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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1923

Page

2

New Year Social and Club Notices in West Monroe

New Year Eve dancing party at the Elks Club and New Year open house planned by Mr. and Mrs. Barker. Ladies dance at the Elks Club. Various church and missionary society meetings and week of prayer noted at West Monroe churches. Community socials include Iris Bridge Club, Sunbeam program, and a Propyterian Bible Study class. Local society reflections on the year and holiday season accompany reports of theatre outings and visits by area residents.

Elks Club E. J. Barker Mabel Murphy West Monroe Youm Elk’s Club Baptist Woman's Missionary Society Presbyterian Auxiliary Catholic Ladies Altar Society D. Oakland South Grand Street P. C. Cage Oakland Witcases West Monroe Baptist Missionary Society Propyterian Wes Monroe Baptist Missionary Society J. W. Kilbourne Iris Bridge Club Methodis Church Sunbeams Weer Morree Baptist Missionary Society West Monroe Baptist Missionary Society Week of Prayer Mike Eterna Third Street Southland Saenger Bayou Teche

Denver Fire Blazes Kill One and Burn Several in Blizzard

Denver suffers two major apartment fires during a cold blizzard. One woman dies after leaping from a third floor window, another dies in a separate blaze as firefighters rescue occupants. Miss Beatrige Jones, 38, and Miss Julia Kramer, 25, are among the injured or dead amid overheated furnaces blamed for the fires.

Denver Bee West Eal Thirteenth Acomoa Straees Beatrige Jones Evel Barramore Mary Olson Lecompte

Scientists and Others Have Their Inning in Cincinnati Convention

At a Cincinnati meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science scientists discuss milk sickness caused by white snake root. The weed is linked to cattle illness and Lincoln family history. Weather and river notes mix with reports of rising Seine in Paris as observers fear a repeat flood.

Cincinnati American Association For the Advancement of Science C. D. Marsh U.S. Department of Agricultural Abraham Lincoln RK. L. Web Salta

New Hero Portrait in The Bright Shawl at Saenger Theatre

Richard Barthelmess stars as Charles Abbott in The Bright Shawl a Cuban rebellion romance adapted from Joseph Hergesheimer Barthelmess portrays a daring Cuban rebel hero who battles a skilled Spanish swordsman endures exhaustion and earns respect from his foes while pursuing love and loyalty.

De&id Richard Barthelmess Cuba

Elinor Bennett Sings Title Role in Sue Dear at Saenger

Miss Elinor Bennett will perform the title role in Sue Dear at the Saenger Theatre on January 8. Her voice was discovered outside a convent, credited to Mme Lydia Lipkowska and developed by Senrietta Mascati in Boston.

Mme Lydia Lipkowska Boston Grand Opera Company Senrietta Mascati Boston

Moonshiners Linked to Duval Death Code in Lynching Case

Jacksonville authorities say Eugene Burman, a black man lynched Sunday, and Edgar Phillips, whose headless body was found, were victims of a moonshiners death code in Duval county. Detectives Lilienthal and Jones pursue those responsible, with officials claiming informants face execution under the code.

Jacksonville Fla Eugene Burman Edgar Phillips McGirt’s Creek Duval County Henry Lilienthal Frank Jones Burman

Masked man arrested in moonshine raid near old Brown Mill

Deputies Roper and Upton uncovered eight barrels of mash nearly two gallons of whiskey and a full still on the old Brown Mill site ten miles west of the Ouachita river. The operator, Crew, wore a black mask and fired a pistol before surrendering behind a tree. A partner fled. samples and remaining equipment were seized and taken to Monroe for disposition.

Roper Upton Ouschita River Sixth District Criminal Court Crow Monroe

Obituary of Roy Gillette 6-Year-Old Son of C G Gillette

Roy Gillette six year old son of C G Gillette died last night at 6 10 in the Gillette home on Taylor Street Funeral services will be at 10 tomorrow from the residence Rev Wallage Clift officiating interment at Riverside Cemetery Red River rises to 37 feet up one foot and two tenths since Saturday one foot above flood stage at Alexandria.

Roy Gillette C. CG. Gillettee Gillette Taylor Street Rev. Wallage Clift Riverside Cemetery Red River

Train Cereal Exports Rise Over Week in U S

Washington reports that total U S train exports for the week ending December 31 reached 1,868,000 bushels, up from 1,093,000 bushels a week earlier. The rise reflects increased shipments amid ongoing agricultural trade activity.

Washington United States

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