Social notes and visits fill spring community page
Mrs. H. M. Daniel and relatives travel to Oklahoma City while guests stay in town. Mrs. B. R. Hall, Mrs. Shreveport and others host and visit in Sas Bonis Texas and Shreveport Louisiana. Presbyterian Ladies Auxiliary meets at Elm Street home with 13 members. program on Christian Homes read by Mrs Ruffin Whit. Legion plans gathering at 4 PM in church Sunday school room. Midway and junior choir activities noted. Travelers include Miss Marguerite, Madine Tippett and families visiting kin across Arkansas and Texas. Lay R Bennett and others visit in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs Snyder host a pot luck on West Second Street. Mrs. Hart and family plan a 10 day trip home.
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Rele
Ladies Auxiliary of
Presbyterian Church
Frank Ward
Elm Street
Ruffin
K. G
Lay .R. Bennett
B. R
A. B. Cox
Dallas
Tex
JL. W
Snyder
West Second Street
Nashville Peaches Moving This Week
Elberta peaches from the Nashville district will start moving this week with Claud W. Garner loading cars at the Thompson shed on Monday. Some growers may delay to Tuesday or later. The crop is small but of fine quality and extra size, though prolonged rains could cause damage. Estimated shipments range from 100 to 300 cars. last year about 3700 cars were shipped. Due to scarcity, prices are expected to be good and profits likely for orchardists with ample fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Claud W. Garner
Thompson Shed
Hospital Notes From The City Hospital Report
Hospital notes recount injuries and transfers. Margaret Powell was injured in a crash Thursday and left Julia Chester hospital Monday. Captain Oliver E. Cound, returning from Louisville, stopped at Josephine hospital Tuesday morning before continuing home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Powell
Julia Fester Hospital
Oliver E. Cound
Louisville
Josephine
Cow Education Emphasized Over Greek Learning
Dr. William Burnic urry, English educationalist, argues that dairy animal care is a more important part of a child’s education than Greek conjunctions. His curriculum for ages 2 to 15 excludes Greek and Latin from all courses, prioritizing practical farm subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Burnicurry
Curry
Ice Cream Choice Sparks Dress Color Dilemma
A three year old girl in Edmonton hesitates over ice cream flavor. She says vanilla would match her dress, illustrating a playful concern over color coordination in a young child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Téd
Edmonton
Alta
Simplicity in Summer Granites for Refreshing Treats
Summer meals favor simple methods and fruit granites. Heavy syrup mixed with fruit juice and water half frozen yields a drinkable, frost-kissed frozen mix. Berry granites are easy: mash one quart berries with two cups sugar, extract juice, add two cups water, freeze, and serve with mint.
Daily Menu Through the Day
Tomorrow's meals include breakfast with sliced peaches cereal with raisins cinnamon toast milk and coffee. Luncheon features stuffed baked eggplant lettuce sandwiches blackberries with sugar and cream vanilla wafers and lemonade. Dinner offers broiled lamb chops stuffed tomatoes on toast endive with Dutch dressing and frozen rice pudding.
Jelly Syrup Mix For Fruit Juices
The method describes combining a large cup of jelly with one cup of fruit juice and varying sugars to taste. Boil sugar and water for 12 minutes to form a syrup, then add jelly and fruit juice after cooling. Strain and freeze the mixture for serving.
Berkeley astronomer lists 17 180 double star pairs
Dr. Robert Aitken of Lick Observatory completed a 12 year survey counting 17 180 double star pairs in the northern sky in addition to Burnham's 13 175 catalogued pairs from 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
Job
Robert Aitken
Lick Observatory
University of California
Aitken
W. S. Burnham
Dr. Aitken
Oh the Laughing Quips of The Humorist exchange
A brief quip from The Humorist about two speakers reacting to a remark. The lines suggest playful self awareness and mutual wit between two named speakers, Charles and a correspondent. The dialog hints at social interaction and humor rather than a formal event.
