06 Aug 1928
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1928
Page
1
Community news highlights weddings births travels and visits. marriages include G C Barr and Ruth Dowty at Sterling ton, a Cleveland wedding for Joe Isaacman and Betty Chatfield, plus travels of residents to Mitchell Black Hills Denver and Mississippi Gulf Coast as families visit relatives and attend events.
Paris editorial in La Liberte denounces belief Americans see Parisians as unclean and urges more public baths. The piece notes public pools are rising but still insufficient after three new facilities since 1920, despite health guidelines.
French designers increasingly use rayon for warm weather frocks to cut prices. Beige tweed collars and cuffs coordinate with the rayon brown shade. Skirt wraps the coat style with a hint of an underslip and brown floral accents.
In a fashion note readers are encouraged to adorning hats with fresh natural flowers replacing artificial blooms. The piece cheers the trend as stylish and garden inspired, noting urban girls lack real gardens while country girls enjoy their own blooms. The tone is playful and celebratory.
Mrs. David Bell and her son plan to spend the rest of summer in Tennessee. Miss Martiel Allen returns from Asheville after a summer expression course. Mrs. Brumfield and son Kenneth come home from the Ozark mountains. Mrs. Maurice Connor returns from Shreveport and recovers from an operation. Mick Faye Everett of Camden visits Miss Lavalle Howard. Mrs. Stinson and children depart Saturday for visits to Shreveport Cotton Valley and Vivian.
Mrs. Wilhite travels on vacation visiting West Monroe and Downaville while Mrs. C. E. Johnson visits from Lake Charles to Mrs. Elizabeth Manheim. The Nunns of Columbia visit Olla and Zeigler of Ola meets old friend L. C. Nunn as Grayson Clarks and Kelly youths take a Steamer Ouachita pleasure trip. George McKaskle and J. C. Shell, local connections, are mentioned in the scene.
A vintage ad touts California Fig Syrup as a pleasant tasting laxative for children. It claims a teaspoonful can prevent illness by easing bowels and stresses its safety for fretful or peevish kids. No brand disclaimers beyond NOMOFFOR.
State conservation department officials visited on business last Tuesday. Wilfred and Mrs. Rogers of Monroe visited relatives in Columbia. Mrs. Thornhill of Monroe spent three days in Columbia with Eva Thornhill while C. P. Thornhill visited his daughter in Harvey Louisiana. Fannie Bridger of Columbia visits Captain and Mrs. Thornhill in Monroe. A Crossroads Baptist protracted meeting since last Sunday added 22 members. Arminda Meredith of Mt. Pleasant held a family reunion in Columbia with many relatives present including Martha Taylor and Lucille Warner. Twins born to J J McKeithen in Grayson, and Lucille Warner to wed H G Woodridge August 21 in Winnsboro. Minor offenders Kirkland and Brown jailed for drunken disorderliness.
In Columbia Louisiana the church and Sunday school drafted and adopted resolutions in memory of Rev. S. D. Howard after his death and burial in Winnsboro. Rev. John Rasmussen preached his first Columbia sermon on The Wonderful Sacrifice Jesus Made for the Eternal Balyehton of people.
The Camp Fire groups Walohi Wahbansee Minnehaha Wacholoven Otsucare New West Monroe Litahni and others resume meetings at specified times this week with leaders Miss Bernice Wright Mrs Geo Robert and group headquarters locations noted. Disbanded groups are urged to visit any active unit.
Autos driven by Jimmie Reagan of 803 Cypress street and LeRoy Copes an Monroe Milk station employee collided on Fourth Street at 10 30 am yesterday. The first auto sustained slight damage.
Miss Sarah Woodward of Memphis arrives to stay with her nieces for two weeks. Local residents and visitors travel to Shreveport to catch trains to El Paso. Fields family draft trips to New Orleans Pilot Point and Grand Island. Others visit relatives in Monroe Ruston Helena Junction City and Rison with updates on health and business.
In a scene from Love's Awakening Adele Garrison portrays Lillian and Wadge debating travel to a shop. Dicky teases, while Lillian suggests practical transit choices arguing the heat and time pressures of the day. The dialogue highlights strained flirtation and social dynamics in a hot city morning.
A young Elizabeth Darcy flees home to avoid punishment and later relocates to London with her Aunt Dolly. After family wealth mismanagement is revealed, she seeks stage work with Mark Lennox but shifts to jobs with Miss Smiley and Mrs Wesington. Stephen Whitby, torn between irritation and care, watches her life unfold amid wartime and postwar change.
Elizabeth confesses a restless craving for love while Mrs Wesington reveals a fierce passion that shatters expectations of age. The two women debate youth vitality, money, and looming marriage prospects as Stephen nears.
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