Here and There Editorial on Arkansas Governors and Candidates
Avex H Washburn argues in a De Queen obituary style editorial that promises from gubernatorial hopefuls terrify and mislead voters. He contrasts Terral and Cazort’s records with Martineau’s 1926 victory, condemning past Ku Klux Klan influence and warning against revisiting those mistakes.
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Cazort
Ku Klux Klan
Arkansas
Tom Terral
Mare Finewu
Martineau
Lady Orator of West Toured for Populists in 1890s
Mary Elizabeth Lease, famed as the Lady Orator of the West, toured as a Populist lecture bureau member, delivering about 160 speeches during the 1890 campaign. A lawyer by training, she urged farmers to “raise less corn and more hell” and later campaigned with Weaver in 1892. She remained active in politics into the 1930s.
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Wasiuington
America
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Ireland
Amerie
Pennsylvania
New York State
Kausas
Chicago
James B. Weaver
Lease
West
South
Union Squire
New York
Hope and Nashville Golf Tourney Set for Sunday
Hope and Nashville players clash in a Sunday golf match on Hooks tee. Coach Hammens announced awards for best score and named Tope representatives to be revealed Saturday. Nashville will send ten golfers. Wilson of Columbus returned home from hospital after appendicitis recovery.
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Hope
Nashville
Foy Hammens
Toa
Ach Manunons
Nashvile
Lles Wilson
Columbus
Julia Chesley Hopital
Hi aaraGon
Parallel in Approaching Doom of Triangle Murder Couples
New York dispatch draws a deadly parallel between New Jersey's Dolbow murder and Long Island's Creighton poisoning. It notes last minute appeals to spare Marguerite Fox Dolbow and Norman Driscoll and details Ruth Creighton and Everett Applegate, whose affair and motive shaped the Creighton case.
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Walter C. Parkes
NEA
New York
New Jersey
Dolhow
Long — Island
Creighton
Mex
Marguerite Fox Dolhows
Norman Driscoll
Court of Errors and Appeals
Frances Creighton
Everett Applegate
Lehman
Ivis
Ruth
Applegate
Mrs. Aplegate
Dolbow
Chips Off the Old Blocs
Herbert Plumimer surveys mid nineteenth century political movements, detailing the Know Nothings and the Populists as major threats to old life parties. It notes the American party’s 1852 origins, nativist aims, naturalization reform, and Millard Fillmore’s brief 1856 bid, plus the Populists’ 1892 platform including free coinage, land, railways, and a Weaver candidacy.
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Herbert Plumimer
Washington
Nop Mn
Know-Nothings
American Party
Supreme Order of the Star Spangled Banner
Aimerica
Congress
Millard Fillsman
A. J. Deniison
Comeback Pally Short Fillhole
Zachary Tayloor
Bis
Fickel
Macy Janik
Morice Grech
Mmovement
People’s Party
Fe Fares
James B. Weaver
Iowa
Weaver
Vesey enters Arkansas legislative race as Hope attorney
John P. Vesey of Hope formally announced Friday as a candidate for representative in the Arkansas Legislature, subject to the Democratic primary on August 11. Vesey is longtime Hempstead County resident, a local attorney since 1814 with a World War I service pause, former Hope mayor for eight years, and former deputy prosecuting attorney for Hempstead County. He urges voters to judge him on his qualifications and vows a conscientious administration free of political manipulation. He plans to meet voters personally before August.
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John P. Vesey
Hope
the Star
Arkansas Legislatuve
Vesey
Hempstad County
Hempstead
Mr. Vesey
Gas Company Seeks Permit to Refund Debentures
Litle Rock 44 says the Arkansas company asks the State Utilities Commission on Friday for permission to issue 10 million dollars in 3 per cent debentures and 1 million of 3 per cent bonds to refund outstanding bonds at higher rates and to pay other obligations. It estimates savings around 1.1 million dollars.
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DeQueen Bev
DeQueen
Arkansas
Tom Terrals
Lee Cavorts
Arkinais Tawiskane Clas Corspirtay
Swill Hondeaters
Shreveport
Applient
State Utilities Commission
Cadman Expected to Recover Says Physician
CLATTSBURG N Y The physician reports Dr S Parkes Cadman is expected to recover after an illness. The brief bulletin notes the public figure's health event as a ruptured appendix and mentions a Friday prediction of favorable progress.
