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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1940
Page
2
A partial transcription notes that the Star warns readers to not send manuscripts for safe keeping or return, citing a policy against handling uncollected works. It reflects a newspaper stance on memorials and reader submissions amid a deluge of material.
A historical notice urges citizens to pledge readiness in defense of democracy. It highlights the Citizenship Educational Service call to strengthen democratic ideals, unite diverse groups, and train the best defensive forces, stressing the need for action beyond military might. The text references Boy Scouts and allied organizations distributing pledges and encourages thoughtful, committed participation.
Circuit Clerk J P Pinkey names Byers Elmer Brown in a docket update. The record lists Brown as a party in a civil matter and assigns subsequent court actions to be issued by the clerk. Details specify filing dates and related case identifiers in the docket.
August 20 1020 Miss Frances Reed visits Miss Emma May Wilson in Little Rock. Miss Dove Porterfield visits sister Mrs Adolph E Wendling in Shreveport La. Mrs Minnie Galster and daughter plan a Minden La visit. Mr and Mrs Ed McCorkle Tom Kinser and Misses Mary Hortense McCorkle and Alice Crutchfield attend Nashivlle baseball games. Otto Beck arrives from Washington J P Robins stays in Texarkana BH Buchanan of Prescott in Hope yesterday.
Ruth Farrar reports on Dr. B. A. Cartwright collection of over 12 000 cooking superstitions. Items include beliefs that rain from a Friday shower calms a husband, large biscuits indicate good motherhood, never cut a banana, batter stirred sunwise, keeping onions’ juice from eyes, and salt in cooking signals love.
A cryptic style list of crossword like clues with numbered entries across and down. It includes references to geographic features waterfalls and lakes and hints about various word definitions and crosswords. The fragment presents a mixture of clues and partial answers across two directions and includes theme notes like Great Lakes and Whirlpool.
A Cleveland baking champion, Mrs. Mary E. Luman, weighs in on kitchen lore. The piece lists old superstitions about butter, eggs, churns, and coffee, noting beliefs about silver in churns, twig stirrers, and lucky numbers. It includes guidance like serving black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day and the sign of a wedding from rattling tin pans.
A trivia item lists five canal connections: Suez linking the Mediterranean and Red Sea, Panama joining Pacific and Atlantic via the Caribbean, Manchester Canal between Manchester and Mersey estuary, Kiel linking North Sea and Baltic, and Welland connecting Lake Ontario to Lake Erie. The passage also notes Nazis forbidding firearms and Danes testing bows in Copenhagen, then a remark about a pointed affair of honor.
A fragmented text presents a manners quiz about eating corn, napkin use, water in glasses, hat removal in elevators, and telephone etiquette. It includes wedding note etiquette and a misformatted Q&A, asking readers how to respond to wedding gifts and who ends calls.
Review highlights Dutta's New England Indian Summer with Van Wyck Brooks essays tracing American literary history from 1805 to 1915. Describes Brooks as scholarly and intense, praising his effort to launch a new online series The Age of Washington Teving as a notable achievement.
The piece honors figures like Emerson Hawthorne Holmes Thoreau O Neill Milay Robinson and Frost, highlighting Francis Parkman’s severe literacy struggle. Parkman endured mental and physical collapse, averaging two hours of work daily and two to three hours of sleep. He memorized work in darkness, dictated with a writing frame, and read in short stints of under five minutes.
Market report notes heavy liens and prices for various poultry items including leghorns, broilers, ducks, and geese. Mentions daily price trends and demand, with emphasis on terminal markets and regional buyers. Entities referenced include Courtnsy McRae MI & Feed Co and poultry categories.
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