Hope area social notes signal many local engagements
A Sunday Arkansas Gazette notice highlights engagements in Emmet and Hope, with Charlean Alston Poster of Hope and Louise Hanegan among those visiting and hosting relatives. The column lists gatherings, dinners, travel, church group meetings, birthdays, and a marriage announcement for Alberta Schroeder Haynes in Washington.
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Sunday
Arkansas Gazette
Charles A. Sanders
Emmet
Charlean
Lee Alston
Hope
Albert Carl Schroeder
Alberta
Benjamin Polk Haynes
Washington, D.C
Street
N. We
Gus Haynes
Colummn
Dowry Trends in Marriages Startling Modern Cupid
Essay notes a shift where men seek financially secure wives as dowry replaces romance in marriage. Cites Harvard professor’s backstory and college surveys showing many young men want wives with money. Describes erosion of chivalry and outdated views on male breadwinning amid economic independence.
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Harvard
Europe
Revival Service Fills Tabernacle For Evangelist Willa Short
The Hope Gospel Tabernacle on North Main Street drew one of its largest crowds Sunday night as Evangelist Willa Short from Oklahoma City delivered the first sermon of a week long campaign on Christian Character. Delegations from nearby communities attended as music filled the service and Miss Rosa Mae Short joined in on piano accordion. The meetings start at 8 each night with Mrs Short speaking Monday on The Man Who Wanted a Mountain and Tuesday on Brokers Doses in Religion.
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Hope Gospel Tabernacle
North Main Street
Willa Short
Oklahoma City
Daniel
Money and romance clash in married life
The article notes women using wit to help husbands see healthy, capable spouses can aid family finances. It cites husbands rebuking wives for not contributing and prescribes fairness: if a wife earns, she should share the income as long as the husband works to improve the family condition.
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Elas
Dorothy
Mrs. Brown
Passed a Little House Today Poem Fragment
A short verse recalls a blue gate and a cobbled path once shared with a departed person. The speaker hastens to hide tears, admitting the ache of missing them. The piece centers on memory and grief expressed through simple rural imagery.
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Aelen Welshimer
A Morality Read On Money And Domestic Virtue
A dated criticism mocks men who value money over character and those who scold wives for comforts. It contrasts “upright” workers with a rising “army” seeking love tied to money, urging college youths to seek sensible partners over glamour and wealth.
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NEA Service
Mystery Notes and Local Happenings in a Patchwork Report
The fragment describes a handled variety of items: a dubious dental joke about Uncle Sam inviting a Fort Snox cavity with a gold filling, Paris police pursuing an underground tip in a subway murder case, frontier evacuees from Upper Michigan lumber camps striking for showers, and a mention that the Paris air derby is banned with a hint the committee may tackle a summer Mosquito marathon. The text blends oddities without a clear single event.
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Sam
Denistry
Fort Snox
Paris
Jacks
U. S
Guernsey 4-H Club Notes May 21 1937 Meeting
Guernsey 4-H club met May 21 1937 with four members present. The meeting was called by Home Demonstration Agent Miss Mei ra Bullington who, with Miss Rouse, discussed girls 4-H club uniforms. Mr. Hanley spoke on homes for the poor and the orphan. Evelyn Harrison, the local leader, attended.
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Guernsey
Meira Bullington
Miss Bullington
Miss Rouse
Mr. Hanley
Evelyn Harrison
Ambiguous Tale Of Mistreated Playhouse Plans
A garbled notice notes plans for a segregated hall event with a minstrel performance funded to buy playground equipment. It mentions seating changes and balcony access for two white persons, reflecting racial segregation in venue use.
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Foiffi
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Royce Smith
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Elizzabeth
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Lyman G. Armstrong
George Robinson
Ruby Owen
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Mary Billingsley
Lawrence Martin
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John Rowe
George Ann
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W. J. McDow
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Mussolini
Japan Broadcasting Corporation
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Jean Artuot
Joel McCrea
Hi Manhattan
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Edw. G. Robinson
Bette Davis
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Wendy Barrie
Ray Milland
Pearse
Sorena
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Rialto
Victor McLaglen
Walter Connolly
Peter Lorre
Sini
June Lang
Nancy Steele
Mack Gordon
Sophie Tucker
Palm Springs
Calif
Tod Cash
Dorothy Poynton Hill
Ralph Guldahl
Henrietts Donohue
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Styung
A. C. Erwin
Tol-E-Tex Oil Company
R. Anderson Jardine
Church of England
Castle Castle
Windsor
Orville W. Errin Hope
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Hamilton Trust
Hamilton Depository Corp
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J. W. Strickland & Company
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