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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1931
Page
2
Notice from Member National Association Master Plumbers advertising contracting and repair services at 523 North Elm. Contact Harry Segnar by phone 266. Date 2 18 26t.
Fragile OCR notes list visitors and homes across Hope and nearby towns. Mentions Mrs G S Smith Migs hee Angéigin Robins John Morriston Green of Hope Weir Owens Ben viatling friends Guy area. P Webb drove to DeQueen. spelling and punctuation are imperfect but indicate social visits and travel among local residents.
Local notes report widespread illness and poor attendance at school due to bad weather. Mentions a business trip to Hope on Saturday and various residents including J.M. Arnold Sid Burke Mr. and Mrs Lee Rass and Har ly Poole visiting Fern Roberts in Bat He Field.
Farmers plan cattle dipping on the sixteenth. Reece and family visited Badean No. 2. Mrs. Della Pickard and Mrs. Essie Bearden of Rock Mound returned home after visiting Joe McWilliams. Tow McWilliams family left for Lulin Texas after attending their mother’s funeral. Mrs. Charlie Rogers was a Hope visitor. Spencer and Buddy White thrashing peas. Mrs. McWilliams died Saturday night and was buried Sunday at Shower Springs. Rev. Epton of Hope conducted the funeral. Health in the community improves though cold lingers. Miss O18 ik telephone options improved. Hitler A HL Lambert wed Dale Elpis of Bluff Springs and Eva Dilliard of Larie Star at home of Hitler Lambert. Fletcher Easterling and babies from Melrose visited Monday. Mrs. Mabel Lambert visiting daughter Mrs. Curtis Holt of North. Barns Birthday party Saturday night for Miss Barns.
There is sickness in the community. Mereline and Tommie Lott Waters Charlie Young and Alvin and Mrs Malone traveled to Camden to see the district basketball tournament. Mr and Mrs Garner Atkins visited Chester Bailey at Russian Sunday night. People discuss caul dipping. W A L Waters visited their son Owen in Prescott Sunday.
Springfield reports the United States Bureau of Prohibition now keeps fingerprint records of liquor law violators. James A. Eaton, Deputy Administrator for Southern Illinois, says the bureau will gather data on foreign birth and naturalization status to aid Washington in potential deportation actions.
Prague Foreign Office surveyed European governments to see if Czechoslovakia could claim Jan Mayen island north of Iceland. The coal and iron rich isle, about the size of Long Island, would serve as a strategic North Pole air base. Norway has guarded the island since the war, but Czechoslovakia argues over ownership on grounds that Rear-Admiral?>
The San Francisco traffic enforcement board mandates two weeks of strict statute adherence and bans city departments from fixing tickets. A board member says overly periodic safety drives mislead the public, calling for continuous daily enforcement to keep streets safe.
San Quentin prison officials reveal a rising trend in young inmates. Of 5,015 convicts, 2,780 or 63 percent are under 30, up from 51 percent a year earlier. Age segments include 217 under 20, 1,196 aged 20-24, and 1,267 aged 25-40. About half the women prisoners are under 30.
A short white Friday afternoon visit by Providence E E Austin to the local school is noted. No singing Sunday night due to weather though a large crowd is expected next Sunday. Mrs Jim Good of Haworth Oklahoma visited her sisters Mrs P A Campbell and Mrs C C Brownsby Tuesday. Several young people called on Mr and Mrs Charlie Coving yl Sunday afternoon.
The Pittsburgh Pirates face a pivotal question after the death of Sam Dreyfuss, son and heir apparent to owner Barney Dreyfuss. Barney may retain control or sell his interests as talks among magnates and writers focus on who leads the club built in Louisville and nurtured into champions.
A Czech-born researcher, then with the Austrian fleet, is noted for discovering a location in 1882 during a scientific landing at Pola. The account records his nationality, residence, and the mission context as it ties to Pola and the fleet.
Boston reports Commander Louis J. Gulliver to command the U S S Constitution nicknamed Old Ironsides. He will sail with a crew of 42 when she departs July 1 for a tow of American ports after recent reconstruction funded by American school children.
Tom Wilmoth of Camden Ark was the low bidder on construction of a Natchez match factory for the Mississippi Match Company of Delaware a subsidiary of International Match Company The bid totaled 107054 for the main factory and seven small buildings with 15 other bids sent to New York for company approval and an award announcement likely Friday
Health in the community remains good. Mr and Mrs J T Hembree shopped in Hope Tuesday. Eugene and Byron Timberlake visited their parents at DeAnn Saturday and Sunday. Reminder that next Sunday is preaching day at Holly Grove.
Ward & Son advertise Hemroid Tablets as an internal medicine that ends pile misery by healing and restoring affected parts. They claim the remedy removes blood congestion in the lower bowel, effective even in stubborn cases, and offer a money back guarantee if not successful.
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