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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1931
Page
3
A Kingston court postponed the Henry Harris case set for Monday during the September term. The brief notation indicates the date shift and ongoing proceedings.
Mortimer B. Schiff of Mineola New York dies at Oyster Bay leaving more than 1 million to charity including 500000 to Federal for the Support. He also bequeaths 1 million to his son and daughter and son in law with residuary estate sharing. His widow gets the Fifth Avenue home outright and North Wood estate in trust. Employees of Kuhn Loeb & Co receive 20000 each. Local dynamiting issue noted with Ouachita lake area protests.
A reward of 25 dollars is posted by the Arkansas authorities for information leading to the arrest of the lake dynamiters active near Camden. The notice specifies the offense as acts of vandalism and seeks tips from the public to identify those responsible. Local law enforcement warns residents to remain vigilant and report suspicious activity promptly.
Liane Barrett faces a marriage choice with Clive Cresspaugh, heir to vast wealth, while their romance unsettles rivals and social circles. The modern fiction serial Heart of Liane by Mabel McHilliott promises stage life, New York society, and daring intrigue. Watch for chapter one.
Camden Arkansas hosts Emancipation Day with a large expected crowd from across South Arkansas. Organizers and community leaders coordinate events planned for Friday celebrating emancipation and historical heritage in Camden.
Edison broad progress in rubber from goldenrod noted as he plans to leave Florida for New Jersey. He promised Firestone on his birthday rubber would be ready within two years, despite limited mobility and ongoing lab work at Seminole Lodge in Fort Myers.
The Camden Chamber of Commerce outlines plans for a record event with extensive festivities. Organizers promise a major celebration for the region featuring fireworks and large visitor turnout.
CHICAGO. Several thousand persons watched a movie in an unnamed theater where a body was found or believed to be in the rear seat. Authorities investigated as patrons remained unaware, with police seeking witnesses and confirming details of the incident.
At a town theater on a Wednesday night Christopher Kelley, 60, a North Side druggist, shot himself in the head in a rear seat. Only nearby patrons saw the act as pistols cracked the sound screen. Police halted body removal until a coroner’s physician arrived. the body lay slumped and covered for about twenty minutes while the film continued.
Fayetteville Arkansas report says Maxine Gibson, 11, found a well preserved United States ten cent piece dated 1824 in her driveway. The coin is slightly larger than a modern dime and bears the legend ten cents instead of one dime.
Hatfield England reports the death of Miss Devily O'Brien a famed British aviatrix and another woman Miss Golden Gallian after their dirigible style plane crashed near the De Havilland flying school on Thursday night. O'Brien previously held a 1928 altitude record for a light metal seaplane with Cody Heath.
Gilmer Tex Upshur County Farm Products Association reports shipments moving in the potato bean squash and cucumber season Six carloads of beans and squash have left in the past week four cars of potatoes have been shipped and cucumber shipments continue in solid car lots Demand remains good despite low prices.
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