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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1929
Page
3
Subscribers to the Hope State should receive their paper before GIFs each evening. Please file 968 and notify the circus flylow manager when a paper is not left or not placed on the porch. A special delivery will be made for missed papers if the complaint is made before 6 46 p m.
Me and Mrs. W. J. Neighbors and Miss Carle Phillips of Little Rock visit longtime friends. Wilma and Wilma Williams, noted Louisiana high school teachers, stay with aunt Mrs. Mary Hutson. W. M. Ramsey finishes remodeling for a cafe opening today named the Checkered Cafe with themed interior.
Arkansas farmers face a serious feed shortage this autumn. University Extension official T Roy Reid cautions that corn shortages will be about 45 bushels per farm below the 10 year average, raising costs for mule feed and hay. He urges early planting of fall crops to reduce next year’s feed expenditures and support the dairy program.
Hope Furniture Co in connection with Estate Gas Range manufacturers displays a cooking and baking demonstration booth at Pair Park this week. Mrs. J. R. McCain, a noted domestic science lecturer, leads demonstrations and will be present daily to assist visitors with range inquiries.
Lewis Stone stars in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama Wonder of Women at the Saenger with Peggy Wood Leila Hyams Harry Myers George Fawcett and others. Clarence Brown directs adaptation of Herrmann Sudermann novel The Wife of Stephen Tramhholt focusing on a German composer torn between wife and other women. The film delivers pathos tragedy humor and romance in a modern European setting.
Washington on September 24 signals the unfolding oil scandal drama as Albert B. Fall, aging secretary of the interior, prepares October 7 to defend bribery charges arising from securing oil reserves for Sinclair and Doheny. If convicted, Fall faces up to three years and a threefold fine. Doheny charges may be dropped if Fall is cleared. Royalties and government possession of oil assets are noted as civil actions wind down. Harry M. Daugherty is expected to testify.
Columbus reports visitors including Mrs CG Wilson Miss Nova Blackwood and Miss Ethel Robertson in Saratoga and Hope. Amity’s John Brown and G Deaton bought hay locally while Ed Shivmer of Nashville bought cotton Saturday. Mrs David Wilson and others visited Hope, and J M Bolding traveled to Nashville on business. H Darnall, formerly of this place, reopened his office in Hope. JL Johnson of Fulton and J L Johnson were seen in town.
Mrs Mollly Edwards of 84 Lee Street, Schoolfield Virginia, hails Cardus as a healing aid after illness left her weak and bedridden. She reports rapid improvement after starting the medicine and urges other women to try it. The ad claims thousands of women with similar gains and promotes buying a nine bottle DYB detergent as safe for women.
J M Bolding and Mrs Robt Dillard shopped in Hope Thursday. Mrs W C Stone of Yancy spent Sunday with RF Caldwell and family. Mr and Mrs red White and daughter Mary Della of Hope were guests of Mes D Wyibmilton and Mrs L A Walker. Visitors returned to their home after visiting Mr and Mrs A T Bishop. Mr and Mrs Reece and daughter of Masterline Texas visited their daughter Mes D Gentry. Mes Leylah Hicks returned to Liberty after visiting sister Mrs Forest Middlebrooks in Shreveport. Mr and Mrs Gray Carre, Miss Jewel Sinton, and Miss doe Wilson were guests in Shreveport. Mr and Mrs C Ry White visited Hope Thursday night. Miss J B Gentry Key returned from a visit to her parents in Texas.
Judge Arthur S. Tomkins of White Plains adjourned the torch killing trial of Earle Peavox as a speech trial rather than a murder case. The scene referenced a sulky behind a fast trotter and mentioned Minenla, Land Island, with a well known horseman noted.
Miss Connie Clendenin visited Mes. H. B. Caruth in Nashville. Mr. Robertson of Mineral Springs guests at his son’s home. Sidney Holderness of Little Rock stayed with relatives in Iowa. RW Jackson, David Wilson and J C Johnson attended a Capital Hotel meeting in Hope Friday night. Texarkana visitors Mrs. W. S. Booker and Thomas Booker joined Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Stuart.
At the Southwest Arkansas Mail fairground event last night a fire broke out near a duck-bill boy’s quarters. Firefighters arrived quickly as a dancer alarmed the crowd and the blaze was contained. The duck-bill boy and the rat-eater were reported missing during the incident and later located after the flames were put out.
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