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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1919
Page
6
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions people like Damon Olver Cur and Elies Shireya with a reference to a film or play and a Santa Lucia area. It includes stray lines about a miner, a wife, a head constable, and a local fixture with unclear context. The text also lists percentages and medical phrases about a drug, with scattered dates and places.
The notice hints at upcoming performances featuring Jerome Kern works and a reported collaboration with Ray Comstock. It mentions cast members Marge Geet and Jane and references a company lineup at Met with previews and promotional wording.
Notable figures born on this day include Alexandre Gustave Eiffel born in Dijon France 67 years ago and William Devlin 64 years ago in New York City. Also listed are Duke of Atholl Van H Manning Joseph Barrell Admiral John Pilsebury and other figures with birth anniversaries noted.
Fragmentary advertisement notes Bromo Quinine tablets and wax and paint references. Mentions El W Grove signature on 35c and Phebe 64 with 35-2t. Christmas dance uses Johnson’s Cs. The text is garbled and lacks coherent event or offer.
France OF Development and M A Jarrell from Monce finish the Glu Monster Morning promotion. Walter Johnson of DD ships large quantities of product and is noted as an independent Texas operator with a decade of activity. Johnson is temporarily laid up at the Monroe hotel with a bone fracture but plans to resume work soon to pursue the hidden gold.
A ceremony in Rome today marks the ascent of eight new cardinals with a public event planned next Thursday. Other notes include local charity drives to aid Poland and Siberia, wheat price lifts, and a major art display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
The Ladies of the Baptist church invite patrons to a fancy work sale in the old Ouachita National Bank building on Thursday December 18 1831. The sale aims to raise funds for church activities and community projects.
Congressman Claude Kitchin, long serving representative from North Carolina's 2nd district, heads the Ways and Means Committee. He pushed the excess profits tax and faces calls for changes if the tax is repealed. Kitchin, Wake Forest educated and a lawyer by training, has been a steady figure in Democratic leadership since 1912.
Multiple sparse notices describe oil lease purchases in Texas and Oklahoma City, with prices and maps offered by Rainbow's End Co and Pecos River Co. Ads invite investors, explain lease basics, and request responses via mail. Lost dog notice, rental lighthouse, and auto sales trade ads accompany.
A local notice urges residents to shop and give early this Christmas. It highlights the joy of stocking gifts and doll or toy desires from youth, and lists several monetary contributions. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Laura Catherine Anderson Bennett, wife of Sam D. Bennett, who died at home in West Monree after months of illness.
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