Fayetteville Company First to Move to Port Logan
Fayetteville Arkansas National Guard company reported 70 men accepted and ordered to Port Logan. Curtis Little's battalion with Marvell Piggott Blytheville and Jonesboro units left home stations for Fort Roots. Regiments to be completed in days. Harrison company to merge with Siloam Springs recruits. no third regiment planned yet.
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Little Keck
Fayetteville
Arkansas National Guard
Lloyd C. Parsons
Port Logan
HF. Roots
Curtis J. Little
Marvell
Piggott
Blytheville
Jonesboro
Fort Roots
Arkansas
Harrison
Siloam Springs
Gordon Armitage
Harrison Company
Bradford
Arkadelphia Company
Boast Gibson
John S. Gibson
Hoxie
Summer Morning Departure Sparks Quiet Courtroom Question
Charles E. Hughes wakes to a muted scene as a committee orders him to lay aside his justice clothes. The decision, unexplained, leaves observers wondering about the motive and future path for the former jurist and his public role.
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Charles E. Hughes
Pine Bluff teachers gift watch to State Supt Cook
The Branch Normal College teachers at Pine Bluff presented State Superintendent George B. Cook a $200 Gruen watch with Swiss movement. They praised his eight years of service to their educational advancement.
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Little Rock
Branch Normal College
Pine Bluff
George B. Cook
Inna
Outnumbered Troops Fought Five Hours at Carrizal
Volumbus New Mexico June 22 reports say a Tenth Cavalry unit clashed with Carranzistas and held the field for five hours despite being outnumbered five to one. They reportedly withdrew only after heavy Mexican reinforcements arrived and a Pershing dispatch is expected. El Paso also notes eleven troopers, except the ambushed detachment, are moving along the Rio Carmen toward Villa Acumada to demand release of imprisoned men.
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Volumbus
N. M
Tenth Cavalry
Carrizal
el Paso
Carnal Yterday
Rio Carmen
Villa Akumada
Pershing
Northwestern
Mexican forces retreat and rumors swirl over border clash
Gen Bell cites American detachment strength under 50 men amid rumors of a Mexican victory. Juarez military reinforcements shift to Villa Ahumada reducing threat. Consul Garcia says Gen Gonzales will defend Juarez while Bell doubts the enemy moves beyond artillery range. Public excitement runs high across Mexico as reports spread.
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Bell
Morey
Juarez
Villa Ahumada
Francisco Gonzales
Consul Garcia
Gonzales
Gen
Mexico
United States
Infertile Eggs Boost Arkansas Marketing Efforts
Progress in Arkansas markets shows farmers shipping infertile eggs and dealers paying premiums for infertile eggs. Farmers urged to cooperate, market by the case, and sell twice weekly. Avoid keeping roosters with hens in summer. Extension Division and U.S. Department of Agriculture offer bulletins on the topic.
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Arkansas
University of Arkansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Manganese Mines at Caddo Gap Rich Tin Ore
Senator J N Wasson reports two enormous manganese mines at Caddo Gap producing rich ore and employing hundreds. Slate crushers grind slate for fire-proof shingles used globally. He envisions a Gordon branch rail line reaching Greenwood and Port Smith linking Kansas City to the Gulf.
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Caddo Gap
Little Rock
J. N. Wasson
Montgomery County
Senator Wasson
Tonge
Wasson
Gordon
Tron Mountain
Greenwood
Central
Port Smith
Kansas City
Gulf
Petition to repeal prow law gains strong support
In Little Rock a petition to repeal the Newberry prohibition bill and adopt a rule akin to the Ohio law is rapidly circulating. The effort, backed by former Arkansas liquor interests, claims about 5,000 signatures in Little Rock and Argenta, with larger cities likely to push the total higher.
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Little Rock
Ohio
Arkansas
Argenta
Supprage Advocates Plan Day at Little Rock Ballpark
In Little Rock on June 22 the Equal S dfrave advocates of Arkansas stage a community day at the baseball grounds featuring a large homemade chocolate cake as a prize for the player with the most home runs. Speeches will be made from boxes by suffragists as Dave Pulte of New York attends to root for Little Rock, though many players lack voting rights in Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Little Rock Baseball Grounds
Dave Pulte
New York
Players’ Fraternity
Cotton Values Jump On Short Covering Amid Mexico War Fears
Cotton values rose about $1.70 a bale after short covering spurred by fears war with Mexico. Prices hit new highs across the list, closing steady, up 28 to 82 points. Rising exports and strong demand from New York buyers fed the advance, with local bids up to 18.12 to 18.13 for middling on 650 bales traded.
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Mexico
New York Journal of Commerce
United States
Congress
New York
Predicting a bumber rice crop and high prices this year
Little Rock report cites Hazen Herald editor GC Bowman predicting a bumper 116 prospects for rice. Acreage is up, conditions and stand are strong, and Grand Prairie residents are optimistic. Bowman foresees both a large yield and elevated prices for rice in the coming season.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
GC. L. Bowman
Hazen Herald
Bow
Grand Prat
Bowopan
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Fayetteville Company
Paris
Logan H. Roots
Verdun
Petrograd
London
War Office
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Czernowitz
Ikskuil
Dvinsk
Poniewsch
Dubotowka
Vischnevehoiv
Krevo
Krevilanka
Oginski Canal
Daspida
Fumin Wood
Chenois
Meuse
Dead Man Hill
Fort Vaux
Pumia Wood
Hill $21
Prescott
Bank OF Prescott
Gran Mercantile Co
Prescott, Ark
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