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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
8
Seniors plan a larger carnival after a 7:30 pm Hamlet burlesque in the auditorium. After the show, the first and second floors will host fortune telling booths, candy sales, roulette wheels, and side shows, with high student involvement expected to fill the building.
West Monroe advances its building program with new permit issuances at city hall. Notable projects include Robert Lee Ammons on Haynes Lane valued at 500 dollars and Dr T L Hood with three Third Street residences totaling 5000 dollars. C A Boyd on North Third Street valuations 900 and 1349 for two houses. C R Barnes Drew Avenue dwelling 1100. C C Josey Cypress Street home 2000. W R Hayes Lumber Co two Cypress Street residences 2000 and 1900.
New York December 1 A lecturer for a Jewish fraternal organization travels on a railroad ticket 11 percent feet long with 71 coupons for 71 cities on 27 railroads in 28 states. The ticket costs 545 dollars and 98 cents and funds a speaking tour.
A new process for extracting gasoline from natural gas using tetraline as the absorbent is being tested in the Texas Panhandle oil district. The Sabrie company of Paris pioneered the method, later dismantled and shipped to the United States, with American oilmen funding the venture. At Southern Carbon, manager W H Anders said officials seek accurate operations data from the Texas plant, but no definite results are available yet.
The evangelistic fellowship at First Christian church opened with good promise. A brief meeting followed services and plans were announced. Tonight at 7 30 o clock services begin and run one hour with the topic God s Signal At The Cross Roads.
The Rev. B. B. Crimm, a Texas evangelist, closed a four weeks revival in Brinkley Arkansas with about forty conversions. The event, run by the First Baptist Church, featured sermons attacking modern dances moving pictures card games and mixed swimming. Crimm said he would rather see a saloon on every street corner than a picture show.
When skin itches eczema tortures your body Peterson's Ointment is claimed to give instant relief and fast healing. The ad notes a big box priced at 60 cents and offers a free sample by writing to Peterson Ointment Co Room B-138 Buffalo N Y Adv.
Rev A B Lutz reports West Monroe church paid every dollar of its annual indebtedness despite flood challenges. It marks his first year as pastor before leaving for the annual conference. England plans for a total solar eclipse 87 years from now.
The newly appointed security committee of the preparatory disarmament commission began work in Geneva. Maxim Litvinoff attended as Russian observer while Benes and Boncour were named leaders. Urrutia and Unden elected vice presidents. No US delegation member attended.
A vintage ad touts Musterole as a preventive for influenza crops and pneumonia warning signs. It claims quick relief from congestion by warming tingling penetration and a cooling afterfeel, with emphasis on emergency use and potential illness prevention.
Eduard Benea of Czecho-Slovakia was unanimously elected to a security committee post in Geneva on December 1, with other officers to be announced. The report notes a formal session and a consensus vote among delegates.
New York December 1 a Henry Ford market is observed in Wall Street as traders describe the bull run as fueled by expectations that the new car will trigger a broader business boom.
Mrs Annie McLeod of 210 River Front West Monroe asks the American Legion post to help locate her son Clarence McLeod last seen September 1925. He worked in El Dorado Arkansas and Seminole Oklahoma oil fields, age 28, 5 feet 6 and a half inches, blond with blue eyes and a forehead scar covered by a hat. He served overseas in World War I but did not join the Legion. Post Commander Isaac Lemle seeks information for the mother.
An old advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a guaranteed solution for underweight men and women. It claims a New Jersey man gained 28 pounds in months and offers a full purchase-price refund if 5 pounds are not gained after using four 60 cent boxes or two 1 dollar boxes. The ad promotes asking for McCoy's Tablets at any drug store and notes the product name was shortened from McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets.
A plan proposes adding a tenth to Holland's cultivated area by reclaiming the Zuyder Zee for agricultural use. The scheme envisions converting waterlogged land into arable fields to boost farming output.
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