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100 YEARS AGO Jan. 9, 1914

That “nothing but a good and great God can stop a woman’s tongue, once it is started,” was the opinion handed down by Justice of the Peace E.H. Sanders yesterday afternoon, in his decision in the case of Mrs. F.A. Hawkins, 2422 Valentine street, a white woman, whom he tried on a charge of disturbing the peace. Mrs. Hawkins was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Matilda See, a negress, who declared Mrs. Hawkins had used violent, profane and abusive language to and about her, when the two engaged in a battle of words a few days ago. After hearing the evidence Justice Sanders gave the foregoing opinion and discharged Mrs. Hawkins. The opinion was incorporated in his official decision when the case was entered on the criminal docket.

50 YEARS AGO Jan. 9, 1964

A cold front pushing into Arkansas brought light snow to the northwest section today and was expected to drop temperatures to the low 20s throughout the state tonight. Snow was reported at Fayetteville and Harrison. Walnut Ridge had rain. Yesterday rainmaker Homer Berry of North Little Rock called the Democrat and said he was bringing snow into Arkansas today. But he promised 6 inches and indicated it would be blanketing Little Rock by morning. Contacted today, Berry said, “Tell those hunters to get their guns polished and be ready…” He said yesterday he was bringing in snow to give hunters opportunity to track predators and for the benefit of crops and timberland.

25 YEARS AGO Jan. 9, 1989

Projected population trends for Arkansas in the 1990s suggest the median age of its residents is steadily rising. Arkansas’ population is projected to have a median age of 33.1 years old by 1990, an increase from 31.8 years old in 1985 and 30.6 years old in 1980. The projections are based on federal figures furnished by the demographic research division of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.Median age is the age that falls in the middle of an age sample.

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 9, 2004

CONWAY - Residents displaced for three days after an explosion and fire Tuesday at Detco Industries Inc. will return home today as work crews continue the tedious cleanup of the factory’s burned-out building. Residents were kept away from their homes Thursday for a third day because of safety concerns, Mayor Tab Townsell said during an evening meeting with the evacuees.

Arkansas, Pages 10 on 01/09/2014

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