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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1925
Page
7
In a wartime scene Adele Garrison pursues hidden motives with Lillian and a druggist. A coded prescription prompts covert actions at a soda counter as Lillian orders innocuous looking tablets that may conceal a subtle drug.
A druggist tests five tablets by splitting one and comparing a disguised chocolate pellet, noting a strong wintergreen flavor and a hidden ingredient. He suggests analysis will take up to 48 hours and Lillian plans to relay results by telephone using a code.
A series of January regional conferences for high school principals and parish superintendents will be held across 14 groups in Louisiana. No speeches, informal discussions, one day per group, to improve classroom instruction as directed by the state high school division.
The article recounts the Franklin expedition of 1845, its disappearance, and subsequent searches. It notes bones and relics found by Captain McClintock and Eskimo testimony at Pelly Bay about white sailors dying from starvation and exposure, with Captain Fitzjames’ diary entries and later discoveries by explorers.
Dr. Rasmusen reports locating four marked burial spots for Franklin's men. Two sites identified one on King William's Island and another at Starvation Cove in the Adelaide Peninsula. Bodies and clothing fragments confirm they were white men.
A 13 degree opening delay postponed the Cotton States field trials in Jackson Mississippi until noon. Twenty one dogs entered the derby stake with the first brace at Mannisdale at noon. The schedule aimed to finish the derby today and start the all age stake on Tuesday. It was expected the derby would finish tomorrow and the all age race Wednesday.
The article lists top American pointers and setters entered today. Notable dogs include Dixie Dr Harrison's Rose Arkansas Prairie Jack Raps Speck Hi Sam Junedale Alie Haffle's Bess Nugym Jr. Concho Mary and Eugene's.
Moscow reacts to American plans for a Soviet labor junket as leftist groups in the United States raise funds for a delegation. The piece highlights hospitality for foreign visitors, the political impact on communists and labor parties, and mentions Italy’s continued aloofness under Mussolini.
A string of colorful nicknames appears in a single list with lines such as Little Queen Sixth-Chorus Girl and The Information Kid Seventh Steve's Ranger and Saucy Susie. The text names characters tied to a sequence including Manitoba Seigfield and Doc Russell along with Lone Boy Whitey and Whirl's Golden Bow summarizing a parade style roll call.
Monroe Senior Epworth League gathered in the Methodist church last evening with many returning leaguers from colleges. Leaders Naomi Riggs and Miss Frances Grace Cook led prayers and lessons on missions in Africa and Poland. A New Year’s party was planned for Thursday night with a late invitation to the B Y P U midnight service.
Paris shops showcase artificial arrangements for street and evening wear as spring colors approach. Chrysanthemums replace prior favorites with leather leaf decorations and gold petals while orchids, gardenias, and rosebud trims adorn gowns and combs. Feathers return in hats with pheasant, aigrette, and ostrich plumes used across the season.
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