26 Oct 1929
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1929
Page
1
A garbled crossword themed story mentions Lieutenant Governor R. T. Fountain of Rocky Mount with Mrs Fountain as a candidate for governor of North Carolina. The piece notes Fountain is a Democrat and a strict prohibitionist while referencing a broadcast and various unrelated fragments.
Atlanta Mayor J. N. Ragsdale, who runs a farm on the outskirts of the city, argues plowing provides better fitness than golf. He says farm work from dawn to day’s end strengthens muscles and keeps him in practice for public duties, praising farming as a constant hard work against nature and essential to feeding and clothing the nation.
The platform urges applying minerpel power plant revenues to develop Hope's industrial and social resources. It calls for more city pavement in 1929 and better sanitary conditions in business yards, supporting the Chamber of Commerce and county highway programs to build all-weather roads annually, promoting scientific agricultural programs, farmer cooperation, state highway progress, tax reform, government efficiency, and cattle tick eradication in Arkansas.
Eight years after Albert B Fall was convicted of taking a $100000 bribe from Edward L Doheny for Elk Hills naval oil reserve lease a Washington federal court jury found him guilty. The piece reflects on public judgment and moral standards of Americans beyond the slow mechanics of justice.
A dramatic account of a vast bootlegging network with fortified HQs armament private wireless security and international reach. The piece warns such a lawless empire endangers national order and foreshadows potential breakdown unless authorities crush it and restore respect for law.
An Ohio man robbed for twenty dollars recognized the thief and helped arrest him. The court bound the victim as a $300 material witness, denying funds led to four months in jail. At trial the robber was convicted and the victim freed, a troubling perversion of justice.
The piece profiles Rev Dr Manasseh Cutler of Massachusetts as the first major lobbyist to sway Congress by subtle means. It details his 1787 New York efforts with the Ohio Company, promises of land profits worth millions, and the rapid passage of the ordinance governing the Northwest Territory amid clerical access to Congress. It notes Ohio Company directors becoming judges and contrasts anonymity in early sessions with Cutler’s influence, while mentioning later scrutiny by historians. It also cites unrelated Alaska painting sales and Harvard researcher Dr Robert McKinnon.
The piece notes the 179th anniversary of the umbrella in October 1750 when Jonas Henway, an English merchant and traveler, introduced a rain shelter to Europe in Paris. It mentions early innovations including a 1773 Paris tining rod and a 1862 German attempt at a glass window umbrella.
MISSOULI Mont Oct 26 A curious tale says a thief stole 21 turkeys but left them in Mrs Mary Heightont s barnyard making the event newsworthy.
Alma Bennett, famed for ardent screen embraces, performs a death scene in Tiffany Studt’s Two Men and a Maid with William Collier Jr Eddie Gribbon and George Barnes. The film opens at the New Grand Theatre Monday and Tuesday.
John the Baptist preaches in the wilderness of Judea urging repentance for the kingdom of heaven. The Beatitudes from Matthew 5 3 13 are quoted with blessings for the meek merciful and persecuted. The piece notes the 23rd Psalm and credits Duncan Fletcher as a senator from Florida in an 20th century style column style.
Mr and Mrs S R Aylesby attended their son Micajah Aylesbys wedding to Louise Burton in Arkadelphia. Several relatives and friends appeared, with accompanying travel notes from St Louis and Prescott. Others mentioned include Mrs H H Brannon of Merrillton visiting North Hervey Street, and Mr and Mrs Roy Briant en route to De Kalb Texas after their Pine Bluff ceremony.
Mrs. E R Wimberlake notes Washington welcomed the Arkansas division of the UDC. A Civil War hospital chapel program at the Biplist church followed by a sight seeing tour and luncheon at the Methodist church showcased historic sites. Citizens pledge cooperation to reclaim the old courthouse as a Confederate capital showpiece.
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