Social events fill town calendar at clubs and churches
Eva C Bradford records show Methodist Epworth League 8 p.m. Friday in church annex and West Monroe Baptist Auxiliary 3 p.m. Saturday. Miss Lois Jouvenat hosted bridge at 2 30 p.m. and New Year's Eve Elks Club dances for men and women. Visitors and health trips noted, plus a Lotus Club Christmas dance with 200 students featuring Watson's Bell Hops.
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Methodist Epworth League
West Monroe Baptist Ils
Duncan Cook
Bridge
Lois Jouvenat
Elks Club
Lotus Club
Colege
Watson
Chicago
Messrs
George Ziegen
Robert Breard
Malcolm Biedenharn
William Rodriguez
John Humble
Elk Club
Chicago Bell Hops
Frances Ferguson
Pauline Allen
Lily Blanks Clarke
Emily Trousdale
Anna Wooten
Frances Germany
Alice Washburn
Ruth Washburn
Genevra Washburn
Angie Meredith
Louise Theus
Mamie Theus
Vada Speed
Louise Cook
Mona Atkins
Louise Atkins
Ethel Masur
Star Marshall
Lucy Moore
Betty Garmer
Anola Priestly
Emma Louise Beidenham
Marguerite Hill
Olive Guthrie
Ddy Guthrie
Mary Smith
Lavigna McGuire
Barbara Halli
Louise Rodrigo Lowisa Flournoy
Mary Elizabeth
Carol Flower
Bruce Rainey
Evelyn Mangham
Ivy Roberts
Mary Morfett
Virginia Oliver
Elizabeth McGuire
Avis Pratt
Louise Smith
Mary Jese Oroas
Dorothy Jones
Flizath Vior
Alma Williamson
Neva’ Breese
Cecil S P
Virginia Lynch
Ta Sholars
Car- Louise Littleton Grisham
Breard
On Ben
Obituary of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel in Paris
Paris December 28 Alexandre Gustave Eiffel engineer of the Eiffel Tower 91 dies. Tower built 1889 Champs de Mars Paris now used for observation meteorology and radio. Eiffel also known for metal bridges and designed sluices for the Panama Canal. Alexandria Louisiana Negro Baptists plan new college site on Lower Second Street to be built with a mass meeting January 13.
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Paris
Alexandre Gustave Smiffel
Champs de Marg
Eiffel
Panama Canal
Louisiana College
Alexandria
Dev
Jower Second Street
Memphis Los Angeles Train to Start From Chicago
Memphis Tennessee and Los Angeles California will be put in direct communication with a new continental train by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad on December 30. A daily service will be instituted and the journey will take three days.
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Memphis
Los Angeles
Chicago
Tenn
Calif
Chicago, Rockland and Pacific Railroad
Ark man sought in alleged bigamy flareup
Pine Bluff Arkansas officer travels to Gulfport Mississippi to bring L A Weigel on bigamy charge. Weigel was dismissed in Pine Bluff city court after disposal of encumbered goods. He is also wanted by Ruston Louisiana authorities.
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Arkansas
Gulfport
Miss
Pine Bluff
L. A
Hall to Chair Interstate Commerce Committee in 1924
Henry C. Hall of Colorado will become chairman of the interstate commerce committee on January 1 for a year. The selection follows a rotation method, Hall succeeding Meyer who served as chairman in 1923, according to an official commission announcement.
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Washington
Henry C. Hall
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Committee
Commission
Hall
Meyer
Double Wedding at Brown Paper Mill in West Monroe
A double wedding conducted by Judge Charles Schulze yesterday tied up the Brown Paper Mill project at West Monroe. The couples are T. W. Winfrey with Viola Headrick and Ralph Fuerrato with Pink Tucker, all employed at the mill.
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Charles Schulze
Brown
West Monroe
T. W. Winfrey
Viola Headrick
Ralph Fuerrato
Pink Tucker
Mississippi Girl Killed in Car Crash Near Greenville
Dee Sharkey, 28, of Belhaven College student, died when the car overturned off a concrete road while attempting to pass a wagon south of Greenville. Gay Longino, 20, of Jackson and daughter of former governor Longino, was injured. three young men were slightly hurt. The party was en route from Greenville to Glen Allen after attending a theatre. Sharkey will be buried in Jackson. Other passengers N T Bagget and G M Baggett of Rolling Fork escaped with minor injuries.