Hope Pastor to Hold Revival in Alabama
The Rev. John G. Reese of the Church of Christ in Hope will lead a two week revival in Winnfield Alabama starting Tuesday. Mrs. Reese and the family accompany him and plan to visit Mississippi and Tennessee on the return trip to Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Alabama
John G. Reese
Church of Christ, of Hope
Winnfield
Ala
Prohibition Era Mix of Smuggling and Gangs Shaped by Chicago Reform
The article traces Prohibition’s border enforcement, rum rows, and Coast Guard upgrades, noting 5 percent liquor seizure by 1925. It highlights industrial alcohol evasion, near-beer schemes, and the rise of Chicago gangs led by Dion O’Banion and Al Capone, with Capone’s supremacy by 1930 and federal moves via income tax law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Congress
State Department
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Holland
Rum Row
Nevetheless
Lincoln C. Andrews
Senate
Chicago
Dion O’banion
Johnny Torrio
al Capone
Capone
Atlanta
Columbus Wins In 11 Innings At Columbus
Columbus outlasted Schooley 4 3 in 11 innings Sunday. Russell homered singles set up Darnell’s 11th inning score. Hamilton and Hamilton handled pitching for Columbus while Schooley duo also worked. Next, Columbus meets Rocky Mound, Schooley visits Crossroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Schooley
Russell
Darnell
Rocky Mound
Crossroads
Hamilton
Memphis Oven Man Recovers After 412 Days in Heat
Memphis resident Jack Doty known as the oven man emerges from a 103 degree burn treatment period of 412 days in hospital. He spent the time on his stomach to heal skin for grafts and now enjoys sunshine on his porch while planning a Christmas reunion at the dinner table with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Jack Doty
Doty
Dots
Bodenhamer Praised as Honest Candidate by Judge Marsh
Judge Marsh extols Bodenhamer as a man in the race who can go to Washington with hands untied and soul unsold. He says Bodenhamer cannot be bought by big business, and Union County is proud to offer him to voters seeking new faces and ideals.
Guard Loses Track of Prisoner in San Quentin Weeds
A San Francisco incident outside San Quentin saw guard John Brabson and five prisoners cutting weeds when a prisoner vanished into the tall growth. An alarm followed as guards searched, prompting a quip from a prisoner who asked how many more thistles he must cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John Brabson
San Quentin Prison
Brabson
Prohibition Era Beer Wars and Enforcement Shifts
The article surveys how Chicago led in gang violence over liquor during Prohibition, noting similar citywide conflicts. It highlights the evolution of illegal liquor networks as Canada tightened exports and describes General Andrews' 1926 enforcement program and Civil Service changes, with a note on future political framing of prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
General Andrews
Congress
Prohibition Bureau
Internal Revenue Department
Coast Guarda
Debating censorship and press power in the Graphic saga
A critical essay recalls the New York Evening Graphic's eight year reign as a scandal sheet and its decline under Bernarr Macfadden. It notes libel suits, court leniency, and debates over boxing broadcasts while questioning state controls on media and the impact of film and radio on public perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Graphic
U States
Stit
Rnnpt
Louis Weitzenkorn
Wilkes-Barre
Graphic
Bernarr Macfadden
Macfadden
Hope
Stead County
Saenger Theater
The
New York State Boxing Commission
Sharkey
Boxing Commission
National
Broadcasting Wich
Graham McNamee
Charles Francis Coe
Saturday Evening Post
Madison Square Garden
Washington links mark a busy social week in town
Washington notes list visits from Malcolm Meeks Paul Ripe of Arkansas City to the Ibihsons home and other guests including Stingley and Ward families. Local travelers visit El Dorado Pelahatchie and Hope. social clubs meet and church services are planned with Sunday school at 10 and services at 11 and 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Meeks
Paul Ripe
Arkansas City
T.J. Ibihson
W. E. Stingley
W. H. Stingley
Ward
Pelidhatebee
Miss
Ray Turner
Dierks
L.C. Thornton
el Dorado
H. H
McGuyre
Foreman
Washington
Helen. Perdue
Louann
Kathryn Holt
Harry Puddéphat
Carry May Norton
Fine Bluff
Ruby Wi
Spicer
Elizabeth Fontaine
Kansas
J. W. Butler
Mable Curry
Douglas Morgan
Douglas Futrelle
Stephens
Kathryn
Holt
Kate Holt
A. P. Bailey
Tennessee
Claud Garner
Bradenton
Fila
Pretty Mean Trick
Nick Arelano 44 was told of his sister’s death and tried to reach her funeral in Walsenburg without funds. He boarded a freight, was arrested by Patrolmen Boham and Stone, and given a 30 day jail term. Friends later bailed him out, but he missed the funeral.
