100 YEARS AGO, September 21, 1916

♦  Coach Dan Estes’ chances for a winning football machine are unusually good. Reporting for practice were “Sallow” Dodson, Sam Donnell, Orien Wray and Joe Day, Joe Brooks, the fighting center of several season, arrived last night and will start practicing this afternoon. Graydon Dodson, who tips the beam at nearly 200, is a likely contender for a line berth. Continue reading →

75 YEARS AGO, August 2, 1966

♦  Conway’s newest and largest retail outlet, WalMart Discount City, opened with a grand opening ceremony attended among others by Sam Walton of Bentonville and Joe Siebenmorgen, Continue reading →

100 YEARS AGO, July, 1916

♦  A terrific bolt of lightning completely shattered an oak tree two feet in diameter close to the residence of C.H. Newbern, on Center street, during a thunderstorm Continue reading →

100 YEARS AGO, April 13, 1916

♦  Col. G. W. Bruce called attention to the forty-third birthday of Faulkner County yesterday. The act of creating the county was signed April 12, 1873, and Continue reading →

100 YEARS AGO, February 12, 1916

♦  In connection with plans for the observance of “Conway Day,” February 25, the Shakespeare, the Hem Culture, the Civic and the Orpheus clubs offer two prizes to the students of the city. The first is open to students of the grades and the high school, to the preparatory department of Hendrix Continue reading →