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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
2
The Y W A meets at the Baptist Church at 3 PM with all church young ladies urged to attend. Senior B Y P 7 meets Sunday at the church as preparations begin to entertain students from the Louisiana Training School. Several residents travel or host guests visiting from Memphis Shreveport Nacogdoches and Nashville.
Friends learn Elizabeth Bied enharn is improving after a minor operation yesterday at St Francis Sanitarium.
Mr and Mrs C A Connaughton announce the marriage of their daughter Mrs Lillian Bostwick to Mr Earnest A Fuller on Tuesday August 17 1920 in Chattanooga Tennessee. After September 1 the couple will reside in Adrian Michigan where Mrs Fuller is well known. The groom is a respected Adrian businessman and they will make their home there.
Mr. R. E. Major departed yesterday for Ocean Grove New York to join his wife and daughter who have been summering there. The family will then travel to New York City and remain for a month before returning.
Mrs. Frank Campbell and Mrs. Louis Evans visit Shreveport and Rayville guests. Mrs. Harry Smart and sister travel toward Kansas with a stop in Shreveport. W A Myatt returns from Tyler Business College. Ouida Piner of Texarkana guests at a West Side dance hosted by Faulkner Heard with many local attendees.
The report notes a London parrot laid its first egg, marking a milestone for the bird at a remarkable thirty six years old. The item sits alongside brief mentions of musical study in Cincinnati and travel mentions by the Biedenharns through Kentucky and Mississippi.
The flying frog of Borneo harnesses its long webbed toes to glide from treetops. These toe adaptations act as tiny parachutes, allowing a gradual descent to the forest floor.
A Paris collector bought an antique finger ring showing a lion with steel claws. An accidental scratch from the hollow claws exposed a poison reservoir, nearly causing death. Investigators confirmed the ring contained a concealed poison mechanism.
Seoul reports allege anti Japanese intrigue aimed at a party of an American congressman visiting the Far East. A number of persons have been arrested charged with involvement in a plot to create friction between Japan and the United States.
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