Unclear Text Fragment on City Residents and Winter Line
Fragmentary notice mentions apples and unemployed residents in the city taking on a new line for winter months with housesholders.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1931
Page
6
Fragmentary notice mentions apples and unemployed residents in the city taking on a new line for winter months with housesholders.
William Braucher reports on holdouts among early basemen led by Gehrig and Terry seeking $25,000 as spring camps open. Morgan balks at offered pay, while others like Foxx Todt Blue and Judge show varying stances. Across leagues, clubs waive claims on Walker. Heath joins Cincinnati while players pursue bargains and baseball returns to normal.
Sheriff Jack Dunkey, a veteran blacksmith, inspects prison window bars daily in Lawrence and can detect weakening by saws and files. He recently discovered a bay cut nearly through, indicating attempted jail breaking.
Fulton Missouri resident Herbert Schaumann a Berlin native who toured the United States with an international debating team has enrolled at Westminster College in Fulton. Last year he won second prize in the international oratorical contest in Washington an American educational method impressed him.
A keenly contested game Monday night at Guerard Howling Alleys. Roy Schroeder starred with 184 and 171 games as Schneiker's team won by 28 pins. W. E. Smith's team meets Charles Rowland's team Thursday night. results list Roy 4 76 169, Benson 4 66 154 2, Harris 4 39 1092, Floyd 4 53 19342, Lewis 4 57 1164, Pate 4 52 3 130 3, Collins 4 48 7123, Briant 4 -1MG-3 Hawthorne 4 63 140-3.
Sarasota reports John Ringling to have built Ca d Zan, a Venice styled home for his honeymoon. The palace rises over Sarasota bay with much material from ruins near Venice and a palatial yacht replacing a gondola. After staying at Ca d Zan the couple sailed with two newlyweds and 125 Boy Scouts for Cuba.
In South Bend Indiana George Sherman Myers 40 confessed to killing eight year old Marveline Appel. He was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial for murder and committed to hospital for criminal insane at the state prison. The girl was found dead in an alley near her home last August 2. Myers confessed he attacked and strangled her.
Four men were killed and ten seriously injured when a wall collapse trapped them after they extinguished a fire. Soldiers and volunteers rescued the entombed victims from the debris in Lima. The accident marked a rare disaster in the city.
Madison report by University of Wisconsin dairy researchers H F Gebhardt and H H Sommer describes a rapid method using chloroform to reveal copper in milk by discoloration. The test shows copper quantity by color strength and speeds up chemistry performs alongside established reagents. Copper enters milk mainly from plant foods and, while small amounts are harmless, higher levels harm dairy products.
Thomas Collins, convicted of arson in Lawrence County, was sent to the state penitentiary after attempting to enter without proper commitment papers. He told the sheriff he could find his way to the prison alone but was refused entry at the gates without the required papers and is now a prisoner.
Judge G A Roberds issues injunction ordering R L Gray to prevent his dogs from barking or whining until further notice of the court. The ruling, issued in CLATHE Kansas, restrains disturbances attributed to the animals and sets compliance expectations for the owner.
The text calls on Arkansas citizens to oppose the proposed insurance bills as unjust and unfair and to pressure state senators and representatives to vote against them. It urges reaching representatives at home over the weekend or by wire or telephone by February 17 to express the objection.
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