Rayville Social Notes and Local Happenings 1918
Special to Monroe News-Star reports Raville on December 6 1918 as residents cheer up after gloom. Local visits include W T Cook W D Bird and Jimmie Green to Bouroe and R B Owens of the V S & P Ry to Tallulah. Public figures and businesses, from Kent Gwin Mangham to John A Hemler and Dr J R Sartor, are noted amid flu cases and community life at Rayville and nearby towns. A Lake Crew incident ends with an unknown man drawing a revolver upon arrival.
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Monroe News-Star
Raville
W. T. Cook
W. D. Bird
Jimmie Green
Bouroe
R. B. Owens
Rayville
Tallulah
Tlughes
Delhi
Mr. Hughes
Kent Gwin
Richland Parish
Mangham
Richland
John A. Hemler
Louisiana
Alto
M. L. Langford
Anna Wood
J. R. Sartor
Bank of Alto
Crew Lake
Rayville Happenings Note Local Decline and New Venture
The Rayville correspondent reports multiple local items including a Bulldog attack stopped by a shot, Dr J S York tending a minor arm wound, visits by Dan McCranie and Pat Murphy to Rayville, and Mrs Foxworth visiting kin. Debates at Sand Fly Academy draw praise despite police protection concerns. Industrial plans center on James Calhoun as superintendent, with Hon C P Balfour’s unexpected engagement and the death of Mrs J W Wright from pneumonia. Lieut Frank W Files passes through Oak Ridge en route elsewhere.
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Will Thomas
Thomas
J. 8
York
Rayille
Dan McCranie
Pat Murphy
Southern Grocer Company
Monroe Hardware Company
Rayville
J. G. Glover
Do. W. Earle
Lucknow
Jerry Jowers
Girard
Foxworth
C. H. Trousdale
Monroe
Lastrop
Batstop Enterprise
Charlie
J. S. York
New Orleans
Sand Fly Academy
James Calhoun
C. P. Balfour
J. W. Wright
Lyceum Theatre Week Preview At Camp Taylor Dispatch
Locals recount discharged officer from Camp Taylor, pneumonia recovery of Geo Tillman near Rayville, and visitors to Richland and Delhi trips. The Lyceum screens Rupert Hughes story Mobilizing Johanna with a premier production and praise for Our Mary’s performance, noting its comic charm and visual details.
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Camp Taylor
Xiuifery
Mr. Files
Geo. Tillman
Rayville
Jack Calder Wong
Delhi
Joseph Caspart
Vickuburg
Guy Pardue
Allo
Richland
Monroe
Vicksburg
Johanna Entlists
Rupert Hughes
Johanna
Lyceum Theatre
Mary
Mary Pickford Stars in Johanna Kalisis at Lyceum
Mary Pickford appears in a patriotic photoplay at the Lyceum Theatre described as dainty and delightful. The unnamed piece promises wit and charm with distinctive settings and character, billed as a fresh take from Artcraft amid favorable reviews.
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Lyceum Theatre
Mary Pickford
Johanna Kalisis
Venette Kellerman Stars in Queen of the Sun at Lyceum
Aquatic star Venette Kellerman headlines the Lyceum Theatre for one day in William Foxs submarine fairy tale Queen of the Sun. The feature promises sensational swimming and high diving, including an 85 foot diving finale and a dramatic sequence with a blown tower and a chair wire crossing.
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Annette Kellerman
Sena
Lyceum Theatre
Moudey
Willian Fox
Miss Kellerman
Singer Sewing Machine Co Advertisement
A fragmented oblique ad notes Singer Sewing Machine Co and a phone listing. Readable text shows a utilitarian sewing machine business fragment with a phone number, suggesting a local sales or service notice.
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Singer Sewing Machine Co
Lmo
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T. S. Flowrnos
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Salie
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Consolidated Ice Co
Fred B Mitchell
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Morehouse Parish
W. A. Gilchrist
Union and Plasters Bank
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Ss. C, Blackmon
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