Young Girl Struck by Hit and Run Driver
Eunice Wainwright ten year old daughter of Mrs L E Wainwright of 311 South Seventh street was hit by a negro boy driving an automobile as she played at Seventh and Oak streets yesterday after 4 pm. She suffered severe bruises and contusions and was taken home for treatment. Several witnesses saw the accident and described the vehicle's wide swing after turning south on Seventh street.
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Eunice Wainwright
L. E. Wainwright
South Seventh Street
Seventh and
Oak
Wainwright
Seventh Street
Oak Street
Lotus Club Annual Meeting Slated for Dec 10
The Lotus club will hold its annual meeting Saturday December 10 at 6 30 pm with installation of officers for the coming year. New officers include C D Oakley president R M Breard Jr vice president H G Frazer secretary treasurer and a board of governors. The event will feature a Dutch lunch and a casino tournament attended by about 100 members of Monroe's premier professional club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotus Club
C. D. Oakley
R. M. Breard, Jr
H. G. Frazer
Board of Governors
Abe Arent
F. G. Hudson, Jr
C. C. Boardman
Camera Hound Dudley Swank Ironies in Rotogravure Winters
In a quip from Pathfinder the speaker notes his wife winters southward, enjoying the rotogravure sections. The line highlights a playful contrast between domestic routines and magazine imagery.
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Dudley
Swank
Christmas glasses touted as priceless gifts in Monroe ad
A local advertisement promotes Dr. Friedman made to order glasses as the priceless Christmas gift for family. It urges testing eyes by Dr. Friedman, noted as a leading optometrist in North Louisiana, with offices upstairs over D Masur & Sons at the DeSiard and Grand streets corner in Monroe.
Judge Takes Tuck Case Under Advisement
The trial of Ida Belle Tuck versus Robert G Harmon and Commercial Standard Insurance for 15000 dollars ended in district court before Judge J Frank McInnis. After submission the judge took the case under advisement. The collision between a Tuck car and harmon car occurred on South Grand street on May 1.
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Ida Belle Tuck
Robert G. Harmon
Commercial Standard Insurance Company
J. Frank McInnis
Tuck
Harmon
South Grand Street
Railways ask Coolidge panel for action on future earnings
The rail industry presents its case to the Coolidge committee outlining seven reform points. They urge repeal of the 6 percent cap split, repeal of recapture provisions, regulation of highway carriers, a return for inland waterways to rail service, relief from heavy taxes, federal consolidation laws, and looser rules to foster competition and equal treatment with other transport modes. The Coolidge panel, formed by banks and insurers, will study transport troubles and likely propose legislation.
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Panama Canal
Coolidge
New Play About Constant Quarrelling Couple
A Tit-Bits quip notes a playwright's work showing a couple in perpetual disputes. The neighbor teases about hearing rehearsals with his wife, hinting at domestic comedy behind the drama.
Cotton variety tests announced by agricultural agent
Results from field cotton variety tests on N. W. McHenry’s Columbia road farm were released by E. R. Strahan in cooperation with the Louisiana state experiment stations. Six plots per variety were used, yields given in pounds per acre, and rankings to be sent to Baton Rouge for staple length fiber content and price calculations.
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N. W. McHenry
Columbia Road
E. R. Strahan
Louisiana State Experiment Stations
Ouachita Parish
Baton Rouge
Strahan
Wilson
Cleveland
Dixie Triumph
Watson
Delfos
Missdel
Empress
Suspect Found in Los Angeles Slaving Case
A man claiming to join explorer Wanderwell’s crew recounts money disputes and a desertion at Colon Panama. He says Wanderwell disappeared with Mrs Wanderwell and the auto, leaving others broke in Los Angeles. The Carma crew planned an around the world cruise despite the vessel being deemed unseaworthy.
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Los Angeles
South America
Globe-Trotter
Vanderwell
Buenos Aires
San Francisco
Wanderwell
Colon
Panama
Auto
United States
Guy
South Seas
Monroe Produce Co. Robbery Report
The Monroe Produce company operated by O. P. Slack at Ninth and DeSiard streets was entered by burglars last night. They took about $4 in cash a hen and some cakes and bread. Sgt. J. D. Busby and Officer E. P. Harrison investigated and found a rear door pried open.
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Monroe Produce Company
O. P. Slack
Ninth and
DeSiard Streets
J. D. Busby
E. P. Harrison
Post Office Bread Postage Puzzle St. Joseph Clerk Finds Surplus
A St. Joseph Missouri postal clerk weighed a bread package sent by a baker and found a postage surplus when the bread had dried out overnight. The incident centers on weighing errors and the effect of moisture on postage calculations.
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UV. S
ST. Joseph
Amusements at the Paramount Cap and Strand theaters
Joe E Brown headlines You Said a Mouthful at the Paramount with Farina and Greta Granstedt in Deception at the Capitol. Miss Pinkerton stars Joan Blondell at the Strand as Mary Roberts Rinehart’s thriller draws a Hollywood audience.
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THE
Paramount
Joe E. Brown
Paramount Theater
the Capitol
Greta Granstedt
Buck Jones
McKenna
Mounted
Fox
Columbia
Bryan Foy
Miss Granstedt
Leo Carrillo
Barbara Weeks
Nat Pendleton
Thelma Todd
Dickie Moore
Frank Sheridan
Hans Steinke
Henry Armetta
Tom Alley
Buckets bladder remedy ad promises relief and refund
An advertisement touts BU KETS blister and bladder remedy with buchu and juniper oil claiming to purge impurities and reduce night-time urination. It promises relief after four days or money back and cites Col lens Thompson and Collens Pharmacy as endorsers.
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Collens & Thompson and
Collens Pharmacy
Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad Claim
An old drug advertisement touts Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as a quick cure for colds by opening the bowels killing germs relieving fever and headaches and toning the system. It promotes portable cellophane wrapped boxes available at drug stores.
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Grove
Safe Fat Loss Promise With Kruschen Salts
A along ad touts losing 15 pounds in a month and improving health using Kruschen Salts. It instructs weighing in, taking one half teaspoon daily in hot water for four weeks, cutting fatty foods, and walking a boastful claim of value versus other fat remedies. It lists druggists as sources and warns to avoid imitations.
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Kruschen
America
Falts
Riverboat Captain Ed Rucker Resigns to Join New Venture
The record notes Capt. Ed A Rucker resigning from the William Garig now the Golden Eagle to become partner with Capt. William Neihusel aboard the America. Capt. 2 D Swayze then takes Rucker's post on the Garig.
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R. D. Swayze
Waterway Journal” of
St. Louis
William Garig
Ed A Rucker
Golden Eagle
America
William Neihusel
D. Swayze
Rucker
Garig
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M McHenry
Monroe Produce Co
Joe
Catalina Island
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Our Gang
Farina
Ginger Rogers
Tenderfoot
Preston Foster
Sheila Terry
Guvnn Williams
Harry Gribbon
William B. Dover
Robert Lord
Bolton Mallory
Lloyd Bacon
Lew Seiler
Capitol
Dorothy Fuldheim
Swayze
Collens Pharmacy, Inc
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Bernhardt Bldg
Cinderella
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