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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1929
Page
3
A rambling list of local social calls and visits spans Hugo, Texarkana, Paris and Broken Bow. Officials, store managers, travelers and relatives converge in Hope for visits, transfers, and leisure outings at theaters, shops and a watermelons moment amid festival chatter and weekend plans.
An advert invites readers to visit 212 North McRae to inspect a proposed school teaching coping, touch typewriting and speech writing as the modern approach for the coming term. The note promises to enroll students before September and emphasizes rapid progress.
For sale 68 acres on the highest and coolest place near the city just a mile from corporate limits. Two houses with a good well. Finest fruit and truck land in the county, all cleared. Will take a desirable home in town with 45 per cent payment. Also taxi service ad for Gill Jesse Brown at Capitol Hotel, phone 100.
London reports a new all-steel single-seat fighter with a 400 hp Jaguar engine and supercharger. It climbs four miles in under 14 minutes and six miles with full load, achieving 185 mph top speed. Designed for home defense, it lifts quickly to outpace raiders once coastal incursions are detected.
An advertisement lists symptoms including nervousness stomach trouble weight loss sleep loss and skin issues and urges readers to seek a foray booklet. It features Mrs A I Newman praising a medicine after four months of use and offers free diagnosis and literature from Dr W C Rountree in Austin Texas.
The Montgomery Ward store in Hope received 165 personal replies from 8 a.m. to noon on Monday after a weekend want ad. Applicants came from Magné tie, Louisville, Ozany Washington, Emmett, Walton, Miretal Springs and other towns in the Hope Star territory. About 2001 applicants have applied in total, with 85 more written applications received, and the store plans to open on August 3. Manager A. S. Scheffer hopes to attract a local factory later and relocate his family nearby.
President Hoover met with his new agricultural farm board and urged them to determine facts and propose adjustments to relieve widespread farm problems. He noted the board’s wide authority and resources would aid reaching an agreeable solution to the task ahead. A stray incident with a groundhog shot and a Vieques can bottle is mentioned, followed by a separate legal note about a $1000 fine in a liquor case involving Andy.
In Cadiz Ohio a deputy sheriff searched for hiding liquor but found Andy Ostrich’s booze concealed under a slate after his seizure. The old saying about ostriches is parodied as the man hid his drink rather than his head.
Secret tests with a new diving apparatus are being conducted at Loch Long Scotland from the Tidworth. The device is said to allow divers to reach greater depths, with iron suits designed for higher water pressure. The ships’ access is restricted and the iron suit includes arm and knee joints plus an electrical signaling bell system.
Arkansas attorney general Norwood held that insurance companies and agents are not required to pay an occupation tax. The opinion followed inquiries to the state insurance commissioner and noted a weeklong preparation time for the final ruling. The piece ends with a mock critical aside.
During trial flights the French pilots Dieudonne Costes Maurice Bellonte and their navigator could not retrace Lindberghs path from New York to Paris. Strong headwinds forced them to turn back before take off or during trials as the unnamed aircraft faced navigation doubts and equipment questions.
Jonesboro attorney Horace Sloan filed suit alleging the Arkansas railroad commission is illegally formed and without authority to restrain L. Castetter from operating an ice plant. The case, heard before Chancellor Murrell in Paragould, argues the commission has no valid appointments or de facto status and thus cannot sue Castetter.
In ASISLAND Wisconsin a large buck deer narrowly escaped a crash with the J C Morse ore steamer. The incident halted operations briefly as crews checked for damage and confirmed no injuries.
Martha Jane t Gruber, a college honor graduate and trained nurse born in Alsace Lorraine, faced barriers to naturalization citing national defense grounds. She pled to higher courts after being barred, asserting her right to citizenship despite the ruling.
The hunt neared Chequimeron Bay when a frightened back animal searched for a dime as a steamer approached. Edward Johnston of the steamer observed the creature swimming from the Ashland to Houghton Point across seven miles of bay water.
In Crablesville near Toledo, 101-year-old Veidesmait served as bridesmaid as her daughter Mrs. Mac Clarke 59 wed Goer W. Moore 50, a Toledo city employer. The ceremony capped a long family moment as the couple tied the knot in a modest ceremony.
After his father died when he was six, Alvere went to live with the family of his future bride. The arrangement set the stage for a lifelong romance as they grew into adulthood.
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