The Star's Platform for Hempstead County Progress
The Star advocates municipal power plant use to develop Hope's riot and social resources, city paving in 1991, improved sanitary conditions, Chamber of Commerce support, and a county highway program to build durable roads yearly. It backs scientific agricultural programs, farmer cooperation, state highway progress, tax reform, efficient government, and cattle tick eradication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Meys
Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Plagiarism Suit Against ONeill Dismissed by Judge
Federal judge dismisses Miss Lewys plagiarism claim against Eugene ONeill calling it wholly preposterous. Suit sought 1.25 million dollars alleging plot theft from her novel The Temple of Pallas Athenae. The decision stirs debate on curbing unjustified lawsuits while protecting valid claims.
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George Lewys
Eugene O'Neill
Miss Lewys
O'Neill
Damies
O’neill
Jon
Successful Corporation
Pardon of Atkins Spurs Elections and Protests
The Hope Star reports on the pardon of banker W. R. Atkins by Lt. Governor Wilson before jail time, amid petitions for clemency from Hampstead county citizens. One petition for clemency held 105 names and a second against pardon had 155, totaling 260. Governor Parnell is quoted warning Atkins would not go free, while critics call the move Bolshevik-like and demand recall of the furlough. The piece ends with a note on wages, credit, and debt in local business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Atkins
Wilson
Hope Star
Hampstead County
Parnell
Atkins
The
Star
Russellville Courier-Democrat
Days News of Other Headline and Local Sightings
Days J M Divan of Freeport Illinois and J E Johnson of West Plains Missouri have been prospecting in Hope in search of opportunities. Frank Harkness visited from Washington Saturday. Falls returned from Little Rock after several weeks away. Charles C McRae of Houston Texas visited the hometown.
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J. M. Divan
Freeport
I.L
J. E. Johnson
West Plains
Frank Harkness
Washington
Naomi
Falls
Junttle Rock
Charles C. McRae
Houston
Tex
Columbus visitors and local appointments briefed in Hope
100EARS AGO Misses Zenobia Stuart and Frances Davis of Columbus are shopping in Hope today. A. F. Annen, former Hope city engineer now living in Hot Springs, is in town staying at the Harlow. Miss Mary Carter accepts a position at E. P. Stewart's Jewelry Store. Circuit Clerk Luther Higgason was in town from Washington this afternoon.
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Zenobia Stuart
Frances Davis
Columbus
Hope
A. F. Annen
Hot Springs
Harlow
Mary Carter
E. P. Stewart
Luther Higgason
Washington
Barbs on a Book and a Theater Farce
A collection of brief quips notes a contract bridge book selling 64 000 copies in three months and a boy who turned to sky writing after a school penmanship failure. It jokes motorists’ stubbornness, a London theater ticket earns two Derby tickets, and that neither option guarantees a show.
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London
Prohibition Divides Women as 1932 Looms
Rodney Dutcher reports a clash of dry and wet women in Washington as the Woman’s National Committee to Law Enforcement and the new National Prohibition Reform group draw large crowds. Dry groups claim millions, but wet organizers say active, voting members may swing elections. The era’s defining issue promises to shape party choices and candidate support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Tashington
Woman's National Committee To Law Enforcement
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Wc.t. U
Prohibition Reform Outfit
Dry Women's Committee
General Federation of Women’s Cluba
Bers
Wet Women's
Dry Women's Organization
National League of Women Voters
Woman's National Democratic Law Enforcement League
Dry Womens
Hangman’s Tree in Baxter Springs Dies After Storm
The famous Hangman’s Tree in Baxter Springs is dying after a lightning strike. In the late 1880s about 50 men, mostly horse thieves and dishonest gamblers, were hanged from the tree when Baxter Springs was a boomtown on the Texas-bound railroad.
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Baxter Springs
Kan —i
Fort McHenry Restoration Underway as Shrine
Restoration work at Fort McHenry in Baltimore proceeds as a national shrine. A congressional appropriation of 80 dollars funds grounds improvements and parking. About 160 red oak trees will be planted. Patriotic societies plan markers and tablets on the grounds.
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Baltimore
U.P
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Ferryman Saves 200 Lives in 15 Years
Oakmont ferryman Jack Weber has aided about 200 Allegheny River travelers over fifteen years. He operates a fast motor boat near the ferry and remains alert for cries for help, especially busy during vacation when canoeists crowd the river.
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Oakmont
Pa-U.p
Jack Weber
Allegheny River
Weber
Constipation Relief Endorsed By Alabama Woman
Mrs Ruth Scott of Tuscumbia Alabama shares thirty years of use of Thedford s Black Draught. She cites relief for biliousness indigestion headache and constipation and urges others to take it at first sign of constipation. The remedy is described as pure botanical with no chemicals and nearly a century in use.
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Ruth Scott
Tuscumbia
Ala
Thedford
Paris to Open Musee of Cuisine Francaise et de la Table
Paris plans a Museum of Cooling named Musee deis Cuisine Francaise et de la Table. It will be a major addition to city show-places with patronage from Simone chefs. The museum will have sections on historical table furniture, the pleasures of the table both ancient and modern, and meats and similar fortes.
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Paris
Musee Deis Cuisine Francaise Et de la
Simone
Hele
Student Receives Mark Amid Academic Praise
A professor praised a student as he handed back the mark in a moment described as a formal yet celebratory exchange. The scene captures the calm authority of grading and the student’s quiet acknowledgment.
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Mike
Avade
Candy shipment sale notice by Missouri Pacific R R Co
The Missouri Pacific Railroad Company will sell to the highest bidder the shipment of cases Candy from the Lifers Cone section Kansas City Missouri. Cone signed to Order Notify J E Schooler Company Hope Arkansas. Sale to be held at Womom May 9 at Mop R Ty Freight House E Christopher and.
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Missouri Pacific R. R. Co
Lifers Cone
Kansas City
J. E. Schooler Co
Hope
Ark
Womom
Mop. R. Ty Freight House
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Miller
LaFayette
Associated Pres
Associated Press
Focal News
Tnepaper
Col
R. R. McCormick
Senor
By Williams
Rok
Mona
Atr Atos
Kanaas Hangman
Bramer
C. W. Leghorn
Braemer Poultry Farm
Texarkana
South Main Street
Bath
South Elm
Cééking Museum
Lapeat
Solichy
American Legion
Frisco
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