Local reminiscences and notices from Monroe area life
A collage of social items, visits, announcements, and reflections from Monroe, Louisiana. Includes wedding notice for Miss Lera Whitten and John Elton Coon, travel plans of residents to Houston and Yellowstone, church activities, a pharmacist attending national meetings, and notes on gardens, flowers, and local culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Muli Wazoo
Mivin
Liniel
Mya
Alb
Hunegan
Lera Whitten
John Elton Coon
Monroe
Mise Whitten
Hope Public School
Perfect Duck dress pattern 2303 for Fall and Winter
The new Fall and Winter Pattern Book offers Pattern 2303 with a draped front bodice and fitted waistline for a slender silhouette. Sizes 84 to 46 available, with yardage details for sleeves and wraps, plus pricing and ordering from Hope Star Pattern Bureau in Chicago.
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Carol Day
Tere
Hope Star
Paltern Bureau
Rackets Taxed to Campaign Funds in 1930sNY Case
Testimony details payments from banks to a political machine tied to Jimmy Hines. Witnesses describe weekly deductions of 125 from profits as campaign expenses and two 2500 sums for political campaigns to back a Democratic mayor and district attorney. Dewey described Hines receiving 500 cash weekly and aiding Dodge’s fund via poll floaters.
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Paign
Pompes
Big Joe" Tsun
Weinberg
Ison
Jimmy Hines
Fiorella LaGuardia
Joseph V. McKee
Recovery Party
John PB
O'Brien
LaGuardia
William Copeland Dixige
Thomas BE
Dewey
Hines
Schultz
Dodge
Clever Sleuthing deems death then commutes to prison
A historical note recalls a case where Clever-Sleuthing was sentenced to death, later commuted to imprisonment. Three thus rank and file follow the Three Hundred who headed west sixty five years ago. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police adapt with time yet maintain traditions of the Mountie.
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Vayuse
Canadia Mounted Police
Public Assistance Programs In Arkansas Approved And Funded
Arkansas plans for aged, blind, and dependent children received Social Security Board approval on specific dates in 1936 and 1938. By July 1938, about 41,560 people in 4,500 families benefited from federal and state funds, with total payments around 223,400 dollars for old age, blind, and dependent children's aid. Federal grants to Arkansas for public assistance totaled 2,619,859 dollars by June 30, 1938.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Social Security Board
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Treasury
United States Public Health Service
Arkansas Ha
Office of Education of the Interior Department
Gay Floyd to Headline Negro Dance Here Wednesday Night
Gay Floyd and his Detroit Cotton Picker Orchestra will perform at a Negro dance this Wednesday night, August 24, after touring major East venues. The ensemble has promised the biggest tilt of the season as doors open at 9 30 with admission and dance shirts noted.
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Gay Floyd
Detroit
Cotton Picker Orchestra
Mind Your Manners Quiz and Guidance to Social Etiquette
A 1948 NEA Service etiquette piece quizzes proper conduct questions. It covers introductions language forms, preferred terms, host duties to engage guests, and child naming practices, with recommended responses and best actions for tense conversations.
Jellied Chicken Salad For Hot Summer Days
Two cooling summer recipes prepared by Miss Gertrude EB Conant from the University of Arkansas Extension outline a jellied chicken salad as a main dish. Use a 3 pound hen, 14% cups water, simmer until tender, reduce broth to 1/4 cup, dissolve 1 tablespoon gelatin, mix with diced chicken and celery, sweet pepper, and parsley, then chill in a square pan and cut into squares. Garnish with stuffed olives or pepper curlicues and refrigerate.
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Gertrude EB. Conant
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Foods and
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church Tenth Sunday After Trinity
Sunday service at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church notes 10:00 a m Morning Prayer and a second service led by a lay reader. The message urges faithful attention to Christ and invites Presbyterians to worship with a warm welcome, promising encouragement and fellowship.
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Creas ST. Mark's Episcopal ES
Jesus Christ
Scapegoat sermon and Renewed Resolve at First Christian Church
Despite rain, August Sunday school attendance rises. Pastor A Manmond calls for deeper gospel practice beyond belief in Christ’s cross. Evening message continues Psalm 1 series on The Refreshing Man urging Christian perseverance. Also notes on Selassie tennis tutor and women workers’ decline in printing trades.
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Jesus Christ
Calvary
Veal Loaf Recipe From Historic Page
Crisp lettuce leaves serve with mayonnaise. A hearty cold veal loaf is prepared from raw or canned meat, 2 tablespoons Iyin veal, 44 pounds fat salt pork, 1 cup bread crumbs, 2 eggs, well beaten, 1 cup tamata sauce. Mix, press in a greased pan, bake four hours, turn onto a dish, and chill.
