This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1954
Page
1
Disjointed notes recapitulate a political clash over compromise and strategy. The text hints at GOP leaders at the White House discussing differences, a proposed plan, and pressure to join forces, with hesitancy about concessions and the need to present a united stance.
Market notes detail hogs, sows, boars, calves and cattle at the National Stockyards with varying weights and price ranges. Lambs, wool, and wool prices, plus New York stock market activity, Bethlehem Steel dividend announcement, and grain futures in Chicago and New York with modest moves and profit taking across corn oats and soybeans.
Clarksville reports a gunfight near town as Ethel Blackard identifies two men Leon Zaten aged 30 and James Hammond. Hammond was shot in the left leg, Zaten injured by a 48 caliber automatic. Hammond is in custody awaiting charges. both men face assault with intent to kill. No motive given by the sheriff.
A fragmented Chicago poultry market note reports live poultry ready for shipment with receipt figures across 18 coops. Prices are described as unchanged with light hens at 18 to 19 cents and older stock at 4 to 7 cents. several numbers imply quantities and value shifts in the day's market.
A four year old girl and her dog were found safe nine hours after she went missing near a Lake De Camp area. The child was located in a wooded region with the dog by searchers and authorities. No injuries reported and reunification with family expected.
The American Farm Bureau Federation seeks to replace fixed farm price supports with a variable program in 1935. Joe Hardin of Gra dent Arkansas explained a ten year plan to adjust parity supports while keeping 50 percent parity. The convention recommended amending the 1949 Agriculture Act to make parity price supports mandatory the first year marketing quotas are not in effect for any commodity.
Fatigue from hours of trekking through the woods near home two and a half miles away ends with little May McCynnell sleeping peacefully on a grassy mound while a mongrel dog barked nearby seeking attention.
Local notices detail First Baptist pot luck at the Legion Hut, Epsilon Sigma Alpha talent show with Nev sia County schools, and several Circle 2 and WMU meetings. Band Mothers Club plans fundraisers, drapery projects, and an oboe purchase. Community members hosting gatherings, visits, and illnesses are listed, concluding with a note on a British scientist claiming an American robin crossed the Atlantic unaided.
Richmond leaders face a clash with the United Daughters of the Confederacy over plans to convert two strips of Confederate Old Ladies Home land into a parking lot for visitors to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The UDC blasts the proposal as desecration and urges lawmakers to preserve the site as hallowed ground linked to Jamestown Yorktown and Monticello. The House committee recommended the parking plan despite opposition.
Hollywood Arkansas once thrived as the county seat near Arkadelphia. The town known as Hollywood, twelve miles west of Arkadelphia, lost its post office after 1842, ending its status as county seat. Mary Ballew served as postmaster for 27 years. Ancient lore notes dogs rarely live beyond 15 years.
President Eisenhower calls for Republican unity on broad policy in a Lincoln Day message. He cites Abraham Lincoln on facing a stormy present, notes GOP divisions over constitutional questions like the Bricker amendment, and says unified support for policy is essential for a true party.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.