15 Mar 1930
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1930
Page
1
The Star promotes using municipal power plant revenues to fund social resources in Hope and to improve sanitary conditions. It backs a steady highway program to build all weather roads while reducing welfare, supports cooperative effort in Hempstead County, and urges reform and efficient government through prudent expenditure aligned with state highway progress.
Rural districts in west Arkansas show fierce drive in the district tournament at Rashdown with Columbus Folke and Sparkman easterly lifting underdog teams. The Sparkman Sparklers, a small town high school girls squad from Dallas County, claim the American championship spirit by consolidating rural districts into mid sized schools and winning against larger opponents.
The Star recalls the cross word puzzle after editors abandoned it years ago. Newspapermen faced space pressures but readers demanded the return. The reintroduced feature promises challenges and reader enjoyment across four counties.
The Army Air Service reports that a falling body maxes at 118 miles per hour before impact, after reaching about 1 200 feet. This contradicts the belief of continual speed increase and suggests consciousness may not be instantly fatal. aviators meanwhile reach speeds over 850 mph in dives. The finding offers limited practical safety for high altitude falls.
A World War era anecdote recounted in Rupert Hughes biography shows General Howe losing his dog who wandered into the American camp. Washington sent a flag of truce squad to retrieve the animal and return it to Howe, a curious sidelight often omitted in histories.
The essay condemns Asa Keyes the ex Los Angeles district attorney who served twenty five years and took a bribe to dismiss a stock fraud case. It reflects on justice and public cynicism, arguing civilization is built on faith not treachery and that Keyes represents a cautionary tale about integrity in power.
The column analyzes overproduction and the wheat market slump tied to Farm Board actions. It notes loan values set at 1.18 to 1.24 dollars, the rise of cooperative marketing, and the Grain Stabilization Corporation as it buys futures and cash wheat amid price declines. It mentions speculators, margin losses, and Farm Board attempts to stabilize prices through cooperative channels.
Captain R A Boyett visited his Red River plantation early this week. O E Bell of Fort Smith was a visitor to Hope Thursday. P R Ferguson and J M Hagens of Stamps were visitors in Hope Thursday night. Hon C C Hamby of Prescott was in Hope Thursday afternoon returning from Washington where he attended Chancery Court. Mr and Mrs F A Brown and Miss Brown of Stamps were visitors in Hope Wednesday afternoon. Floyd and Arther Porterfield went to Ferguson Thursday to attend the auction sale and barbecue.
Ten residents and several visitors are noted in the day’s society items. Harry Morton of Prescott, LR Byers from Washington, and Hon A A Gentry with John Vesey and Miss Lillie Middlebrooks ventured on business to Washington, while Miss Arline Taylor stayed with Miss Frances Thomas in Stamps. Mrs C C Christopher and daughter Norma returned to Little Rock after visiting Mrs T Crusnoe. Mrs Rufus Herndon, after visiting her brother Terrell Cornelius in Hugo, Oklahoma, stopped in Idabel before returning home.
Wiarence Saunders, millionaire chain store operator who lost 16 million dollars in a Wall Street hack attempt, later worked as a grocery clerk in Omaha. Meanwhile Mrs Carrigan and Mrs Brown host a matinee party at the New Grand Theatre complimenting Mrs Diggs and Mrs Change for Alice Brady’s performance in The Hollow of Her Hand.
A Boston newspaper recollects Jack Sharkey and Boston boxing lore in vivid terms. A Chicago woman sues her Scotch husband for divorce claiming he forced her to wear magnifying glasses to seem more on her plate, echoing a Scottish anecdote about green goggles.
A fragmented literary fragment recalls a sports writer avoiding the nickname Phainting for Phil Scow the vanquished boxer. It cites a wry remark on American tea and wild parties, then pivots to a jest about liquor and Ike, leaving tonal hints of satire rather than a clear event.
Public vendue for the estate of Sarah McEachran as assignee against Roland Elliott et al will be held at the front door of the Hope Arkansas post office on March 2 1930. The property includes the east half of the southwest quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 8 in township 14 south range 25 west containing about 1 acre more or less. Credit terms three months with bond and 1 percent interest plus a lien to secure payment.
A summary of a complex murder case notes Dec. 15 plans to remove a body to Potts Camp Mississippi for burial, dental evidence and misidentifications, letters from a supposed wife, and evolving claims. Memphis authorities identified the slain woman as Elsie Mitchell Robertson of Memphis, while the husband Robert Robertson was later found alive in Birmingham. The report mentions E M Robertson as a witness and multiple arrests and court notices in Hempstead Chancery Court involving Cinderella Clark Turner Clark Lizzie Hill and Tom Little with dates in March 1920 and 1930.
A tangled Arkansas mystery follows the death of Mrs. Lena Waught Gambel Walsh. Investigations trace suspects from Jonesboro to Marked Tree while authorities pursue Baxter, Walker, and others. The body was identified then reidentified, linked to a car purchase in Little Rock and a Marked Tree murder timeline.
A garbled OCR style set of crossword like entries and stray phrases includes numbers and partial words such as acChoss 1 and Fortifications M, various misread terms like Photographic chemleat it and Confederate wenernt, plus scattered clues and nonstandard phrases that resemble a puzzle page torn from a newspaper. The text strings lack cohesive narrative or clear solvable clues.
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