Peach Feast Day plan eyed by Arkansas commissioner
Arkansas fruit promotion under way for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Commissioner F B T Hollenberg proposes a Peach Feast Day and a car load of apples to showcase state produce, with donations invited from fruit growers and exhibits shipped to Little Rock then retitled by donor and county.
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F. B. T. Hollenberg
Arkansas
Commission
San Francisco
Col. Holet
Suit in Chancery to Test Governor's Veto Validity
A Pulaski Chancery suit filed by C. C. Reid and H. L. Norwood seeks to test Gov. Hays veto of a 1500 postage item for the Department of Agriculture. Plaintiffs allege lack of governor proclamation motives and improper executive encroachment on legislative money appropriation. The action raises core questions of governor veto power over appropriation items.
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Little Rock
Pulaski Chancery
C. C.reid
H. L. Norwood
Gov. Hays
Department of Agriculture
Govenor
Capitol Investigating Committee in Session All Day
The Special Investigating Committee spent the entire day yesterday in session, as Senator Garrett and Representatives Smith and Gentry prepared a statement to address a ten day Capitol dispute. They will not press further checks on the Secretary of State’s office unless Hodges agrees to his records. Hodges has asked the State Board of Accountancy and George W. Rogers to appoint two expert accountants to audit his offices. The committee said they would access the Attorney General, Governor, and Clerk offices if the Supreme Court allows, but cannot visit schools due to lack of funds. Their audit team includes T. E. Cress, A. A. Beebe, and Mr. Russell.
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Little Rock
Garrett
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Gentry
Hodges
Sechary Hodges
Fragmentary wartime manpower figures from Britain
The text outlines British forces during WWI with figures for six months and four months terms, noting 170,000 men sent to the front and 262,000 at the war's start. It states 3,200,000 sanctioned by Parliament and 19 naval losses.
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Anal
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Lovee
Africa
Great Britain
Ottawa Woman Seeks Divorce in Eighth Suit
Mrs. Mary Knecht of Ottawa Canada has started her eighth divorce suit against her husband. The record notes the first suit was filed in 1905, the couple have been divorced twice, several suits were dismissed, and their conflicts were patched up at times.
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Ottawa
Mary Knecht
Canada
New Way of Making a Living in Atlanta
Stafford, former paint shop proprietor, receives 10 dollars weekly from the city to deter him from harming himself. After five years of illness and confinement at City Detention Hospital, he refused to leave and threatened suicide, prompting health authorities to hire him as part of a welfare payroll.
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Atlanta
Stafford
Hostal
Authors Run Ambulances in France With American Hospital
Queed Harrison and Stanton aide the American Hospital in France as ambulance chauffeurs. H. B. Harrison, nicknamed Queed from a best selling book, drives fast runs to bring in wounded. Stanton, son of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and an author, is among the orderlies in Paris hospital.
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Queed
Harrison
Stanton
France
Girls' Best Chance in Love Wealth Theme
A Hartford millionaire marries a hospital nurse in a bold twist of romance. The columnist notes a shifting pattern where marrying for money is linked to stabilizing social ties, with nurses becoming gatekeepers to new fortunes as old money signals come and go.
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Houston Post
Hartford
Won’t Be Any Answer. Washington Post proposal on Turkey
David Bey travels toward Germany to discuss a separate peace proposal. The article suggests he need not worry about a return ticket. The piece frames the proposal as a potential shift in wartime diplomacy with Turkey’s role under consideration.
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Washington Post
David Bey
Germany
Turkey
Graduates of Arkansas Civil Engineering Depart Take Promising Positions
June 19 in Little Rock reports that all nine graduates of the University of Arkansas Civil Engineering Department secured positions last week. Salaries start at $50 with expenses. six remain in Arkansas while one works in Chicago, one in Arizona, and one in Kansas.
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Little Rock
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
Chicago
Arizona
Kansas
Magnolia banker bids for Seventh District Congress
S Warnock the Magnolia banker makes the first formal announcement for the Seventh District nomination to succeed Hon. Will S. Goodwin in Little Rock on June 19. Goodwin may run again. Farrar Newberry of Arkadelphia has spoken of a candidacy but has not announced. Other districts show various declared interests and potential challenges among lawmakers and candidates.
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Congress
R. S. Warnock
Magnolia Banker
W. S. Goodwin
Goodwin
Farrar L. Newberry
Arkadelphia
The Italian Born and Italo American Resilience
The Syracuse Post-Standard argues Italy shows fighting resolve against Austria, notes consumer and immigrant concerns tied to Italian crime and rough labor, and predicts Italian naval success may boost esteem for Italian-born Americans. It also mentions the Country Gentleman sale of Jack Johnson on Thursday morning with a contact.
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Austria
United States
Post-Standard
Jack Johnson
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