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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1929
Page
3
A collection of handwritten Santa Claus letters from Hope and nearby areas shows numerous children of multiple ages asking for toys, dolls, trains, firearms replicas, skates, clothing, and sweets. Names appear like J B Scruggs Margie Phillips Thelma Foster and Mary Ellen Crysop among others, with requests referencing local schools and teachers.
A Baltimore fire trapped several occupants as flames engulfed a building. Two women were found dead on the outer walls. ambulances and five alarm response followed as rescue teams battled the blaze. Local children wrote heartfelt Santa letters amid the chaos, detailing gifts and family memories.
In Washington Beech the Senate reached a pact among factional leaders to move a tariff bill after the Christmas recess. Republican leaders joined the Democratic Republican Independent coalition during Senate floor discussions to push the measure forward. Amid the exchanges, letters from readers and a broader public interest note a call for clarity and restraint as lawmakers seek passage.
Nanking China December 11 official dispatches said that the rebel general Chang who led troops rebelling against the government in Canton reportedly killed himself on December 12 after failing to capture Canton from the Nationalists. If true the morale of the rebel forces may weaken.
Directors of the Hempstead County Fertilizer Association met at City Hall to authorize contracts for Sulfate of Ammonia and Chilean Nitrate. They outlined payment arrangements, deposits with secretary Lewallen, and that a 25 ton minimum car is required for shipments outside Hope. The year’s prospect looks bright after last year’s profitable handling of 123 tons.
A Hempstead County judge rules the quorum court overstepped authority by approving a one half mill levy for farm demonstration work alone. The judge directs the county clerk to cancel that levy and instead certify four and a half mills for general county purposes in 1929.
A girl named Carolyn Trim ble, known as Cabbie, asks for a bedtime routine and home items. She requests a go to sleep daily, a doll buggy, a table and chairs with ABCs, noting the items are up at Monte gromory Wards.
The White House plans an old fashioned Christmas with a decorated tree and stockings. Children including Herbert Hoover Jr and Peggy Ann Hoover will be home from Harvard and California, joined by relatives and old neighbors. The dogs Pat and Yukon will greet guests as two trees brighten the rooms and a quiet holiday unfolds with church, dinner, and visits.
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