Social season fills Monroe with events and plans
The Buie-Downes nuptial interest grows as Christmas to New Year festivities loom. Lotus Club hosts dances at the Elk's Club on Christmas Eve, Christmas Night, and New Year's Eve. Socials include bridge at the Country Club for the Downes Buie party, tea-dansant for relatives, and several church society meetings. Local arrivals include Mary Lee Sullivan from St Mary of the Woods Academy and Mary Smith from Madison Wisconsin. Harlan appointed Swartz postmistress. Mrs Cosper recovering from a nervous breakdown. and obituaries notes for Percy S McLurng.
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Lotus Club
Elk’s Club
Ruston
Monroe
Christmas Socials and Homecomings Highlight Local Week
Mrs Henry Beidenharn and children travel to Mississippi for the holidays. Miss Mona Atkins and others return from Ward Belmont to join college peers. Invitations issued for a Monroe Louisiana Dance and a Birmingham Star Chapter meeting list officers and attendees.
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Henry Beidenharn
Mississippi
Monroe Women Hold Mass Meeting at First Baptist Church
A mass meeting of Monroe women will be held tomorrow afternoon from four to five at the First Baptist church. Miss Reena Shaner of Jackson Missouri will address the gathering and lead the discussion after a six week citizenship teaching tour in Virginia. She arrives from New Orleans and Baton Rouge where club women gave her a warm reception. Miss Mary Ryie, soon to wed Mr John Downes in Truston on December 22, will have Monroe friends reading of the Ruston Leader account.
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Monroe
First Baptist Church
Reena Shaner
Jackson
Miss Shaner
Virginia
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Mary Ryie
John Downes
Truston
Ruston
Affternoon
Mesdathes Hassan Barnes
Ben MelLure
Maury Buie
Mignon McLeod
Evelyn Ponder
Olivia Peden
Vera Allen and William Whitfield Quiet Methodist Wedding
Miss Vera Allen wed William Whitfield on Saturday in the Methodist parsonage with Rev. F. M. Freeman conducting. The bride wore a copper tailored suit with matching accessories and a corsage of bride's roses and lilies. she is the daughter of Mrs. H. McAllen and has worked with Milner Motor Company.
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Vera Allen
William Whitfield
F. M. Freeman
Rom Valle
Whitfield
H. McAllen
Milner Motor Company
Honeymoon Plans and Family News Highlight Local Notices
The notice mentions Mrs Whitfield praised for efficiency and her husband Mr Whitfield, employee of the Missouri Pacific, honeymooning in New Orleans and returning to host friends with the bride’s mother. Fraggk Guergiero arrives from Tulane to spend holidays with relatives. Krex’s Department Store advertises bath robes kimonas teddy suits purses toilet sets dolls and toys.
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Whitfield
The
Missouri Pacific
New Orleans
Krex’s
Fire devastates Charlotte trade district in heavy losses
Investigators plan to study a fire in Charlotte's Eat Trade street mercantile area that caused 500000 to 800900 dollars in damage. Ten firms suffered losses with Smith-Wadsworth company and Belk Brothers among the heaviest at over 250000 and 200000 respectively.
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Belk Brothers
Edison Insures Perfect Voice Recreation Demonstration
The Edison system guarantees a correctly modulated reproduction of the human voice. Peters Furniture Co. invites customers to request a demonstration to experience the new technology.
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Edison
Peters Furniture Co
Rector Leighton Parks Renounces Priesthood for Doctor of Divinity
New York December 17 Dr Leighton Parks rector of St Bartholomew s Protestant Episcopal church for twenty years stripped robes of office and spoke in a Doctor of Divinity black gown challenging the virgin birth and bodily resurrection. He rejected a pastoral letter urging clerical Catholic tradition and said he would welcome a trial by Bishop Manning.
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New York
Leighton , Parks
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Manning
Parks
Park Avenue
House of
Reward Offered for Body of Parnell Godbold in Ouachita River
A $100 reward is offered for the recovery of Parnell Godbold whose body was believed lost in the Ouachita River near Sterlington in Ouachita parish on the night of December 4. Sister Mrs. W H Berdon of Natchez says Godbold, a former Monroe druggist known as Doc, disappeared while near government locks and dams at Sterlington after an apparent splash in the river.
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Parnell Godbold
Monroe
Ouachita River
Sterlington
Ouachita Parish
W. H. Berdon
North Union Street
Natchez
Godbold
Doc
Christmas Dresses at Half Price Promotion
Dry Christmas expected in North Louisiana as federal agents warn the main risk is a “script doctor” liberal with prescription blanks. Shreveport and the region anticipate a dry holiday.
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North Louisiana
Shreveport
Clemenceau Resting After Paris Auto Accident
President Clemenceau is resting at home after yesterday's Paris automobile crash in which he sustained facial cuts from flying glass. He is reported comfortable and in stable condition as doctors monitor for further injuries.
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Clemenceau
Associated Press
Paris
Mnclemenceau
Krex's Department Store Pre-Christmas Sale
Krex's Department Store announces a pre Christmas sale with discounts on Christmas presents. The listing highlights shopper savings across multiple items and notes a broad price range from 17 to 61 dollars.
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Krex’s Department Store
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Eva C. Bradford
West Monroe Baptist Missionary Society
Methodist Man's Missionary Society
Joe Williamson
Frank
Presbyterian Ladies’ Auxiiary
W. B. Matthews
Jackson Street
Richard Downes, Jr
Bridge
Country Club
Elks Club
Thomas Sholars
J. J. Potts
Sholars
Henvigtta
Carolyn Sholars
Alma Summer Potts
Anna Wooten
Sophie Newcomb College
Frank Stubbs, Jr
Tulane University
Frank P. Stubbs
Ouachita Delphian
Mary Lee Sullivan
St. Mary of the Woods Academy
Indiana
Thomas Sullivan
Mary Smith
Madison
Wisconsin
University
Judson W. Smith
8. R. Milan
Daisy Caldwell
Dorothy Caldwell
Texarkana
A. D. Harlan
Swartz
North
Louis Cosper
Biloxi
Miss
Mrs. Cosper
H. R. Speed
Phillips, Wisconsin
Percy 8. McLurng
John Humphries
Aékworth
Georgia
Satchie
Carolyn
J. S. Summersill
City
Mona
Louise Atkins
Ward- Belmont Getlege
Stud
Randolph-Macof College
Lice Washburn
Frances Germany
Angie Meredith
Emily Trousdale
Lily Blanks Clarke
Louisiana
Birmingham
Harry Vaughan
Order of the Eastern Star
Bertha Boyd
J. R. Harkness
Katie Dalrarn
Carrye Ogden
Treacheer
Jerry Pettiss
Lena Punckett
Elizabeth Mason
Lynn
Washington
White House
New York City
America
Fraggk Guergiero
First Baptist
First Methodist
West Monroe
St. Bartholomew
D. C
Mr. Godbold
South Grand St
Ferd Levi
DeSiard St
Gibson
Chandler Touring Car
Dodge Touring Car
Buick
Reed-Lennon Motor Co., Inc
the Central, Inc
International Silver Co
Clinton
Rogers
Desirrd Street
Jewelry & Music Co., Inc
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