Fourth of July plans stray across Arkansas and urging
Little Rock notes no public celebration on July Fourth with most residents traveling to Clarksville to hear speakers including R F Milwee H K Toney and Rev Frank Barrett. Gov Donaghey to speak at Corning and Senator Davis at Greenwood. Attorney General Norwood declines political address. Local figure declines many speaking invitations citing voter fatigue. A Fordyce Home Life Insurance check for 14 dollars arrives for two weeks sickness, with prompt claims.
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Little Rock
Clarksville
R. F. Milwee
H.K. Toney
Frank Barrett
Gov. Donaghey
Davis
Greenwood
Norwood
Eagle Park
Baugh School House
Mansfield
Hartford
Almyra
Birta
Huntsville
Atkins
Antoine
Cotton Plant
W. M. Howard
Home Life Insurance Company
Fordyce
Opposed to Early Campaign Norwood Slams Governor Bid
Attorney General Norwood, a governor candidate, faces swift opposition as he criticizes early campaign strategies. Rival figures question timing and goals while voters weigh implications for a shifting race landscape.
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Norwood
Oppos
Death of Dr J W Baker in Fort Worth and Prescott ties
News from Prescott reports the death of Dr J W Baker in Fort Worth after bladder cancer surgery. A physician who moved from Hartford Arkansas to Prescott years ago owned The Rexall Store and later focused on business. He is survived by his wife and three brothers, with burial in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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Rexall
C.R. Baker
Huntsville
Ala
M. A. Baker
Shawnee
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Cotton attacked by grasshoppers in Arkansas valley
Little Rock reports that grasshoppers damaged cotton in the Arkansas river valley for the first time, eating plants to bare stalks on buck shot land at the Lincon County convict farm. The 3200 acres of cotton and 800 of corn are worked by 500 convicts with 108 men moved to the Reaves contract on the Iron Mountain road near Judsonia.
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Little Rock
Arkansas River Valley
Warden McCook
Lincon County
Iron Mountain
Judsonia
For Your Hair Tonle Offer Guarantees Hair Growth
An advertisement promises full refund of every cent if See Hair Tonle fails to stop hair loss and regrow hair to satisfaction. The offer includes two sizes priced at sec. and $1.00.
Gas discovery near Camden sparks regional excitement
Rumors of natural gas near Camden have led to a blaze at a well near Lester Arkansas six miles west of Camden. A two inch pipe is burning gas high in the air as promoters and investors secure land options and plan development for a lasting Southwest Arkansas boom.
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Camden
Lester
Ark
Southwest Arkansas
Reunion Committee Aims to Cut Confederate Reunion Deficit
The Reunion Committee in Little Rock works to reduce a 12 480 80 deficit from last May's Confederate entertainment. This week Kempner theatre shows parade films by Southern Historical View Company with Southern songs and a William Lightfoot Vicente scher lecture. Proceeds support the deficit.
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Little Rock
Kempner Theatre
Southern Historical View Company
William Lightfoot Visscher
Chicago
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