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100 YEARS AGO

Nov. 6, 1915

At an estimated cost of $12,000, West Fourteenth street from Main to Brown street, soon will be resurfaced with Tarvia by the Barrett Manufacturing Company of New York, without cost to the property owners, according to Alderman C. E. Smith. The street was first paved in 1910. Previously, Alderman Smith and other commissioners of the district went to Chicago to investigate as to the cheapest and most durable paving material.

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 6, 1965

MONTICELLO — The Monticello City Council unanimously voted Friday night a sizable increase in expense allowance to Mayor Henry L. Ross. The council told Ross that, effective immediately, he will be allowed $250 per month for car expenses, instead of $125, as in the past. In addition to this he is also to utilize the city’s credit card for his automobile needs. Ross’ annual salary is $5,000, and, with the most recent increase, his pay and allowances now amount to upward of $8,000.

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 6, 1990

Residents of Little Rock’s Hillcrest neighborhood have until the end of the month to sign up for a special sidewalk improvement program. The program is part of joint effort by the city, the Hillcrest Residents Association, Worthen Bank and Trust and the L.R. Mourning Co. As part of the 1987 bond issue approved by voters, the city is repairing and installing new sidewalks along both sides of Kavanaugh Boulevard from Markham Street to the Crestwood Road and L Street intersection.

10 YEARS AGO

Nov. 6, 2005

OLD DAVIDSONVILLE STATE PARK — Once thought to have endured a crude existence, the settlers of what was Arkansas’ largest county in the early 1800s appeared, instead, to have been a robust sort who enjoyed music, drinking and games. They also favored fine ceramic dinnerware, jewelry and money, archaeologists have discovered. Answers about how the townsfolk of what was then Davidsonville lived nearly 200 years ago are being found 4 to 8 inches beneath the topsoil of what is now a state park along the Black River in Randolph County. “This is the most exciting project I’ve ever worked on,” said Kathleen Cande, an archaeologist with the Arkansas Archeological Survey at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, who has been conducting excavations across the state for more than 20 years.