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100 YEARS AGO Sept. 21, 1917

PRESCOTT — For the first time in the history of Nevada county a white woman has been convicted of a felony and Mrs. J. V. Gerard, found guilty on five counts of forgeries, will have to serve a sentence of 10 years in the penitentiary, two years for each case. Her husband was released, Judge Haynie ordering the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty, as evidence failed to connect him with the forgeries. She denied any knowledge of the alleged forgeries throughout the trial and was very calm during the testimony and arguments of the attorneys.

50 YEARS AGO Sept. 21, 1967

HOT SPRINGS — The Garland County Grand Jury, in an interim report Wednesday, was critical of Hot Springs’ so-called “amusement tax” on gambling equipment, the alleged use of city policemen to assess the equipment for taxation, law enforcement in general and the prosecuting attorney in a particular instance. After the report was read by Circuit Judge Henry M. Britt, Prosecuting Attorney Walter Wright filed a petition on behalf of himself and Municipal Judge Earl Mazander to expunge the report.

25 YEARS AGO Sept. 21, 1992

The Rev. W.N. Otwell of Nacogdoches, Texas, and about 50 others demonstrated peacefully Sunday outside Immanuel Baptist Church in downtown Little Rock, where Bill Clinton has his membership. A counter protest was waged across the street by about 80 people representing the Arkansas AIDS Brigade, the Arkansas Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Organization for Women, Planned Parenthood of Greater Arkansas, and the Women’s Project. “A narrow mind is a terrible thing to use,” the latter group chanted at Otwell and his followers.

10 YEARS AGO Sept. 21, 2007

MOUNTAIN HOME — An Action EMS ambulance crew had to unload furniture from an ambulance before placing an ailing woman in the emergency vehicle, according to a Baxter County man. In a letter to several local and state officials, Al Cornell said a family member called 911 for an ambulance Sept. 9 when Cornell’s wife became ill. “Why would an ambulance that held furniture be permitted to be in the 911 rotation for emergency response?” Cornell said in the letter. A spokesman from Action EMS said Thursday the company’s review determined the ambulance contained “a small, plastic patio table” and two plastic chairs.