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Clattsburg
N.Y
Parkes Cadmiur
Soil Conservation Improves Gullies At Hope Area
J B Beckworth of Shover Springs praises the Soil Conservation Project Demonstration Area near Hope for turning a six to eight foot deep gully into a shallow berm with Bermuda grass. O F Ruggles reports similar gains on his 480 acre farm, noting gullies now grazing valuable cattle and reducing land waste. The program promises soil conservation and revived profitability for farm land.
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J. B. Beckworth
Shover Springs
Hope
Beckworth
O. F. Ruggles
Mr. Ruggins
Burned to Death as Auto Wrecks Train at Crossing
In Covington two men died and a third was scalded when an Illinois Central passenger train collided with an automobile at a crossing and toppled. William Lawler 2 engineer was killed, Wilbur McDow 65 driver died, James Inabinet 54 train fireman was critically burned. No passengers injured. Inabinet died in hospital.
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Covington
Illinois Central
Chickasaw
William Edward Lawler
Wilbur C. McDow
James Kennerly
Oklahoma Increases Sales Tax to Two Percent
Oklahoma shoppers begin paying the raised two percent sales tax as the State Tax Commission urges merchants to collect immediately. The measure funds a social security program providing up to 30 dollars monthly with federal matching, aiding aged needy and dependent children while pensions begin within weeks.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Conservation Board
Weems
Tennessee farmers urged to irrigate amid drought warnings
Memphis reporting notes an expert advising irrigation as crop protection though he offers no water sources. William Green of the American Federation of Labor says over 800,000 workers lost potential jobs due to NRA rulings, implying many will end the day without gratitude toward the Supreme Court. Rain remains deemed unconstitutional in the northwest.
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Tenn
Tennessee
William Green
American Federation of Labor
NRA
Supreme Court
Dreath
Chicago
Washington
ABA
North Central
Roosevelt
Drouth
Health
Ninth Air Tour Begins Planned Arkansas Flight Series
The 9th Air Tour of Arkansas started Friday with 12 planes taking off westward for a two day goodwill tour across the western half of the state. Pilot Cy Bond, official starter, was forced to land in a cotton field near Casa before the group reached Russellville.
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Arkansas Air Tour
Cy Bond
Casa
Russellville
Haynes Brothers Open Big $50,000 Stock Renovation Sale
Haynes Brothers store opened a major sale Friday morning with a rush for bargains and more than 500 shoppers by noon. The event, announced by Henry Haynes, will run about a week and is described as the largest sale in recent years aided by a double-page advertisement in The Star.
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Haynes Brother
Henry Haynes
Haynes
Owen Wedding Set for Saturday at Park Episcopal Church
The marriage of Minister Ruth Bryan Owen to Kammerjunker Captain Borge Rohde of the Danish lifeguards will take place at 5 o clock Saturday afternoon at Park Episcopal church in Washington, with President Roosevelt attending.
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Washington
Ruth Bryan Owen
Borge Rohde
Park Episcopal Church
Roosevelt
Whiteside’s Visit and Centennial Edition Inquiries
Whiteside and family visit Hope friends during a summer stay at Nashville. Attendees include Lloyd Spencer, Bob Gasnell, Frank Nolen, Ken dall Leales, and Jin Wilson of Cohuutbus. The Star receives requests for its Arkansas Centennial Edition from readers in Jonesboro and Little Rock, seeking subscriptions and copies.
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Garret
Whiteside
Senaor Hallie Carawas
Hope
Little River
Lloyd Spencer
Bob Gasnell
Frank Nolen
Kendall Leales
Hoper
Jin Wil
Cohuutbus
Martha Gene
Nastville
Woman Arrested for Leaving Babies to Parch in Heat
Philadelphia report states a 29-year-old mother, Marion Shanks, faced cruelty charges after two infant children were found in a stifling hot upstairs room, strapped in cribs and left to parch. Spectators shouted as magistrate questioned the alleged mistreatment.
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Philadelphia
Poli
Marion Shanks
Missing Bicycle Believed Sighted
Thomas Jebe's new red and white bicycle, stolen from Fair Park last week, was reportedly seen Friday morning near Lon Sanders grocery but the rider escaped. A youth rode the wheel to downtown, then returned and fled again as police searched two city sections. Chief Ridgdill offers a $3 reward for the bicycle.
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Thomas Jebe
Fair Park
Jebe
Lon Sanders Grocery
Ridgdill
Young Jobe
Star
Woman Flier Narrow Brush With Death In Indianapolis
Jacqueline Cochran Cadhan survived a second close call as her plane nosed over and ground looped during a landing in Indianapolis on Friday. The incident followed a similar escape a week earlier, with Cochran landing safely in nearby Names.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jacqueline Cochran Cdhan
Yarrow
Deal
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