Hempstead County History Emphasized for Centennial
Editor urges Hempstead and Washington to claim a central role in Arkansas state centennial events. Questions highlight Hempstead as state’s mother county and Washington as cradle of Arkansas history, noting early churches schools Masonry and notable figures. Promotes a Saturday 2 PM meeting at Hope City Hall to form a county organization for the celebration.
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Hope City Hall
the Star
Tempsey County
Thes County
Arkansas
Pioneer
Hempstead Comunty
Washington
Texas
Mexico
Yexay
U.S
Misesinoi
Kantucky
Tennessee
Mexican
Crockett
Bowie
Sam Houston
Saute
Arkinsia
Hempstead
Hampstead Countty
Hope Rity Hall
Cain
Charlean Moss Williams
Washinton
Art
Irate Judge Lectures Poker-Playing Women
Philadelphia report on a judge scolding women at a poker game. The judge criticized behavior while bystanders and family waited. Fragmented OCR text shows legal reprimand and mixed captions reflecting a court scene.
Arkansas Sheriff in Moonshine Conspiracy Trial
Fort Smith Arkansas United States Attorney and federal jurors heard the ongoing moonshine case against Sheriff Hartoy Gover of Fayetteville and farmer McConnell on charges of conspiring to violate liquor tax laws. Witnesses testified a copper still seized in raids decades apart may be the same device, with debates over ownership and identity.
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Fort Smith
Dec McConenell
Gover
Washington County
McConnell
Ark
Hartoy Gover
Fayeteville
United States
C. OR. Barry
United District
C. R. Barry
United States District Court
Barry
Fayetteville
Liscapper
Still
Ellis Gover
Mc~ Connell
Set Up Outlined for New Farm Plan
Washington officials outlined a new farm bill plan to extend powers to implement soil conservation aims and convert cropland to soil friendly uses. Administrator Chester C. Davis described quick organization of state and county groups to carry out provisions, with meetings planned to explain the law and issue instructions as the act moves through Congress.
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Washington
AAA
Sede
Chester C. Davis
Stile
Ivtemersndtan
Iran
Slate Soil Conservation Boards
Convention call sparks internal rift in Kio group
Bulletin reports Kio leader announced a New York convention to eschew policies and renew Lastrie, amid turmoil. In Frankfort Ky a convict escape from reformatory freed three inmates, with two overpowered guards and a prison pass breach. Widespread questions arise over whether new measures or soldiers will be deployed to contain the incident.
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Kio
New York
Frankfort
Kye
Crowe
Praoktert Reformatory
Warren Will Bring Veteran Team Here
Hope basketball fans can see Warren visit Hope for two high school games this Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 PM in the Hope High School gym. Warren, coached by Dick Nace, is a veteran squad with wins over Bobcats Pine Bluff Camden Stuttgart Crossett, and others. Admission is five cents for students and 25 cents for adults. a large crowd is expected.
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Hope
Warren
Hope High School
Columbus
Patmos
Dick Nace
Qua+chita college
Strike ends in Pekin after 22 hour general holiday
Pekin workers and business leaders brokered a settlement ending a 22 hour general holiday that paralyzed the town of 17 000 to pressure Chief of Police Harry Donahd. Two hundred workers joined a reopening push as labor tensions cooled with a Friday conference and citywide disruption subsided.
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Tekin
Alfe
Trades
Lahor
Cisiss
Harry Donahd
Busi
Ida Pa
Arden
Deelay
E. Sehurmian
Eblien
Beacon Light Saves Lost Passenger Plane In Fog
A lighthouse beacon credited Friday with guiding a six member crew and passengers aboard an Eastern Airlines plane. Pilot Fred Cann landed the craft in Pensacola after a three hour flight across four states with no ground sight or position. Fog and rain blanketed the area as communications failed and the plane neared missing.
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Pensacola
Fla
Eastern Airlines
Fred Cann
Death by Own Action Verdict in McRae Case
ST LOUIS reports a verdict of death by own action in the case of Duncan L McRae 50 an Arkansas attorney who shot himself at his Prescott home last Sunday His son testified finding him wounded and unconscious with a revolver nearby in the library He died Thursday after transport to St Louis funeral plans are set for Prescott with services to be held Saturday He is survived by his wife Miss Berta Pittman a daughter Jonnie Mildred a son Dillan L a brother and two sisters He was a Prescott native a 1907 law graduate and long time attorney for McRae Tompkins now McRae & Tompkins He was active in the Arkansas Bankers Association and Presbyterian church.
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ST. Louis
Duncan Lt. McRae
Prescott
Ark
Duncan L. McRae, Jr
Young McRae
Duncan L. McRae
Peter
Berta Pittman
Jonnie Mildred McRae
Dillan L. McRae Jo
Thomas C. McRae Jr
The
Arkansas Bankers Association
Ethel Mineis
Mary Montgomery
McRae
Prescott High School
Washington, D. C
Arkansas College
Ralesvilles
Vanderbilt University
Nashvile
Tenn
Presentt
Hira
McRae & Tompkins
Himterf
W. V. Tompkins
Charles JH. Tompkins
Sng
IW & Northwestern Railroad
Eth Presbyterian Church
Hasty Y
Townsend plan debate stirs old age pension clash
A harrowing account of William Fox's film Over the Hill prompts discussion of old age pensions. Upton Sinclair’s lieutenant Dr Townsend push a national $200 monthly pension funded by a 25 percent tax, while critics warn of crippling costs. Missouri begins its first pensions as states expand aid. editor urges calm before February 18 vote.
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Ixteen
William Fox
Over the Hill
America
Upton Sinclair
Dr. Townsend
California
Sinclair
New York
Scotland
Cable
Oday
Townsenders
Townsend Advocates
Little Rock
Gilman Beeler
Beeler
Missouri
EIGMT
Winsky
Samuel Butler
Prohibition Speakers Tour Aims at Hempstead County
Attorney John P. Vesey announces a Friday 7:30 p.m. Saratoga kickoff for a Hempstead county prohibition stump tour. Speakers include W. Atkins and Rev. Fred Harrison, with a county-wide rally planned in Hope on Sunday February 16. The schedule lists engagements at multiple towns through February 14 with Vesey and Atkins frequenting key dates.
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John P. Vesey
Hempstead
Vesey
Saratoga
W.atkins
Fred. Harrison
Firs Methodist -Church
Hope
Nc. Vesey
Bert Webb
John. Vesey
Ozan
Maliday
Thos. Brewster
W. Atkins
Guernsey
John P. “Vesey
Fred Harrison
Deaneyville
Hollis Purtell
Piney Grace
LeRoy ‘Samuels
Iw. S. Atkins
Washington
Thos
Brewster
O. A. Graves
W. S. Atkins
Shoes as civilization and craft in Hope Rotary talk
Fred Gray of Duggar's spoke at the Hope Rotary Club in Hotel Barlow on Friday. He traced shoe history from Egypt to Pilgrims, noting 1629 Boston arrival of Thomas Beard who began shoemaking, described the craft's shift to machines, and highlighted global leather sourcing and cost factors shaping prices.
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Fred Gray
Duggar's
Hope Rotary Club
Friday Spean
Barlow
Egypt
America
Gray
Thomas Beard
Massachusetts
Atlantic
United States
Germany
Austria
Australia
South America
Arneciou
Duncan McRaw
St. Louis Hospital
Visdey
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