Arkansas and Mississippi Highway Bond Figures in 1930s Manual
The 1937 census estimates Arkansas population at 2,018,000 with a $141,894,728 bonded debt and highway bonds at 3 to 5 percent interest. Mississippi shows 2025 population and $554,471,73 property valuation with highway debt under 3,000,000 annually 1939–45 and under 1,750,000 1956–58, while Illinois lists $125,529,000 highway debt at four percent interest maturing last in 1959.
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Arkansas
United States Census Bureau
New York
Union
Mippi
Muselys Aninual
Mississippi
Illinois
Roosevelt Likely to Take Issue on Arms Embargo
President Roosevelt may go to the people over an arms embargo after a stalled Senate debate. Stephen Early says a special session could be needed to act on neutrality laws amid tensions in Europe. Hull and Roosevelt abandon hopes for quick action this session after talks with leaders Barkley McNary Rankin and Borah.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Stephen Early
Congress
Europe
Hull
Senate
Garner
Barkley
Dem
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McNary
Rep
Ore
Austin
Borah
Ida
Rankin Republican
Foreign Relations Committee
Forein
Highway Bonded Debt Interest Breakdown in Alabama 1932
The Alabama highway bonded debt of 35.8 million dollars in 1932 carried varying interest: about 56 thousand dollars were four percent, 6 million dollars were four and a half percent, and the remainder bore four percent or four and a half percent interest.
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Alabama
Nash's C. L. Tonic Ad Promises Quick Recovery
An advertisement touts Nash's C. L. Tonic as a malaria remedy for Southern residents. It claims years of study and a one week trial with money back if no improvement. Distributed via local Hope druggists including Gibson Drug Co. and other stores.
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Nash
Mr. Nash
C. & L. Tonic
John S
Gibson Drug Co
White House press on neutrality action at next session
After a three hour talk, Stephen T. Early read a note stating Senator Barkley and Senator McNavy agreed that neutrality legislation could be acted on at the opening of the next session and that a majority of the Senate would concur. The report notes the administration warned that inaction would weaken United States leadership in world peace efforts. Before the 1849 gold rush, North Carolina led the nation in gold production.
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White House
United States
Stephen T. Early
Barkley
Senate
McNavy
Revival at Battlefield Methodist Church Draws Public
A revival meeting underway at Battlefield Methodist Church features Pastor Rev. C. V. Mashburn. The public is invited to attend at Battlefield, 10 miles southeast of Hope. In Clyde, Kansas, Lester Hess family reports a meteorite 13 inches in circumference narrowly missed their home, striking a radio aerial then embedding in the ground. The rock showed one side like granite and the other like brick. Wildlife and insect migration also noted.
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Battlefield Church
Hbattlefield Methodist Church
C. V. Mashburn
Battlefield
Malles
Hope
Clyde
Kans
iPi
Lester Hess
Choosing a camera for vacation picture taking
A vintage guide advises selecting a finer camera for daylight, dusk, and moving subjects. It highlights shutter speeds from 1/6 to 1/200, self timer benefits, and the miniatures group for enlargements, urging practice before vacations.
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Una
Anil
Fini Coloy Transparency
la Sive
John Vay Guilds
Corrigan Plans Marriage After Rough-Way Flight Fame
Douglas Corrigan will marry his San Antonio sweetheart Elizabeth Marvin on the first anniversary of his famed wrong way transatlantic flight. Once poor, he now earns from book deals, magazine articles, and public appearances, with aviation industry interest growing while he contemplates a steady job.
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San Francisco
Douglan Corrigan
Cuckgim
New York
Bublin
Soung Tesan
Elizabeth Marvin
San Antonio
Galveston
Cartigan
Shourh
Hollywood
Jig
San Antonias Little Theater
Flying Irman
Dies After WPA Strike Battle
Dies after a WPA strike battle the man has lived in hotel rooms and plans to settle in Los Angeles near his grandmother sister and aunt. His only other kin is brother Harry who works for a Mary Janel company. At the exposition, brother in law Stinton McCush answers questions about the plumbing. The main question remains those tanks Corrigan installed before his seat blocked his view.
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Carrigans
Los Angeles
Harry
Mary Janel Cirplany
Stinton McCush
Corrigan
We the Women We the Women Talk Your Marriage
A fragmented column mocks married life with knitting and crochet imagery. It portrays a wife turning to crafts as chatter rises and the husband reacts, illustrating tensions in a humorous, old fashioned tone.
Girl Makes Honor Roll But Never in Classroom
Kathleen Wade, an invalid since 1993, completed her second year of high school while living four blocks from Salem High School. Through an inter-communication system with loud speakers in her room and classrooms, she attended virtually all courses, contributing to discussions and earning the honor roll despite braces and crutches after infantile paralysis.
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Salem
W. Va
Kathleen Wade
Kathleen
Salem High School
Rale
Silent Wife Fragments on Marriage and Attention
A fragmented portrait of marital strain shows a faster working husband and a wife divided between her handiwork and him. He drifts into work or hobbies as she comforts herself with self-justifying care, while he grows distant and he questions the value of conversation.
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Roth Miclett
Wwomin
Gieles
Metheath
Vacation Reading Club Meets At Hope Public Library
The Library Reading Club sponsored by the Hope Public Library will hold its weekly meeting on Thursday July 20 at Fa in. The club has 58 members and invites more boys and girls to join. Miss Marion Smith of Hope High School will review her recent trip to the San Peatessco Fair. Building permits in Toledo Gfria for the first half of 1999 rose 30 percent compared with all of 1998.
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Hope Public Library
Fa. In
Marion Smith
Hope High School
San Peatessco
Fragmentary tale on women’s work and talk in a community
The fragment describes women socializing while sewing or crocheting, noting quiet tasks read or observed in private, and hints at gendered expectations. It contrasts women who value manual work over intellectual talk and mentions a wife who reads or senses forbidden topics, with others lingering in conversation.
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Ting
Nang
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Arkansas Senate
White &C. Hope-Fulton
Medford
Rexall Skeeter Cream
Keene
Lamson's Mineral Oil
John S. Gibson
Red South Eln Street
Hope, Arkansas
Minneapolis
Minn
WPA
John Gearty
North Carolina
Church News
Che
Vie
Ehney
Douglas Corrigan
Aviator
Sam Jackson
Sewing Project
John B. Charty
Said Gearty
Home Ice Co
East Third Street
the Library
Toledo
Gfria
Criter
Ice
Goodyear
B. KR. Hamm Motor CO
Third and
Walnut Street
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