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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1930
Page
4
Local notices recount holiday guests and family visits across Texarkana and nearby towns. Guests include Miss Mary, Mrs. J. Hy Dawson, Mrs. F. C. Breck, and Col. Chas Garrett, with multiple anniversaries, hospital updates, and social gatherings described amid Christmas decorations and homecomings.
Stray or stolen notices seek the white terrier Bobbie and a female cat named Molly. Rewards offered for recovery or information. Contact Talbot Field at the listed phone number.
BIEMARK N D The North Dakota capitol building Sunday was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin. The flames began on the upper floor of the four story brick building and swept through the main structure and wings destroying official records and historical documents. Governor Shafer called an immediate meeting of state officials to assess the crisis. The capitol, erected in 1883, had wings added in 1884 and 1904. Loss of records described as incalculable with long term confusion for the state's history.
Secretary of State Robert Byrne was slightly burned and cut as flames swept through a state facility. Hawes was the sole casualty. About 55 million dollars in land department records and 40 million in the state treasury records disappeared. Replacements for highway plans could cost up to 200 thousand dollars. The four walls remained hollow hours after discovery at 7 35 a m. Joseph Winkel alerted firefighters, but the blaze consumed the top floor. Officials salvaged only limited records as the legislature faces homelessness and a possible emergency bill for a new building. Plans for a temporary meeting place and rapid reconstruction are under consideration.
London broadcast claims British youngsters now ponder weightier topics after months of radio talks. Commander Stephen Klig-Hall cites juvenile letters as proof, noting shifts from earlier concerns and highlighting ongoing reader requests and unemployment anxieties.
The Lindbergh Collection totals 1943 trophies and items presented to Charles Lindbergh after his Paris flight. Missouri Historical Society curator Nettie H. Beauregard completed the first official inventory, finding pictures, pages and music among the most numerous classes. Books and games also ranked high with 118 medals noted.
Staunton Va plans a banquet Monday evening to honor Woodrow Wilson 28th president. Navy secretary Daniels of Raleigh NC will speak at the Sunton event marking the late city’s remembrance of Wilson born 74 years ago Sunday.
CAMDEN Art report says a human skeleton believed to be that of a large Indian was unearthed on the J. D. Reynolds farm at Lakeside. Hobartson children found it in the yard, notified elders, and workers dug up the well preserved bones, including a skull larger than that of an average man. Researchers who examined the remains offered no final identification.
A fragmentary note describes a well known Indian settlement long ago near a lake shore. It mentions a tall figure and a collection of Indian relics found by the lakeside, indicating historical presence and artefacts unearthed in the area.
New York January 1 banking house of Kaho Loch and company long prominent in railroad finance and international loans admits three new partners. John M Schiff Gilbert W Kahn and Frederick M Warburg join as partners, bringing total to two. Gordon Leit will retire December 31.
L. T. Lewis of DeQueen and his wife were injured when the truck they rode in overturned on the highway four miles north of town at 1 p m Sunday. Mrs Lewis suffered severe head and neck injuries and was hospitalized with doubts about recovery. Mr Lewis, a local farmer, was severely bruised but left the hospital. They had just returned from visiting relatives in Okema Oklahoma during Christmas.
In Mexico City Elias Abbas, a Turkish peddler, witnessed the execution of his pet parrot by police. The bird, once friendly, greeted Abbas on returning from Michoacan with a cold stare and derisive squawks before its death, leaving the household in quiet reverie.
Bakers Field, Cal. J. P. J. B. Hestel touts three local agriculturists who bore five crops in a single season. A Bartlett pea tree thrives in Hestel's yard as fruit ripens through a long summer. A post ten with three evans in season is growing in Avkarsas, cal auyse.
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