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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1930
Page
3
Officials consider a tax plan targeting liquor production and distribution to reduce demand. The proposal aims to eliminate tax benefits for charities and high tax operators, trimming consumption and shifting alcohol sources away from Portugal and Cuba. Protests greet the discussion, but study continues.
In Fredericton NB a delinquent taxpayer paid five years of back taxes with pennies. Secretary-Treasurer S Scott and his stenographer counted 1,895 cents over about 30 minutes. The total tax due was 18 dollars and 87 cents. six extra pennies were returned to the taxpayer.
Mrs A Rodgers spent the weekend in Texarkana with relatives and returned with her mother Mrs Maggie Franks. Florence Houston visited in Hope as pupils progress and new teacher Mr Fincher from Waldo joins six teachers and four buses. G W Gilbert was a visitor in Hope. Farmers dig potatoes this week. Martha Albright out ill. A Rodgers from Cross Roads made a business trip to Texarkana. Singing drew a good crowd Sunday. C Suggs and son and D L Jones of McNab visited relatives.
Chicago maker George E Lewis says cycle demand is rising despite car boasts. He notes factory and office workers nationwide are riding to work, marking a revival after a period of decline. The industry reports booming sales across suburbs and towns.
MILES CITY Montana Oct 23 UP Charles M Dayhoff of Rock Springs says he is the world champion rattlesnake killer with a three day total of 175 snakes. He recounts 80 slain in one day at three den sites while herding cattle, then 90 more with companions on another chain of hills, and 27 more in a third area.
Mrs. Mary McKendree Johnson of Parkersburg wife of former Representative George W Johnson has been nominated by Democrats of West Virginia's Fourth District to fill the unexpired term of the late James A Hughes She is the first woman in West Virginia to seek election to a national office.
HOLLY SPRINGS reports health good in the community while Willisville school forms a Future Farmers of America chapter with 40 members and plans a Friday literary program. A ball team aims for the county championship after four games, Keeing three wins. Magnolia A and M figures Lloyd Waters and Harold O Keefe visited home folks. Several locals attended Magnolia’s annual singing, and a home gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs J K Ware drew a good crowd.
The Cleveland Museum of Art purchased a small wooden fragment claimed to be from the cross of Jesus. Director William M. Milliken bought the relic from the Guelf collection while in Europe last summer. The six figure estimate price and provenance from Brunswick and Jerusalem are noted.
Congress members from Pennsylvania and New Jersey propose a resolution for a Washington Memorial Bridge over the Delaware above Trenton to mark the 20th anniversary of George Washington birth and the 1776 crossing. If approved, construction aims to finish by the 1992 universal program date.
Rapid City man Arthur Rose faced a coral snake and a polecat on a stream bank while returning home. The slender coral snake, described as brilliantly colored, appeared threatening and Rose picked a rock to defend himself. He later realized the creature was a deadly coral species, not a polecat, and acted to subdue it.
A garbled medieval reference claims a true relic was recovered in the third century by St Heleta, the prothonotary of Constantinople, who allegedly found it in Jerusalem. The text is incomplete and fragmentary, with uncertain attribution and place names.
Indiana plans state wide events for the 100th anniversary of the State Historical Society. Dr B F Cyleman, secretary, says local societies will hold special meetings on December 11 to mark the date of Indiana’s admission to the Union in 1816 and the society’s founding.
Bees around Pactola and Sliver City faced a harsh winter after the summer drought. An unusual occurrence last week prevented mass starvation among the honey bees, according to a late October dispatch from Deadwood.
The text notes strawberries raspberries and other wild blossoms failing. A period of intense heat followed by frost affected ash box elder and pine trees with dripping leaves. Details are sparse but describe agricultural distress and plant decline.
An unclear OCR fragment describes feverish work and bodies loaded as if to endure a summer’s strain. It notes two days until completion and heavy labor from workers, with disjointed phrasing and missing names or places.
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