Local visit notes and community obituaries mix in sparse OCT text
A fragmented local page records a recent visitor from Carolina to Georgia legislative events, with Capt Ridley present and remarks over youth and drinking. It follows with family updates from Wynne Bodcaw No.1 and Bodcaw area, travel notes to Texarkana and Spring Hill, a funeral for a Bodcaw resident, and various neighbors visiting kin and friends.
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FALA
Garolina Mountain Dista
Georgia
Ce Lectiver
Ridley
Singing Attended Sunday Night At This Place
Sunday night singing drew a good crowd and invites return. Fiddler’s contest Saturday night brought a pleasant time for local boys. Coventh Sunday Sunday school was well attended. Farmers plow cotton ground. Olin Byers of Shoyer Springs wed Miss Rachel Gibson Saturday afternoon. Best wishes go with them. Dr C P Zimmerly trip to Arkadelphia Monday with Virginia Marsh and Bertha Zimmerly to Okolona. Home party at Mr and Mrs Lingo enjoyed by all. Fred Perce family back from Kentucky and Little Rock. Mrs Roy Arnold of Hope spent Sunday with Jim and Mrs Jackson.
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Coventh
Olin Byers
Shoyer Springs
Rachel Gibson
C. P. Zimmerly
Arkadelphia
Virginia Marsh
Bertha Zimmerly
Okolona
Ark
Kentucky
Little Rock
Roy Arnold
Hope
Jim Jackson
Community Health and Local Social Roundup
Health in the community is good. Numerous local residents visit relatives and attend gatherings. A Friday ball game between Columbus and Saratoga ended 10 to 4 with Saratoga second team defeated. Visitors include Mrs Macdall of Ogden and Mrs Knighter among others.
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Fox Moore
Langea Jean
Henry Bumgarner
Ezta Singleton
Highland
K. Knighter
Malcolm King
Saratoga
Alvin King
Dan Woff
Sam Stone
Sin Fulton
Patient Man Plays Solitaire 12,96 Times in Aberdeen
Aberdeen Washington reports H M Blodgett dubbed the most patient man in town has played 1,296 games of a difficult solitaire in the past year. He has beaten the game 16 times, a strikingly low success rate after attempting 19,000 rounds to discover a winning system.
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Aberdeen
Wash
U.P
H. M. Blodgett
Blodgett
Melrose News Briefs: Illness and Family Visit
We report Mrs. Chism remains ill and not improving. Gertgen Caudley can return to school after a broken arm. Albert Wise and family of Guernee visited Mr. and Mrs. Wise, along with Nettie Chism and Lillian Caudle.
Local Socials Note From Hope and Guernsey Visits
Ana Gerteen Caudle spent Saturday with John Caudle and family of Hope. Misa Winford Wise spent Sunday night with Miss Aileen Pattrock of Guernsey. There will be Sunday school at Melrose next Sunday morning at 9 45, everyone is invited.
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Ana Gerteen Caudle
John Caudte
Family of Hope
Misa Winford Wise
Aileen Pattrock
Guernsey
Melrose
New Ships Will Aid Trade Along Coast
New Orleans ships boosted by federal maritime mandate enter service or nearing completion. Commodore Ernest Lie Jancke notes 8 non government vessels bring local total to 18, with 24 more built or in progress for North Atlantic and Pacific routes to stimulate national shipping interests.
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New Orleans
A.P
Ernest Lie Jancke
American Tourists Sailing to Tropics
New Orleans travelers favor Central and South America over Europe with daily sailings to Havana Panama City Kingston Jamaica Port of Spain Haiti Honduras Costa Rica Guatemala Mexico and Colombia. Despite a business lull officials report tropical cruiser bookings running higher than last year.
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New Orleans
U.S
Central America
South America
Europe
Havana
Panama City
Kingston
Jamaica
Port of Spain
Haiti
Honduras
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Mexico
Columbia
Negro blames boll weevil for bootlegging in Raleigh
In Raleigh North Carolina U P report officers raided the home of James Walden a Negro. Walden said the old government still produced whisky under government specifications long before prohibition. He claimed the boll weevil forced him to make liquor and boasted he earned 14 dollars a case. He refused bond saying he wanted to go to jail to rest.
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Raleigh
N. C
U.P
James Walden
Walden
Buffalo Fish Without Mouth Captured In Odd Find
NATCHITOCHES La Earl Morris of Natchitoches Parish, a fish and game warden, boasted of a two pound buffalo fish without a mouth as a championship candidate. He did not hook it. the creature drifted into his seine on Red River and he released it back to the water where it likely remains alive, feeding through its gills.
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Natchitoches
U.R
Earl Morris
Natchitoches Paris
Red River
Kansas City Opens War On Automobile Parkers
Kansas City authorities begin a citywide effort to curb street parking. Police tag cars left on streets all day and owners face fines from 1.50 to 5.50 dollars. City Manager H L McElroy announced the new traffic rules effective January 1, with a one month grace period to secure garage space.