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Jackson
Dee
Lea Sharkey
Greenville
Gay Longino
Longino
Glen Alen
Miss Sharkey
Belhaven College
N. T. Bagget
G. M. Baggett
Rolling Fork
Pat Sharkey
Glen Allen
W. L. Starkey
Jonesy
Jones
Fifteen Wells Drilled in Union Parish Sector
Oil companies drill in Union parish with expectations of oil, the highest number since prospecting began in Northeast Louisiana. Four wells by Union Power Company cover multiple sections, others include Empire Gas and Fuel, Union Drilling, Gardner and Co, Ohio Oil, ce BWC, C and Woodard, Lide and Co, Palmer and Davidson, with leases bought and an oil producing territory formed after a well on the Frok Johnson property.
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Union Parish
Louisiana
Union Power Company
Fee
Empire Gas and Fuel Company
Union Drilling Company
Gardner & Co
Ohio Qi! Company
Ce Bwc
C and Woodard
Lide & Co
Palmer and Davidson
Frok-Johnson
Dandelion Mildness Gives Way To North Cold Wave
Winter weather spreads across the upper and middle Mississippi valley after a mild spell. A storm centered over southern Ontario sent gales to the lake region with snow in northern areas and temperatures dropping to 12 degrees below zero at Moorhead Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Ontario
Lake
Moorehead
Minn
Coolidge Tackles Merchant Marine Problems
President Coolidge uses holiday recess to push a three phase merchant marine plan. The Shipping Board, a government operation policy, and coastwise shipping extension to the Philippines dominate the week’s agenda as Farley seeks withdrawal and possible resignation. The president weighs elevating current commissioners versus appointing a new chairman.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Edward P. Farley
Chicago
Philippines
Farley
Death toll blamed on poisonous liquor in Philadelphia
Deputy Coroner Frank Paul announced that poisonous liquor caused 875 deaths in Philadelphia during the year. The statement linked the fatalities to toxic spirits circulating in the city.
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Philadelphia
Frank Paul
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Messers, Charles and
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el Paso, Texas
Edward Andrews
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Baptist Woman's Missionary Society
Inez Ethridge of
Anna Sutcliff
A. C. Seamon
Pine Bluf, Ark
Ben Milner
Mrs. Brant Seaman
Eunice Martin
Everett
Laure, Scott, Smith
Nona Louise
Sarah Neville
Houbigant
Elizabeth Breard
Winifred Washburn
Sue Parker
Wilma Faulk
Annie’ Laurie Smith
Smith
Newton Moore
H. Cans
Beverly Fauntleroy
Louise Graves
Marie Collens
Thomas Standifer
Standifer Sholars
Allen Sugar
Dr. Gayle
Arthur Smith
John Theus
Herbert Levy
Edel Blanks
Gordon Cummings
Harold Dixon
Merton Abbington
Ivey Faulk
Woodworth Cooper
Charles Rodriguez
Bill Reed
Alex Young
Freneau Surgaine
A. Montgomery
Manning McGuire
Dr. Milan
Francis Barringer
Ronald Lee Davis
Allen Guthrie
Aaron Parker
Ody Parker
Thomas Lee
Ned Lee
Julian Glenn
Allen Davenport
Frank Lewis
Eddie Horton
Allen Smith
Prentice Clark
Jack Campbell
Glaude Jones
D. C. Dawkina
Myatt
Mose Carter
Ernest Breard
Clark
Under Wood
Fourney
F. Montgomery
Windes
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
Mrs. Kolontay
Norway
Paper Company
Mississippi
Dolly Es
Dolly
Arkadelphia Milling Co
Arkadelphia
Ark
Heart of the Grain
Frank Varino & CO
Dodge Touring Car
Chandler
Firestone
Reed-Lennon Motor Co., Inc
the Central, Inc
DeSiard St
Hudson Bay
Palace
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