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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1931
Page
2
A jumble of Sunday activities and family notes from Hinton and Hope mention Mr. and Mrs. Basil, Miss Trei Rogers, Lois Hamilton, and Lucile Johnson visiting relatives. A 1929 Bullock County farm report notes livestock accounted for 44 percent of income, projected to exceed half in 1931.
A garbled 1920s era recap describes tension between Connie Mack Lefty Grove and their teams during spring training in Fort Myers. It notes Mack calming a tense scene after exchanges and mocks between players, with vividobb frame on Hack Wilson and Rogers Hornsby, and a joke exchange with Bing Miller.
Farmers take advantage of calm weather and near the end of corn planting in Shove Springs. John Reece shows improvement after a two week sickness. Mr. and Mrs. Ozie Reece and family of Hope visited John Reece's family. Kelly Gray and Delma Johnson married last Saturday in Hope. Joe England visited Little Bodcaw Sunday.
Farmers report spring days with a new chute enabling a 100 foot jump. Evelyn Steed, daughter of Mr and Mrs RB G Steed, is seriously ill with pneumonia. Archie Sommers and Jessie Pickard returned from Longview Texas for work. Mrs Henry Pickard visited her father Mr McWilliams of Shower Springs. Dale Hunt hosted overnight guests the Huns. A large singing crowd gathered Sunday. Mrs J T Hazzard and children visited Laneburg relatives. Les Boswell Parlee Boswell and Florence Fincher dined with Mr and Mrs L Hazzard. Anna Sommers of Gurnsey visited her brother. Irvin Urrey and wife from Hope attended singing. Alvis Hazzard and wife and Misses Nora and Helen Huesard visited Laneburg. School to close Friday with program. Everyone invited. Remember preaching days this weekend. Twenty-two Craven county hog growers sold five cars of Shay-Fred hogs for 4600 dollars.
A health advertisement promotes internal remedy Kem-Roid and Hem-Roid Tables for piles. It claims relief by stimulating circulation and healing affected areas, citing Dr. J. Leonhardt and Ward & Son’s money back guarantee if not eased. The ad targets sufferers of itching bleeding and protruding piles in a city market.
In Sutton our eight months of school under Mr and Mrs Whitten earned praise. Fifteen students graduated at Central High School with addresses by Mr Womack from the style university. Miss Marel Jones, Dorothy Galloway and Willaril Waddle are named among the graduates.
In Decature M W r With only 7.57 in deposits the Washington Savings Bank is solvent and ready to pay depositors. It was started by boys from Washington school and run by pupils under a teacher. Local bank supplies material and a makeshift cashier’s cage was built in class. Banking follows real-world procedures. Wheat farmers near Burley Idaho report over 1000 chucks killed by poisoned alfalfa, causing heavy losses.
Utah sheepmen report low asking prices for old ewes and new crop ewes with free shipment prospects into next fall. 5,000 Utah lambs sold for delivery along the Missouri River at five cents a pound. Oregon growers offer lambs as low as four cents with few takers. old ewes bring about 4.50 and two year olds around 8.50 per head with jabat side.
Jackson Mississippi sheriff Gillis Gate campaigns for railroad commissioner by performing stage speeches with guitar and singing self praised songs. He promotes voter action to nominate him while touring towns. In California citrus news, growers burn about 260000 barrels of oil annually on 63000 acres of orchards.
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