An Attempted Retirement Of W J Old In McCurtain Gazette
McCurtain County Oklahoma Gazette owner W J Old has sold the paper and announces retirement. He started in Idabel, built a leading weekly, and turns control to Hon Paul V Stewart. The piece notes Old’s long service, nostalgia for printing, and wishes him continued success in future.
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W. J. Old
McCurtain County
Okla
Gazette
Col. Old
Howard County
Arkansas
Old
Indian Territory
Idabel
Paul V. Stewart
Star
Gude Lucke Gang
News of Other Days From the Mies of The Star
News notes from 25 years ago include visits from Mrs Ware of Bonham and Mrs A Johnson Mips ite onan rave a lawn party at Crystal Lake. Judge T Mayton of Saris attended town events and Spring Hill items mention Miss Ruth Coffey visiting Texarkana with a lawn party and missionary society meeting at the Methodist church.
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T. Ware
Bonham
Vexas
T. Mayton
Saris
Lewisville
Spring Hill
Bob Levins
Whiteley
McNab
Mrs. Baker
B.C. Acker
Lola Kelly
Ret Tar. Ihgton
Callie Murph
Renn Acker
Wdith
Newsom
Annie Forney Duckett
Crystal Lake
Ruth Simpson
Ruth Coffey
Texarkana
Kate Stephenson
Velma McIntosh
Snow McLarty
Puzzle solution and social notes mix from county paper
The item blends a Saturday crossword solution with local social news and anecdotes. It lists participants and attendees at events, mentions music and theatre outings at the New Grand, and notes visitors and travelers including Mrs. White, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Newsom, and Miss Duckett. It also references sports commentary about Pauline and a remark on weather or timing.
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Misses Newson
Duckett
Lola Kelley Lavilla King
Callie Murph
Rena “Uarrington
Mae Duffie
Glen Williams
Musil Newton
Mathew Whomas
Jim Murph
Byron Will
Nannie Dowd
Hazel Stuart
Arkadelphia
Columbus
Steve Carrigan
Prescott
Nuey
J. A. Robison
Patmos
Nashville
Fragmentary 1920s era crime notes with garbled names
The text presents a messy OCR style snippet mentioning figures like Sinclaie Capone and Henry Mason Day, with references to federal agents, clergy, a dye store robbery, and vague threats about superiority. Many names are garbled, making concrete events unclear.
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Henry Mason Day
Sinclaie
Capone
Hope Industrial Growth and Sanitation Push in 1929 Plan
A 1929 program urges using municipal power plant revenues to boost Hope's industrial and social resources, improve alleys and backyards sanitation, support the Chamber of Commerce, and expand all weather roads through county highways. It backs scientific agriculture, farmer cooperation, state highway progress, tax reform, and a streamlined budget, aiming to relieve cattle tick issues in Arkansas.
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Cit
Hope
Chamber, of Commerce
Ce County
Hempstead
Arkansas
Local Highways Urged as County Bond Plan Considered
Blytheville Courier News cites Justin Matthews letter to The Star urging a local roads program funded by county bonds. The editorial argues state effort is unlikely and counties should form highway commissions to build weatherproof roads, enabling farmers to move cotton, access churches and cinemas, while using turnback funds for a ten year bonding plan.
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Blytheville Courier News
Justin Matthews
The
Star
Loways
Matthews
Ghways
Courier News
Blytheville
Missouri
Missouri State Highway Commission
Arkansas
Hempstead
Mississippi
Whight
Circus Parade and the Town's Lost Catalog
In Emporia Kansas the Gazette recalls a circus that failed to parade and instead faced a sharp rebuke about money leaving town. The text mocks mail order houses and contrasts them with the big five ring show that never stirred a camel on Commercial Street.
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WillaMt Allen White
Emporia
Kan
Emporia Gazette
No Penny Pinching Hoover Promises Continued Coolidge Era Economy
The piece argues that President Hoover will pursue a broader form of economy, not penny-pinching, noting his engineering background and belief that spending today can save more later. It predicts department heads should not expect more funds than last year and frames true economy as requiring larger future savings.
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Hoover
Economics professor cites honesty ratio in America
Dr. Wilbur C. Plummer of the University of Pennsylvania concludes from extensive studies of retail credit and installment buying that the rate of honesty among Americans is...
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Wilbur C. Plummer
University of Pennsylvania
Honest debtors and the dangers of loose credit
The speaker divides debtors into two classes: those unable to pay and those who won t pay. He estimates knaves are likely well under one seventh of a percent, cites high overall honesty, and warns that overly lenient credit policies lure nonpaying customers and threaten small grocers as failures rise from excessive credit extension.
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Phummer
Department of Commerce
Plummer
Anyade
Rebruit
Ciat
New Yorker on New Farm Board
The state of New York is represented on the new federal farm board by Charles B. Wilson, former state agricultural commissioner. He operates an extensive dairy farm and serves as president of the New York Agricultural Board.
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New Yor
Federal Farm Board
Charles 8. Wilson
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Bnatish College
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Amerinan Prinenn
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Rockies
Wind
Charles Letnib
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Parpesa
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Washington
Rodney Dutcher
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