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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1928
Page
5
SRE features a sun shine yellow dining nook with burnished oak Twe benches and a small table in the same color. Yellow washable silk curtains hang from a red wood valance. Blue accents appear in flower pots cushions and picture frames to relieve two color monotony.
The article proclaims a new municipal Christmas tree gift from Mrs. A. L. Goodson to the Allen Electric Company for illumination each year. It notes public joy, charitable basket deliveries on Christmas Eve, and local society events and book recommendations for children during the season.
The listing highlights Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift with illustrations by Stokes and Ben Hur by Lew Wallace in new illustrated editions from Har ter's. The advertise text promotes classic favorites in fresh formats for readers seeking enhanced visual appeal.
Clarence Faulk Jr of Missouri University Columbia arrives with his father after illness. Friends hope for full recovery to join homecoming festivities. Swartz Community Club hosts Christmas themed gathering at Mrs. L L Case home with Mrs. J B Shaw Ivy Smith and others attending. Esther Tarver ill with influenza. condition unfavorably reported today. Monroe Panhellenic December meeting at Virginia Hotel features Christmas decor luncheon gifts and reports on rummage sale benefit bridge and Goodfellows fund. New members added. Panhellenic urged to join as working members. January meeting committee announced. J Newton Knowles Jr returns from S M A Sewanee Tenn with Yale tide imminent. Victoria Steele returns from Lindinwood College for holidays with George Steele family.
A long list of named students from Tulane L S U and other colleges arrives home for vacation as festive scenes unfold. The piece notes dances, parties and city charm with social events at the Lotus Club and Riverside pavilion following Centenary versus El Trelles basketball, plus Legion Auxiliary plans for a charity bridge event to support Magnolia Park camp.
The article touts Sargon as a powerful health restorer with patient case endorsements. It cites E. Gibbs of Little Rock as a 63 year old who regained appetite, strength, and energy after starting Sargon and walking seven blocks daily. Gibbs urges others to try Sarson, noting improved vigor.
A sequence of holiday gatherings outlines dances and parties at the Virginia hotel ballroom and country club, plus church pageants and open house. Notable items include Frank Muntz and orchestra on December 24, the Four Horsemen Dance on December 26, the Lotus Club Christmas party December 27, and Eta Chapter Phi Kappa’s party on December 28 with formal attire.
A tense dialog unfolds as Marion’s guardian refuses a $20,000 offer from Samuel Brix ton to settle a debt. A decision stands: Marion will decide when she comes of age, with Mrs. Underwood guiding her, while the counterparty worries Helena's response and official confirmation.
In a hospital room after a motor crash Auge Wonkinson broods as his aunt reveals Paul Mostyn is jailed for theft and a girl disapproved by the family. Bunny and Hugo bond while a reader helps him, and a pretend engagement aims to silence gossip.
Hugo awakens to rain washed world and renewed life as he plots a future with Bunny. He imagines support from family friends and Archer, devises a pretend engagement to outwit enemies, and asks Henrietta to buy a grand box of chocolates to woo Bunny while aiming to study hard and prepare for a possible cure.
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