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100 YEARS AGO Oct. 24, 1913

ZINC - Because it would cost $1 fare for her dog, while babies could ride free, a Mrs. Welchel of near Lead Hill, recently “put one over on the railroad company” by dressing her dog in baby clothes. Mrs. Welchel alighted from the train here carrying carefully in her arms a tiny bundle from the edge of which there peeped the dainty trimming of a baby’s clothes. When Mrs. Welchel, with the “baby,” climbed aboard the hack to Lead Hill “Fido” let loose a series of barks. “Her hand exposed,” Mrs. Welchel turned back a veil and from the bundle of supposed humanity there appeared the head of a fice. Conductor Clyde Miller, when told of the success of the ruse, merely remarked “It takes a woman to beat the road.”

50 YEARS AGO Oct. 24, 1963

Little Rock’s brand new Freeway - of which the city is so justly proud - has created problems as well as benefits, according to police and school officials. It seems that the latest fad among Little Rock’s younger sets - particularly school-age children - is a hazardous game called “Freeway chicken.” Mainly while going to and from school, some youngsters play the deadly game of darting across the Freeway while speeding cars and trucks bear down on them. Apparently the child who escapes death by the narrowest margin wins the “game.” “I caught 42 kids at this sort of thing earlier this week,” said Sgt. Harold Zook, safety training officer for the Little Rock Police Department. Sgt. Zook added that some adults were also guilty of illegally crossing the Freeway.

25 YEARS AGO Oct. 24, 1988

It has been exactly two weeks since nearly 22,000 Pulaski County Special School District students have been in a classroom. After the longest teacher strike in the state’s history, students will return to school today. They will have to make up seven school days before the school year is out.

10 YEARS AGO Oct. 24, 2003

Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe rejected the proposed name and ballot title for a medical marijuana initiative Wednesday, saying that the accompanying measure is ambiguous on definitions such as who would be allowed to smoke “pot” and how much a “caregiver” would be allowed to keep on hand. Denele Campbell of West Fork, spokesman for the Arkansas Alliance for Medical Marijuana, said her group doesn’t view the rejection as much of a setback and likely will submit a retooled version within a few days.

Arkansas, Pages 15 on 10/24/2013

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