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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1927
Page
2
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hanson of Yazoo City Miss visiting family on Lee Avenue mourn the death of 101 year old Lou Judkins after a house fire. Neighbors forced entry to find the centenarian’s charred body as she had arranged burial details in advance.
Hugh Garey and Bessie Wilson receive city and state fines with 100 day or 100 dollar terms each. John Bold and Dee Smith along with J H Wilson and Thomas Ryan face jail days for drunk and disorderly conduct.
Real estate transfers include W. O. Ethridge to T. D. Montgomery for a lot in West Main Street area valued at 250 dollars. Elias L. Salisbury to W. S. Heard for 1.5 acres in section 33-18-3E at 700 dollars. Joy Johnston to J. L. Majone for 40 acres in NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of 3-18-1E at 1,000 dollars.
I E Griffin announces closure of the Gift Shop operated with the Studio after four years. The photo department has grown, and with a new Residence Studio near Grand and Peach streets parking will be ample. The Gift Shop must close in thirty days as work begins on the De Siard Street up town studio around February first.
A Chicago area feature on M. Kaplan & Son at Ninth and Adams describes how obsolete industrial equipment is bought dismantled and resold. The firm handles carbon plants, pipes, belting, girders, and large mills, selling across an 800 to 1,000 mile radius and shipping scrap to St. Louis Birmingham and Chicago when profitable.
A speaker from the state university argued that usage should be reevaluated, noting that language evolves with social context. The linguistic society of America heard the claim that conventional rules may restrain everyday speech.
Miss Gertrude Powell and Phillip Cand. were injured in an auto crash at Gordon avenue and Thomas street as a visitor driver unfamiliar with Monroe struck a torn roadway. Powell had scratches and bruises while the driver suffered scalp wounds. both were taken to Riverside sanitarium and are reported comfortable. The same intersection saw a previous accident last Saturday injuring E. S. Morey and causing further damage to a car.
Due to unprecedented enrollment among Negro school children added space is required and will be provided. The notice outlines plans to expand facilities to accommodate the growing student population and ensure adequate classroom space.
Pictograph Products of New York announces a new Acous ticon ear piece no larger than a dime. The device streams clear sounds to subnormal ears and promises health benefits. A ten day free trial offered by mail with name and address for home testing.
The colored high school enrollment nears 1,000, the largest yet, with plans to add a classroom in the auditorium and two rooms in a Grammont street store. The auditorium will seat 50 and the store 130 to 140, but officials fear more rooms will be needed early in the year.
An afternoon of pleasure is set for Sunday at 3 o clock with an aerial exhibition at Smootfield on the Winnsboro road. The event is under the auspices of Leonidas Barkdull Faulk post No 13 American Legion and features stunt flying acts.
The show features loops dives and stunts culminating in a parachute drop from 2600 to 3000 feet by Harry Gillette. Crowd drawn from Vicksburg and nearby Mississippi towns attended the Christmas display in Tallulah. A New Year’s day performance is planned with proceeds aiding the Legion home fund.
An advertisement urges relief from skin diseases like eczema with S.S.S.2, boasting 100 years of use and letters of gratitude. It features Cleophas Forte’s testimonial from the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy Illinois, notes the product is vegetable based, and lists two bottle sizes with the larger being more economical.
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