Little Rock May 28 notes on boards and pay rises
May 28 dispatches reveal upcoming meetings of the charitable and penitentiary boards in Little Rock with potential May elections and contractor talks. Reports cover a proposed convict contract, prison conditions, a cocaine sale arrest, Dem convention preparations, and National Guard encampment rosters for Leon Springs Texas.
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Little Rock
Rate Charitable Board
W. C. Braley
Ite
Capt Binley
State Penitentiary Board
Reaves Construction Company
R. J. Russell
State Farm
Lincoln County
United States
Congress
F. M. Lewis
East End
Lillie Lester
Charles Manston
Henry Coffee
William Ashley
May Fox
Cas
T. E. Helm
Burt Brooks
Lewis
W M. Kavanaugh
Paul Little
Arkansas National Guard
Leon Springs
Texas
Arkansas
Hope City agrees to buy fair ground near Hope
Hope Arkansas May city approves purchase of 33 acre tract on the Washington road for Hempstead County Fair Association. The deal grants two months use of land each year for 99 years, with the city able to use remaining time for any purpose.
Indians Converted at Tutuilla Mission in Washington
In Spokane Washington May 28 thirty Umatilla Indians were converted to the Christian faith at the Tutuilla Presbyterian mission near Spokane Rev J M Cornelison the resident missionary led the remarkable revival The scene on the reservation was vivid at night with moonlit tepees and mission buildings County Judge W W A Briant calls Hempstead county residents to a Hope meeting to protect crops from hogs under a four wire fence a recent supreme court decision voiding the county hog law spurred the call
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Spokane
Wash
Tutuilla Presbyterian Mission
J. M. Cornelison
Pacific Northwest
W.W.A. Briant
Hempstead County
Hope
Supreme Court
Hempstead
Pindall Withdraws From Arkansas Delegate Race
Governor X. Pindall of Arkansas announces withdrawal from the race for delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. He cites desire to avoid future state discord and vows to remain in the governor's office within Arkansas, expressing hope that Senator Jeff Davis will not be chosen and urging party unity.
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Little Rock
Pindall
Arkansas
Denver
Washington, D. C
United States
Jeff Davis
Davis
Washington
Senator Davis
Pindatl
Flood Swallows Grayson County Farmland Into Oklahoma
Water from the Red River flood inundates Preston and surrounding Texas farms with as much as 50 000 acres under water. Denison reports people evacuated as a house swept away with a man clinging to the roof. Many farms may become attached to Oklahoma as the river changes course. Rescue and casualty counts remain uncertain.
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Grayson County
Red River
Oklahoma
Denison
Preston
Red River Valley
Cooke County
Texas
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Merly
J. A. Pitcock
Arkansas Penitentiary
BANK
Prescott
Hesterly Drug Store
Ozan Mercantile Co
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