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Stuttgart Fair Association Stock Certificate, 1913 August 1 Aug 1913

Stuttgart Fair Association Stock Certificate, 1913 August 1

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The stock certificate in this collection was issued to Louis Buerkle and dated August 1, 1913.

Arkansas Battleship Silver Service Commission Certificate, 1913 July 22 Jul 1913

Arkansas Battleship Silver Service Commission Certificate, 1913 July 22

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This collection contains a certificate of cooperation and subscription towards the purchase of a silver service for the battleship USS Arkansas. This certificate was issued to Nicholas Headington of Little Rock.

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Notice Of Execution Sale, 1913 March 13 Mar 1913

Notice Of Execution Sale, 1913 March 13

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The broadside in this collection is dated March 13, 1913.

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John Rosslott V. Greene And Lawrence Drainage District Mar 1913

John Rosslott V. Greene And Lawrence Drainage District

Farming in Arkansas

John A. Rosslott owned land in Lawrence County that was assessed for taxes in 1912. He disputed the amount assessed and the court issued a decree for the new amount that Rosslott owed to the Drainage District. However, there was an error in the court's decree. In 1913, Rosslott filed this petition for an order of "nunc pro tunc" which is a Latin legal term that means "now for then" and would amend the previous court decree to include an additional tract of land that was missed. The money from these taxes went towards draining the Cache River and surrounding …

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Negro Rural School Fund Letters, 1913 Feb 1913

Negro Rural School Fund Letters, 1913

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This collection contains three pieces of correspondence from or to R.K. Bruff, office secretary of the Negro Rural School Fund, dated February 1913. The correspondence bears the Jeanes Foundation letterhead, which lists its board of trustees, including Booker T. Washington, William H. Taft, and Andrew Carnegie. The correspondence pertains to the appointment of a "supervising industrial teacher" in Hempstead County and miscommunication regarding the budgetary restrictions around this position. The final letter contains a detailed description of the mixture of agriculture, maintenance and education involved in this position.

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Captain A.V. Rieff Civil War Narrative, 1913 January 22 Jan 1913