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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
2
Fragmentary text references memorials notices and commercial newspapers, mentioning publication, tenders, space deluge, and the Star disclaimer about unsolicited manuscripts. No clear event or individuals are identifiable.
The United States must be ready for any situation that can develop without warning. The American people must be prepared to assure clear understanding so that steps to defend North America may be taken promptly and surely.
August 21 1929 notes list social visits and travel plans. Ruby Rucker of DeQueen visited Miss Helen William. Mrs A D Brown and Mrs J F Gain left for Hot Springs. Mr and Mrs B K Douglas were from Fulton County plant near Fulton. Allie Honegan plans Nashville trip with Georgana and Lucinda Skillern. Mrs Adga Taylor and Marguerite head to Dallas. Roy H Cotton and daughter Carolyn returned from Little Rock. Mrs L A Foster Anna Laura Foster and Margaret McRae headed to Hot Springs.
Ruth Farrar reports on common money superstitions from university researcher Dr B A Cartwright and others. Noting keep a coin in your purse, apples on St James Day, ants as prosperity signs, leap year pennies, and lamp sweeping risks, the piece surveys beliefs amid concern over looming financial strain.
A garbled OCR style puzzle page lists numerous cryptic style clues across horizontal and vertical entries. It features references to a female golfer once called the world's best woman player, plus clues for words like Wattle tree, Gems of the body, Violent northeast wind, and Emerald mountain, all presented in a newspaper crossword format.
The article recounts beliefs that dreaming of money or spiders, dropping bread, or finding money in various ways foretells wealth. It cites Paris Mo children and D. E. Blanton, a former Paris newspaper publisher, who allegedly gave away pennies and inspired belief in a penny tree.
A New Hampshire man receives jail under an old statute for tickling a minor without consent. The victim allegedly had the first and last laugh as headlines blaze about fireworks and draft protests.
Question the etiquette at a small resort hotel asking if guests should be informal with other guests without introductions, whether to wash at the tub when private baths are limited, and if tipping the proprietor who helps personally is appropriate. It also asks if a guest should complain when service differs from that of an expensive metropolitan hotel.
A partial OCR reads about Be content and service. It mentions answers four and two, and suggests introductions and salutations. It notes national flags on U S stamps have not been featured since an earlier year.
Halle Selassie of Ethiopia Zog of Albania Haakon of Norway Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. King Haakon VET of Norway and King Christian X of Denmark brothers and Ex-Empress Zin of Austria recently came to the U. S. King Alfonso fled after the section of 1931 five years before the civil war started. Kalter Wilhelm abdicated Inte In 1018 and fled to Holland.
Courtery MeRad markets show leghorn and broiler values with eggs at 12 cents and Medoz geese and ducks priced around 60 to 25 cents each, reflecting poultry trade activity and feed costs across outlets. Prices indicate modest shifts in demand for live poultry and eggs among buyers and suppliers in the region.
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