Local Social News and Travel to Dallas and Chicago
Selecter Mr and Mrs Roy Sutton and Miss Pearl Polk journeyed to Dallas for several days to attend a Style Show. Guests included Mr and Mrs Franks and others from Little Rock Texarkana and Dallas celebrating Helen Ruths eleventh birthday. Mrs Whatley hosted a party for 25 at West Avenue with blue and orange decorations, games, candies, and ice. Franks and Kline Franks then left for Chicago to attend the Century of Progress Exposition. C C Lewis and George Robison returned from St Louis and Chicago after purchasing fall stock. Dwight Anders left for Baylor University in Waco. Mrs H C Whitworth and daughters visited Cabot and Little Rock. Luther Hollaman Jr returned from Hot Springs. Mrs Ben Goodlet of Ozan was a Tuesday guest of Misses Ida and Mollie Hatch. Mrs W T Gorham returned from a ten day stay in Chicago and the Century of Progress Exposition.
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Roy Sutton
Pearl
Roth Polk
Dallas
Helen Ruth
D. C. Whatley
West Avenue
Dwight Anders
W. C. Anders
Waco
Texas
Baylor University
H.C. Whitworth
Mary Evelyn
Claudia
Cabot
Little Rock
Luther Hollaman, Jr
Hot Springs
Slp
Ben Goodlet
Ozan
Ida
Mollie Hatch
Hopes for Film Career Blasted
Dr and Mrs W G Davidson of Paragould and W P Davidson of Georgetown Texas will arrive Tuesday night to visit their daughter and sister Mrs John P Vesey and Mr Vesey Miss Jeannette Wit leaves Tuesday for Hazen Arkansas to attend the wedding of her friend Miss Georgian Mae Graves in Hazen Wednesday evening Miss Frances Bailey of Prescott is the house guest of her aunt Mrs Henry Hitt and Mr Hitt Miss Pauline Jones who recently underwent an appendicitis operation at Julia Chester hospital was able to be removed to her home on Tuesday Mr and Mrs E P Young and sons 8 P dr and Kinard and Mr and Mrs J Ward left Sunday for Chicago to look in on the Century of Progress Mrs BE Christopher has returned to her home in this city from a visit to relatives and friends in Dallas Fort Worth and other Texas points
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W. GC. Davidson
Paragoult
W. P. Davidson
Georgetown
Texas
John P. Vesey
Vesey
Jeannette Wit
Hazen, Ark
Georgian Mae Graves
Hazen
Frances Bailey
Prescott
Henry Hitt
Mr. Hitt
Pauline Jones
Julia Chester Hospital
E. P. Young
Christopher
Dallas
Fort Worth
Frigidaire Agency Accepted by Hempstead Lumber Firm
The Frigidaire agency for electrical refrigerators has been accepted by Hempstead County Lumber Company, Leon Carrington, manager, said Tuesday. The first shipment arrived in Hope Monday. The firm with timber yards at Prescott and Nashville has been named Frigidaire dealers for these cities. A. M. Westmoreland, formerly of Prescott, will supervise sales and service in Hope. He will relocate there.
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Frigidaire
Hempstead County Lumber Company
Leon Carrington
Hope
Prescott
Nashville
Frigidaire Newlers
A. M. Westmoreland
Frescott
Frigidaires
Recuire Nes
Stop Chills and Fever Malaria Tonic Ad
Chills and fever from malaria are described with Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic offering two actions: kill the infection in blood and fortify blood with iron. The ad touts half a century of relief, safety for all ages, and pleasant taste, urging purchase at any store.
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Grove
Colbert and Arlen Star in Three Cornered Moon at the Saenger
The film features Colbert Arlen and Boland with Wallace Ford Lyda Roberts Tom Brown Jorn Marsh Hardie Albright and William Bakewell. It tells of the Rimplegar Brooklyn family who squandered their fortune in the stock market. Their physician played by Arlen devises a practical plan as a romance grows between the doctor and Claudette Colbert, the daughter.
