Rock to Celebrate Holiday Start
In Little Rock on June 12 a discussion grows on making July 4 a genuine holiday with public celebrations to foster patriotism among youth. The Board of Trade is weighing plans and will soon propose a city wide observance through the press to promote American principles and liberties.
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Little Rock
Special Train to Denver for National Democratic Convention
Special preliminary arrangements for a special train from Little Rock to Denver to carry delegates and friends for the National Democratic Convention next month. Train to depart Little Rock July 38, with Big Four advising district delegates and seeking their participation.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Denver
Big Four
Early Trip Plan With Secretary of State Ludwig Ordered
The speaker seeks to arrange a trip with Hon. C. C. Ludwig, secretary of state, at the earliest opportunity so arrangements can be made for all those desiring to embark.
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C. C. Ludwig
Much Land Reclaimed by Terre Noir Drainage Plan
Surveyors for the Terre Noir Drainage District near completion of preliminaries. Engineer Jackson reports an estimated cost near 106000 dollars. The canal will extend about 28 miles with 16 to 18 miles of new channel and a head width of twenty feet, mouth forty five, depth ten. About 16000 acres of bottom land would drain for cultivation, reducing overflow. Returns to landowners are projected in under five years through higher crops and land value.
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Terre Noir
Jackson
Public Building Bids Due in Hope as Storm Hits Area
Notices show bids for a Hope public building due on the 2nd. A heavy rain and wind storm struck Tuesday, wrecking Gus Satterwhite’s house foundation and felling trees and fences with no reported injuries. Miss Jewell Middlebrooks, Ouachita College alumna and former scholarship winner, will teach at Prescott public school next year.
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Gus Satterwhite
Jewell Middlebrooks
Ouachita College
Arkadelphia
Prescott
Paying Franchise Tax Paid by Arkansas Firms in July Deadline
Arkansas incorporated firms have paid 18580 in franchise taxes with July 1 as the forfeiture deadline for noncompliance. About 000 remains unpaid after 20 companies remitted 4885 yesterday. Companies paying 100 include Richardson and May Land and Platt ing Co of New Orleans American Insurance Co of New Jersey North Arkansas Mining and Investment Co of Mautner and Rochester German Insurance Co of Rochester New York paid 350.
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Arkansas
Richardson and May Land and Platting Company
New Orleans
American Insurance Company
New Jersey
North Arkansas Mining and Investment Company
Mautner
Roarchester German
Splendid Affair Highlights Suburban Party for Miss Berta Pittman
The McKenzies hosted a pink and white afternoon in a bright home, with Mrs. F B McKenzie and Mrs. Chas Pettittman entertaining for sister Miss Berta Pittman just home from Lombard College. Guests enjoyed fruit, cream and cake, with games, prizes, and a decorative backdrop of roses and gladiolas. The best player prize went to Mrs. T G McRae Jr.
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H A. McKenzie
F. B. McKenzie
Chas. PeTittman
Berta Pittman
Lombard College
Mildred Pittman
Abiout
T. G McRae, Jr
Mehaffey to Leave the Mountain as General Attorney
Mehaffey will resign as general attorney for the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway in Arkansas effective about August 1. J E Williams also resigns. Both have long ties to the railroad’s legal department. The change is official with successors yet to be named. Vic Mehaffy denied he had resigned when asked yesterday. Also noted is a postmaster salary raise at Hope from 2100 to 2200.
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Little Rock
T. M. Mehaffy
St. Louis, Tron Mountain and Southern Railway Company
Arkansas
Mehaffy
Lion Mountain
Cullen S. Johnson
Southwest
Mr. Williams
Legal Department of
Road
M. Williams
Iron Mountain
Vic Mehaffy
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Red River
Lucien Adams
Xarkana
W.T. Hart
Mayor Arold
Ving
News OF Arkadelphia
the Herald and Standard
H. M. Bruce
T. A. Tennyson
T. P. Blake
Camden
City
Nevada County
National Guard
Beef High
News of Hope
Gibson
Hope
Mehaffey
Ozan Mercantile Co
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