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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1929
Page
5
The page blends a poem about the Flanders Fields theme with local social notes. Readers learn of unnamed author musings and brief mentions of residents visiting relatives in Little Rock Monticello Texarkana Portland Ark and Russellville. Several couples and individuals are noted hosting or visiting kin and friends at homes and clubs.
At Madison Square Garden New York the National Horse Show opened drawing attention with Welth Andersen and Wile Kane Boarebnaa as prize entrants. The event drew Manhattan society amid social chatter and notable attendees including Miss Ruth Allen.
Ambrose and Pinky Pinkert appear in a local pageant mockup with bold claims of mischief. The duo, labeled Freckles and Wis Friends by readers, stir curiosity as they loom over a westward spread subplot.
The Pat Cleburne chapter of GO DC expresses heartfelt thanks to all citizens and organizations that aided the Arkansas division convention held October 22 to 25. It lauds ministers, reporters, hostesses, transportation workers, reception volunteers, Mr and Mrs K G McRae, venues, clubs, Elks, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, library volunteers, and visitors for making the annual convention the best ever.
Taxpayers Association members press for legislative changes to boost University of Arkansas funding. The piece traces past appropriations, noting the 1920s equalization fund, Revolving Loan Fund for housing, and tax measures that boosted school funds by roughly 8.5 million dollars, highlighting the legislature’s role and gubernatorial influence. It cites President statements on public school support and ongoing calls for merit-based consideration of measures.
Poem excerpts commemorate World War I, noting Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae authoring In Flanders Fields during the Second Battle of Ypres and a later Dakota priest poet continuing the war verse. The pieces honor Belgian dead and Allied victory, linking poppies to fallen soldiers and calling for remembrance.
A 1929 legislative shift diverted funds from the common school fund to the state school equalization fund and other uses. The loss, amounting to about 247000 to 247040 annually for two school years, prompts calls by the Arkansas Educational Association to disapprove the action and a court challenge to preserve the common fund.
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