Uncertainty Over Arkansas Troop Movement to Mexican Border
Little Rock June 24 reports lingering uncertainty about Arkansas troops moving to the Mexican border. Some officers interpret orders as moving the Arkansas Guard by battalions once companies muster for 650 men, with full war strength added later, while others expect regiment movements. First Battalion of the First Regiment, led by Maj Curtis Little, arrived at Camp Logan H Roots with Jonesboro Blytheville Marvell and Piggott companies. Col James of Eureka Springs assumed command with staff including L R Ellis and Majs Little, Andrews, Crawford, Abington, Clarke, Clauneh, Crofts. Second Regiment units from Paris Ort Smith and Magazine begin moving. Col Henry Stroupe of Paris arrives with staff Greene, Weidemeyer, Blake ney.
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Arkansas
Arkansas Guard
Vayetteville
Logan H. Roots
Curtis A.) Little
Blytheville Commanding
Jonesboro
Blytheville
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Beebe
Claude N. Clarke
Albert M. Clauneh
Josie C. Crofts
Henry Stroupe
Paris
Fred W. Greene
Harrison
W. A. Weidemeyer
Chas. M. Greene
James L. Blakeney
Arkadelphia
Trustees Meet at State Normal in Little Rock
June 24 in Little Rock the Board of Trustees of the State Normal holds an important meeting. President J. J. Doyne arrived yesterday to participate in the session.
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J. J. Doyne
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Market Drops In Heavy Realizing In Cotton
New York June 24 heavy realizing swept the cotton market with prices easing from yesterday's gains. July contracts fell to 14.11 cents, about 27 points below yesterday's high, closing near the day’s low amid persistent selling by holders and renewed week end liquidation.
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New York
Liverpool
Bully and Canned Willie Names for Corned Beef
June 24 report from Washington notes an encyclopedia by Canadian troops in France naming corned beef bully The U S Marine Corps counters with canned Willie a term also used worldwide for the tinned meat Marines say the nicknames reflect originality and global awareness in military life
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Ashington
France
United States Marine Corps
Seven U S Cavalry Survivors From Carrizal Clash
Reports from El Paso and San Antonio recount that seven U S Cavalry troops survived the Carrizal engagement with Mexican forces under Gen Felix Gomez on June 21. Capt Charles T Boyd led a dismounted detachment pinned by machine gun fire and Mexican charges, leaving only seven enlisted men reaching the main column.
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Charles T. Boyd
Felix Gomez
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Daughters of Confederacy to Aid Arkansas Troops
Memorial Chapter of the Daughters of Confederacy in Little Rock plans material support for Mexican border troops. A Red Cross nurse will accompany Arkansas units en route next week, while women meet monthly to prepare bandages and camp comforts, aided by veteran peers from the 1861 war.
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Little Rock
Daughters of Confederacy
Mexico
Red Cross
Arkansas
Pearl City Packet Company Is Incorporated
Little Rock, June 24. The Pearl City Packet Company of Newport is incorporated with $5,000 capital stock. Incorporators are G. H. Vogel president, T. Heinemann vice president, and S. Heinemann secretary-treasurer, Buy It in Prescott.
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G. H. Vogel
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S. Heinemann
Orders All Militia Rush to Border
Washington dispatch reports nationwide militia mobilization for border service after Wilson administration orders. Congress approves emergency calling of national guards, with oath requirement, to reinforce border guards and deploy with or without U S troops. Details on Carrizal and Mazatlan incidents await full official reports from Pershing and Winslow.
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Secreta Baker
Xenaomen
Wilson
Funston
Congress
United States
National Guard
Senate
Carrizal
Mazatlan
Little Rock Prepares to Celebrate Fourth with Spirit of 1778
Little Rock plans the greatest Fourth of July celebration in years under the banner The Spirit of 1778. The Preparedness Demonstration aims for a massive parade with thousands involved, including civic groups, Boy Scouts, and the Arkansas National Guard possibly still in camp. A brass-band contest will feature entries from multiple towns and a nationally known speaker is hoped for.
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Little Rock
Conway
Morriston
Carlisle
Hazen
Malvern
Hope
Mahelvale
Eldorado
Wynne
Harrison
Russellville
Clarksville
Spadra
Former legislator to practice law at Rush
Little Rock June 24 Leon Westmoreland of Booneville former Arkansas legislator from Sebastian county was in Little Rock en route home to Rush where he will move his law books and practice law He says Rush is the liveliest place in Arkansas and that rapid movement creates good picking for a new arrival and he plans to get in on the ground floor.
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Little Rock
Leon Westmoreland
Booneville
Arkansas
Sebastian County
Rush
Successor Deputy to Public Instruction Named
Little Rock June 24 George B Cook State Superintendent of Public Instruction announces he has selected the successor to Ray Gill as Deputy Superintendent. Identity will not be revealed until next week Gill has been elected Secretary of the Port Smith Board of Trade and will take charge July 1 He has worked with Cook during the four terms and contributed greatly to eight years of school progress in the state
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Little Rock
George B. Cook
Ray Gill
Gill
iPort Smith Board of Trade
Cook
President weighs Mexican crisis actions at Carrizal Mazatlan
It was thought probable tonight that the president would demand that Carranza repudiate the acts and punish those responsible. Mr. Wilson and his cabinet discussed the Mexican crisis fully today, but pending final reports on Carrizal and Mazatlan, no course could be mapped out.
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Carrizal
Mazatlan
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