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WHOA: Walnut Ridge & Hoxie Online ArchiveMain MenuIntroduction & NavigationArchive CrossroadsView Archive By Source LocationsView Archive By Source TypeView Archive By Source ThemeView Archive By Timeline of SourcesView Research on Pre-WWII WR & HoxieEdward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/Goodspeed Title Page.png2020-05-03T20:14:35-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431889-10 Goodspeed's Memoirs of NEA, Lawrence County Excerpts10A leading source of info on late-18th-century Lawrence County, featuring a detailed sketch of the county's history and economy as well as numerous biographical sketches. Taken from the larger work, "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas."plain2020-05-07T16:19:38-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1901-10-25 Crowd Insists No Politics at World Fair Planning Meeting - AR Democrat pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-13T16:06:26-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431901-10-25 Arkansas Democrat pg 43A correspondent notes the removal of politics from a meeting of the county's World's Fair committee, the illness of Col. Ponder, the WR cotton gins' output, and the benefits of a new road law.media/1901-10-25 Crowd Insists No Politics at World Fair Planning Meeting - AR Democrat pg 4.pngplain2020-05-13T16:21:21-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1917-04-16 Hoxie Banker Goes Missing in Hot Springs - AR Democrat pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-13T13:44:15-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431917-04-16 Arkansas Democrat pg 63A Hoxie citizen staying in Hot Springs "to take the baths as a cure for rheumatism" goes missing.media/1917-04-16 Hoxie Banker Goes Missing in Hot Springs - AR Democrat pg 6.pngplain2020-06-13T13:58:27-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1913-03-26 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - Additional Jurors Chosen_thumb.png2020-07-07T13:17:40-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431913-03-26 Arkansas Gazette pg 22The Benningfield trial's jury is completed, but one man is then excused on account of an illness in the family.media/1913-03-26 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - Additional Jurors Chosen.pngplain2020-07-07T13:18:41-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1913-12-03 Delaplaine Correspondent to WR Blade Reports Typhoid Fever - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-12T14:46:49-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431913-12-03 Arkansas Gazette pg 62The Delaplaine correspondent to the Walnut Ridge Blade notes that typhoid fever has stricken four members of a family there.media/1913-12-03 Delaplaine Correspondent to WR Blade Reports Typhoid Fever - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-06-12T14:48:20-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1893-05-29 Man Tries to Tame Wolf and Gets Rabies - Lawrence KS pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-27T07:24:26-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431893-05-29 Lawrence Daily Journal KS pg 12A man tries to tame a wolf near Walnut Ridge, but he is bitten by it and later dies of rabies.media/1893-05-29 Man Tries to Tame Wolf and Gets Rabies - Lawrence KS pg 1.pngplain2020-05-27T07:51:01-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1918-10-23 Gad Angle and Influenza Anecdote from WR Blade - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-15T12:48:43-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431918-10-23 Arkansas Gazette pg 62The Walnut Ridge Blade shares an anecdote about Gad Angle and influenza.media/1918-10-23 Gad Angle and Influenza Anecdote from WR Blade - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-06-15T12:50:35-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1899-09-29 Sick Volunteer Soldier Dies in Hoxie After Kind Citizen Takes Him In - St Louis pg 5_thumb.png2020-05-31T19:29:17-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431899-09-29 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 52A sick soldier from Texas is taken care of by a kind Hoxie resident, but dies the next morning nevertheless.media/1899-09-29 Sick Volunteer Soldier Dies in Hoxie After Kind Citizen Takes Him In - St Louis pg 5.pngplain2020-05-31T19:31:36-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1921-07-06 Anthrax Situation in LawCo Improving Slowly - Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-16T15:15:07-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431921-07-06 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 32Federal veterinarians are brought to Lawrence County to help manage an outbreak of anthrax in the area.media/1921-07-06 Anthrax Situation in LawCo Improving Slowly - Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 3.pngplain2020-06-16T15:16:23-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1921-09-02 Hoxie Mayor Accused of Aiding Murder - Duncan OK pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-16T15:31:34-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431921-09-02 Duncan Banner OK pg 12The mayor of Hoxie is accused of aiding in a murder, leading the city council to ask for his resignation.media/1921-09-02 Hoxie Mayor Accused of Aiding Murder - Duncan OK pg 1.pngplain2020-06-16T15:34:06-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1911-05-14 WR Postmaster Resigns Due to Wifes Poor Health - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 14_thumb.png2020-06-10T13:28:36-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431911-05-14 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 142The Walnut Ridge postmaster resigns due to his wife's poor health.media/1911-05-14 WR Postmaster Resigns Due to Wifes Poor Health - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 14.pngplain2020-06-10T13:31:09-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1930-09-18 Band Instructor at WR Has Asthma Attack - West Plains MO pg 5_thumb.png2020-06-17T12:56:55-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431930-09-18 West Plains Journal-Gazette MO pg 52A band instructor at Walnut Ridge has an asthma attack and returns to West Plains, Missouri, to recover.media/1930-09-18 Band Instructor at WR Has Asthma Attack - West Plains MO pg 5.pngplain2020-06-17T12:58:21-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1911-08-10 German-Born Baker in WR Dies, Stores Close for Funeral - Ironton MO pg 5_thumb.png2020-06-11T08:55:30-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431911-08-10 Ironton County Register MO pg 52The proprietor of Walnut Ridge's city bakery, born in Germany, passes away, and all the stores in town close out of respect during the funeral.media/1911-08-10 German-Born Baker in WR Dies, Stores Close for Funeral - Ironton MO pg 5.pngplain2020-06-11T09:00:54-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1931-03-26 WR Man Sells Mortgaged Equipment With Restaurant, Indicted - Poplar Bluff MO pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-17T15:47:15-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431931-03-26 Poplar Bluff Republican MO pg 82A former WR restaurant owner is indicted for failing to mention, when selling the business, that the equipment is still mortgaged.media/1931-03-26 WR Man Sells Mortgaged Equipment With Restaurant, Indicted - Poplar Bluff MO pg 8.pngplain2020-06-17T15:53:40-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1912-11-01 Marcus Collier Murders - Junction City Daily Union KS pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-11T19:14:02-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431912-11-01 Junction City Daily Union KS pg 12A Walnut Ridge merchant shoots his sister, his wife, and himself in what is described as "a fit of temporary insanity."media/1912-11-01 Marcus Collier Murders - Junction City Daily Union KS pg 1.pngplain2020-06-11T19:16:02-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743