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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
2
Mrs. W. B. Mobley of Punta Gorda Florida visits Mrs. Henry Hamilton on the West Side. Mrs. L. F. Petagna and sons from Ruston depart for St. Louis after learning her sister was badly hurt in a car crash. Mrs. Myatt McClendon and daughter Maida visit relatives in Plaquemine Louisiana.
Mr Elmer Guillory and Miss Gertrud Hearn were quietly married on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs Nic Ramsey. Rev Platt performed the ceremony. The bride was prettily dressed in formal attire.
A bride from Vicksburg wore blue georgette and satin in a surprise ceremony here. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Laura Landreth of Vicksburg. The groom, a local painter, is presently based in town. Friends extend best wishes for happiness.
The Riverside Club entertainment committee for August led by Mrs. Clarence Oakley spent the day at Crew Lake as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bernhardt. The group includes Mesdames E. L. Neville Travis Oliver R. W. O'Donnell Harry Oliver Charles Phillips Nichols Pugh J. T. Parker and the Harpers with Edward and Mrs. Henry Hamilton and her guest Mrs. W. B. Mebley.
The Ouachita Parish Singing Convention holds its fourth session at Pennile Church, three and a half miles southwest of Monroe, on the fifth Saturday and Sunday of the month. The program includes opening devotionals, minutes, officers and committees, and multiple singing sections led by local conductors. Also notes residents’ travel updates and visitors in Delhi and Rayville.
Friends note Irene Kelley is improving after an operation at St Francis Sanitarium. Karline Jackson has returned home from a visit to grandparents in Junction City Arkansas. Mrs A J Anding of Huttig is recuperating at St Francis Sanitarium and will soon go home. Effie Simms of Bonita will visit Miss Helen Allen and is en route to Hot Springs.
Knut Hamsun born August 4 1860 son of a poor Norwegian farmer. He faced repeated failures in America before finding literary success in Chicago and Minnesota then gaining recognition with Hunger and other works. His life shows a tough climb from poverty to acclaimed author amid harsh views on American commercialism.
An amusing tale recounts Bill Smith staying with the Vanderpelts for five weeks. He brings a farewell Sunday dinner bundle of turkey ham and fruit. The bill for the feast later appears on Vanderpelt's grocery account, sparking blame and laughter.
Columbus report shows former Cleveland mayor Harry L. Davis leading Republican governor hopeful over Congressman Cole by about twenty thousand votes as two thirds of state returns come in.
An explosion at a Florence munitions depot today kills thirty two and wounds several as a fire that started earlier triggers the blast. The event echoes a fire from a year ago. The Prince of Wales is welcomed at St Johns Nild and the ex German Crown Prince returns to Holland after a Prussian family visit.
A Norwegian interests group will begin manufacturing paper pulp from papyrus grass in Zululand under a concession spanning several miles. The project marks expansion into local forestry and industrial output, with plans to supply regional paper markets.
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