Trial set in Hot Springs gambling case at Kentucky Club
June 23 Hot Springs magistrate court to try the remaining defendant from the Kentucky Club raid. Proprietor Shannon to appear by attorney W H Martin after a postponement due to illness. Past raids include Palace Club, Ohio Club, Arlington Hotel frontline burnings, with reformers pushing vigorous action and coroner Randolph facing mixed support from the Civic Improvement Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Kentucky Club
J. P. Randolph
McRoberts
Shannon
W. H. Martin
Palace Club
W. D. Sandlin
John Ike Moore
Bob’ Williams
Arlington Hotel
Gus Buchanan
Ohio Club
Houpt
Reform Organization
Citizens Improvement Union
Mt Moriah Community Notes June 22
Health is tolerable. Willie Orr improving and Effie Cross ill. Boll weevil fears spread, two per square. Public work planned at Serepta July 3 to clean shed ground and graveyard. Mrs Beatrice Mason visiting mother Mrs Kennedy. Sunday prayer meetings at Serepta Shed. Post office now led by Mrs Lillie Edwards. Local youth attended Sunday School Convention at Main Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Cross
Serepta
Beatrice Mason
Mt. Moriah
Kennedy
Lillie Edwards
Main Springs
Internal cure for piles advertised in Arkansas notice
An advertisement argues piles require internal remedy not topical treatment. It promotes Dr. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid claiming a 98 percent cure rate with a 24 day treatment for $1 at Hesterly Drug Store in Prescott Arkansas or mailed from Dr Leonhardt Co Station B New York. A guarantee is offered and a book is advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Leonhardt
Hesterly Drug Store
Prescott
Arkansas
Dr. Leonhardt Co
Pte
N. Y
Supreme Court Rules on Lizzie McDaniel Contest Case
The Supreme Court upholds dismissal of Lizzie McDaniel's equity suit over a newspaper popularity contest run by Orner and Evans in Prescott. If any remedy existed it was at law to recover prize value. insolvency of defendants does not grant equitable relief. The ruling affirms the lower court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Lizzie McDaniel
Boughton
Messrs. Orner & Evans
Prescott
McDaniel
New Arkansas Act Targets Johnson Grass On Rail Rights of Way
The General Assembly of Arkansas passes a law prohibiting railroads from allowing Johnson grass or Russian thistle to mature or seed on their rights of way. The act specifies penalties and enables suits by landowners adjoining railroad property to enforce compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State of
Arkansas
Johnson Grass Seed Duty on Railways Act 1900
The text outlines damages for landowners who sue railroads for allowing Johnson grass or Russian thistle to mature on railroad rights of way. Plaintiffs may recover 25 dollars plus additional damages if such vegetation seeds. Landowners allowing seed on adjacent land lose recovery rights. The act takes effect after passage, approved March 2, 1900.
Fight Mud and Mosquitoes in Clarendon Cleanup Drive
June 22 Clarendon residents and officials act on Mayor Jackson proclamation to clean premises and adjacent streets. Volunteers clear dirt, fill mud holes, level surfaces, eradicate weeds, and empty mosquito breeding receptacles as kerosene is applied. Businessmen and club women join in making Clarendon cleaner and more beautiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
Izeas of
Jackson
Removal Notice for Hall's Texas Wonder
Hall's Texas Wonder promises removal of kidney bladder and rheumatic trouble. A $1 bottle provides a 60 day treatment and rarely fails to cure. Sold by Hesterly Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Hesterly Drug Store
Also Mentioned on This Page
Allo
Saxony
Brussels
Smith
McDaniel Hardware Co
MT. Moriah News
Willie Orr
Serepta Shed
Oliver Clark
Morris
Miss Flora Wilson
MasonJars
Ozan Mercantile Co
Prescott, Ark
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