Grits social yeast and highway progress in Hempstead county
The Ster's platform urges use of the municipal power plant to develop the county and improve sanitary conditions. It supports the Chamber of Commerce and a state highway program to build all weather roads yearly, reducing expenses and boosting agriculture. Federally funded tax reform and efficient government are also urged.
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Hempstead County
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Courney
Arkansas
Color of the Pathans on the Khyber frontier thrills readers
News from British outposts in the Khyber country recounts Pathan hillmen on the warpath in a flash of romance and danger. Reports speak of attacks on Peshawar, repeated clashes with British troops, and air bombardment by British planes. The piece compares the fighters to a Kipling tale and highlights their fierce Moslem faith and ancient lifestyle.
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Pathan
Khyber Pass
Peshawar
Khyber
Kipling
Woodruff County Eyes Consolidating Its Seats
The Arkansas Gazette notes Woodruff County has Augusta Cor rion Plant and McCrory as three seats within 25 miles. Senator Walter Zney of McCrory led a primary push for consolidating districts and locating county government in Augusta, arguing that modern conditions need fewer seats and suggesting centralization could extend to other counties with two seats.
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Codruff County
Augusta
Corrion Plant
McCrory
Walter Zney
Woodruff County
Woodruff
Arkansas
Arkansas Gazette
Paying For the War. Europe Still Pays War Debts
The article notes that war debts to the United States were not canceled and Europe will continue payments for years. Semiannual repayments total 117,442,000 with 71,355,000 as interest and 45,787,000 applied to principal. England paid 66,290,000 in interest. France reduced principal by 35,000,000. Italy 6,000,000. Belgium 5,825,000. Other payments come from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Yugoslavia, and the Baltic states.
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Sam
Europe
United States
England
France
Italy
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Russia
Jugo-Slavia
Baltic Countries
el Dorada
Electricity surges in homes in first half of 1930
A report shows household electricity use rose 18.7 percent from the first half of 1929 and 29.8 percent from the same period in 1928. Electric power powers washing, ironing, fans, toasting, coffee, radio, lighting, and more, signaling improved living standards as energy reaches homes via two copper wires.
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OTN
Alladin
Weathered heat fuels strange political talk across states
A desiccated weather theme threads through a column on the 1930s political scene, noting heat and drought shaping Southern Republican tensions, Ma Ferguson in Texas, Al Smith prospects in North Carolina, and other campaigns. The piece sketches候 candidates and oddities in Oklahoma, Illinois, Nebraska, and beyond, with references to figures like Walter F. Brown and Dwight W. Morrow.
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Washington
Walter F. Brown
Postoffice Department
Savannah
tKaiia Brown
New Plane for Charles Jr. Airing and Obscure Parities
The item notes a new plane bought by Colonel Lind for his wife to air Charles Jr. amid various quirks of politics and industry. It also mentions a European munitions factory turning to steel false teeth and a soap box orator culture. Lib Hill and Columbus area social updates follow, with rain improving gardens and several local visits and trips.
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Lindj
Charles Jr
Europe
Daily Crossword Puzzle AUROSK and Miscellaneous Notes
A jumble of crossword clues and scattered entries appears from a historical newspaper page. It lists numerous partial terms and fragmented phrases such as Son, PHN, Crown, Dance, Yesterday, Gounty, York, Fortmarninhise, and various stray numbers, with uncertain references to venues, people, and places. The legible text hints at puzzle content and a board of mismatched notes rather than a cohesive article.
Driver Arrested After Head-On Arkansas Crash
ARKADELPHIA Aug 19 Bille Davis son of Mr and Mrs Bob Davis was seriously injured when the car he rode in collided with the car driven by Mark Hopkins not seriously hurt. Bob Davis was cut but no fracture found at Moore and Wallis sanitarium. They were taken home to recover. Hopkins eight miles west of town was arrested after the crash.
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Bille Davis
Bob Davis
Mark Hopking
Bob
Moore & Wallis Sanitarium
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Hays Davis
Hopkins
Local Folks Visit and Weekend Guests Across Hope Area
Max Walker of Little Rock visited with relatives and friends here Saturday. Several from here attended a Rosston Protracted Meeting and reported good preaching. Grandma Atkins died near Rosston Saturday night and was buried at Mt. Olive cemetery. Mrs May Babb and children of Abilene Texas are visiting the community. A California auto association study notes over 45 million motor vehicles in the world, 76 percent in the United States.
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Little Rock
T. L. Johnson
Mildred Johnson
R. F. Caldwell
Wilson Green
Oklahoma ‘City
Thomas. Green
Dallas
Tex
Hope
David Wilson
J. F. Johnson
Jim. Wilson Jr
Henry Curtis
Belton
J. M. Bolding
Albert Abbott
Oklahoma City
Abbott
Jim Delaney
Yancy
E. M. Delaney
Frank Blackwood
Mineral Springs
R. C. Reed
B. D. Mitchell
Emmett
L. M. Webb
Bernice Webb
Blytheville
Wirsie Bishop
Memphis
MT. Olive
Rosston
Grandma Atkins
Joe Franks
Bill Martin
Edgar Bustin
Prescott
May Babb
Abelene
Texes
The
California Automobile Association
United States
Western Tax Conference to Meet in Phoenix in October
The Western Tax Conference representing 12 Western states will hold its annual meeting in Phoenix on October 28 and 20. The announcement came today as officials outlined agenda items and speakers for the event.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Western Tax Conference
Pollard Elected Dean at Grand Island College
Grand Island Nebraska August 19 Rev James Hubert Pollard was chosen as dean of Grand Island college and will assume duties this fall. He has served as dean at Bacone college near Muskogee Oklahoma for four years and earned his liberal arts degree at William Jewell College Missouri after completing high school there.
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Grand Island, Neb
James Hubert Pollard
Grand Island College
Pollard
Bacone College
Muskogee
Oklo
Fifteen-Inch Rattlesnake Displayed by Local Men
In Clinton Indiana on August 19 a one meter rattler with ten rattles was shown by Pat Lowry and Hiddle Miller of St Bernice after they say they killed the reptile while swimming.
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Clinton
Ind
Pat Lowry
Hiddle ‘Miller
St. Bernice
Heat Fries Egg at LINTON Nebraska? (incomplete headline)
Two Linton women tested a hot spell by frying an egg on a cement sidewalk. Mrs. Vernon La Rue and Mrs. Mary Dodge said the egg coagulated and hardened enough to be used in a sandwich, illustrating the season’s extreme heat.
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Linton
Ind
Vernon la Rue
Mary Dodge
Pastor Honored for Congo Work by King Albert of Belgium
Winona Lake Indiana August 1 Rev G S Adamson received a medal from King Albert of Belgium for years of service in the Belgian Congo. He built a hut used as a fort and established river transport along the Congo River in that region.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Adamson
Belgian Congo
Afrien
Albert
Belgium
Congo River
Six Marriages To Same Man End For Mrs Knoll
Valpariso reports Mrs Clara Knoll states she will not remarry William Knoll after a divorce petition pending. The couple have divorced six times in nine years and each time remarried, with Knoll allegedly breaking promises to reform.
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Valpariso
Ind
Clara. Knoll
William Knoll
Dudicker claims world egg eating title in Hammond
James Dudicker of Hammond Indiana claims the egg eating championship of the world. He says for 40 years he ate four eggs daily two soft boiled for breakfast and two hard boiled for lunch. His total egg consumption is about 33400 eggs.
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Hammond
Ind
James Dudicker
Dudicker
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