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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1928
Page
6
A tender Christmas note envisions a beloved gift. It speaks of a tiny envelope bearing three words I love you and a signature from the dearest in all the world to him. The scene promises a day of happiness for both.
A devotional piece urges gifts to the Salvation Army kettle and reflects on Christmas mercy. The column lists social events, gatherings, and guest arrivals in Monroe including dances, society meetings, and holiday visits from local families and students returning home for Christmas.
Saenger theater manager Mr E Greenblatt plans a midnight December 22 preview of The Singing Fool starring Al Jolson. The Christmas season mood grips the city as patrons seek special entertainment.
A refined ceremony at the Peters home on Columbia road joins Miss Emma Peters and Mr. Newton Perdue. The couple, amid palms, pink carnations and lush greenery, exchange vows with Rev. E F Hayward officiating. They depart for a New Orleans Gulf coast honeymoon and will reside on the Columbia road upon return.
Holiday calendar lists events from Friday to January including a Christmas tree and dance at a studio, a Virginia Lynch McNall pupil event, and a Sunday Christmas Pageant at the Presbyterian church. Also notes dances at the Country club, Virginia hotel ballroom, Y M H A club, and Saenger theater showing The Singing Fool with Al Jolson.
Gordon Avenue Methodist church will hold a 7 30 p m Christmas tree and holiday program Friday inviting all. The tree will hold presents for every attending child and groceries, fruit or candy will be collected as White Gifts for the King for city needy families. Rev C E McLain new pastor arrives with wife and five children to 105 Dixie street parsonage.
The Ranieri kidnaping trial grips Chicago as Ole Scully is shot dead in a West Taylor street restaurant. Prosecutors fear for witnesses and safety, with double guards for the Ranieri defense and a threatened witness, as the death sentence looms for Angelo Petitti Andrew Cappellano and Tony Cappellano.
The Camp Fire council will meet at 7 30 tonight in the organization rooms at the parish school. Important business will be discussed and a full attendance of members is urged for the session.
In a tense scene, Lillian asserts control over Marion’s schooling while Samuel Brixton and his ally Charlie Owen plot to pull Marion into the Brixton orbit. The narrator weighs risk, watches for danger, and plans to expose the schemes without alarming the child. Continued tomorrow.
Lying after a car crash Hugh Donaldson learns from Aunt Lady Eleanor Wise that Paul Mostyn has been jailed for theft and that Bunny Molyneux is heartbroken. Hugo, misled by hospital life and family silence, grows loyal to a nurse and forms a secret plan with Bunny to end gossip, while Mrs Hallett enters as Paul’s wife in disguise.
Hugo hosts a luncheon with Bunny and Leeder as Robin and Mrs. Hallett discuss marital plans. Bunny announces their engagement to Henrietta, and Hugo contemplates marriage as they toast Molyneux Donaldson. The scene blends romance, social gossip, and playful teasing.
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