James Mangham dies suddenly on ambulance ride
James Wiley Mangham, 50, an Illinois Central conductor, died early Thursday while being transported to Charity Hospital in Shreveport. He had just left the Illinois Central station en route to the freight yards in Bossier City when struck by a fatal illness. The body was taken to his Monroe home and later to Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home for a Saturday 10:30 a.m. service at Riverview Burial Park conducted by Rev. A. M. Serex of the First Methodist Church. Mangham was a member of a local church and community group.
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James Wiley Mangham
Illinois Central
Charity Hospital
Shreveport
Bossier City
Monroe
Mangham
Oak Street
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
A. M. Serex
First Methodist Church
Riverview
Admiration Coffee Emphasizes Cup Testing to Assure Quality
The article describes Admiration coffee using a personal cup-testing method at the Duncan Coffee Company plant. It notes the cup-test program measures flavor aroma and richness by human tasters, with long serving experts including H. M. Duncan leading the process. It also mentions a separate divorce case involving Spence and his wife Catherine amid other local news bits.
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Fue Monroe
News-Star
Ana
Dent
Heve
Southwest
Admiration Coffee
Duncan Coffee Company
Admiration
Duncan
H. M. Duncan
Press
Government cuts parcel post and rail freight move into effect
Washington reports new limits on parcel post and freight, aiming to save coal for trains. Overseas shipments face 70 pound and 100 inch limits. domestic parcels cap at 5 pounds and 60 inches girth. Exceptions include live chicks seeds eggs medicines local parcels and money shipments. Freight permits restrict shipments to specified categories with a 50 percent cut expected.
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Washington
Parcel Post
U. S
Mangham Family Noted in Monroe Obituary
Prominent Monroe family member remembered with mention of his uncle Walter B. Mangham who led the Monroe municipal bus lines until his death about 18 months ago. He is survived by his wife Henrietta Yates Mangham and two brothers Joe B. Mangham of Shreveport and T. S. Mangham of Monroe.
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Monroe
Walter B. Mangham
Monroe Municipal Bus Lines
Henrietta Yates Mangham
Joe B. Mangham
Shreveport
T. S. Mangham
House of Hate Divorce Denied in Cleveland Trial
Common Pleas Judge Samuel H. Silbert denied the divorce petition of Mr and Mrs George FE Spence after describing their home as a “house of hate” in Cleveland Ohio. The ruling followed testimony about a troubled marriage and domestic tensions.
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Spence
Catherine
Silbert
Cleveland
Ohio
George FE. Spence
Common Pleas
Samuel H. Silbert
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Alameda Coffee
Jemima
IW & Ree Edie TT
Foodland
Cypress
West Monroe
Alc
California
Folger’s Coffee
Rome
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