100 YEARS AGO

July 29, 1916

LAKE VILLAGE — The epidemic of anthrax in Chicot county, which apparently subsided last week, has broken out anew, and many head of cattle have died from the disease this week. The disease, however, is confined to a small area, about 10 miles square. Stock in other sections of the county have been inoculated. H. H. Mitchell, deputy state veterinarian, today supervised the burning of many infected carcasses.