Cotton growers discuss seed quality and one variety plan
Hempstead county farmers and agronomists met at Spring Hill to consider improving Arkansas cotton by selecting high quality seed and producing foundation seed locally. El Hite and Ines led discussions on reducing mongrelized seed, preserving one-variety seed, and cost of good seed, with fifty attendees noting potential premiums for better cotton.
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Arkanson
Arkansas
van Mmmunities
Tead
Hempstead
Folings
Hempstead County
Orleans Chewers Keep Cleaners Busy
Cleans, La reports nightly gum cleanup on Canal Street. Workers use putty knives and brushes to remove gum wads from the main thoroughfare while bystanders observe. A buxom woman asks about the work and offers more gum, prompting the crew to continue scraping and scrubbing.
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Canal
Fés
First American waffle iron patent granted to Swartout
Cornelius Swartout receives the first American patent for a waffle iron. The grant marks a milestone in kitchen gadgetry and U.S. invention history, highlighting Swartout's contribution to popularizing a breakfast staple.
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Cornelius Swartout
Definition of Gentility and Gentlewomen
A writer reflects on conscience and a hurtful lapse, praising a gentle woman who forgives and embodies refined conduct. She asks what makes a lady or gentleman, arguing true culture lies in sweetness under hurt, courtesy, and inner gentleness rather than outward show. The piece links parental guidance to shaping developing girls and stays true to a reflective, moral tone.
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NEA Service Inc
Venezuela: From debt free glory to development push
A fragmented história of Venezuela touts vast oil wealth, a debt free state under Juan Vicente Gomez, and a future plan to educate a largely illiterate populace, expand industry, and foster new population centers despite climate and historical challenges. Frontiers await as the nation seeks modern growth and stronger international ties.
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Venezuela
South America
Juan Vicente Gomez
Gomez
Ts Peco Ple
Republic
Simon Bolivar
New York Tour of a Country Cousin by George Ross
A country cousin visits New York and endures the city’s sights from Radio City Music Hall to a grand theater. He remains unfazed by luxury and asks about what makes a real lady, prompting reflections on perception and authenticity.
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New York
George Ross
Manhattan
Radio ‘City Music Hall
Plastic Surgeon Urges Safety Belts for Autos
El Paso Texas Dr John Pangman a plastic surgeon who treats disfigured patients urges belt use to reduce injury in auto crashes. He notes passengers are often thrown about and injuries are common, suggesting belts hold them in place and even proposes grabbing a coat or blanket to brace the upper body.
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EL Paso
Texas
John Pangman
Pangan Salt
Mayor LaGuardia Fans Opera in Metro Matinees
Fiorello LaGuardia, longtime Friday matinee patron at the Metro speditan Opera House, is a vocal booster who sits in the orchestra. He and Mrs. LaGuardia are opera enthusiasts with forty years of programs saved, often sharing critiques and recollections from both home and office.
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Metrospeditan Opera House
Fiorello
LaGuardia
City Hall
W. Somerset Maugrum
Our Town
Maugham
Peters
Jack Kirkland
Richard Waytts
Mae West
Percy Hammond
Times Square
Hollywood Talk: On Set Laughs and Waxed Whiskers
Paul Harrison reports on behind the scenes gaffes from Dodge City with director Michael Curtiz correcting actors and a silhouette fog scene for Hound of the Baskervilles. Lon Chaney Jr and Lortentz figures are noted along with Ontario’s liquor brand variety.
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Big Boy
Wiliams
Victor Jory
Dodge City
Michael Curtiz
Williams
Kansas
Kansas Infantry
Curtiz
Sherlock
Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Dr Watson
London
E. &. Clive
Clive
Tows's Own Tavern Sponsored by Church
WESTPHALIA parish operates a church supervised tavern seen as a social hub. The co operative founded by Rev Hubert Duren includes a general store a credit pool and recreation space with a club house pool and card tables. Father Duren notes 98 percent of parishioners belong to IL and the aim is to enable a good life.
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Westphalia
Hubert & Duron
St. Bonlthee Catholic
Father Duren
Pan Abs Lelic
Boilermaker grid savad to play coast game next fall
ATLANTA reports Bobby Waaithour pedaled 700 miles from Miami to Atlanta on a pleasure trip averaging 160 miles per day. First Coast Game Lafayette Purdue’s football team will play Santa Clara in San Francisco next fall marking the Boilermaker grid savad’s coast appearance. Don Bach Win Penn State wrestling captain has lost only two matches in his college career both at Princeton.
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Atlanta
Bobby Waaithour
Miami
Lafayette, Inc
Purdue
Santa Clara
San Francisco
Tiger State College
Don Bach- Win
Penn State
Princeton
Legal Notice in Hempstead Chancery Court Land Confirmation
In Hempstead County Arkansas Callie Wesson and Lue Wesson petition for confirmation of land described as part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter Section 33 Township 12 South Range 24 West. The notice warns all claimants to appear at the March term to show cause why the land should not be confirmed. The description includes boundaries along South Main Street in Hope and references a deed from George W. Sandefur to Claude B. Waddle. The clerk Ralph Bailey dates January 14 1939.
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Arkansas
Chancery Court
Heapstead County
South Main Street
City of
Hope
Mid South Main Street
Main Street
Tope
George W. Sandefur
Claude B. Waddle
Recover
Callie Wesson
Lue Wesson
Sue Wesson
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