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Rimplegar
Mary Bolland
Richard Arlen
Doctor
Claudette Colbert
Governor thumbs through special session agenda
Governor Futrell reviewed topics in the proclamation calling the General Assembly to convene in special session and two items added in a supplemental proclamation. He dismissed reorganization of the Department of Education and objected to a highway audit for small claims, urging payment of warrants and noting pending bond refunding negotiations.
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General Assembly
State Department of Education
State Highway Audit Commission
Arkansas
Futrell
Armed Tabernacle Finally Locked Up
In Jonesboro Arkansas, Mayor Rosler and Sheriff Johnson padlocked a Baptist tabernacle amid religious turmoil. A young sister of evangelist Joe Jeffers led a chaotic service until order was restored and patrons dispersed. The White House is noted as Washington DC’s first public building.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Herbert Rosler
Houston Johnson
Baptist Tabernacle
Gautney
Joe Jeffers
Tabernacle
Jeffers
Willie Jeffers
Miami
Fla
Dale Crowley
Udd
Miss Jeffers
Crowley
Bosler
Sheriff Johnson
Me. Crowley
Drugstore sales per head rise amid rising costs
The article notes Lafayette county residents spent an average of 7.08 dollars per drugstore purchase, while Howard county led with 9.14 dollars. Druggists explain that wholesale cost increases are often absorbed by higher volumes and lower per item overhead, but rapid commodity price shifts affect demand and overhead. They aim to reach the 1930 sales figure within a year or two.
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Lafayette County
Howard County
Robison Managers Return From Midwest Buying Trip
Geo W Robison Jr and C C Lewis general manager of Robison department stores returned Tuesday from a buying trip in St Louis and Chicago markets. They bought men and women apparel and shoes with larger stocks of style and staple goods than previous years. Lewis noted Chicago and St Louis retailers are expanding business and more buyers were present in wholesale markets.
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Geo. W. Robison Jr
C. C. Lewis
Geo. W. Robson Department Stores
St. Louis
Chicago
Geo. W Robison, Jr
Hope
Mr. Lewis
Musical Program at Shiloh Church Saturday Night
A musical program will be presented Saturday night at Shiloh Church, five miles east of Patmos. Conducted by H. D. Odom of Patmos, the program includes songs dialogues duets and quartets. The public is invited.
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Shilg Church
Patmos
H. D., Odom of
Lic
Kansas Treasurer Is Asked to Quit
Gov. Alf M. Landon ordered the prosecution of Tom B Boyd former Kansas treasurer amid a yearlong probe into a $1,000,000 bond forgery scandal. Boyd was urged to resign immediately as Shawnee County Attorney Lester Goodell said he would proceed without a state funds statute.
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Tofera
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Tom B Boyd
Kansas
Boyd
Wea
Lester Goodell
Shawnee County
Atttorney
Goodell
Had 3 Brains But Just Dumb Brute V Hamlin Brontosaurus Sketch
The Hope Star profiles artist V Hamlin creator of Alley Oop noting his fascination with extinct creatures. He discusses Brontosaurus nicknamed Bronty and muses on its Triassic life as a vegetarian despite its fearsome teeth.
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T. Hamlin
Brontosaurus Rex: three brains and giant bones teased
Scientists describe Brontosaurus as a vast ante-diluvian giant with a central brain net and an abnormally small head. Estimates place it 40 to 90 feet long, 10 to 14 feet high, with thigh bones up to six feet. Its diet required about 700 pounds of leaves daily, and the creature appears in Hamlin's new comic, in a world of long ago. During WWI Capt Rene Paul Fonck reportedly downed 75 planes, a claimed record.
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Bronty
Strearned
Rene- Paul Fonck
Magnolia School Sets Fall Term Start Date
Magnolia Ark reports a fall term start on September 1 with plan for around 25 Musicians to return. Blue uniformed band to perform at event as enrollment indicators show sizable turnout for the 1949 season.
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Magnolia
Ark
A. d& Se
Bégiris
Arcadia broadcast raid prompts regional celebrations noted
A garbled clipping notes broadcast restrictions and regional observances amid Arkéi and Texas stations. The fragment mentions western Arkansas college functions and ongoing celebrations, with unclear dates or actions. The readable pieces suggest a local media scheduling or regulatory context.
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Avi Hand
Nmade Reservat
Arkéi
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