Platform for Hope city and Hempstead County growth
The Star's platform calls for reinvesting municipal utility revenues to boost Hope's industrial and social resources, more city pavement in 1930, better alley sanitation, and Chamber of Commerce support. It backs a county highway program for all-weather roads reducing dirt mileage, science-based agriculture, farmer cooperation, state highway progress, tax reform, and efficient budgeting. It also aims to free Arkansas from cattle tick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Hope
Arkansas
Hope
Associated Press
Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead
China in danger of splitting into multiple states
The article warns that China teeters on fragmentation as Nanking under Kiang Kai-shek loses grip and no clear successor emerges. It argues unification depended on treaty ports and extraterritoriality, and predicts a delayed path to a solid nation and market for American and European exporters.
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China
Naking
Kiang Kai-shek
Nanking
There Is a Santa Claus Editorial in The Sun 1891
The New York Sun editorial states Virginia O'Hanlon asks if Santa Claus exists. It affirms there is a Santa Claus, arguing belief beyond sight is real, with lines on faith, imagination, love, and the enduring wonder that sustains childhood.
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New York Sun
Frank P. Church
Clark
The
Sun
O'Hanlon
Edward Douglas
Fast Orange
Friends of the Sun
Eitstor
Santa Claus
Papa
Virginia O'Hanlon
West 11Th Street
Virginia
Balden
Coast Guard Report Highlights Rescue Triumphs and Patrols
Rodney Dutcher reviews the Coast Guard annual report noting 4375 rescues and 18 725 on board assists in the last fiscal year. It also cites 80 263 vessel inspections, 2571 law violations with $425 000 in fines, 66 000 miles of patrols, and a near 50 million dollar value of vessels aided. An iceberg season of 128 days and long ice patrols from Halifax are described along with dedicated winter cruising by twelve cutters.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Washington
Coast Guard
Tampa
Madoc
Halifax
Marion
Labrador
Greenland
Bearbs In London A Blacksmith Vaudeville Side Note
A quirky London item notes a blacksmith taking part in vaudeville after standing beneath a spreading chestnut tree. A female writer remarks on counting, while a physician links yawning after meals to overeating. The piece also jokes about license plates and car culture during holiday season.
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London
Santa Letters From Hope Ark Children 1920s Gifts
A collage of children from Hope Arkansas write Santa Claus with wish lists. Eleven year old Evelyn Muldrow asks for a fountain pen, doll table with leaves, toys, candy and fruit. five year old Sam requests a solid wheel wagon, a big ball, a pistol, shells and an airplane. Additional children named George Edward Wylie Margery Moses Jane Carter Marie Stuart and many more describe dream toys and treats.
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Hope, Ark
Santa Claus
Tam
Evelyn Muldrow
Sam
Earl Ellis
Dorman Turner
Santa
Bessie Tyler
Pansy
Green Laseter
Marie Stuart
Alipe, Ark
Battlefield
Santa Sam Smart
Bessie B. Foster
Cradel
Lorene Valentine
Hope
Ark
Gladys
Valentine
Twenty five years ago county clerk visits Hope News items
News of Other Days recalls E B Black visiting from Washington on Wednesday. Dr Alice Barlow Brown of Chicago visits her parents Mr and Mrs M H H Barlow. Edna Wingfield returns from Dallas for Christmas with family. Notes on local residents visiting relatives, marriages, banking, and business moves, with mentions of Mr O Arnold and Rev Horace Jowell, plus H Hope residents and regional ties to Texarkana and Little Rock.
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E. B. Black
Washington
Alice Barlow Brown
Chicago
M. HH. Barlow
Arnold
Horace Jowell
Edna Wingfield Arived
Dallas
R. C. Harison
Harrison
Curtis Printing Co
Hone
Charles A. Neal An. Little Son
Taylor
Arkansas
Hope
Texarkana
Neal
Hempstead County Bank & Trust Co
He Bank of Taylor
Dob Munday
Fulton
A. E. Hale
C. BE. May
Ashdown
Barrow
Mesdames B. A. Barrow
L. B. Robbins
Ozan
Earnest DeLaney
Stanley Bliss
Little Rock
R.A. Carrigan
J. C. Clark
Horace Ellen
Joe Houston
Clarence Lauthner
Frett Wheelen
Rufus Daldy
St. Louis
Tommy Bundy
Cole Bros. Circus
Musician
Louisiana
Childrens Christmas Wish List From Arkansas Letters
A collection of holiday letters from Arkansas children requesting gifts. Names include Irwin Pardue Walter Neal Kathrine Briant Marian Frances Mouser and others asking for bicycles dolls wagons wrist watches fruit nuts and candy, plus gloves and a doll buggy.
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Fulton
Arkansas
Santa Claus
Walter Neal
Hoge
Little Chidren
Marian Frances Mouser
Multimillionaire Master Mariner Heads Parade Banner
Robert Dailar, once a cook's helper in a Canadian loggers' camp, rises to prominence as a multimillionaire master mariner of the Pacific Ocean. His expansive fleet and far flung banner adorn the masthead of 50 ships as he leads a global maritime enterprise.
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Robert Dailar
Multimlanaire
Thaxine offers quick relief for stubborn coughs
A physician's prescription Thaxine is praised for its double action that soothes irritation and targets the internal cause of coughs. The first swallow often stops the cough, with no harmful drugs, pleasant taste, and a money back guarantee. Sold by John P. Cok Drug Co and other Buad drug stores.
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John P. Cok
Crossword Puzzle and Santa Letter Mailbag Collage
A reader shares a annotated crossword style puzzle with scattered entries and clues plus a handwritten Santa letter excerpt from J C Walton of Patmos Arkansas Dudley Burford formerly of Hope Arkansas. The mixed text includes clues, partial down entries, and a festive note asking Santa for a tricycle gun truck candy nuts and fruit from Pine Bluff and Hope.
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Patmos
Arkansas
Dudley Burford
Hope
Santa Claus
Jis
Pine Bluff
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Star Publishing Company
South Main Street Home
E. Palmer
Alex, N “Washburn
Cartier
Nevada
Howard
Miller
LaFayette
Col. McCormick
George Edward Wylie
Noel
Margaret
Margery Moses
Mrs. Davis
Mariam Smith
Jane Carter
Bulker
Charlotte Agee
Billy Greenhill
Relda Mane Polk
Oma Lee Owen
Pauline Valentine
Rocky Mound
Irene Anderson
Orrie Edwards
Clyde Pardue
Mattie Guilliams
Arline Terrel
Thurston Couchaw
Irwin Pardue
Dar
Kathrine Briant
Badcan
Robert
Acmoss
Crow
Hawkeys
Hinds
Oman
Dent Ornyemont
Nahlownt
Moroly
Qvati
Onis Mitchell
Herman Nelson May
Eos
J.C. Walton
Jer
Lee
City Hall
Move
Aris
Dorsey McRae
Hempstead County
Missouri
Okahoma
Texas
Kansas
Memphis
Tenn
Frisco
J. W. Nourse
Clarence Baker
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