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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
3
Society note announces the engagement of Miss Joan Cox and implies nearing marriage with details from Mr and Mrs Noah Cox of Spokane. The brief item highlights social calendar interest and the prominent families involved.
Julia Chester admitted to hospital. Other readable names include Mrs. Dorsey Hucka bee and Mr. Ray Willis Rt. 3 noted in connection with patient records. Further details incomplete.
In Little Rock the Ohio firm Mural and Sons offered a surprise bid of 164 300 to move the Pulaski County jail away from the riverfront project. Officials expected about 300 000. Other bids were 236 000 and 293 000. Notification to the successful bidder will come in a month after bid analysis.
Ringhill proclaims the engagement of their daughter Joan to Bobby Chambless son of Mr and Mrs Tib Chambless of Guernsey. The wedding is set for August 27 at 8 p m in the grooms parents home with Rev Hershel Williams to officiate. Brenda Cannon marked her fourth birthday with a circus themed party at Miss Marie's School for Little Folks.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Franks and Mr and Mrs Bob Shaddox attended services at Davidson Camp Ground near Okalona with Rev Virgil Keeley preaching. Charlie Griffin returned from a Ozark mountains vacation visiting Bentonville Rogers and Little Rock en route home with Mrs Sam Berryman and son Sandy for a few days with Mrs Berryman’s parents. Betsy and David Griffin came home from Fulton where they visited the Sam McGill home while their parents vacationed.
The piece humorously lists survival tips after vacation. Tips include growing an ulcer, taking up hobbies like bird watching, dieting, racing through marriage or divorce, and re embracing work. It ends by advising inheritance as a cynical escape, noting gossip when money comes from strangers.
James Marlow reports on the Senate Anti-trust and Anti monopoly subcommittee hearings and their potential impact on prices and business health. The piece traces the anti monopoly legal history from 1890 through key acts, debates over enforcement, and biannual reviews prompting new recommendations and reforms.
Brass cuspidors from the Knoxville council chambers were put up for sale today. Mayor George Dempster said the sale is because council chamber proceedings are broadcast. The cuspidors cause noise if kicked during programs.
Nagging backache headaches and muscular pains may come from overexertion stress or poor habits. Doan's Pills relieve pain soothe bladder irritation and mildly diurese, supporting kidney function with a long proven record and promise of happy relief.
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