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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1938
Page
4
Mrs 81 Henry and friends share blessings and seek joy through daily activities as local society notes recount visits, engagements, and family milestones. The Bay View Reading group meets, and area residents attend gatherings, weddings, and hospital births while council and church events are announced for the week.
The library adds Shirley Seifforts new novel List of Tomorrow to its rental shelf. The synopsis centers on Old Jobst Ormandy who guards a frontier cabin. His son George digs graves and fights to secure a vast estate in a harsh Kentucky wilderness.
During the great Ice Age of the Quaternary Period, about 4,000,000 square miles of North America were covered by continental ice sheets forming vast glaciers and reshaping the landscape.
The article promotes Topsy the chimpanzee from Russell Bros Circus to be shown on Wednesday, October 5. It highlights her humanlike behavior, such as wearing gloves, dining with the circus family, bathing, using a washboard, and reacting with a range of emotions. It notes her medical history and cleverness in escaping her cage.
Mrs. Cecil Woodul, president, announced committees for the Oak Grove home demonstration club event on Friday October 7 as hosts to the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs. Committees include Hostess-Receive Tables and registration, welcome address, table linens, and other tasks assigned to club members. The item also notes a separate paragraph about the Javanese upas tree and its sap causing skin eruptions when disturbed.
A swift jury panel of 12—10 businessmen and two farmers—was chosen in Hot Springs to try Joe B. Anderson and his wife Lucile on murder charges in the kidnapping slaying of Edon Cauley, a local chain grocery official, with trial set for September.
The Baltic nations Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Finland struggle to maintain independence after World War I amid German and Russian pressure. Fearful of German expansion and Austrian risk, they seek protection from Russia and Britain while facing disputes over Vilna Memel and Baltic naval concerns.
Fragmented excerpt shows Narodni Novinye warning that France has courted a fragile peace while nations brace for conflict. Western democracies fail to confront realties, threatening war as Europe hesitates to act decisively.
Creomulsion ads in The Star claim excellent results and pledge nationwide campaigns through Hope Star. The Creomulsion Company promotes Creomulsion as a cough cold and bronchial irritation remedy, advertised by druggists and physicians.
Hempstead County Schoolmasters club will meet at 7 20 o clock Tuesday night at New Capital hotel to discuss important school issues Amos H Pilkinton senator elect will discuss efforts to abolish the poll tax for youth and its effect on the school system A B Weathering will discuss the Rottenberry Act on the school system E R Brown of Paymos will talk on how to organize and develop a rural PTA
Tampie Faye Toland, Hope High School graduate, is among the top twelve of 350 freshmen entering Magnolia A. M. college. She scored high on two entrance tests, including 92 on the cooperative English test by the American Council on Education.
A Woodmen Circle meeting is announced for Tuesday night at the Woodmen hall on South Main street. The District meeting planned for Hope on October 18 will be the main topic. Mrs Tressie Goldsticker of Little Rock will preside with state and district officers present. The note mentions 17,000 motion picture shows in the United States with air attendance of TCW.
Prime Minister Chamberlain sent a personal message to Premier Daladier and King George VI praised national resolve as Parliament prepares for a momentous session. The Munich four power accord and Anglo German consultations dominate the agenda, signaling continued effort toward peace amid detente with Germany.
Jerusalem dispatch reports at least 38 killed Monday in new violence in the Holy Land raising total deaths to 106 since Saturday in the ongoing conflict.
In Petersburg Indiana Spatty a dog owned by Rufus Fowler watched mourners carry flowers to the casket of Mrs Joseph O Rourke Then the dog jumped into a yard chewed blossoms and trotted back to the house placing the flowers at the door of the room where the dead woman lay
The article notes that old United States money is ground into paper pulp and sold for reuse. The brief highlights a recycling process repurposing currency into papermaking material and commercial sale.
Charles Collins receives consent judgment of 1000 dollars against Vanderberg Brothers Show for personal injuries. Ervin awarded 12500 dollars in suit against Texas company and A B Fox. case moved here from another court. Civil cases to be heard Thursday and Friday. criminal session next week. Municipal court not in session. cases set for next week.
Mrs Rudy Mans dental Smith 47 a forage preservation specialist of the University of Arkansas Agricultural Service died at the home of her father Dr Thomas J Mendenhall in Rosston Saturday night She never recovered from an injury suffered a year ago Funeral services set for Monday afternoon at the First Methodist church in Rosston with county agents of Nevada and surrounding counties as active pallbearers and Agricultural Extension Service staff as honorary pallbearers She is survived by husband W W Smith brother Logan Mendenhall and sister Mrs A J Ward.
In St Petersburg Craig Phillips, a youthful naturalist and science writer, tested a theory that skunks only spray when their tails are arched. He grabbed several Mother skunks and their brood from behind, and one by one they sprayed in unison when he released them, proving the theory flawed.
Prescott High School football alters schedule to allow fans to attend multiple key games. Prescott will host Glenwood Tuesday at 8 pm with Coach Storey announcing changes to Prescott Nashville and Bobcat DeQueen alignments for October 13 and 14, enabling attendance at Hope Joneshore and other matches.
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