Nazi Central Plan Accelerates War Efforts and Women In Work
Nazi leaders push rapid fortification and military build up, freeing manpower for the front. The regime abandons its stance of excluding women from industry and reports about 6.1 million women rejoining work since spring, with a major drive to return married stenographers to employment.
Cavalry Division Is Needed in War
Washington audience hears that horse and mule units remain crucial in mobility and reconnaissance. experts cite World War I and current conflicts showing cavalry can outpace motor routes in rough terrain, with General Malin Craig asserting cavalry advances, covers woods, and fights as a combat arm.
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Alexander R. George
Washington
U. S. Army
Marshal Foch
von Seeckt
Monasterio
Malin Craig
U.S. Army
Mary Statisticians
Prench
Mons
Muain
Jeb Stuarts
Phil Sheridians
purge of street names in Reich districts triggers renaming
Berlin reports a nationwide anti Jewish purge ordering renaming of streets in Reich cities and war villages. Reichsminister Wilhelm Fuck directs removal of streets that harm or target Jews, pledging sweeping changes across communities.
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Berlin
Reich
Wilhelm Fuck
Reichsminister
Interior
Titussigt
George slams patronage clash over renomination in Georgia
U S Senator Walter F George denounces New Deal activity as a challenge to Georgia’s sovereignty during a Macon rally. Campaign aide Edgar B Dunlap, previously Georgia R F C lawyer, resigns amid accusations of outside pressure. Camp, Talmadge, and McRae criticize George’s 18 year Senate record in related addresses.
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Macon
Walter F. George
Roosevelt
Congress
Georgia
City
Edgar B. Dunlap
Dunlap
Atlanta
Lawrence 5. Camp
George
Senate
Camp
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Eugene Talmadge
William G. McRae
Cover Crops for Orchards Gain Favor in Arkansas
County agent Clifford L. Smith reports Arkansas orchardists favor vetch, Austrian winter peas, and crimson clover as cover crops to prevent soil wash and add nitrogen. Vetch offers low seeding costs, with 124 pounds per 10 by 10 feet equating to 350 pounds of nitrate per acre. Seed is sold by Hempstead County Farm Bureau at 8.30 per hundred, including inoculation. Also notes smut control remains essential as untreated seed can incur losses up to 120 percent. formaldehyde treatment is advised, seeds piled on clean floors or beds during treatment.
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Clifford L. Smith
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Arkansas
Colledge
Hempstead County
Charles FP. Simmons
Extenson Agronomist
Oats Treated With Water Sprayed Afl Alomizer Mix
Instructions describe spraying oats with a water oat mixture using an afl alomizer-type sprayer. Each shovellus gets 1 to 3 strokes to cover 50 bushels per quart. After spraying, oats are mixed, piled, and covered for at least 5 hours or overnight. Treated oats may be planted or stored after drying. The treatment does not affect drilling or cause swelling and is not poisonous.
Public sale of real estate in Hope Arkansas 1938 notice
In Hempstead County Arkansas under a Chancery Court decree and No 5132 A. H. Eversmeyer versus Powers et al the commissioner will offer Lots 1–4 Block 1 and Lots 1–4 Block 2 Garretts Addition and Lots 5–8 Block 2 Garretts Addition Hope in Hope Arkansas for sale to the highest bidder on September 3 1998 at the Citizens National Bank Building front door. Sales on a three month credit with bond security and ten percent interest from sale date, lien retained to secure payment. Commissioner Ralph Bailey August 9 1938 with publications Aug 12 20 27.
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Chancery Court
Hempstead
A. H. Eversmeyer
J. M. Powers
Lemonia L. Powers
J. F. Powers
A. Powers
Moses Powers
Ophelia Phillips
Mary Ella Cannon
Trene ‘Clark
Citizens National Bank
Garrett
Town of
Hope
Ark
Hempstead County
Arkansas
A. D
Ralph Bailey
Chancery
Estate of Naomi Taylor seeks court sale of hempstead county real estate
Albert Graves administrator announces he will apply to Hempstead County Probate Court on the first Monday in September 1938 for authority to sell the estate property in Hope Arkansas. The sale covers the east half of Lot 8 and all of Lots 9 and 10, Block 13, plus all personal property to pay debts of the estate. Dates listed Aug 6 13 20 27.
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Naomi Taylor
Hempstead County
Arkansas
City of
Hope
Albert Graves
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