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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1931
Page
5
Fragments depict rural life with reflections on daily things and a spiritual note, while local society items report mid year graduation trips, cemetery association meeting, circle meetings, and a reading club program. Activities include devotional subjects, Virginia history talks, and bridge club gatherings, with Miss Franges Darnall recovering from surgery.
Reported continuing efforts to distribute relief funds in rural districts through United Charities and Red Cross. List of donors includes Albert Jewell 10.00, M Ethridge 2.00, C M McNeil 10.04, various individuals and firms contributing amounts from 1.00 to 100.00, and notable gifts from Cotton Oil Co 85.00, Montgomery Ward 12.50, Citizens Bank 100.00, among others.
Negotiations by Sinclair Oil and partners to acquire Farrell interests in East Texas, valued around 2 million dollars, to be sold to Harry F. Sinclair. The deal includes the Bateman No 1 Crim and other assets in Northern Rusk county, with associated wells and about 2600 acres, part of the Moncrief group. W. A. Moncrief E. A. Showers and William Noble are among Farrell associates involved.
A newly arrived costume jewelry line offers brown and white beaded pieces that revive an aged frock. The collection focuses on bold yet delicate accents, aiming to refresh vintage outfits with contemporary charm.
A partial OCR ledger lists numerous local firms and individuals with monetary amounts next to each name. Entries include First National Bank, J C Penney, Haynes Bros, Hope Furniture, Hope Auto, Ward & Son, Reed Routon, Meare Bros, New York Store, R M LaGrone, George Rohisasy, Hope Hardware, and others with figures ranging around 10 to 28 dollars, reflecting small transactions or accounts.
Washington 40 percent cut in disability allowances for World War I veterans while hospitalized at government expense was proposed by Veterans Administrator Hines. The plan calls for single men with temporary service connected disabilities to receive up to 60 dollars a month, rising to 80 dollars during hospitalization. married men would keep 60 dollars with the remainder to wives and children.
Alexandria La March report says three youths, two Louis college students, are under arrest for Monday night robbery of the college business office. About $300 stolen. Charles Stoma of DeRidder and Marvin Inabinett of Dorade Ark detained. Joe Noune of Pineville La held in New Orleans. Inabinett surrendered to View headquarters and admitted participation, returning $8 to the college.
Mr and Mrs A Lark and family move back to town. Gilgert Clark and children of Broughtin visited Lige Bearden and family Sunday. Rosh Roberts of Providence visited Sunday. Rev M E Skott of Emmet was a guest of Mr and Mrs J T Hembree Friday.
Prospect nature faker Lester Green and wife drive to a Grange meeting when their auto speeds up unexpectedly. The eel coach shifts from 12 cels to 79 infant eels, startling observers. Reports cite Lou Morrison in the Waterbury Republican and mention various local names and weekend events around Holly Grove NG.
Forecasts indicate a bumper strawberry crop in Arkansas as drought earlier in the season reduced growth by about 74 percent. Surviving plants through November are healthy, with many producing hundreds of berries and a potential large harvest of high quality fruit.
Mrs. C. W. Weltanan is confined to her home after a brief illness. D. E. Fincher of Mont Homery Ward & Co. returned from Fort Worth after attending a meeting of southwest district store managers. Mrs E. E. Miller of Rosston road underwent a successful operation at Josephine Hospital and rests comfortably. Carter Johnson traveled to Little Rock on Thursday for a freight shippers conference.
The Navy airship Los Angeles en route to Quantanamo Cuba skirted storms off Florida and above the Bahama Islands. Weather forced a westward course change, leaving it six miles north of the Bahama Islands and about 500 miles from its destination.
Milwaukee reports that Wisconsin will open its first national Girl Scouts camp next June at Hickory Hill near Edgerton. Miss Alice Kirk, regional director in Chicago, says the camp makes Wisconsin a major unit in the five year expansion. Fort Wayne and New York also plan camps to train thousands of leaders. She cites maternal misunderstanding as a key difficulty in the program.
New York merchants push newspaper advertising as essential to publicity. R H Macy Company executive vice president Collins urged eliminating wasted ad spend and focusing on daily newspapers to build a modern industrial giant. Brooklyn salesman Price called excessive store frills and facts a waste, praising newspaper ads as the core of publicity strategy.
Bristol, Cond. F Burns, returning superintendent, lauded Soviet progress and the plan to erect the world’s largest copper steel mill. He claimed vodka surpasses whisky in popularity and that danger is infrequent.
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