Restoring Old Furniture in Hempstead County
Home demonstration club women in Hempstead County guide furniture restoration using varnish methods and raw linseed oil dilution. Sybil Bates from University of Arkansas outlines steps including stripping, sanding, priming, and applying multiple varnish coats, followed by steel wool finishing. The same group also evaluates sheet quality by tensile strength, head count, weight, and size for closet replenishment.
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Hempstead
Sybil Bates
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Hempstead County
Arkansas Proposed Constitutional Amendment No 24
Legal notice announces cost of publication and details for Proposed Constitutional Amendment No 24 filed February 21 1937. It outlines that the chancery judge would preside over county probate courts, probate matters scope, appeals to the Arkansas Supreme Court, clerks and consolidation of chancery and probate courts, and related constitutional amendments effective January 1 following adoption.
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General Assembly
Secretary of State
Supreme Court OF Arkansas
House of Representatives
State of
Arkansas
Senate
State of Arkansas
State
Elnic
Ray
Air Raid Shelters At Home And Public War Plans
Britain eyes civilian protection in air war with air raid shelters offered in homes shops and factories. Designs include basements and ancillary rooms with supplies and a six hour unventilated accommodation rule guiding space per person. Public shelters and ready made plans from the Cements and Concrete Association reflect adaptations seen in France and Germany.
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Sulton
Bronner Wea
London
John
Citizen of
Great Britain
Cin
Portland
Britain
Cemseng and Concrete Association
Sheet fabric strength and thread count tips from Arkansas expert
Miss Sue Marshall of the University of Arkansas explains fabric strength depends on fiber length and thread count. She notes shorter fibers look fuzzy after laundering and wear faster, while higher thread counts indicate tighter weaving. percale can reach 144 per inch. Heavy muslin offers a value for households with many sun and home laundry needs.
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Sue Marshall
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Miss Marshall
H Lanudry
Closely woven muslin and Pereat sheets for cost savings
The article notes that closely woven muslin is economical and satisfactory, Pereat sheets suit guest use, and salvages receive hardware. It warns against excessive sizing that creates false weights and loose weaves, with sheet weights ranging from three to five and one half ounces per square yard.
Propaganda on Polish territories and German aims
Propaganda notes claim Poles favoring union with Poland as Upper Silesia yields coal zinc and lead. Nazis reportedly control Danzig and threaten territories while unrest erupts in Polish areas. German press touts German minorities in western Poland and fear of France, Alsace Lor raine looming as a strategic prize.
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Poland
Upper Silesia
Danzig
Germany
France
Hitler
Reich
Alsace Lorraine
Alsace
Lorraine
One of Few Fall Aquiloty Left in Pictures
A fragmentary note describes a scene with a bed and solar fora, highlighting a rare fall aquiloty element in the pictured setting. Names, dates, and locations are not clear in the unreadable text.
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Iale
Carver of ups and downs rises in entertainment notes
By BILL, PORTER and GEORGE SCARBO. A Montreal native, once an antique dealer and water-dresser, rises again in show business. He started as a chorus boy, toured internationally, and gained fame with his skating dance and early vaudeville act before moving to Hollywood.
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Ben Blue
Montreal
Ballimore
Watdon
Paris
Washington relatives among visiting friends and funeral attendances
Washington residents and neighboring families gathered for visits and funerals this week. Attendees included Mrs. Gessig Baile and Mrs. Mary Carrigan visiting Walton and Hope. Lee McDonald attending his niece Mrs. Brady Prirebiles's funeral. Mrs. Minnie Yarbrough hosting in Pynscott. families of Grant and Etter attending Mrs. Sallie Etter's death, with Mary Ella Hubbard in town for business studies in Little Rock. Additional moves and courtship notes include Ovis Stone moving to join the local high school staff and Mrs. C A Williams returning from Hope with daughter Gwendolyn.
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Gessig Baile
Walton
Mary Carrigan
Hopy
Lee McDonald
Brady Prirebiles
Ian Hay
Minnie Yarbrough
Pynscott
William Hinald Grant
Little Rock
Sallie Etter
Mary Ella Hubbard
Lite Rock
C.H. Grant
Senate
Ovis Stone
Nashville
I. F. Moncroe
Gwendolyn
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Elizabeth Page
Betty Sue Loving
Evelyn Ruth Tinheelake
Charles William Ducney
A.D. Maneme
Joe Jackson, Jr
Roscoe Timberslake
Willian Paul Howe
Lewis Lively
George Saucers
Geff
Sinimarks
Craig Wilhelms
C. N. ‘Trimble
J.D. ‘Primble
EtDoradu
T. C. Wilson
Cotton Valley
Ove Fon
Jess Yorberry
Jane Orton
Mes
Pilkliten
James Jilkinson
Kelly Bria
A. Stonequist
Wallace Booker
Tope
Rael Bruce
Hone
Nere
Bruce
Marshall Rowe
Jamalison
Big Spring
Texas
Mary Cutts
Cecil Wallace
Bitc de Daughter
Willisville
Mary Beck
Olotto Beck
Durant
Oklo
Lannie Beck
J. P. Baker
Amity
Keree Arrington
Strand
Joe Wilson
Columbus
Shreveport
Q.T Cone
C. M. Willams
Johnnie June Cone
DeQueen
Cone
Williams
Stryder
Lucille Sulsey
Hope
A. F. Simmons
Nancy Clark
Arkadelphia
Nere Widnnesday
Walter Baker
Hot Springs
Tf, Parsons
Mack Parsons
Hopa
Thurman Rhodes
Cora Belt Webb
Oxon
T. P. Parsons
Shrimpe Hospital
Joan Carrigan
Apting King
Antic
Indor
George M. Cohans
HAL Porch
Warners
By Bill, Porter and
George Scarbo
Washington
Hope Star
Helter Reaulla
Texaco
Cecil Wyatt
Washington Streets
Phung U
Frank Mewneardwid
Percy Taylor
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