Major canal project awarded in Lonoke county Arkansas
June 15 Memphis report notes Bayou Meto Drainage District No. 1 awarded a large contract to R H and G R McWilliams of Memphis to carve 70 miles of canals draining 71 000 acres in Lonoke county. Two dipper dredges to start, work to finish in three years. Bid $344 000 on dirt moving at 10 cents per cubic yard and 872 per acre clearing. Bonds of 375 000 authorized. work to reclaim exceptionally fertile land south and west of Lonoke. Contractors include Ford and McCrea Lovel Rock and Chapline and Baird Lonoke with T M Fletcher T C Trimble M I B Cox as commissioners and engineer.
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Memphis
Lonoke
Ark
R. H
G. R. McWilliams
Lonoke County
R. H. McWilliams
McWilliams
Eaxt
Bayou Mete
T. M. Fletcher
T. C. Trimble
M. 1
Cox
M. ¥. Smith
Ford & McCrea
Lovle Rock
Chapline & Baird
Highway Commission Sends Out Road Plans
The State Highway Commission released plans for Jelks to the Cross county line in Woodruff county and a connection to Wynne, 17 miles at about 88,565.50 dollars with stone base and gravel surface. A second project from tould to Douglass in Lincoln county covers 7 miles at 55,481.80 dollars. An Arkadelphia to Hot Springs survey also began.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Jelks
Woodruff County
Cross County
Wynne
Tould
Douglass
Lincoln County
Arkadelphia
Hot Springs
German front in Belgium abandoned by Germans
London reports indicate important sections of the German front between the Lys river and St Ives have been abandoned. British troops pursued the retreating forces and gained ground east of Ploegsteert wood. Paris cites no major night engagements while noting heavy German bombardment of French positions. Port on Red Sea captured by British warships at Fort Salif on the east shore.
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London
Lys River
St. Ives
Ploegsteert Wood
Red Sea
Fort Saliff
Paris
Prescott May Get Cof First Ark
A patriotic county meeting at the courthouse drew speakers urging Nevada County men to enlist in Company F First Arkansas Infantry. Ed C. Nutt’s band played between talks by Lt. Pat Murphy, Dr. John C. Williams, W. W. Pfrimmer, Dexter Bush, Major Bradford, and Hon. Thos. C. McRae, stressing duty to join the war effort and move headquarters to Prescott after the war if recruitment succeeds.
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Court House
Ed C. Nutt
Nevada County
First Arkansas Infantry
Hope
England
S. B. Scott
Prescott
W. V. Tompkins
Pat Murphy
Third Arkansas Infantry
John C. Williams
W. W. Pfrimmer
Prescott Route 2
Dexter Bush
Bradford
2Nd Arkansas Infantry
Thos. C. McRae
Constantine and Son Leave Athens for British Warship
Former King Constantine and family depart Athens by motor car to board a British warship via London. Accompanied by the former queen and crown prince, with Georgios Straits as secretary. Entente forces land at Piraeus and Castella as troops occupy heights near Phalerum Bay and move toward Athens. A proclamation of abdication is posted in the city.
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Athens
London
Constantine
Georgios Straits
Greek Foreign Office
Entente
Piraeus
Castella
Phalerum Bay
Jannat
Zaimes
Jannart
Greece
Alexander
Ordered to report to medical training camp
Little Rock June 15 The following men have been ordered mustered into the federal service and sent to the medical training camp the location of which is to be named later First Lieut Walter G Eberle Fort Smith Sergeants Jones B Watkins and Joe Caldwell Little Rock Frank Brown and Chas Brown of Benton
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Little Rock
Walter G. Eberle
Fort Smith
Jones B. Watkins
Joe Caldwell
Frank Brown
Chas. Brown
Benton
Reward Offered by School Board for Property Defacement
The School Board authorizes a Twenty-Five Dollar reward for arrest and conviction of anyone who defaces or destroys school property. Applies to broken windows or tampering with the water supply. Dan Pittman, Secy.
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Dan Pittman
Sec'y
Liberty Loan drive nears goal in national finish
Washington reports the Liberty loan campaign in its home stretch with expectations of surpassing the 2 000 000 000 target. Subscriptions flood in from coast to coast as banks and agencies push to the final total. millions of subscribers and tens of millions of bonds distributed across New York Philadelphia Boston and other major districts. Florient Toilet Water is advertised at 75 cents a bottle at Hesterly Drug Store.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury
New York
Philadelphia
Boston Reserve
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Richmond
San Francisco
Hesterly Drug Store
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Arkansas
Highway Commission
Guthrie's
Plattsburg
Atertean Press Association
Plattsburg, Y
Son
Uncle Sam
Bank OF Prescott
Qzan Mercantile Company
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