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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1920
Page
2
The Day The Eastern Star Chapter invites members and visitors to an 8 o'clock social and quiz at the temple. Attendees are asked to bring sandwiches. Several local residents report recent travels and visits to relatives in Houston Galveston Waukesha and Pittsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Barr of Oak Ridge entertain Mr. and Mrs. Charles as guests in a social gathering noted in local society pages.
Barr and Mrs Moritz return from Waukesha where they spent the summer. C Prentice Gray is recovering after an operation at St Francis Sanitarium. Mrs Susie C Clendenning died in Shreveport at her son in law and daughter W D McDaniel home. she had lived here for years. Surviving: two daughters Mrs McDaniel of Shreveport and a Memphis bound daughter. three sons John Will Frank. three sisters Mrs Hobbs Mrs McQueen Mrs Morris. Funeral plans and burial location not available.
Mr and Mrs Brant Seaman and their daughter Delilah left this morning to visit friends in Tallulah.
Circle number five of the Baptist Woman's Missionary Society met at Mrs. J. E. Hogg's West Side home with a program of prayer, song, and readings. Two new members joined, and reports show dues of 2.25, 46 sick calls, 96 nursing hours, 31 church visits, and several bouquets and trays sent to the ill. A neighborhood dance at the Elks Club drew about 100 couples. many guests traveled from nearby towns.
Press agent Bert Andrus announced preparations for the A G Barnes Show in Monroy on September 16. Local circus fans and children anticipate the arrival of the show with promises of thrills and entertainment.
A brief excerpt notes available dishes at a venue named Racket Store, mentioning Lin ner and breakfast and pie pilates along with plates and vegetable dishes. The fragment implies a casual cafe or eatery lineup without full context or location.
Nominations for the autumn racing season at Latonia and Louisville are requested as the circuit prepares a rich stakes lineup for the coming meetings.
K. W. Watt, former short‑time player with the Detroit Tigers and Chattanooga Southern league team, has been appointed the new graduate athletic manager, signaling a shift in collegiate sports administration.
Transportation officials report hundreds of thousands plan to vacation until after Labor Day. With half of Greater New York workers away, city terminals brace for record crowds that will return in the second week of September. The season is described as the laziest and longest in memory.
With campaign plans already set a month before stunts begin, full force of White House race activity fills the city. Spellbinding meetings pamphlet distribution and canvassing flourish as Election Day looms ten weeks away, signaling what may be the most extensive national campaign here.
Commuters on the outskirts of Greater New York protest new railway rates that could cost twenty to two hundred dollars more per person annually. Riders fear added travel expenses as they commute daily to and from work, with suburban dwellers warned they must share the burden alongside city travelers.
Amusement operators report unprecedented summer crowds on the seashore with tens of millions entertained on scarce hot humid Sundays. Gate receipts show record spending as prices rise and seaside resorts expand. profits run into hundreds of thousands of dollars this season.
Police reports indicate a six month rise in dancing dens across town after public drinking was banned. Officials note back room performances replace saloon revelry and predict the trend will grow until Volstead enforcement fully blocks the habit.
Blanche Bates a leading stage actress born in Portland Ore 47 years ago. Henry James Ford of the U S Interstate Commerce Commission born in Baltimore 69 years ago. Yvonne de Treville prime donna born in Galveston Texas three years ago today. Frank D Scott congressman from Michigan born in Alpena 42 years ago today. Charlee J Grimm Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman born in St Louis 21 years ago today.
Plain white and tinted bowls and pitchers offered at the Racket Store with a note of 25 at. adquirable.
The home run epidemic recalls Bobby Lowe’s 1894 Boston feat in a single game where he hit four homers, two in one inning, highlighting a historic solo record from early baseball history.
Earl Thompson hurdler and Dartmouth College student won the 140 meter race in Antwerp while wearing Canadian colors. He served as captain of his track team at the institute.
A century and a half after his death Thomas Chatterton is remembered. The American Bar Association meets in St Louis with speakers Sir Auckland Geddes and Charles Hughes. James M Cox begins a tour from Evansville to New York and New Haven. Des Moines hosts the Iowa State Fair from today through Sept 3. Imperial Press delegates welcomed in Vancouver. The League of the Southwest convenes in Denver to discuss desert reclamation. The National Park 412 Park Motor Highway debuts as a long Western scenic boulevard.
Veteran reins man Tommy Murphy has been confined to the hospital but expects to resume work on the Grand Circuit when the Readville meeting opens August 3rd.
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