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NEWS ARTICLES Arkansas Genealogy Trails Springdale Boy Shot, September 3, 1921 "Flu Epidemic Tests," April 14, 1923 AFWC Convention, Fayetteville Daily Democrat, May 21, 1924 "Female Ticket Elected," April 20, 1925 Fayetteville Daily Democrat, Sept 3 1921 Springdale, Sept 3--Funeral services for Lawrence Boone Jr.,
aged 17, who was shot and killed yesterday afternoon by Bayless Beach
also of Springdale, will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
Friendship Cemetery. Coroner's jury late Friday declared that the young
Boone met his death by accidental shooting. Boon and Beach, who were
about the same age, had been doing cowboy stunts in a room in the
Commercial Hotel, of which Boone's father is proprietor. In a spirit of
play Beach grabbed a .44 Colt, which he did not believe to be loaded,
pointed it at his friend and pulled the trigger. The bullet entered
Boone's body on the right side above the abdomen and came out under the
left rib. He died three hours later. (Source: Fayetteville
Daily Democrat, Sept 3, 1921, contributed by Mary Wilson)
Tests made during the recent influenza epidemic on 300 students and faculty members of the University of Arkansas indicate that air containing minute quantities of chlorine breathed for five minutes a day tends to prevent the development of the flu. The case rate in the entire University population was 133 per 1,000, while in those taking the treatment it was 44 per 1,000. Eliminating those who were already ill or who did not complete the treatment, it was only 13 per 1,000, or one-tenth of the rate among those not " gassed." The experiments were conducted by Dr. Harrison Hale, professor of chemistry. --Source: The American Chemical Society at New Haven printed in TIME Magazine, Saturday, Apr. 14, 1923 THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE ARKANSAS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS Memorial services were held commemorating Mrs. S. S. Chew
and Mrs. G. A. Faber of Van Buren; Mrs. Junk of Rogers, and Mrs Romaine
Resse of Ft. Smith, who have died during the past year, Mrs. V. B.
Clendenning presiding. --Source: The Fayetteville Daily
Democrat, Fayetteville, AR, May 21, 1924, contributed by Mary Wilson.
A complete female ticket was elected for the local government of Winslow, a hamlet in the Arkansas Mountains. --Source: TIME Magazine, April 20, 1925. ©2006-2008 Arkansas Genealogy Trails |