Be the best of whatever you are in this life
A sprawling column of social notes and quotes mixes a motivational verse with numerous local notices. It lists visitors from Little Rock and Texarkana, engagements, upcoming weddings, and hospitality at homes on South Hervey street, with names like Mrs Basil Awards and Miss Joy O Neal among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wred R. Harrison
Gulfport
Gulf Coast
Ernest O'Neal
Earl O'Neal
South Hervey Street
Basil
Monticello
Joy O'Neal
N. P. O'Neal
Maude Lipscomb
Edwards
Fred R. Harrison
John Wellborn
A. D. Brannon
Dole Wilson
Harry Shiver
H. C. Kyler
Buford Pee
Guyola Basye
C. F. Baker
Berniece
Hale Bowden
Will Bowden
Beasley
T. B. Urrey
John Hollis
Little Rock
Horace Jewell
Linda Jewell
A Day at Tile Races Shell Sunday Show
A brief, humorous note references tile races and a Sunday event featuring the Marx Brothers. The fragment hints at a light, seaside or theater atmosphere with limited readable detail. No specific names beyond MARX BROS. and Shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marx Bros
Copy of Highway Rules Available for Arkansas motorists
The Third District Office in Hope offers a printed copy of the new Arkansas highway rules and regulations for car operation at 6 cents postage. The abject matter lists brakes, headlamps, reflex reflectors, safety glass, vehicle identification and clearance, directional signals, and flares, with specific testing and usage standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Hope
Charles C. Thomas
First Report Filed Continues From Page One
The chestnut blight is described as the most virulent and destructive forest tree disease recorded. The note mentions Coney Island as a peninsula, a well known New York amusement park and bathing beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
New York
Idaho Farm Area Sinking Rapidly
Farmers in southern Idaho discover a sinking valley forming a new canyon eight miles north of the area. H A Robertson's five acres drop 125 to 150 feet in two weeks while twelve more acres crack, threatening his 180 acre farm. Geologist Horton B Abell links the movement to pressure relief in a cavern below with rumblings sounding like muffled dynamite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buht
Idaho
New
H. A. Robertson
Robertson
Horton B. Abell
Salmon River
Wallace warns crop controls needed to avoid loan program risk
Wallace argues that the sealed amount fell under half of last year and that without new crop controls a loan program this year could be unsafe. He cites the old Federal Farm Board’s loss of 69 cents per dollar of a $50 million appropriation and claims higher farm production lowered prices, causing trouble for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Federal Farm Board
Congress
Prescott Faculty Named for 37-38 Prescott
Prescott Arkansas announces faculty for the 1937-38 term by Superintendent Charles A Robison with all positions filled except science. Jim Gooch named athletic director and history instructor replacing Rayburn Smith who moved to McCrory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Ark
Charles A. Robison
Jim Gooch
Rayburn Smith
McCrory
Gooch
Arkansas State College
Jonesboro
Wage Hour clash over proposed rule stalls House debate
Block Wage Hour warned no pressure would force a House rule for wage and hour legislation. Southern lawmakers fear higher Southern wages could hurt local industry competitiveness. Congress debates forced crop loans and subsidies on cotton and major crops as Wallace defends staying in session or returning next year to aid farmers. He opposes mandatory loans and subsidies and resists changes to the sugar quota bill amid ship shipment restrictions. Also notes the hellbender salamander grows to two feet in length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Congress
Wallace
Treasury
Senate Agriculture
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Purchases Out of State Are Taxed
Arkansas Attorney General ruling states office equipment bought from a Dallas firm with Arkansas solicitors is subject to the state 2 percent sales tax. The opinion, sent to Texarkana Prosecutor Ned Stewart, notes no Arkansas branch but salesmen active in southwest Arkansas. Controversy grows over border city exemption. Hempstead and Lafayette merchants urge Revenue Commissioner Ford to preserve the exemption to avoid shifting Texarkana purchases to Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Jack Holt
Dallas
Texas
Arkansas
Ned Stewart
Texarkana
Stewart
Hempstead
Lafayette
Commissioner of Revenue
D. L. Ford
Ark
H. M. Barney
Revenue Commissioner
Gate site confirmed at seller's office point
Revenue Department Attorney J Hugh Wharton and Mr Ford indicate a test suit will be filed to resolve the question Senator Barney will confer with Wharton and Ford Thursday. Belfast The steamer Attendant has gone to Swilly County Donegal to recover 250000 dollars in bar gold from the Laurentic sunk in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revenue Department
J. Hugh Wharton
Mr. Ford
Senator Barney
Mr. Wharton
Belfast
Swilly
County Donegal
Laurentic
Ice Cream Supper at Guernsey Friday Night
The Guernsey Parent Teacher Association sponsors an ice cream supper at 8 p.m. Friday in Guernsey High School auditorium to raise funds for the school library. Ice cream to be bought from a Hope dealer. Public invited. High Diver Lucky UNICH CITY Ind John Snyder fell 49 feet from an elevator into a wheat bin and escaped with a sprained foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
Guernsey High School
Hope
Lucky
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Will Yocom
Eddie Spragins
Sprigins
A. E. Slusser
W. S. Gill
Jesse Bush
Lilian Moore
A. B. Moore
Mrs. Norton
J.T. Livas
Mr. Lucas
Henry
Dorothy Lane Leff
Mardy
Tater
Athinta
Joseph Floyd
C. H. Brooks
Clarksdale
Miss
Florence Turner
J. M. Harbin
Lex Helms Jr
New Orleans
Louisiana
Lex Helmgs Sr
Charles Westerman
M. F. Vandegeit
Bluff Dale
Bun Eas
Universal Picture
John King
Richard Cromwell
Slim Summerville
Andy Devine
Barbara Read
Louise Fazenda
Rialto
Rochelle Hudson
Nigits
Bring the Family
Eames
Mr. Deeds
James Dunn
June Clayorth
Tilurston Hall
George McKay
Ruby Keeler
Lee Dixon
Warner Heros
Prica
Silvet
Cox
Deug
Arkansas State Highway Department
Merle Oberon
Hollywood
David Niven
Miss Oberon
Total
Flapper
THY Nea Service
ING. TM. Reg. L
By Sylvia
New Canyon
Arkansas College
Clay Doyle
Dale Denman
Mary Piercy
John Eagle
Commercial
Tula Eliott
Elizabeth Sharp
Winfred Duke
Maxine Sevedge
Roy Stainton
L. J. Griffith
A. A. Highsmith
Carol Scott
Dorothy Wright
Hartwell Greeson
H. W
H. S. Cochran
H. Watkins & Son
White & Co
Henry, Watkins & Son
Rowden
Hope Gin Company
America
Sibyl’s
Cox Drug Cy
Herloise Miller
Mgr
Jane Lee
Jane
Lentheric
Shanghai
Aspirin
Walgreen
Gillette
Orlis
Old Gold
Phillips Morris
Harker
West
John P. Cox Drug Co
Kent
Uwe Gr
Mrs. Norman Kent
Chicago
Dodge
Bowne
Columbia Network
Senlohe
Wwnwats
Dodge Canal
Seve Money
B. R. Hamm Motor Co
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