This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1931
Page
2
A Norphiet fire fatally injures a 10 year old boy, with siblings injured as a kerosene lamp allegedly ignited by Mrs Hayes causes a house fire while the family slept. In Memphis, the Chicks plan a brand new infield after eight years, reshaping their field for next season.
ST PAUL Minnesota manufactures nearly 200 million pounds of butter each year and most of the buttermilk produced is canned to feed the state’s households.
The article details the 1928 People s Bank robbery in Chicago where four men robbed the bank of about 20000 in cash and 25000 in traveler's checks. George Terry Charlie Young Bibbie Robbins were arrested in New Orleans and sentenced to 12 years. Joe Vollack is suspected as the fourth robber. Ralph H Reed, former city attorney, was convicted as an accessory and paroled recently.
Willard Reaves, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Will Reaves, died after an oil can ignited while he lit a stove at his sister Mrs W M Rotten’s home on Johns ville road six miles from Warren. He suffered fatal burns head to foot. sister and brother-in-law also burned while trying to help. Survived by parents three sisters and three brothers.
In Arkansas the Federal Employment Bureau reports high demand for cotton pickers in the eastern state area. W H Mann ville, the state director, notes many families moved from cities to plantations with homes water and firewood provided, to return to the city after the season. F N Gooding, stationed in Little Rock, may be reassigned eastward within days. Planters and seekers urged to visit the old courthouse offices in Little Rock for work. Minnesota dairy tests show eight pounds of skim milk can replace one pound of linseed meal in cow rations.
A garbled OCR fragment describes non Ardense jewelry designs by Beronads Accurt. The text mixes terms like Furquoises and guopocaig with unclear references to French gesture and beadwork. No coherent event or person details are extractable.
Battle Field Rev Beagilen filled his regular appointment at this place Sunday afternoon. We are glad to hear that William Foster is much improved after a serious appendectomy. Mrs Willie Tarpley of Spring Hill spent Tuesday night with her sister Mrs Mitchell Stevenson. The Stella Tomlin party was well attended. Mr and Mrs Frank Hill of Spring Hill visited Sunday. Mr and Mrs L A Anderson and family were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs G H Anderson Sunday. Twelve teams hold franchises in the Midwest Professional Basketball league. Augustana College in Sioux Falls SD begins work on a 75000 gymnasium chapel.
University of Illinois cost records show silo filling at farms ranges from 68 cents to 2.68 dollars per ton, indicating wide variation in expenses among Illinois farmers.
The Board of Assessors for Street Improvement District No. 6 in Hope Arkansas will meet at City Hall at 10:00 a m on Monday November 2 1931 to revise and readjust assessments and benefits on real property within the district. Any person may appear to request revisions or changes to improvement values and such requests will be considered. Dated October 23 1931. W Homer Pigg Claude Stuart Joe B Green.
Oberlin Ohio reports new married student housing in a $600000 quadrangle at the Theological Seminary of Oberlin College. The complex, partly funded by John D Rockefeller Jr and Mrs D Willis James, is designed by Cass Gilbert in Lombard Romanesque style.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.