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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1929
Page
1
A fragmented page notes Psalm passages about meditation on the law and prospering. It mentions strength for undertakings, a blessing of guidance with the Lord, and a brief aside about Eleanor Boardman and Robert Dollar in a public notices style.
Edison’s early life and telegraph achievements are recounted as Light’s Golden Jubilee honors Thomas A. Edison. The piece traces his youth in Mount Clemens and Indianapolis, his stock ticker innovations, the universal stock ticker, and his duplex and quadruplex telegraph systems, highlighting his influence on instant communication and his enduring activity despite age.
Platform calls applying municipal power plant revenues to develop Hopa and urban improvements in 1929 including pavement and sanitation. It backs Chamber of Commerce and county highways, promotes all-weather road goals, supports scientific agricultural programs, cooperative farmer groups, state highway progress, tax reform, and streamlined budgeting for Arkansas cattle tick eradication.
A dim speak easy in a western city street corner sees a police sergeant with two detectives confront the proprietor over alleged closure. They retreat to a back room and return to normal as the night resumes. The episode hints at broader flaws in American city governance and civic justice.
A West Point Miss Times-Leader letter argues churches are central to civilization. It notes a Hartford donor questioned church value, while urging that real worth rests in spiritual life and Christian citizenship, warning society would decay without churches.
Sound Advice from Danville Illinois to South Arkansas Chamber of Commerce urges balance in farming. Horneman cautions against overinvestment in purebred cattle and promotes using dairying to stabilize income and soil fertility while continuing main crops like cotton for profit.
Washington letter discusses Rodney Dutcher on President Hoover and the Natal Scandal, criticizing William E. Shearer a patriotic financier tied to shipbuilders. It reviews his 1928 pamphlet The Gloak of Benedict Arnold, alleging British influence and pacifist opposition to US naval power under prior Geneva Conference.
W A Rhodes and family left for St Louis World’s Fair. Miss Thiog January left for St Louis to visit relatives. Bob and Edgar Briant headed to St Louis and the World’s Fair. Wright Thorpe and sister Misa Maw left for a visit to the fair. George W Sandefur, longtime Road Bros. bookkeeper, resigns and will move to Lampasas Texas. Luther Lascher and son Willard, at Corpus Christi during the storm, report they are fine and en route home via San Antonio. August Clark of Asheville was in the city. Dr Alice Barlow Brown visited her parents then returned to Chicago. Virginia Pritchard returned from extended visit to aunt Mrs Lawrence Baye in Orange. WL Briant returned from Albuquerque with daughter Fay Briant.
ARIS reports Louis Ernest WuBuia cardinal archbishop of APix died in Paris at age four. The brief notice confirms the death during the Paris mission, with standard church obituary phrasing and no additional details provided.
A Hope hospital reports two major operations using a new spinal anesthetic that renders patients insensible below the injection point. Both surgeries, including a tubercular patient’s appendix procedure, were successful with patients recovering well. The advance allows risky operations on weakened lungs or hearts, expanding surgical options in smaller cities.
The Board of Assessors of Street Improvement District No Six in Hope Arkansas will meet at City Hall at 10 am on September 26 1929 to revise and readjust assessments of benefits against real property in the district. Property owners may appear to request revis ions or changes in values for improvements erected or removed or any other changes. This notice is dated September 16 1929 and signed by Homer Piggs Claude Stuart Jon B Greene.
Native is hereby given unt the Board of Assessors of Curb & Gut ter District No. Two of the City of Hope Arkansas will meet in the City dal in said City of Hope Arkansas at 10 o'clock a. m. on Thursday, September 36th, 192% for the pen pose of revising and re adjusting the assments of bene fits against the real property in said district. Any person desiring any revision or repatruating of his assessment or any change in values for improvements created or removed or any change whatsoever may appear before the Board and make application therefor, and some will be considered. 192u, W. HOMER PIGG JOE B, GREENY Sept. lth & 2fith.
Washington dispatch reports the Bureau of the Census announcing prior to September 6 a total of 3,653,088 running bales of cotton ginned, including half bales. The estates section lists Arkansas contributing 197,744 bales.
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