LITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO Oct. 28, 1911
The scattering of waste paper on the streets of Argenta was ordered stopped yesterday by Chief of Police Gabe Pratt. The streets of Argenta for some time have presented the appearance of a waste paper basket, but Chief Pratt has decided that this must stop. The merchants of the city have agreed to assist in the abating of this nuisance.
50 YEARS AGO Oct. 28, 1961
Effective Monday farmers must pay Mexican laborers $3 per 100 pounds for picking cotton, the state Employment Security Division said yesterday. The minimum rate until then is $2.50 per hundred. ESD Director J.L. Bland said provisions for the higher wage were written into contracts signed by growers and laborers.
25 YEARS AGO Oct. 28, 1986
Coachman’s Inn, a Little Rock political and civic landmark for 27 years, will close Nov. 24 and will be demolished, Jackson T. and W.R. “Witt” Stephens, majority stockholders in the hotel, announced Monday. Since opening in 1959 at thecorner of Fifth and Ferry Streets, Coachman’s has been virtually synonymous with Arkansas politics.
10 YEARS AGO Oct. 28, 2001
Jumpy Arkansans, no longer taking anything for granted, now find fear inside their mailboxes, stored in their refrigerators and even hanging on their walls. The newly formed bioterrorism command center at the Arkansas Department of Health logs up to 70 calls a day as beleaguered health officials try to quell a growing panic over anthrax. One man called about a rack of deer antlers hanging on his wall: He wanted it tested for anthrax spores. Another man who touched an egg in his refrigerator reported that he developed a tingling sensation in his arm. He wondered if anthrax was the culprit. Flecked powder in the mailbox of a rural home sent one woman searching for a saw. After she finally got the mailbox down, she packed it in a barrel and sent it to the Health Department. Later, relieved to find out the powder was nothing more than peeling latex paint, the woman demanded her mailbox back, pronto, along with the barrel she had sent it in.
Arkansas, Pages 11 on 10/28/2011