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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1931
Page
2
A reader prompt asks residents to determine the oldest mule by description, inviting letters to the editor detailing traits and ages. The notice emphasizes comparing mules and seeking input from local readers to name the oldest male animal.
Texarkana visitors Meade Smedley Dan Wolf Jois Stone visited Hope. Mr and Mrs Enls McCall attended dance in Okay Friday. Mrs Wess McNab and Ray visited Mrs Lop Hundson. Minnie Lou Parker visiting sister Chel Green of Longview has returned. Several locals attended Sunday school and dinner guests included Mrs Chas Rosindown Fulton. Philadelphia is humorously called a one horse town after a shy romance note.
Nine car loads of cantaloupes were loaded from the Blevins packing shed on Saturday setting a season record. In past years, as many as 17 cars were loaded in a single day, a benchmark unlikely to be surpassed soon, even with new packing sheds in the territory.
Bryan Higgins aged 16 died in Nashville last Wednesday and was buried at Mt Tabor cemetery near Tokin Thursday. Two funerals were conducted by the Rev. T. L. Epton of Nashville, pastor of Garriott Memorial Baptist Church of Hope.
University of Arkansas Extension Service outlines best practices for saving soybean hay. Recommendations cover optimal cutting stage, timing after blooming, dew removal, windrow drying, and forming slender cocks for curing. Notes on in-field curing during wet weather via pole-stack method.
Liane, torn between affections for Clive, Shane McDermid, and Johnny Barbados, seeks help after a threatening plot tied to Cleespaugh's will. Shane offers protection, while Liane grapples with fear, guilt, and longing as she navigates a web of rival schemes and courtroom whispers in winter streets.
The scene follows McDermid from headquarters threatening a reporter in The Tattletale offices while a phone warns an ally of danger. Liane contemplates a perilous past as she prepares for a quiet wedding with her mother present, amid a tense household and a snow day backdrop.
Four Arkansas women are chosen as master farm homemakers during Farmers Week ceremonies in Fayetteville. Names include Mrs. August B. Prarige, Mrs. William C. Tidall, Mrs. Marvin Stewart, and Mrs. C. E. Bogan. Selection followed neighbor nominations and a 500-question homemaking record covering home management, health, education, children, and community work.
Approximately five car loads of Elberta peaches are to be shipped from Blevins this week. The first car was loaded Monday. The fruit is grown on the Dr. Royston Farm, located five miles south west of Blevins.
Kansas City dispatch reports Bartholomew J. Scannell, 24, was arrested at Union Station as he tried to remove his father John F Scannell's body from a baggage car. The elder Scannell, a Jacksonville poultry farmer, was killed with an axe on July 16 on his farm. He had lived in Kansas City before, and the body was en route for interment beside his wife. Jacksonville sheriff W R Calhoon told Kansas City officers of the suspect's connection. Detectives allowed Scannell to attend his father’s funeral under guard.
H L Lay and J Glenn Coker of Glenwood spent the weekend in Blevins. Ed Taylor returned to Port Arthur Texas on Monday after a week in Blevins visiting friends and relatives. Allen Moore of Hope works at the Blevins depot. Rev W J Whiteside of Blevins has suffered bolls for a week and will seek treatment in Hot Springs this week.
Blevins resident H B Cross, a farmer three miles north of town, reported bear tracks seen before and after recent rains. He described the tracks as unusually large and said water crossing the creek remained muddy. Talks of forming a local hunting party circulated, but no volunteer had stepped forward.
Several light rains fell in the north Hempstead area at the end of the week, lifting farmer optimism. If rainfall remains light, a strong harvest is anticipated with abundant feed, a promising cotton yield, and cash from tomato and cantaloupe harvests to growers.
Rain halted gravel trucks on the Blevins end delaying progress on the Blevins Hope road for several days. Crews plan to resume soon, aiming to complete with no further interruptions. On the Hope end, tracks were hauling Monday and over half the distance has been graveled. The road is unusually smooth for a new project with graders over the route.
The cantaloupe shed at McCaskill is set for the busiest harvest day with four car loads expected. Growers report exceptional cantaloupe quality and hopeful prices. Tomatoes, renewed after last week’s rains, show improved quality and steady prices.
A light rain refreshed crops last Thursday and Friday while peach harvests began in local orchards. Mrs. Lloyd Whitworris of Prescott visits her parents Mr and Mrs Sam Hurilleston. Mr and Mrs J Hy McLarty and children of Nashville visited in To lk ie. G C McLarty and L Wright were Estes visitors to McCaskill Setur ay.
North Hampstead county expects a strong corn crop this year along with oats wheat and hay due to recent rains. Farmers report ample moisture to mature fields and a potential bumper yield that should meet all local feed needs without outside shipments.
North Hempstead county farmers hurry to plant fall and winter gardens while soil moisture remains good. Many have Irish potatoes and turnip patches started and plan broadacre sowing of oats and wheat by October 15. Last year’s results were strong, and farmers expect a large acreage this fall.
Recount of visits and movements in Sweet Home area. Mrs A B Gordon and son Dudley passed through the vicinity. Mrs Robert Peachey and Ellen Sue returned to her parents after visiting Mrs Luther Burn in Little Rock. Marie Huskey and Dorothy Carman shopped in Deanyville. Miss Taff Burr returned after travels in Prescott. Sunday school invited. remark on needed bum-prack buildings.
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