Memories for the Week of November 22, 2017

100 years ago

November 29, 1917

The school census for Phillips County has recently been compiled and shows a gain of 612 over the last year. The number of children between the age of six and 21 is now 2,851. There are 101 rural schools and five town schools in the country.

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During the past week or two, chicken thieves in town have become very busy and a few nights ago one of them was chased out of a chicken coop in the eastern part of town.

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O.P. Zortman has organized a new mining company for the development of some valuable property in British Columbia. The stock company has been ca...