Platform for Hope city growth and reform
The Star's Platform calls for using revenues of the municipal power plant to develop Hope's industrial and social resources, pavement improvements in 1920, better alleys sanitation, support for the Chamber of Commerce, a county highway program with all-weather road construction, and strong backing for scientific agricultural programs. It urges farmer cooperation, continued state highway progress, tax reform, and a budget-based efficient government, aiming to free Arkansas from cattle tick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead
Arkansas
Hope Chamber urged to seek 1930 program ideas
Help Wanted letters go to Hope Chamber members asking for suggestions for the 1930 program. Editor proposes forming a Hempstead County watermelon growers association to aid farmers, with the Chamber acting as organizer. Emphasizes organized grading and marketing for sustained benefits beyond the Hope Watermelon Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
The
Star
Watermelon Growers Association
City of Hope
Holgar Laseter
Hope
Hempstead
America
Federal Farm Board
Hempstead County
Giving with the mind ampaigns for Christmas aid urged
The Welfare Council of New York City urges that Christmas charity be guided by thoughtful giving. Families in need should receive direct support or through relatives, focusing on real needs, including clothing and medical care, not just material gifts. Givers should consider dignity and avoid harming self respect, aiming for beauty and happiness beyond basic sustenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Council of
New York City
Byrd's Antarctic Air HopShown as Vast Undertaking
The article stresses Commander Byrd faces a colossal task flying to the Antarctic pole. It notes the continent's size exceeds half again that of the United States, urged by a hypothetical New York to Oklahoma nonstop trip with no landings to illustrate the scale and Byrd's courage and effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ommander Byrd
Antarctic
United States
New York
Oklahoma
Byrd
Hoover pledges wave of commissions to tackle national problems
President Hoover champions expanding commissions and permanent boards to study Haiti policy banking power and communications, urges joint congressional inquiries and a permanent Radio Commission. He envisions prosperity councils tying business labor and agriculture and notes plans for Muscle Shoals negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Hoover Commission
Congress
Seome
al Smith
Haiti
Sec
Jtary of the Navy
Comleres
Shipping Board
Federal Power Commission
Secretaries of Interior, War and Agriculture
Radio Commission
Muscle Shoals
Letters To Santa From Hope Arkansas Children
A collection of handwritten Santa requests from Hope Arkansas children ages from four to fourteen. The letters seek dolls, toy trains, bead sets, cap pistols, rings, wake dolls, rocking chairs, brooms, and various fruits and candies, with many mentioning schooling and good behavior. Several names appear, including Delina Johnson, Howell Byers, Alice Purtle, Earl Fincher, Nolen Lewallen, Mabel Johnson, and Opal Smith, among others, with a humorous aside about John D. Rockefeller autographing dimes and local shop commentary on Thanksgiving purchases.
British Harvester Questions Women as Speakers
A British harvester argues that few women become effective speakers, challenging the adage that practice makes perfect. The piece also notes Chinese appeal to nations funding Kellogg seeds to withdraw from Russia.
Santa Claus Letters From Hope Ark Children Drawn To Gift List
A jumble of handwritten wishes and questions from Hope Arkansas youngsters requests for toys and gifts. Names include Dorsey Ray Muller Carl Cornelius and Murman Smith with Santa letters asking for bicycles air guns dolls wagons and fireworks. The pages capture eager holiday desires and simple greetings to Santa from several kids in Patmos and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Twenty Five Years Ago Nashville light plant opens
News of Other Days recalls the Nashville municipal light plant now in operation. The item lists numerous local residents visiting relatives, moving, traveling for holidays, and daughters born, with several named figures such as Sheriff T. C. Wilson, Judge J. D. Conway, and Miss Edna LaGrone, among others, reflecting a slice of town life during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Mack
Eureka Springs
T. C. Wilson
Toony
McRae
Houston
Texan
J. D. Conway
J. J. Haynes
Arkadelphia
W. A. Dudley
Frisco
J. D. Carrol
Queen City
Texas
Hope
Roll Osborn
Hardy Little
Jon Osborn
Edna LaGrone
Galloway College
Frank Ethridge
Fayetteville
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C. BE. Palmer
Alex. H. Washburn
Associated Press
Constitution
Aarti
Ark
Tom
Delina Johnson
J. T
Faye Turner
Glen Flincher
Santa Claius
Howell Byers
Alice
Tam
Earl Fincheree
Ark Tam
Nolen Lewallen
Patmos
Robert Charles Rogers
Mabel Johnson
Papa
Leon Jeffcoat
China
John D. Rockefeller
Woolworth
Massachusetts
Dent Santa Claus
Jene Jeffcoat
Fred Harp Road
Jesse Nelson, Jr
Wallace Putman
Santa
Margaret Hill
Martha Gossett
J. W. Gossett
Sonta Claus
Hall
Opal Smith
Philip K .Wrigley
Young Wrigley
Chicago
Bodean
Little Boy
Phinon Lewis
Bodean, Arkansas
Garland Ray Lewis
Hone, Arkansas
Badleaw
Deis Santa Claus
Foam
Louise Munn
Dell
Patsy Ruth Miller
Gwood
Gurtha Elizabeth Lewis
Vernil Lill
Hope, Arkansas
Roslyn Hall
Rosston, Ark
Arthur Doyle Maning
Fr. S. Sota
Sutton, Arkansas
Santar
Sutton
Lucille Jones
Suton, Arkansus
Martha Jim Jones
Artanis
Dhilip
Rosali
Grrotl
Alton
Isinila
Bumelonts Pootteal
Derendtutt
Imaginative
Hote
Oriental Ahtp
Wild Ballata
India
Pott
Parti
Grandma
Grandpa
H. V
Daidy
Murman Smith Vernadean Smith
Hope, Ark
Dorsey Ray Muller
Carl Cornelius
Gia A
Fis
Glenn Ellis
Saatoga
Tully Henry
Ruby Rucker
Willie Barrow
Ozan
Jessie McCorkle
Pine Bluff
James Coulter
Foreman
Marie Parkins
Jean Witt
W. G. Ferrin
St. Louis
J. P. Bruneicdee
State Motor
Dorsey McRae
City Hall Hope, Ark
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