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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1936
Page
1
A relative recalls a deafening childhood illness and the slow resistance to medical steps. Despite diagnosis of throat and ear infection, parents hesitate to choose surgery or treatment, but eventual action improves hearing and prompts reflection on shared parental responsibility.
Bruce Catton highlights Carl Carmer’s Listen for a Lonesome Drum as a vivid portrait of upstate New York describing Adirondacks Indian reservations and Rochester. He profiles actor James Fields’s unique career from juggling youth to film mishaps and eventual demand for agency over script.
Hollywood buzz centers on a third or fourth party bid to pick a film world figure. WC Fields is the unanimous choice, initially backed by the West Side Riding and Asthma Club with a slogan about “A chickadee in every pot.” He faces neuralgia and other ailments as he plans golf, rest, and his next film, Poppy.
Washington news digest argues monopoly and centralization dominate the election debate. It contrasts Roosevelt’s spending era with Republican lines, notes party leaders’ similar paths, and previews a three year versus twelve year frame shaping campaign rhetoric.
A near completion project in Wert e minister claims to be Europe’s largest apartment building. It will house about 3,000 people in 3,250 flats ranging from one to seven rooms, costing roughly 7.5 million dollars. Rents start at 40 9 yearly. The ten story structure includes a basement for 490 cars, 15 squash courts, a swimming pool and a gym. An anecdote notes a six pound pheasant once halted a 53 ton train in 1935 when it crashed into the locomotive cab window and jammed the brakes.
Claire Fosdick drives toward a remote mountainside hideout to hunt a hidden jewel. In a wrecked road, dangerous rivals chase clues as Hannah and Dan Dallas plot, while Nick Baum returns to press Claire for truth about a dangerous family treasure.
A. P. report credits C. G. Kreiger with starting a mechanical revolution in American farming by modernizing the Humbering farm tractor with rubber tires and self powered radio. The six cylinder high compression engine promises fuel and labor savings, lighter weight, self starters, headlights, spotlights, and fingertip steering among new features.
Brownsville report details a beaver invading a construction area on the Rio Grande border. The animal reportedly created a small dam within a day, drawing attention amid ongoing cross border storage discussions and legal considerations between the United States and Mexico.
Rocky Mound Mrs Zettle Otweil of Kale visits sister Mrs Von Arrington and family. Cecil Rogers and daughter Mary Alice spend the Fourth with New Hope parents Mrs Theo Messer and children. Mr and Mrs Jerjal Ryngared and family and Mrs Charley Stephens and Mrs Sullivan of New Liberty meet Mr and Mrs E O Rogers for the Fourth.
Dwarfs Carnéra Mr and Mrs Alfred Bearden and children spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Burto Bearden and others. The Bearden group and extended families visited Sunday with various relatives including Mr and Mrs Dewy Bearden and Mr and Mrs E Q Rogers. Mrs Dale Hunt family and Mr and Mrs Warren Pickard with kin were among the gatherings. Deward Silvey and family returned home for a few days.
The article outlines party dress styles for young girls with patterns No 802 and No 8420 including fabric choices such as satin and challis. It notes sizes from 2 to 14 years, yardage requirements, and features like Peter Pan collars. A coupon offer promises The Summer Pattern Book with sewing instructions for 15 cents or 25 cents with pattern.
A fragmented notice lists Pola for county positions and names several candidates including Ruffin Whiter Frank Rider Clifford Franklin II M Stephens Miss Lillie Middlebre, indicating official candidate announcements and county slate.
Centerville residents report a flurry of family and friend visits with Mr. and Mrs. Waytin Malone and Mr. and Mrs. Rogel Bright spending weekends with relatives. A. L. Smith of Liberty and Hubert Clark's family joined afternoon calls, while Miss Margie Ray Henry and Miss Adele Glawell were noted visiting friends.
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