100 YEARS AGO May 25, 1913 Toleration of immoral resorts in Little Rock’s segregated red light district will cease three months from today. This positive announcement was made last night by Mayor Chas. E. Taylor, as a result of sweeping revelations and recommendations contained in the report of the Little Rock Vice Commission, made public yesterday. Preliminary to the municipal war on protected vice, to be conducted after August 25, Mayor Taylor declared the practice of collecting monthly fines from women of the underworld will be stopped at once. This action will entail a monthly revenue loss of $800 to the city. Notice of the municipality’s intention to close all immoral houses three months from today will be served officially to the women affected immediately.
50 YEARS AGO May 25, 1963
Federal Judge John E. Miller of the Western District of Arkansas ruled yesterday that Richard W. Hobbs, Hot Springs attorney, should receive a $200 fee for representing Philip’s Art Gallery, a Hot Springs auction house, in bankruptcy proceedings. Hobbs had sought a $1.50 fee and had appealed from a ruling by Arnold M. Adams, federal referee in bankruptcy, who awarded a $200 fee for Hobbs’ services to the bankrupt firm.
25 YEARS AGO May 25, 1988
Performances for Riverfest 1988 will take place on a new $40,000 stage made of bongosi wood imported from West Africa. Bill Bunten, assistant director of Little Rock Parks and Recreation Department, said Tuesday the wood for Riverfront Park’s new stage/pavilion was chosen after a search for a material that was “very vandal resistant, well-preserved, but soft enough for ballet, dance and plays.”
10 YEARS AGO May 25, 2003
Arkansas health officials reported the state’s first probable case of severe acute respiratory syndrome, known as SARS, on Saturday. The patient was traveling in Arkansas for business and had been in the state only a few hours before being hospitalized Thursday night, said Dr. Joe Bates, deputy medical director for the Arkansas Department of Health, which is monitoring the case. The patient didn’t contract SARS in Arkansas, Bates said, but the person lives in Canada, one of several locations hardest hit by the illness. Citing patient privacy regulations, Health Department spokesman Bob Alvey declined to say in what city or region of the state the patient is now located.
Arkansas, Pages 16 on 05/25/2013