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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1935
Page
8
Local residents in Brownville speak out about recent water service changes and a commission promise. The uncertain status prompts questions about two sites and future plans affecting households.
In the brief item, a report notes results related to a white soap product from a company, with emphasis on a single date and outcome. The fragment references skin care and product testing context, set in a historical newspaper tone.
Unity announces a Sunday morning service at Monroe Recreation Center 124 1 2 Desiard Street at 11 o clock. The discourse theme is The Rewards of Observing the Law. Unity maintains headquarters in Kansas City with branches worldwide and study clubs in many nations.
Foy Van Delsen of Kendallville Indiana is named senior in speech at Louisiana State University for best dramatics work in the 1934 35 junior class. The $100 prize from Town and Gown Players Baton Rouge will be awarded annually and honors participation backstage directing and practice plays.
Former Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen labels Governor Alf M Landon stingy as a compliment and argues for a pay as you go approach to economic security. The interview was conducted in Peoria Illinois on December 13. The article also notes that baseball experiences more injuries than other sports.
A Monroe apartment manager lauds Gly-Cas after years of kidney and bladder distress and stomach disorders resolving with two boxes. She reports improved digestion, regulated bowels, restored energy, better sleep, and renewed appetite without further suffering.
The Service Union of Methodist youths met at Monroe’s First Methodist Church with 120 attendees. Miss Elizabeth Benton presided, and Maurice Hart led the business session as Bill Mayo helped as secretary. Ilo Boyd received top poster prize and will attend the 1936 assembly at Centenary College.
The article contends that George Duke of Clarence, impeached by his brother Edward IV, was put to death by drowning in a keg of wine, a claim reflecting a historic and contested legend.
The $13,000,000 spillway near New Orleans will be formally dedicated in a ceremony. National Rivers and Harbors congress members will attend and visit the structure 34 miles above the city. The spillway diverts Mississippi River floodwater into Lake Pontchartrain and onward to the Gulf, as part of the $313,000,000 Markham flood control plan for Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Miss Mary Barksdale daughter of former Postmaster S. L. Barksdale Ruston died Thursday after a short illness of pneumonia in a Birmingham hospital. The body traveled through Monroe on an Illinois Central train and the funeral will be in Ruston on Saturday. She taught art at Birmingham High School.
A brief obituary notes a young person who had been ill from pneumonia for less than a week and is survived by their parents, one brother, and three sisters.
Edison Byrd alias Jack Ragan a 20 year old salesman and penitentiary escapee from Andrews North Carolina sought a bed at police headquarters Thursday night. After questioning by Desk Sergeant I L Causey Byrd was placed in a cell and is held for North Carolina authorities. He claimed he had no place to stay and gave evasive answers.
Local police received a wire from Andrews North Carolina authorities confirming that Byrd had escaped from the penitentiary there and that he still faced an eighteen month sentence.
A South Dakota county covering 530 square miles reports a white population of two and an Indian population of twenty, highlighting extreme demographic imbalance in a sparsely settled area.
A new medical discovery Gly-Cas is being introduced to local crowds at Phoenix Drug Co. in Monroe. The ad claims nerves quieted headaches gone and pains relieved, with claimed regulation of kidneys and stomach and dramatic relief for long term rheumatism.
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