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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1929
Page
6
Poetic meditation on starting a new year with faith and courage. The piece contemplates hope, resolved intentions, and the balance of joy and sorrow, urging honest motives and wise companionship. It notes a youth group watch party at Mrs. J. C. Anders's home and lists local social events and visits surrounding Monroe society.
Mrs Biedenharn and Mrs Henry Biedenharn host a formal black velvet tea as Monroe's fashionable set gathers for elegant confections. Visitors include Mr and Mrs J P Royce and guests from Meridian Elvins Sedgewickville and Nashville. Nightlife options span country clubs dances Virginia hotel midnight shows Saca Ger theatre Street Girl Betty Compson and a Grand theatre midnight vaudeville. New Year prayers close the season with church services.
A teacher argues that a well rounded education protects a student’s talents from being stifled by overemphasis on skill. He contends that nurturing passions like music or art alongside Latin Spanish chemistry and hygiene broadens culture and preserves future options. He defends intense, genuine interest as real education surpassing tepid cultural courses.
Deputy Tax Collector Bryan Thigpen reports poll tax collections of 57 892 78 dollars and 264 taxes issued on Monday bringing total to 2 482 with about 500 more expected before midnight Tuesday. Office stays open to accommodate late voters and keep records straight. Alabama expects 1 355 000 bales of cotton this year.
A reflective New Year piece by Fanny Darrell urges readers to leave past regrets behind and pursue dreams in 1930. It encourages meditation, confidence in Love as a guiding force, and vows a year of happiness and achievement as the clock strikes midnight.
Alpha Omicron Pi members and pledges gathered at the Busines and Professional Women's club house for a springlike luncheon. The table featured green ferns and pink rose corsages with a four course meal served by Mildred-Mae tea room. Notable guests included Martha Austin Eleanor Faulk Anna Laurie Smith Frances Davin Marguerite Collens and several Williams Washburns and Mer Rouge residents among others.
The Phi Kappa fraternity hosted a grand ballroom event at the Virginia hotel to cap the year 1929. Sponsors Miss Violet Washburn and Miss Elizabeth Hartley led the festivities with corsages and formal gowns as members and guests filled the ballroom for an elegant social finale in Monroe.
The list names J. M. Breard and couples including Mr and Mrs John Potts, A. B. Hopson, E. Seymour, Louis Draper, Co W Wallace, J. Washburn, and Albert Horuff among others in a compiled social notice.
Joseph R. Langridge a 34 year old truck driver was injured when his vehicle was wrecked by a switch engine on Illinois Central tracks last night He was taken to Charity hospital with injuries described as internal and non life threatening by doctors at the scene in New Orleans December 31.
Juvenile officer E L Wright reports four applicants for a 15 year old girl seeking a stable home to continue high school and train as a nurse. He notes three orphan boys ages 13, 11, and 9 also need placement after the death of their mother and father.
Knox county grand jury indicts Theodore Harris, 23, a Knoxville servant, on three counts of first degree murder for the Christmas Eve killings of Dr. Barclay J. Jones, Mrs. Jones, and 13 year old George Lane. Harris reportedly confesses to the slayings and planned the attack in the garage to ensure premeditation.
A woman seeks to calm a quarrel between two young boys while navigating her husband Dicky and his mother. The grandmother presses discipline after an argument, prompting the narrator to weigh whether Dicky will defend her stance or stay silent amid family tensions.
John Andrew Kellogg loses his job and, urged by attorney David Craig, must prove himself capable by turning five thousand dollars into thirty days or live on a trust funds. He pursues fame in California with Anne Ames, buys a roadster to court success, and faces fear of bluffing his way to wealth while risking heartbreak.
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