04 Nov 1931
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1931
Page
1
A fan describes the appeal of college games to young and old, noting that high school rooters bring energy while college players embody grownup restraint. The piece highlights how attending football offers a rekindling of youth, with bands, atmosphere, and the crowd's regimented excitement shaping the experience.
A fragment notes mailing rates: 3 meredhs per year in Hempstead and five dollars elsewhere by mail.
The readable text mentions agricultural improvements and sanitary conditions, aiming to develop road contracts and a state program. It references efficiency in government spending and cattle tick concerns, indicating broader reforms in agriculture and public health.
Prisoners in Western Penitentiary planted 30,000 trees and inmates at Eastern Penitentiary added 54,000 as part of a nationwide esfuerzo totaling 94,000 new trees. Under the American Tree Association, this forestry program supports the bicentennial of George Washington and serves as a model other states could copy.
A London dog show featured Scotch sheep dogs tested with flocks in fields. Dogs displayed skill handling sheep, impressing spectators with comparable intelligence to humans. The event proved both refreshing and practical, rewarding usefulness alongside appearance.
The presidents committee on unemployment relief cites optimistic news from thirty American cities. While no dramatic rebound is seen, buying increases, mills reopen, and unemployment dips. Indications of improvement grow, suggesting a gradual brighter horizon ahead.
Rodney Dutch er reports Washington reforms after third degree abuses prompt indictments and retirement of Maj Gen Henry Pratt. Crosby, the new police chief, seeks morale and discipline, aiming to end lax leadership and curb brutality while Congress eyes a broader cleanup. Production of maple syrup noted as a separate Humphreys County effort.
Miss Nora Dudley of Ouachita College Arkadelphia spent Sunday and Monday at home. Yan Ware was in San Antonio Texas. The market reports show wagon receipts of cotton totaling 12 240 bales for the season up to last night. Born to Mr and Mrs R M Coffey of this city Wednesday Novem ber 7 1906 two born.
A London woman sues a newspaper for reporting she had twins, accusing the paper of two timing. Thieves stole 125 gallons of peppermint oil, a sweetening theft. A pact ends Chicago movie war for 18 months, with risk of missed releases. Local notes mention J. Terrel now in Malvern, a duck hunting party on Grassy Lake, Mrs. S. A. Bishop's trip to Long Beach, and the Hempstead Potato Association storing over 10,000 bushels of sweet potatoes. Southern Illinois peach growers seek lower rail rates for shipments east. The two cent stamp budget issue is cited.
Loudspeakers for distributing switching orders have replaced visual signals at the Reichsbahn shunting yards in Duisburg Germany. An antenna runs from the engine stack to the driver’s stand where the loudspeaker is mounted. A small garden tractor plow is also described as perfected by FL R McCrory of Jock Fia.
Mrs Gerboneon and Mr and Mrs Virruper visitees, with El Dorado relatives. Mr and Mrs Boldirig hosted friends from Dul Tos Tevas. visits by Dr H H Darnall and Czro Holding of Leonard Texas. Mrs T T Clendenin and Ruth Clendenin attended the Shreveport Fair. others guests of Mitchells in Clarksville. Mary Gaines Autrey stayed with Selma Lee Bartlett. John Wilson of Shreveport visited Hope. teachers in DeQueen attend Azenition.
The Hope Bobcats gear up for Friday’s road game at North Little Rock High School field, aiming to rebound after losses to Malvern, Camden, Benton, and Texarkana. Officials include Hartung, Dalrymple, Pickren, and White. Starting lineup features Pritchett, Wells, Toon, Chamberlain, and Baton as key linemen.
Fragmentary text describes a World War I memorial project with plans for a Washington dedication supervised by the American Battle Monuments Commission. It mentions General Pershing as chairman, an Italian sculptor Benito Quattrocchi, and a large group of figures including four giant eagles and a horse sculpture. Estimated cost around 926,000.
Oil operators in El Dorado and South Arkansas expect gains after a 15 cent price rise across Midcontinent fields. Smackover crude, a major share of local output, rises to near 0 cents as North Little Rock coach C S Blackburn plans a Friday noon trip to Hope with his team.
Mary Harkness and Jack Shay help detective Bowen unravel a murder tied to Mrs Jupiter and the Fly. Dirk Shay confronts danger while Mary, admiring the Jupiter necklace, contemplates the thief’s plan as Bowen races to secure the jewel before a trap closes.
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