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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1933
Page
2
The Star outlines plans to apply municipal power plant revenues to develop Hope's industrial and social resources and improve city pavement and sanitary conditions. It also backs a county highway program for all weather roads, supporting cooperative farming and tax reform to improve state government efficiency.
A Berlin dispatch notes a shortage of mannequins as manufacturers cite postwar malnutrition from Allied blockades. The piece argues war's human cost lingers in German youth, with dimmed physiques blamed on wartime deprivation and its broader moral questions.
A satirical sketch chronicles a busy town editor printing a flood of notices from birth to wedding to death. The parade includes a wedding, a farewell party, a travel note, and later a poetical obituary, all amid readers and advertisers reacting.
A compilation of sharp remarks from Alfred E. Smith and Sem H. Harris attacking welfare, taxation, and public sympathy. The exchange notes a camper who received bridge work and a cab accident as points of contention in policy debates.
Janet attends a dinner with Mollie and Frank Mullins at Reigals restaurant. Mullins flirts openly, pressuring Janet while Al Schildner and Mollie observe. Janet, uncomfortable and avoiding his advances, drifts through the evening as she encounters Rolf Carlyle among other diners during a waltz.
Hugh T. Phelps of Little Rock greeted Hope friends in town. Jay oe Winter, Nashville merchant, and Texarkana residents A. C. Arnold and D. Schwartz were in the city Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Daly spent yesterday at Bodcaw. Miss Josh Anderson of Little Rock is spending this week in the city as guest of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Anderson. J. B. Stone was in town from Little Rock today.
Mrs. Clarence Fraim of St. Louis chairs the General Federation of Women’s Clubs division of industry and promotes a national shoppers creed. Core points urge prudent buying reducing waste, favor durability, avoid unfair labor goods, pre announce needs, reasonable service demands, and refrain from returns unless faulted.
Mrs Ossie Stuart of Ozan and Mrs L L Rider of Beaumont Texas visited with E H Stuart on Wednesday. Helen Ross spent the weekend with relatives at Oak Grove. Edna Stuart and little Martha Ford are on the sick list.
Local social news records visits and gatherings for many residents including Miss Thelma Morrow Miss Doris Harris and Miss Valentia Delaney. A funeral for Grandma Stone is noted with community sympathy and church attendance is mentioned throughout. A health update states about 80 percent of drinking water is treated with liquid chlorine to destroy bacteria.
Henrys Chapel Miss Estelle Davis of Hope spent the weekend with Miss Cornelia Lewallen. Many local residents, including the Ellis, Fincher, Robertson, Jordan, and Tomlin families, hosted relatives and friends across Union and nearby towns in brief visits and dinners throughout the period.
Sunday school and prayer meeting at Spring Brook drew poor crowds due to rain. Miss Elsie Pool spent Sunday afternoon with Misses Mittie Ree and Gena Rogers. Mrs Korndorfer and Mrs McGee traveled to Washington for business on Monday. Mr and Mrs N S Houston were visiting friends in the community.
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