The Star's Platform for Hempstead County Progress
The Star outlines municipal power plant revenue use to develop local resources in Hope, improvement of paving and sanitary conditions, and cooperative effort with the Chamber of Commerce. It supports state highway program progress, tax reform, efficient government, and agricultural advancement amid economic challenges. It mentions cattle tick concerns in Hempstead county.
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Avcibl Resources
Hope
Hempstead
Critics and Cash Catches Soloists on Blackboards
A Soviet idea turns theater feedback into public blackboard notes at Gontert Hall. Critics vanish from coverage, audiences write their own verdicts, shaping reception and rewarding genuine talent while deflating inflated reputations.
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Sia
Stalin
Gontert Hall
Abie
Baker's Anti War Plan Urges Capper Resolution Action
Baker's Boston speech backs Capper resolution to bar US markets and banking ties with any nation going to war violating arbitration pacts. He argues adoption would deter large-scale wars by denying economic incentives, though he calls the plan least worth trial.
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Owe N D. Baker
Boston
United States
Baker
Child-Driver Tragedy Ignites Call to Shield Streets
In Kansas City a 14 year old driving without parental consent struck and killed a pedestrian. The piece argues sternly that parents must keep children off public streets and enforce driving rules, placing primary responsibility on guardians rather than police.
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Kansas City
Police Department
Defoe's Crusoe Seen as Masterpiece Not Mere Biography
A New York writer argues that Daniel Defoe's Robison Crusoe, tied to Alexander Selkirk's 1704 marooning on Juan Fernandez, transcends fictionized biography. The critic says modern attempts mix fact and motive, but Defoe's genius makes the form irrelevant to the work's integrity.
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New York
Daniel Defoe
Robison Crusoe
Alexander Selkirk
Juan Fernandez
Defoe
Thanksgiving speech urges gratitude and duty in tough times
A public figure’s Thanksgiving 1931 oration frames gratitude as the test of a nation. He contrasts war and peace, laments poverty, praises forefathers and leaders, and warns that ingratitude invites disaster. He urges loyalty, honesty, courage, and devotion to God while envisioning a hopeful, prosperous future.
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Barth
Oime
U.S. A
Greece
America
Twenty Five Years Ago Memoranda From Fulton Area
Notes from twenty five years past record Fulton residents travel plans and social visits. Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard depart for New Orleans while Mike Thompson visits from Washington. Mrs Clarice Cannon returns from Shreveport and Sid McMath visits Arkadelphia for a Henderson-Brown Ouachita game. Arch Moore family brief trip to Prescott for a football match. Local marriage of Robert McAdams and Jenny Ferguson officiated by Justice Harmon near Binger.
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Sid McMath
Arkadelphia
Henderson-Brown
Ouachita
New Orleans Racing Meet Draws Unengaged Stables
New Orleans officials announce the racing meet will attract several stables not engaged in winter racing. The event aims to revive interest, with organizers expecting new entrants and increased competition at the track in the spring season.
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New Orleans
Fragmented Bits Reflect Oddities in a Chaotic News Patch
A scrambled OCR fragment notes quirky items from various places. Pennsylvania coins a meaningless trophy joke about coal for California. A London style headline mocks taxes. Chicago reports a hair growth discovery. South Carolina drafts 1787 law labeling actors as vagrants. The text hints at fractured marriages and scattered opinion.
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South Carolina
Washington and Guernsey duel on Washington court Friday
Washington defeated Guernsey 11 to 0 on the Washington court Friday. Elbert O'Steen and sister Miss Rubye visited Hope. Guests included Mrs. Clyde Kolb and daughter of Texarkana. Various locals mentioned with social visits and events include Bob Carrigan, Miss Octavla Bullard, Magnolia A and M, and the Me Elmore's lot moonlight picnic. Thanksgiving services at Methodist church planned for Wednesday at 7.00. The Washington school and PTA schedule a joint program at 2:40 that Wednesday.
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Washington and Guernsey
Washington Court
Washington
Elbert O'Steen
Rubye
Hope
Clyde Kolb
Texarkana
Gold
Miss Frazier
Bob Carrigan
Ozan
Willie Holt
Mena
Mary Holt
Brookin
Arkadelphia
Isaac Martin
Daphne Lacy
Octavla Bullard
Ing
Magnolia A. & M. College
Judge
Aubrey O'Steen
DeAnn
Noel O'Steen
T. J. Robinson
Legion
Court House
Louisiana derby highlighted as winter meet opens
The Greentree stable is expected to return to the present City for the opening January 25. Horses from the farms of Col. BE. R. Bradley John Marsh Valley Lake Stable Ed Halleton O. Whitney J. J. Robinson and others are set to compete. Several improvements to the tracks are being made for the season at the Louisiana Jockey Club. The meeting will feature the Louisiana derby.
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Louisiana Jockey Club
Greentree
Col. BE. R. Bradley
John Marsh
Valley Lake Stable
Ed Haleh
O. ¥. Whitney
J. J. Robinson
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R. L. Pritchard
Mike Thompson
Orrie Reed
Mineral Wells
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Gordon
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Binger
W. L. Harmon
Justice Harmon
Frank McAdams
Frank Ferguson
Pennsylvania
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L. C. Burr , Co
C. E. Romig
Hope, Arkansa
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