Neville High School Christmas Event Highlights for Students
A Neville high school Christmas program featured special exercises in the auditorium. The program included musical numbers an address and Christmas carols. An English masque with St George Santa Claus and other figures was performed by seniors.
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Neville High School
St. George
Santa Claus
Egypt
Claude Oakland
Henry Vaughan
Jim Crow
John Downs
Billy Regean
Lloyd Church
Katherine May
Clara Hall
Bery Madison
Sage Foundation Sues Over Marsh Island Conservancy
In New Orleans on December 24 a federal suit seeks to stop Louisiana Conservation Commissioner Robert S Maestri from violating terms of the Marsh Island preserve. Commissioner Maestri declined comment and said he will reply in court. The Russell Sage Foundation filed the action alleging trapping privileges were granted for political purposes during the January gubernatorial and September senatorial campaigns.
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New Orleans
Robert S. Maestri
Marsh Island
Louisiana
Maestri
Russell Sage Foundation of
New York
Payment of Christmas Seals Is Again Urged
Those in charge of Christmas seal distribution urge the public to pay for seals mailed at the earliest possible time. Funds raised will support tubercular care. Many letters remain unanswered. Capt. G. B. Cooley, president of the Ouachita Parish Tuberculosis and Public Health Association, appeals for help in spreading cheer, health and hope.
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Capt
G. B. Cooley
Ouachita Parish
Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Central Bank
Poisonous Gas Dangers Highlight Tank Car Perils
A railroad warning outlines lethal risks around tank cars containing explosive vapors. A case recalls a worker who died after breaking into an empty car to siphon gasoline, later found entombed by a fallen dome cover and exposed to toxic fumes.
Twin Cities Observe Holiday Monday
The Twin Cities will observe a holiday Monday with closures across commerce and services. Retail stores, banks, courts, post offices, and mail deliveries will be suspended or closed.
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Twin Cities
Chamber of Commerce
Death of Pat Miles Attributed to Long Illness
Pat Miles, 86, an African American man who spent four decades working at Julius Lemle’s plantations, died after a long illness. He had been employed for 40 years at the Lemle establishments.
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Pat Miles
Julius Lemle
Lemle
Revelations of a Wife continues with a tense escape scene
In a dramatic escape sequence, Nick and Tony fear brutal fate if left to Jerry and henchmen. Hugh and the group decide to move the injured captives toward safety, while the narrator experiences a mix of protection and personal distress as Hugh carries her to safety and departure looms.
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Ronald
Nick
Tony
Jerry
Sanitation At City Jail Averts Influenza Spread
City physician Dr. R W Faulk reports jail sanitation has kept conditions up to high standards with only one influenza case among inmates. The infected inmate, a negro woman jailed on a liquor charge, was paroled to prevent contagion. Kitchen and cells are kept scrupulously clean, daily scrubdowns, and a Christmas dinner is planned.
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Twin Cities
R. W. Faulk
Faulk
The
News-Star
Rev Scallan to Attend Consecration Exercises
Father B A Scallan assistant pastor of St Matthew's Catholic church will leave for Boston Wednesday to attend the consecration of Rev Daniel F Desmond as bishop of Alexandria. He will be joined by his brother Rev E B Scallan of Alexandria. The ceremony is January 5 at Holy Cross cathedral officiated by Cardinal O'Connell. they expect to be away several weeks.
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Daniel F. Desmond
Alexandria
B. A. Scallan
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Boston
E. B. Scallan
Cardinal O'Connell
Holy Cross Cathedral
Doctor Henry Whitehorne Dies After 60 Years Practice
Dr. Henry B. Whitehorne 86 a northerner who was in the south when the civil war began died here yesterday after sixty years of practicing medicine in Verona New Jersey officials reported his death noting his long service and local impact.
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Whitehorne
Verona
N. J
Henry B. Whitehorne
South
Australian Globe Trotter Recalls World War Fronts and Palestine
Jack Sinclair, a 12 year Australian Army veteran and world traveler, visits Monroe amid stories from the Marne, Liege gas attacks, and service under General Allenby in Palestine. He notes Jewish troops, water shortages, Turkish tactics, and evolving ties between colonies and Britain.
