Hope Town Hears of Peach Festival and Local Social Notes
A crowded social page notes Barbara Sue Stephenson’s third birthday party at the Stephenson home on Foster Avenue with cake and favors. The piece also mentions attendees at the Nashville Peach Festival, travels to Dallas for the Texas Centennial, and local visits to various friends and relatives, including Roy Sutton and Misses Polk. Also referenced are a 1982 India Olympic field hockey fact and a Braves pitcher comparison to Dizzy Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Sue Stephenson
Joe E Brown in Earthworm Tractors at the Saenger
Joe E Brown brings Alexander Batts to the Saenger Theater in Earthworm Tractors a Hazlett Upson derived comedy. Carol Hughes plays the first love and June Travis the second as Brown rescues her from danger and a dynamite trap before winning her back in a comic climax with a tractor wedding of sorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe E. Brown
Saenger Theater
William Hazlett Upson
Saturday Evening Post
Joe
Alexander Batts
Carol Hughes
Secant
June Travis
Alford Withdraws From Attorney General Race in Arkansas
Little Rock reports say Milard Alford withdraws from the race for attorney general citing insufficient funds and divided support between himself and Jack Holt. He urges supporters to back Circuit Judge Holt, claiming the state’s best interests require unity and Hart’s loyal backing.
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Little Rock
Millard Alford
Ruimors
Alford
Eighth Judicial Circuit
State Revenue Department
Fience Ny Campaign
Hart
Evangelist Speaks Each Night at Eight in Tent
Rev. Bill Couch continues nightly sermons on the Devil’s attempts to keep Christ from the Cross and opposes the Resurrection theme. Miss Mary Louise Keith will sing a soprano obligata Thursday. Services are at 8 o'clock in the tent at Fifth and Elm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Couch
Satan
Christ
Evangelist
Mary Louise Keith
Fifth and Elm
Telegram Circles Earth In Two Minutes At Dallas Talk
Ramon Parrott, local manager of Postal Telegraph, spoke at the Hope Kiwanis luncheon at Hotel Bar Tow about the company’s origin in 1886 by Clarence Mackey, its international reach with undersea cables, and a Texas Centennial Exposition speed test that sent a world‑wide message greeting Dallas in two minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon Parrott
Postal Telegraph Company
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hotel Bartow
Clarence Mackey
Dallas
Small Corn Crop Looms in 36 Hours of Drought Talk
Secretary Wallace warned a drought could alter the 36 crop outlook, noting rain in the next 10 days might swing harvests by as much as 400 million bushels. He discussed corn imports from Argentina and Canada, wheat supply, and dairy price trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hy Hation
Wallace
Droads
Argenling
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Yallave
Canada
Folave
Pacific Northwest
Drouth
Bearden Attacks Ward and Fire-Bug Claims in County Meeting
Bearden asserted continued inquiry into a Washington safe-blowing case, claiming he could compel Ward to testify before a grand jury. He cited a $30.61 script cashed by Ward and accused Ward of withholding names to avoid restitution. Ward defended himself amid crossfire as others spoke on taxes, toll bridges, and state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bearden
Ward
Grand Jury
Ward Wan
Wards
James Wallace
Bob Bailey
Luke Monroe
Monroe
Fulton
Solomon
Wayne England
Chiirowin
Coun x
James Pilkinton
Emery Thompson
John Vesey
Hugh Chirk
Frair Chirk
Clark
Transcontinental Teletype Message Traced Across Waves
Mr Parrott described a chain starting in Dallas and Chicago, with Teletype to New York then telegraph to London and Shanghai by radio, reaching San Francisco before returning to Dallas by telegraph, illustrating rapid cross continental communication.
Hope sent to dividing quarters at Masiphis
A fragment notes ten sages explaining a plan to ward Terent with a fin accordant peclion of the country. scribal text hints at division and relocation within Masiphis. The passage preserves names and terms but lacks full context for a clear event or date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masiphis
Setit
Whitman Era Retail Ad Mentions Malted Milk Flavors
A fragmented ad describes Walgreen's malted milk chocolate or vanilla offerings and Coty fragrance products such as Gardenia and Jasmine de Corse. It mentions perfumes from Coty Fernery and prices around $1.25, plus fountain items like Byringe water bottles and Monarch brand products. The copy emphasizes a “fresh look” and hints at one minute permanents for quick grooming.
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Cordays Gardenia Coty
Coty
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Mie
Sid Henry
Telephone
Miss Pearl Middlebrooks
Okmulgee, Oklo
Mrs
Mary Middlebrooke
Miss Lillie Middlebrooks
R. V. Herndon
Billy Bob Herndon
R. V. Herndon Jr
Mer
R. D. Franklin
Bobby
Lake Catherine
Dick Anslie
San Antonio
Texas
Hope
Nashville
Margery Lee Dildy
Sarah Ann Barham
Prescott
Eas
James R. Henry
Fort Worth, Texas
Roy N. Sutton
Powel
Ruth Polk
Polk Milinery Company
George Flx. Strassner
Mary
Chas F. Stanowski
Our Lady of Good Hope Church
Roy. Stanowski
Philadelphia
Edwin Stewart
Eddie
Claude Garner
Nancy Denning
Gallatin, Tenn
George Hobison
The
Peach Fi ‘Y
India
Wallie Berner
Braves
Claude Passeau
Dizzy Dean
Saenger
Yee
Spiucer
Sidney - Tracy
Star Brane Shoe
Dugaar Joe
Holt
Hielen Welshimer
Fifth and
Elm Streets
Postal
Te Nea
Readers’ Service Bureau Room
Eighth Ave
New York, N. Y
Helen Welshimer
Eves Wiies
Greece
P. A. Lewis Motor Co
Paris
Second St
Walgreen
Gilbert Mantel
Monarch Brand
Colgates Soaps
Colgates
Pt. Johnson
Box Johnson
Sibyl’s
Myrtice Spears
Mgr
Bal
Cox Drug
John P
Cox Drug Co
Eagle Stan
Princess
Kayser Bandits
Dundee
Triumph
Silk
and Batiste
KENT
Essman
Ephan’ HB Department Store
Kayser
Hoyss
Silver
Kodakers
Shipley Studio Institution
Ward &Son
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