Hog Thief Highway fuels Arkansas road reform talk
A Pulaski county grand jury reports waste and mismanagement in Arkansas road schemes. It cites inflated costs on the Hog Thief Highway and other projects, with engineers’ fees and nonbonded commissioners blamed for fiscal excess and shifting tax burdens onto Little Rock residents.
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Little Rock
Grand Jury
Galloway
Spring Lake
Eran
Pulaski
Arkansas
Little
Rock
Pulaski County
Grand
Arkansas-Missouri
Rey
Arkansas road tax burden grows in Little Rock report
A Little Rock dispatch details road tax tallies in central Arkansas, noting Hot Springs Highway costs of over 1 million and statewide totals rising toward 4 million with interest. Conway county shows a thirty mile project with 6.5 miles completed and expenditures at 490 261.14, leaving a small balance. The piece promises continuation.
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Little Rock
Hot Springs
Tal County
Arkansas
Arkansas River
Conway
Faulksner
Conway County
Methodists Worship at Braddock Street in Joint Meet
The Braddock Street Methodist Church hosted a joint service with a sister denomination led by Rev. Walter Mark Depp. Bishop McDowell preached on The Christ-like God as members sang old-time hymns and shared fellowship amid cold weather and a large crowd.
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William
Walter Mark Depp
Braddock We Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Braddock Street
F. M. Richardson
Philip
Jesus
John
God
Christ
McDowell
Winchester
Graddock Street Church
Market Street Church
France
Harry S. France
Bentley Kern
Amherst Street
Kapin
Washington
Johny R. Edwards
Mary France
Kern
Bishop
Edwards
Mrs. France
Miss France
Moonshiners trap revenue officers in Blue Ridge tale
A Virginia tale recalls how moonshiners near the Hazel area in Madison and Rappahannock counties trapped revenue agents. James P. Ellis recalls the officers were overwhelmed, then released after demanding the informant’s name, with threats of fatal consequence if caught again. The Illinois bound informant is named.
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Virginia
Madison County
Blue Ridge
Madison
Rappahannock
James P. Ellis
Luray
Illinois
United State Revenue Bureau
Revenue
Jime
Man Who Squealed Flees Across the Blue Ridge
A man who exposed others fled after a still hunt and crossed the Blue Ridge by Norfolk and Western Railway train to Illinois. He keeps in touch with a few friends there, but avoids returning home despite memories that would lure him back.
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Blue Ridge
Norfolk and Western Railway
Illinois
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H. K. Green and
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