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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1956
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text references a chancery court in Arkansas, mentioning plaintiff and defendant with unclear names and a date around January 23. The readable portion hints at a legal proceeding but lacks coherent details to determine parties, action, or outcome.
Prescott area notes report Erf an assistant professor of medicine at Jefferson Medical College and four prominent hematology professors died yesterday. Community clubs meet with local hosts and share garden tips, pruning, and poinsettia care. Lions and Kiwanis discuss local CCC camp experiences and community service. Local families host visiting relatives, with several residents visiting Little Rock and other cities. Otho Hesterly of Prescott earns Psi Chi invitation at LSU.
Municipal Court docket in Hope Arkansas lists multiple defendants with pleas Guilty fines and cash bonds: George Odom leaving the scene of an accident fined 2500. Annie B Whitefield and others on disturbing peace bonds forfeited. A E Fairchild no license fined five dollars. speeding tied to Leggett Cornelius bonds. Frank Whitfield illegal cohabitation fined 2000. Joe C Delaney blocking street bond forfeited. Annie B Palmer assault and battery fined ten with suspension. Mary E Dunn driving while intoxicated fined fifty and one day jail. George Odom Jim Galloway A E Fairchild driving while intoxicated fined fifty and one day jail. Andrew Jones Jr driving while intoxicated tried fined fifty sixty and one day jail with bond fixed at 150. F C Clark possession over one case of beer fined fifty with twenty-five suspended for good behavior. additional names listed without actions.
Central and northeast Arkansas forecast partly cloudy and cold with highs in the 40s and lows in the 30s. In the docket, multiple cases include bond forfeitures and fines for license and vehicle violations, driving without owner consent, and PSC authority issues, with several trials dismissed or plea outcomes recorded.
Markets report weak Northwest demand for broilers and fryers 20-21 cents with most at 20. Befesville-Floral area shows steady market and 21-22 cent prices. New York cotton futures rise on usda export program note. Chicago poultry prices steady with broilers 22-23 cents and hens 18-24. New York stocks gain modestly as oils, steels and coppers push ahead while Ford dips. Grain and provisions show no wheat trades. corn 1.28-1.34, oats 0.68-0.68, soybeans around 49.50.
Live cattle and calf sales at St Louis stockyards show a fairly active market with light weights 25 to 59 lower than Monday. Prices range 11.50 to 19.50 for steers and heifers, cows 11.50 to 13.00, and various grades and weights in the 160 to 270 pound range. Calves and mixed lots fluctuate slightly with a total off note in early trading.
Cattle ranges show buln canners and cutters 900-11.065 bulls and vealers steady with utility and commercial bulls 32.50-14.50. Good vealers 24.00-26.00, prime individuals up to 34.00, commercial to low good 16.00-24.00, cull and utility 10.09-15.00. Sheep tally 1,409 with no early sales.
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