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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1930
Page
3
The column blends sketches and betting chatter about baseball figures such as Art Shires, Babe Ruth, and the Brooklyn team, with musings on pitchers, runners, and rivals. It weaves historical notes, predictions, and playful anecdotes from the era, referencing prominent names and teams and noting past performances and hopes for pennants.
A film review notes the comedy musical about rich and poor contrasts. Clara sings and Stanley Smith stars in a story of romance and misunderstandings amid wealthy social circles.
A vivid portrait praises a singer, noting her eyes, red hair, and entire stage persona. The performer is praised for handling a song the way she handles a man, with pep, personality and enthusiasm.
The Bank of McCaskill in the north end of the county was turned over to State Bank Commissioner W. E. Taylor. After 25 years in operation its final statement as of June 30 shows deposits of 42780.66 and resources around 77780. It stood with 10000 capital and 2500 surplus. J. D. Eley served as president and W. R. Atkins as cashier. A savings account of the president represented about half of the deposits. A 6000 state funds deposit was protected by an equal amount of state highway bonds held by the state treasurer at Little Rock.
The Grand theatre will showcase Laut rice Joy's latest film A Most Immoral Lady with French pulchritude daring and spice. Parisians of Folies Bergeres provide background for dramatic scenes as the production opens Thursday.
A chorus of thirty beautiful French girls from the Rolies-Bergeres performs in dazzling costumes with striking camera angles as part of a lavish Townsend Martin stage play. The Muscovite Cafe of Paris appears among vivid locales including New York and Palm Beach while Walter Pidgeon stars opposite Miss Joy in A Most Immoral Lady with a notable cast led by Sidney Blackmer and Josephine Dunn.
Alfred Parsons, a young visitor from Hastings England, was brought to a hospital for a holiday stay by his parents. He cried with delight upon arrival but a fatal incident occurred during the visit.
A young boy separating from his mother was run over and killed when a trolley omnibus traveling along the Aga Front struck him. The incident occurred in the busy street, drawing immediate attention from bystanders and local authorities. Investigations are expected to determine the sequence of events leading to the fatal crash.
INDIANAPOLIS July 22. A Revolutionary War drum with maple shell and hand made tacks rests in the Church family vault, undisturbed since a century and a half ago. Joseph W. Church recalls the drum was carried by Timothy Church in the Revolution, torn from the Americans after Quebec, later passed through generations to Issac, then George Church, keeping with family history and a long absence from use.
Deroit July 22 UPI George Koch survived a four story fall after wandering onto a roof and waiting two days for rescue. He said he had been drinking and told reporters he walked off the roof then slept as responders finally found him. Neighbors reported hearing him but assuming he was crazy until officers spotted him sleeping.
Truman Hatch and Lloyd Cantsee, Navajo Indians, promised to behave and refrain from “bad medicine.” A judge ordered them released from the state penitentiary under the care of an assistant Indian agent after they served several months. They were accused of removing toenails and fingernails from a dead body, powdering them, and putting them in drinking water to spread disease as a superstition. The act was deemed a joke by the defendants, who wished to leave the tribe.
Mark Atkinson landlord of the Kirkstone Inn on his deathbed ordered cremation and burial in the highest grave in England on a mountain 2,500 feet above sea level. He specified his favorite mountain and that Billie should do no more work after carrying the ashes to the grave.
Yesterday results show Birmingham 8 tied with Little Rock 0 and New Orleans 4 over Nashville 2. New York led Cleveland 7 to 3 while St. Louis beat Washington 6 to 4 and Detroit topped Philadelphia 7 to 6. Several games scheduled today include Nashville at New Orleans and Birmingham at Little Rock.
YAYETTEVILLE July 22 One third of a century spent teaching in the same school is the record of M. L. McCall Eureka Springs who is enrolled in the University of Arkansas summer school With the exception of two years Mr McCall has taught in the school of his hometown every year since 1840 He once presided over a Baptist college at Clarksburg Miss and was a high school principal at Green Forest Ark for one year A Carroll county native he has lived in Eureka Springs since he began teaching there He owns a farm three miles from his school used in part for experimental purposes and is interested in agriculture
In Richmond England on July 22 a quirky wedding ritual formed a makeshift arch of black lead pencils at the local church as writers from Richmond and Twickenham celebrated the marriage of a fellow scribe. A road renaming in London is noted in a brief dispatch following the ceremony.
Residents of Statfald object to renaming Asylum Road toward Hitebin Road, arguing the change would alter local identity. The dispute centers on preserving historic street names amid a broader village naming review.
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