Mon Ro La Cigar Factory Opens in Monroe
Frank Garpenter estab lishes a new Monroe cigar plant at 209 South Fifth street. The Mon Ro La brand will sell five cent cigars statewide, with plans to reach 50 to 75 thousand cigars biweekly and employ 20 to 50 women. The all hand Spanish work and sanitary facilities are highlighted as key features.
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Frank Garpenter
South Fifth Street
Twin Cities
Carpenter
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
San Antonio
Texas
Aix -Giele
Monroe
Come Aboard How Tuberculosis Campaign Sails Ahead
Elizabeth Cole portrays the tuberculosis education effort as a ship of health approaching port. The piece details growth of voluntary health associations, hospital beds, clinics, and nurses, plus ongoing campaigns and the Christmas seal drive to prevent disease and promote early discovery and recovery.
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Ship of Health
Tional Tuberculosis Association
United States
Device measures applause at Ohio State University
An Associated Press report from Columbus describes a device that measures audience applause at Ohio State University. The article notes Congress will not use the device and that some applause cues in the Congressional Record fail to register on the machine.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Congress
Farrell Sees Steel Industry Conditions Cited
In remarks by James A. Farrell president of United States Steel Corp the executive outlines conditions facing the steel industry. Farrell discusses market factors production costs and labor issues in a broad overview from New York with emphasis on corporate outlook and policy implications.
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New York
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Landing device for fogs said to be success
Camden New Jersey December 7 officials of the Victor Talking Machine company and the navy dirigible Los Angeles tested a new landing aid for fog bound flight. The super directional horn uses vacuum tube units to receive signals from a field guiding the aircraft toward a fogged field, supplementing radio beams.
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Camden
N. J
Victor Talking Machine Company
Navy Dirigible
Los Angeles
R. C. Mayer
S. T. Williams
Victor Company
Saint Francis Sanitarium Annex Rises Quickly
Construction on the new annex to St. Francis sanitarium proceeds rapidly. Brickwork reaches the second story as plans call for three stories and a basement. The wing faces Oak Street, with the facade front.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Oak Street
Fire From Oil Stove Destroys Apartments
Fire originating from an oil stove in an apartment house in Bunkie Louisiana destroyed the $5 000 structure and damaged the Masonic temple to the extent of $8 000 at 2 am The loss was insured Tony Montebbano barely escaped with his life
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Alexandria
Bunkie
Tony Montebbano
Music and greetings sent from Victor plant to dirigible
A medium receiver was tested with a 20 by 10 feet horn linked to a microphone and record disk on the Victor plant roof. Music and oral greetings were transmitted as the dirigible flew from 3 000 to 10 000 feet away and confirmed by a blinker signal from the Los Angeles. Further tests are planned at Lakehurst New Jersey home base of the Los Angeles.
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Victor
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
Lofton Escapes Noose Fifth Time Under Governor Reprieve
Robert P. Lofton of Magnolia, McComb Mississippi, again dodges capital punishment after a reprieve from Governor Bilbo extends to December 14. Four reprieves and an appeal have saved him, with an amended writ arguing temporary insanity at trial and blood loss from a wound affecting judgment. Coram nobis hearing expected soon in Magnolia regarding the 1926 murder of J. E. Westbrook, McComb police chief-elect.
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Lofton
Mysterious Disappearance Complicated by Leader's Death
Mobile Alabama dispatch reports the death of Christopher C Coffee a Negro gang leader linked to the ongoing mystery of his disappearance. Coffee aged retired life insurance figure was a central name in local crime chatter and unresolved inquiries.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Christopher C. Coffee
Explosion wrecks Kill All Disinfecting plant on East 108th
Firemen hunted for more victims as three small buildings were blown apart by a blast on the Upper East Side. Three men died and nine were injured with four others feared buried in the debris. A man inside the plant shortly before the explosion said six people were in the building when vapors ignited.
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New York
Upper East Side
East 108Th Street
Death of Lang linked to Hals Lake case in Alabama
A hunting camp scene on Hals lake in Clarke county ties to the Armistice Day murder case as Percy Long dies in Washington county jail Chatom. State officer says Lang, aiding in Coffee’s search, fell into Joe's bayou and died of pneumonia.
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Hals Lake
Clarke County
Washington County
Chatom
Percy Long
Lang
Bart B. Chamberlain
H. B. Reid
Joe's Bayou
Coffee
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Elizabeth Cole
Assciated Press
Het
J. H. Hanks Motors, Inc
Harrison
Hall St
Saint Francis
Robert Lofton
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Brunswick
Columbia Phonographs
Columbia
Phonograph
The
Monroe Furniture Company
Monroe Furniture CO
United Furniture Stores, Inc
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