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Kansas City
H. L. McElroy
Sheriff Listed as Jobless By Census Enumerator
Jefferson county Mississippi sheriff James F Hawkins appears unemployed in the government unemployment census. He resigned as tax collector on Friday and became sheriff Monday night. The census enumerator asked about the previous Saturday and labeled him unemployed.
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Birmingham
Alo
U.P
James F. Hawkins
Jefferson County
Hempstead Chancery Notices Confirm Title In Jamison Case
CORA A JAMISON files petition in Hempstead Chancery Court seeking confirmation of title to Lot 18 Block 1 and part of Lot 7 in Giles Additions Arkansas. Warning issued for all claiming interests to appear March 1931 and show cause why title should not be confirmed in Jamison. Also warning order for Midland Savings and Loan Co to answer within 30 days in a separate case.
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Cora A. Jamison
Plaintiff
Anderson
Hope
Arkansas
Hempstead Chancer
Giles
Cora A.jamison
Hempstead
Special Assessment Notices for Hope Districts No 5 and No 11
The city issues tax books for curb and gutter District No 5 and Street Improvement District No 11 in Hope Arkansas. Property owners must pay within 30 days or legal action will follow, with penalties and costs. District 5 covers curb and gutter work on the North Hope area. District 11 on South Main Street with Annex No 1.
Fined For Bible Theft In Pittsfield District Court
Mrs Porter Chase of Pittsfield Maine was fined five dollars and costs in district court for stealing three Bibles. She appealed the judgment.
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Pittsfield
Porter Chase
Curb and Gutter District No 1 Assessment Notice
The Curb and Gutter District No 1 on South Main Street in Hype Arkansas notifies owners to pay assessments within thirty days or face action for nonpayment. The notice, dated January 31, 1931, includes districts No 7 and No 1 annex with curbing grading draining and guttering work and specifies penalties and costs for delinquency.
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Curs & Utter
Curh & Gutter
Johnnie McCabe
South Main Street
Hype
Arkansas
Street Improvement District No 9 Tax Notice
The tax books for Street Improvement District No 9 have been placed in my hands for property owners to pay assessments within thirty days or legal action will follow. Belle D Agee, Collector, notes the date of January 15, 1901, and mentions related district and court references in Hempstead County Arkansas.
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Belle D. Agee
Said
Hope
Arkansas
Warning to W G Darwin in Ark Kansas Bank suit
Court order requires W G Darwin to appear within thirty days and answer the plaintiff Arkansas Kansas Bank and Trust Co Hope Ark. Clerk Willie Harris seals the notice dated January 30 with subsequent February dates listed.
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Ark Kansas Bank & Trust Co
Hope, Ark
W. G. Darwin
Mall Court
Willie Harris
Wife sneered at work sparks Seattle divorce action
Philip J. Fowler obtained a divorce after his wife Erma Kahn Fowler mocked him publicly at a social affair in Seattle. Erma, a school teacher, refused to move from California when Fowler took a permanent waving position as a hair dresser.
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Seattle
Philip J. Fowler
Erma Kahn Fowler
Fowler
California
Wisconsin plans criminal records bureau with fingerprints and photos
Plan in Madison proposes a state crooks bureau to identify criminals by name, fingerprints, palm prints, and photos. A 1982 appropriation of 50000 and 25000 annually would fund establishment and maintenance and allow training schools for peace officers in crime apprehension.
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Madison
Wis
U.e
Wisconsin
Westfield Flies State Flag
Westfield Massachusetts shows pride in Governor Joseph B. Ely as a white flag flies from Park Square marking the home city of the first Western Massachusetts Democrat elected chief executive.
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Westfield
Mass
U.P
Park Square
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
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S. John Ames
Ntinuily
Chas. Carlton
and Grisham
Bodcaw No
Wynne
Gioo
yee-Lee
Little Son
Thel Fincher
Henry
Chaple
P.cAmes
Goodwin Cast
Ie. Smyth
Vis
Luther
Mattiright
Mis
Edodie Carlton
Luther Mattison
Ayersey
Fuston
Jim
Carlton
Bodcaw
Manning
Robert Manning
Union Day
Bodool
Franks
Earley
Melcamie
Shiloh
John Sandfer
Frank Raybornell
William Stevenson
Fairview
Earl Yocom
Eddie Smith
Milard Haskins
Daniel Stevenson
John Stark
Hayes Quality Feeds
Hempstead County
Exc
Moses Feed Store
Frisco
Tropics
Negro
Boll Weevil
Hempstead Chancery Court
Chancery Court
The
Chancery
Court Hempstead County
J. B. Crutchfield
Plaintiffs
Midland Savings and Loan Co,et al
Midland Savings and Loan Company
Ji R. Crutchfield
Marietta Crutchfield
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Cons & Gupher
Curb É& Gutter
Belle D
Curb & Guiter
Hempstead County Chancery Court
Walter E. Taylor
State Bank
Plan State Crook Bureau
Braemar
BeseMar Poultry Farm
Emmy Seledtad
Aire
Pheca
ISTRY
SanssKs
Hope Hardware Store
Second
Ween
Reliable
J. Feet
Lek
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