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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1968
Page
6
A dense OCR page lists want ads and service offers including carpet cleaning Curtis Yates, complete well service Hope Drilling and Wells, Orren Dozer Co land clearing, Walker's furniture sales, and Bankers Life sales openings. Includes pay terms for classifieds and contact numbers Prescott Arkansas Hope Star mailing instructions and ad rates.
An itemized ad provides random notices and prices from 1929 including a mobile home for sale near South Fulton and used bricks for sale. It mentions carpet cleaning products and a furnished apartment, then pivots to a historical note about Virginia City Nevada, founded in 1859 on the Gomalook Lode with a peak population around 30,000 and $760 million in metals, now a ghost town with 600 residents and over 600 thousand tourists annually.
In Virginia City the old cemetery hints at a bygone era with faded markers and historic graves. The town remembers 1863 when Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain while reporting for the Territorial Enterprise, a publication still in print.
Wayne G Brandstadt M D notes painting as a relaxing indoor hobby but warns of hazards from pigments containing arsenic lead cadmium chromium or mercury. He advises precautions to avoid inhaling dust and to wash hands after grinding pigments. He describes safe modern synthetic media and risks from thinners and solvents including carbon tetrachloride benzene methyl chloroform toluene acetone and turpentine.
In a bridge puzzle, after an auction South holds A Y R J 9 8 A 2 K Q U 5 4 and must respond to a sequence ending with four no trump by partner. The question asks whether to bid six clubs or pursue diamonds and how to handle possible six diamonds by partner. Tomorrow’s answer will reveal the recommended line.
In the Hempstead County Probate Court a petition for adoption of Trena Lynn Grammer was filed September 9, 1968 by Roy Gene Dobson and Betsy Lou Grammer Dobson. If no valid cause is shown within 30 days, the court may decree adoption.
Minneapolis play-by-play notes the contest where North South with kq i q 1062 and e q 73 faced heart contracts and slam chances. The article emphasizes bidding over play with North South taking the right strain though the diamond ace is blocked by dummy. Clarren and Oakey debates hearts bids as the hometown crowd watches the decisive decisions in a club game narrative.
The Star announces candidates for General Election in November. For Representative James E. Pruden Jr. is listed among the nominees subject to official action.
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