100 years ago
July 15, 1919:
PERSONALS
Mrs. Lee Johnson of Mineral Springs, Ark., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. E. Calhoun; Misses Mary and Grace Cornelius left town to spend a month or so in Colorado; Miss Minnie Mae Lewis has accepted a position with Mackey Telegraph Com.; Mrs. J. M. Paine, who has been a guest of her mother, Mrs. J. A. Piner, left for Honey Grove.; Tom Lee is expected home tomorrow from Little Rock where he was discharged from the army after fifteen months service overseas.
July 16:
DARING PIONEERS
On June 7, 1769, Daniel Boone, with five other hunters from North Carolina, reached the Red River in Kentucky. They were the first white men to explore the territory, forbiddingly called by Indians "The Dark and Bloody Ground."
July 17:
EXPECT 35 ON TRIP
Fifteen business men of Texarkana and twenty farmers will constitute the number of persons who will visit the peach orchards of southwestern Arkansas and visit the agricultural regions of this section of the state. The trade extension committee of the Chamber of Commerce has been at work throughout the day listing those who will go or not. The trip will be made in automobiles.
July 18:
OSTEOPATHS EXAMINE, TREAT CHILDREN FREE AT THEIR CLINIC
The Osteopathic clinic, inaugurated by the Osteopathic physicians of Texarkana, held a free clinic for children ages 10 and under at Mitchell's sanatorium at 823 State street. They were also being instructed in the laws of hygiene and it was accepted well. They will hold two more clinics at the end of July and one in August.
July 19:
SUCCESS WITH POULTRY
J. L. Jones, of Malta, has a hard time supplying the demands. "I am convinced, as a result of experiments lasting during the past six years, that there is no more suitable section of the United States than the Texarkana vicinity for raising chickens," said Mr. Jones, who was here yesterday. Now he has several hundred head of imperial ringlet barred Plymouth rocks of the Thompson strain.
July 20:
SANITATION WORK IN BOWIE COUNTY PUSHED WITH VIGOR
Dr. Grady Shytles, of New Boston, health officer in charge of Bowie County, was in Texarkana today, and stated that health and sanitation work in Bowie County bids fair to set a record for health and sanitation throughout Texas. Bob Hubbard, of New Boston, who is the Red Cross chairman of health and sanitation, stated a Red Cross nurse is to be employed for services in the New Boston vicinity in the near future. Dr. Shytles stated that 114 people were vaccinated yesterday for typhoid in New Boston free of charge.
July 21:
CAR FOR POLICE
A brand new Ford car was presented to Chief of Police Strange, of the Arkansas force, by the board of Public Affairs, consisting of Mayor J. H. McLain, H. V. Beasley and L.C. Aeru, for the benefit of himself, as head of the police department, and members of the police force to run down criminals.
50 years ago
July 15, 1969:
RESURGENCE OF BICYCLES
Bicycles, which once appeared to be relegated to museums by the internal combustion engine, are staging a comeback. This year bike sales are expected to total 8.4 million, up considerably from the 7.5 million sold last year. As recently as 1960, sales totaled 3.6 million in the U.S. Some people use automobiles to just go to the corner store. Most bicycle sales are to the young and old. The young because it is their first automobile they can maneuver themselves, and the old who are beginning to listen to doctors who say they need exercise and bicycles are good exercise for all ages.
July 16:
PLANT VIRUS
Plant pathologists employed by the U.S. Agricultural Research Service recently made an astounding discovery. While examining the infected tissues of a diseased pea vine, they found micro-organisms closely related to three micro-organisms that produce diseases in animals. Symptoms are closely related to the classic syndrome for Dutch Elm Disease.
July 17:
FISHING CONFERENCE
Peru, Chile and Ecuador have agreed to meet with the United States beginning July 30 in Buenos Aires to discuss Pacific fishing problems. A dispute about fishing rights, and particularly over a claim of the three nations to territorial jurisdiction over 300 miles of coastal waters, has chilled their relations with the U.S. The U.S. recognizes only a 12-mile limit and American fishing boats have frequently been captured and fined by Ecuador and Peru. In retaliation, the U.S. suspended sales of military equipment to the two nations early this year but lifted the ban this month to open talks.
July 18:
LARGE ANT CAUSES
WRECK THAT KILLS ONE
A large ant caused a car crash that killed a clergyman. Two cars collided after a woman driver brushed the ant from the collar of the clergyman who was her passenger. Coroner Harold Pascoe found that the Rev. Charles Lewis Greenwood, 77, died by misadventure.
The woman saw a bull ant moving along the Rev. Greenwood's collar toward his neck, looked away from the road to remove it, and crashed.
Mr. Pascoe stated, "This matter was understandable but not excusable." The woman's name was not released pending charges.
July 19:
RELOCATION RULES
ALLOW MOBILE HOMES
The use of mobile homes as replacement dwellings under the relocation assistance program has been authorized by the Bureau of Public Roads, if such is not contrary to state law and if the mobile home meets the standards for decent, safe and sanitary housing except for the minimum space requirements.
July 20:
TEXARKANA GOLFERS
IN A GOOD SPOT
Three Texarkana golfers are in the running for the State Jaycee Golf Championship at Maumelle Golf Club after the first 18 holes of the 36-hole tournament. Stan Stevens, winner of the Texarkana Jaycee Tournament, shot a 79 to hold second place. Danny Vandergrift of Fort Smith is holding the top spot after the first 18 holes. Bill Rogers was tied with fellow Texarkanian Cary Patterson for third.
July 21:
MAIL FRAUD STOPPED BY
U.S. POSTAL DEPARTMENT
An investigation by the Post Office Department of complaints from recipients of a chain letter circulated throughout the United States led to the arrest of a Texarkana man on a federal mail fraud charge by Postal Inspector J. H. Howell of Little Rock and Texas City Police. Howard C. Reynolds, a native of Pennsylvania was arrested at the Grim Hotel on a federal warrant for mail fraud and arraigned that same night before U.S. Commissioner Ned Stewart of Texarkana. He was released on bond pending further court action.