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Sometimes I mention here that I want to hear from readers when I make a mistake. I mean it.

Our Old News about Ouida Bergere Rathbone (18??-1974) began with a Little Rock girl named Eula May Branch whose acting ambitions led to a significant enough career writing silent movies. But she was most remembered -- or, used to be most remembered -- for the A-list Hollywood parties she threw with husband Basil Rathbone.

When we think of Basil Rathbone, do we imagine him married to Eula May Branch of Little Rock?

Heads up, Friend Reader: This is Part 3 in an Old News series about a scandal that riveted readers in Arkansas and across the nation in the 1920s.

Heads up, Friend Reader: This is Part 3 in an Old News series about a scandal that riveted readers in Arkansas and across the nation in the 1920s.

In late 1920, Charles "Barley" Garland, 21-year-old son of New England blue bloods with a dependent wife and baby, made national headlines by rejecting an inheritance. He waved away $1 million from his dead father's estate.

In late 1920, Charles "Barley" Garland, 21-year-old son of New England blue bloods with a dependent wife and baby, made national headlines by rejecting an inheritance. He waved away $1 million from his dead father's estate.

Happy New Year 1922! Somebody, quick, put out the fire.

Happy New Year 1922! Somebody, quick, put out the fire.