Ouachita 1st Year Class to Be Large
Ouachita college expects the largest freshman class in its history starting September 12 at the opening of the 47th annual session. President Charles D. Johnson cites high interest among Baptists and other friends despite financial difficulties and campus agitation about the college’s removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkadelphia
Ouachita College
Charles D. Johnson
Th College
Sai
Ouachita
Johnson
Th North Central Association
Community News Drizzle Yet Crops Thrive In Area
Rainy two week spell continues in the district yet farmers report healthy crops. Mrs. Birdie Smyth recovers after illness of two weeks. Local residents socialized with visitors from Washington and nearby towns including subscriptions to the Hope Star. Families shared meals and visits with kin at multiple homes and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie Smyth
McDaniels
Washington
The
Hope Star
Joan Carlton
Lester Lee
Bud Fincher
Allene Smyth
Maggie Carlton
Dail Sutton
Neer Bluff Springs
Cora Mae Bustin
Albert Bustin
Chester Almond
Alvin Fuston
John Carlton
Octa Carlton
Hugh Lee
Charlie Bertha Fusion
Ava
Lee
Jesse Ware
End Benson
Hot Springs
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Society News
H. M. Daniel
An Hanegan
Oklahoma City
New
Claw
Vouns and
Migs Marguerite
B. R. Hall
Sas Bonis Texas
Spent Springs
Hannah
M. B. Hannah
Shreveport, la
Iden
Fifth and Elm Streets
Madine Tippett
Shiver
Temple, Texas
Mrs
Harry Shiver
Arkadelpha
P. 5
Charles Har
Dare
Hugh Smith
Siloam Springs
Ark
Jus
Orville B. Shaw
Texas
W. M. Hart
Hart
Peaches
Elbertas
Sez
Hugh
Hospital
E Biddle
Fatmos
Julia Chester Hotal
Haenger
Paramount
David Hutton
Betty Odielle
Aimee Semple McPherson
Miss Odielle
Myrtle St. Pierre
Angelus Temple
Los Angeles
NEA Service
Charles
Humorist
the Star
Ne Eferee
Schmeling
Miss Bettie Conner
Irene
Alfred Black
McNab
Jim Bearden
Thurman Rhodes
Jagersfeld
Saratoga
J. W. Turner
Wesley O'Neal
Star City
Jess Yarberry
W. T. Allen
Monticello
Joe Jackson
Willie Harris
California
Land
MY Earth
Mises Vametsa
Beatrice Cartan
Ruth Benson
Cora Mae
Loyce Lee
Velolincher
Chas
Carlton
Jim Almond
Arthur Mattison
Mattison
Almond
Bodcaw
Willisville
Willisvile
Teasley
John Suggars
Hauteen
Denver
Ruby Nell
Wanderleen Mattison
W. E. Mattison Jr
Munns Pond
Harley Camp
Audry Ware
Cora Benson
Irene Cagle
Fincher’s
Gladys Smyth
Jim Carlton
David Fuston
Theo Powell
Near Sutton
Marshall Smyth
Johnnie Cartson
L.2
Velma
Andy Honea
Mr. Chamberlain
Goodyear Speedway
Arkansas Machine Specialty Shop
Walnut St
WFAA
Goodyear Radio
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