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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1930
Page
2
A fragmentary column remembers boxing heavyweights and racing legends, mentions Dempsey Lassman and Fox, and riffs on Notre Dame, Pitt, and Bobby Jones. The piece nods to American defense costs, a drowning death, and shifting sports debates, all in a nostalgic newspaper voice.
Two Hunter brothers set an endurance flight record and during a flight broadcast from one plane to another. They spoke while the City of Chicago carried the signal via a specially built microphone system connected through National Air Transport gear to NBC and CBS networks. The ground station amplified voices through short waves, using a four-volt A transmitter and engine‑driven charger.
Sardis health remains good though rain is still needed. We convey sympathy for Mrs. Charlie Johnson's mother and wish for a speedy recovery. Miss Madie Huckabee visited her cousin, and Miss Inez Mitchell of near Bodean was here with relatives. Lillian Rossment enjoyed time with her uncle and aunt, Ode and Mrs Taylor of Center Point. Revival attendance at Hinton draws locals, while Cytor Prather of Hope visits relatives here. We extend sympathy to Lum Vines and family and the Woodsop family. Mae Jackson has returned home.
Yesterday results show Birmingham 10 over Little Rock 4 and Atlanta 3 over Nashville 1. Other scores include New Orleans 5, Chattanooga 5, Mobile 4, Memphis 5, and Cleveland 6 Louisville 5. Today games feature Birmingham at Little Rock and Atlanta at Memphis with rain in some matches. Chicago leads with 5 1 record, New York 4 4, Philadelphia 11 5, and Pittsburgh 5. Also listed are Detroit, St. Louis, Boston, and Washington matchups with several games scheduled today across multiple cities. San Antonio and Wichita Falls both failed, Beaumont tied, Fort Worth led, Waco 1, Shreveport Ll, Dallas 4, Houston 6.
W. Edgar Brown reviews the Arkansas gold rush era of 1885 to 1886 as prospectors chased legends of abundant gold in Ouachita and Ozark regions. He notes counties including Saline, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Polk, and Pulaski, plus later Howard County efforts using cyanide processes and local resistance to mining incursions.
Families visit relatives in Spring Hill Center Point and Liberty Hill while others travel from West Texas Oklahoma and Texarkana. Nell Mayton and Vera Pierce return home from Oklahoma. A singing school will begin in Corenth on the first Monday in August inviting all to attend.
Health in this community is good. Mickle Winberry and family spent Saturday night with Mr and Mrs J A Winberry, indicating local social ties.
Melrose Health content notes community well being. Carl Tauterbuch returns home on an eight visit. A box supper at Water Creek Thursday night drew Mr and Mrs Hollace Mullens Miss Winford Wise and Misses Lillian and Gertrude Caudly. Rocky Mound baptism Sunday after supper drew a good crowd with singing well attended Sunday night.
Miss Wanda Stocker returns home to Ashdown after visit with relatives while Miss Charleen Grady goes back to Hope. Phil Graves of Strong guests F. H. Holland and family. Leroy Spates of Hope spends weekend with parents. Mary Medunking visits Columbus with Day Elamiltan. Mr and Mrs Anderson Edward Dale and Mrs John Russell of Okay join Sam Williams family for Sunday. Mrs Martin Mullians of Grea Lakes returns from DeQueen hospital stay. Mamie Mae McJunkine and Olie Collinan shop in Hope. Miss Dillard returns home after visit to Little Rock.
Clara Bow stars in Love Among the Millionaires opening at Swenger theatre with Mitzi Green Skeets Gallagher and Stuart Erwin in support. The musical romance features Bow as a screen singer, with Green imitating stars from Paramount Parade and a lively comedy dynamic between Gallagher and Erwin.
In Meadow Killay Eng July 22 a peaceful sheep herding day was halted when Arthur William was struck by a golf ball and his arm broken. The accident disrupted the quiet rural scene and prompted local attention to safety around golfing activity near pasture lands.
A London report from July 22 states a chicken hatched unaided from its shell and possessed four legs and four wings, an unusual congenital anomaly noted by observers.
Bryan Grant Jr, a youthful neighbor of the oling emperor, defeated Wilbur Coch 6-2 1-6 6-2 0-4 at Kansas City to claim the National Clay Courts title. Grant rallied after errors by Coch as the audience watched a notable upset unfold.
A balloon released at Catterham England drifted ashore and was found by M J Liston of New York who wrote about the finding. A strange dialogue fragment mentions Clancy, a drowning incident, and a quip about a job. The text includes garbled phrases about health and appetite.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a court, sidewalk incident, a woman, and a character named Mio Funkhauser. The passage is garbled with scattered names and phrases, making the event unclear but indicating a legal or court context and a dialogue among quirky names. No clear outcome or date is discernible.
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