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The
Marne
Palestine
Jack Sinclair
Globe Trotter
Monroe
Sinclair
United States
Ellis Island
Liverpool
Liege
Signal Corps
Allenby
British War Office
Jerusalem
Allah
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Ottawa
Youth Rally Unites District Churches At Monroe Church
Delegates from Winnsboro Winnfield and Shreveport join First Christian church Monroe for an all day youth rally Friday December 30. Ralph Pullen presides as sessions run 10 a m youth devotional periods business meetings and a banquet at 12 15 followed by recreation and talks by Rev Henry Rickey and Dr Gerald L K Smith. District rallies are planned for Shreveport Alexandria Lake Charles and New Orleans.
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The
Christian Churches of District No. 1
Winnsboro
Winnfield
Shreveport
First Christian Church of
Monroe
First Christian Church
Ralph Pullen
Alexandria
Lucyle Godwin
Henry Rickey
First Methodist Church
Gerald L. K. Smith
King’s Highway
Blackwood to Attend Memphis Cotton Conference
Governor Ira C. Blackwood announced he will attend a cotton conference of southern governors in Memphis on December 29 to back a plan to hold cotton off the market and cut production until prices recover. The meeting is called by Mississippi Governor Sennett Conner.
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Columbia
S. C
Ira C. Blackwood
Memphis
Sennett Conner
Mississippi
There Are More Than Nine Thousand Orbits Since Dawn
A brief note records a large number of solar orbits completed since the Sun began its cycle. The item hints at time scales and cosmic repetition without new data or events.
Postal warning halts endless chain sales plan
A Monroe scheme promising $40,000 in commissions from selling $2 fountain pens is halted by postal authorities. The plan required buyers to recruit others, with 50 percent commissions after the first three sales, and drew warnings from Postmaster A A Thoman and Birmingham officials that such endless chain schemes violate postal lottery and fraud statutes.
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Monroe
A. A. Thoman
Birmingham
Ala
G. B. Ussery
Donnelly
Ussery
Son Born to Illinois Woman By Soft Light Of Christmas Candles
In Sterling hospital last night a son was born to Mrs. Gallius Matheny as the institution faced its first lighting failure. Nurses used candles from the Christmas tree in the reception room to aid physicians in delivering the baby.
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Illinois
Sterling, Ill
U.P
Gallius Matheny
Sterling Hospital
Neville High Students Play Santa Claus for Needy Children
Seventh grade pupils at Neville High School will portray Santa Claus for at least 14 underprivileged Monroe children. Boxes packed with fruit nuts candy and toys will be distributed on Christmas morning to each recipient.
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Neville High School
Santa Claus
Monroe
Men’s $10 pledge bill missing after 23 years
Vincennes Indiana D B Hayden kept a $10 bill as a pledge against smoking made in 1904. After 23 years he has lost the bill and will pay a liberal reward for its return. He not only lost the temptation but the token itself both vanished with his bill fold.
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Vincennes
Ind
D. B. Hayden
Hayden
Anger in Deep South After Trainman Slain
A Louisiana Mississippi investigation into rail line attacks escalated with the murder of Johnson of New Orleans a veteran fireman on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley. He was shot from ambush at the Y and M V roundhouses above Baton Rouge as his train halted. Johnson, 25 years in the railroad, was the oldest Black fireman in Y M V service and had survived a prior shooting attempt three months earlier.
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Baton Rouge
Dee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Johnson
New Orleans
Yazoo
Y. and M. V
City Court Docket Shows Suspended Sentences and Fines
Cases in city court yesterday included Margie Sanders for fighting drawing and displaying a razor and vagrancy with 30 days suspended on condition she leave the city. Lily ate and vagrancy also 30 days suspended on condition she depart. W J Harrell charged with disturbing the peace fined 7.50. Philip Jenking and Levi Gremillion drunk and disorderly fined 7.50 each and suspended.
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Margie Sanders
Lily
W. J. Harrell
Philip Jenking
Levi Gremillion
Pirates Afloat Off U S Coast Between Maine and Florida
Between 1690 and 1720 more than 2000 pirate vessels roamed the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida. The era saw widespread piracy as privateers and buccaneers operated near colonial shipping lanes and harbors.
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United States
Maine
Florida
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