100 years ago
Oct. 11, 1914
• Dr. Carolyn E. Geisel, lecturer, has been engaged by the Little Rock Federation of Women's Clubs for two lectures. The first will be given in the banquet hall of the Hotel Marion Saturday at 8 p.m. Dr. Geisel will speak at this time on "Health and Civic Sanitation." Sunday afternoon, October 18, she will deliver an address in the Kempner theater at 8 p.m., her subject being "The Home Behind the Man."
50 years ago
Oct. 11, 1964
• Today is Pulaski Memorial Day in honor of the Revolutionary War hero for whom this county and several others, are named. The late President Kennedy proclaimed Oct. 11 as Pulaski Memorial Day in 1962. President Johnson recently also issued a proclamation to this effect. Pulaski County Judge Arch Campbell said a brief ceremony would be held tomorrow about 10 a.m. in the lobby of the courthouse where the large bust of Count Casimir Pulaski stands. Count Pulaski gave his life for the American cause at the age of 31 in the siege of Savannah, Ga. Oct. 11, 1779. He succumbed from wounds received while leading a calvary charge. Pulaski County is one of seven in the United States.
25 years ago
Oct. 11, 1989
HOT SPRINGS -- There is a black panther prowling loose in west Hot Springs. The cat, estimated to weigh about 90 pounds, has been spotted twice in two weeks, once in a resident's back yard. Other residents said they have seen tracks in their yards or heard it walking on their roofs. John Seales, Hot Springs Animal Control director, said the animal apparently has been wandering around several hundred acres of woods in the Stokes Creek area. Dozens of houses edge the wooded area.
10 years ago
Oct. 11, 2004
CONWAY -- A growing number of personal computer users in Conway now can do their laundry and read their favorite Web log at the same time. Or sip a latte while checking Google's search engine to see if a blind date's name shows up anywhere on the Internet -- anywhere respectable, that is. At Central Baptist College's student center last week, freshman Michael Pickle was using his laptop computer to research a couple of essays on sexual harassment. He did so via the Internet and without a phone cord in sight. Conway's business community is trying to attract Pickle and PC users of all ages to Wi-Fi, a wireless Internet connection.
Metro on 10/11/2014