Platform for Hope City benefits Hempstead County
The Star's platform urges applying municipal power plant revenues to develop Hope's industrial and social resources. It calls for more pavement in 1929, better sanitary conditions, support for the Chamber of Commerce, a county highway program adding minimum all weather roads yearly, and to reduce dirt roads. It also backs scientific agricultural programs, farmer cooperation, and state highway progress plus tax reform and efficient budgeting.
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Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead
Arkansas
Hempstead County Dairy Promotion Sets Stage for Profitable Livestock
Hempstead county plans a big dairy stock event on Saturday November 2 with a carload of pure bred bulls mid heifers to showcase in Hope. Organizing dairy clubs in about a dozen communities aim to lift county milk production and boost Arkansas livestock values, signaling broader Southern agricultural growth and tick eradication plans for spring 1930.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
New South
Hempstead
Norwood Fails People In Arkansas Tax Collecting
Morvillon Democrat accuses Attorney General Hal Norwood of letting outside attorneys handle back tax suits, costing Arkansas up to 100,000 or more in fees. The piece cites oil company cases in South Arkansas where court filings could secure judgments, alleging graft and misused trust.
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State of Arkansas
Hal Norwood
Commonwealth
Norwood
South Arkansas
Arkansas
State of
General Norwood
People of
Morvillon Democrat
Lobbyists and the drive for public registration
The piece argues that lobbying, amplified by Washington headquarters and mass media, threatens proper congressional hearings. It cites Senator Caraway’s push for lobbyist registration, notes controversial ties between lawmakers and manufacturers, and urges full, impartial consideration of agricultural and tariff issues amid industry influence. It references Bingham and Borah, and mentions William M. Shearer as a paid Bethlehem Shipbuilding lobbyist in a broader call for accountability.
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Washington
Caraway
Congress
Arkansan
Senate
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
Connecticut Manufacturers Association
Borah
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
Wiliam Ti. Shearer
Villagh
aAlew
Washburn
Lobbyists and land grants shape early American expansion
Washington Letter recounts how lobbyists and speculators swayed land policy after the Assumption bill, detailing bribery networks in Congress and state legislatures. It notes canal graft, major land grants, and the New England Mississippi Land Company seeking indemnification, with warnings about profiteering and lax oversight.
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New England Mississippi Land Company
Bostom
Congress
Treasury
Supreme Court
Odd Bits From The Daily Scribble And Ads
GBARBS Investigators for one Chicaro mail or der house discovered that girl em ployes spend six minutes a day applying powder rouge and sipstick. A British wher s heals ray onions just like apples. That sholl ldlt the ru great help in keeping not only doctors away but everybody else. Many girly play golf in their pave Togs these days. One of the first rules of golf is to keep your tye on the ball. A Congressman yawned to other day during the course of one of his speeches. Maybe he was solloriably and became bored. Many boys are taking up the study of housekeeping sciences says a sta tistical bulletin. Somebody has to open the cans.
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1 Chicaro
Lost Continent of Mu Traced in Old Stones
Tahiti notes suggest legends of Mu revived by evidence of a prior race on South Pacific islands. Anthropologists uncover stone structures and burial caves with non Polynesian skulls on remote plateaus. The tale asserts Mu once filled a vast Pacific region and sank beneath the waves.
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Papeete
Tahiti
South Pacific
Palynuse
Reimote
Pavilic
Sermon Excerpt and Religious Notices From Local Page
The fragment cites Bible verses from Matthew and Micah and mentions a sermon outline. It notes possible readings and a compiled work by a Bible guild. A Tuesday reference lists Porter Adams as president of a local aviation association.
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Porter Adams
The
NaGone Aeronaiutic Association
News of Other Days In Arkadelphia area visits and fire accident
Miss Amboline McCorkle traveled via Stamps to Arkadelphia with Rev. J Haynes and his son Tarlaw. W T Boyd's Mineral Springs residence burned last Friday afternoon, endangering Dr W H Toland and outbuildings but saved by effort. Six year old Charlie Crest suffered severe eye injury from dynamite caps while playing outside. doctors report dangerous eye condition but some hope remains for sight.
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Amboline McCorkle
Stamps
Arkadelphia
Charlie Crest
Mos
TL Cy Crosnoe
Wedding toast honors Miss Lute in Nimble Evening
Luther Rogers hosts a pleasant gathering for Miss Lute prior to her marriage to Chad Archit of Corinth. Guests enjoyed a theatre party at the New Grand then returned to the Rogers home on South Mervey Street for refreshments. Attending included Miss Lutie and many friends from the community.
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Luther Rogers
Miss Lute
Ched Archit
Corvith
Ibis Wlornam
New Grand
Rogers
South Mervey Street
Miss Lutie
Lorene
Michel
Leila Moses
Jean Laseter
Jewell Wyon
Maude
Gertrude Tilmilten
Ada Huckabee
Isina McDaniels
Myrtle Watson
Floy Woodul
Rena Acker
Nora Powell
Dorothy Thompson
Kunive Lipscomb
J. J. Ferguson
Nashville
Ruth Wilseh
Wedding of David Wilson and Mrs Alice Wilson at Pesare
David Wilson of Yancy County and Mrs Alice Wilson were married at Pesare at two oclock Monday evening in a simple ceremony attended by family. The groom is with Ferguson Publishing Co. and Nashville News. Bride's family and friends from Hope and Nashville celebrated, with relatives joining in from Texarkana and El Dorado.
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David Wilson
Yancy
Tate
Pesare
Avunsbury
Texarkana
Charles Ferguson
Alice Wilson
Ferguson Publishing Co
Nashville News
British Air Chief Flies on R-101
Great Britain's top aviation official Lord Thorson Air Minister was aboard the world's largest airship R-101 during its official test. He ascended the mooring tower at Cardington England and entered the craft through the prow doorway, photographed as he prepared for the flight.
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Great Britain
Lord Thorson
Cardiiglon
Englund
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