Lone Star Route Retained Through City Meeting
The Lone Star Highway route will stay as is through Monroe, avoiding Ruston, per a Little Rock meeting led by Henry E.ner of Urania. The decision counters a proposed loop from Little Rock to Alexandria, which would pass through Pine Bluff and Monroe, and aims to fix gaps in Newport Arkansas and Met Rouge.
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Ruston
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Little Rockay
Henry Ener
Urania
Monroe E
Arkansas
Lttle Rock
Alexandria
Fource
Wlorado
Ors
Mid-West
Great Lakes
Joliet
Bloomington
Eld
Alton
Poplar Bluff
Misreaches
Ar- Mere
Jones- Esport
Corning
Little Oeky
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Melehee
Strop
Columbia
Winnsboro
Volock
Mandria
Oakdale
Lakeharles
Louisiana
Newport
Ark
Met Rouge
Hich
Iles
Little Actober
Associa
Henry E. H Rat
Beebe
H.C. Wilhite
Alton, I
J.H. McPherson
Paragould
W. D. Trotter
Smott
Donald F. Walker
Rudolph Krauser
Lake Charles
W. J. Parks
H. C. Cook
W. L. Mcleod
Lake Village
Pershing Highway Association
G. Eb.ndsey
Bernice
B. K. Brown
Riverview Hotel Weekend Comfort Ad Brings Rates
Weekend comfort offer at Riverview Hotel, 2914 Lovers Lane, features rooms from 1 to 3 nights with lean rates for travelers seeking short stays.
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Riverview Hotel
Lovers Lan Lean
Monroe Sweet Potato Weighs Twelve Ounces
Early in the 1925 sweet potato season, E. M. Stringer of the city shows a potato weighing twelve ounces and well developed. Stringer notes rain would aid an early harvest, pointing to his large plot at 309 Pershing Avenue.
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E. M. Stringer
Mr. Stringer
Pershing Avenue
River Views at Riverview Hotel on Lovers Lane
A compact hotel area along Lovers Lane features river views and breezes at the Riverview Hotel. The listing notes address 2914 Lovers Lane and related units numbered 1 3 6.
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River Views
River Breezes
Riverview Hotel
Lovers Lane
Men’s Pin Check Special at Grand Telephone
In the waiting room catalog a Grand Telephone item priced at 9.50 is listed as a special pin check value. The entry notes a 26 item count and 772 4-251 reference in the paging line.
Smart sports dress designs for women’s 1920s fashion
Pictorial Review presents two dress patterns for active women. First model uses beige check flannel with silk collar and leather belt, sizes 34 to 48 inch bust. price 45 cents. Second model in beige kasha cloth features striped braid trim and optional extended sleeves, sizes 34 to 44 inch bust. price 45 cents.
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Paris
Pictorial Review
White Sulphur Springs Near Jena Praised as Health Resort
Monroe residents overlook a first class resort at White Sulphur Springs La Salle parish ten miles south of Jena praised for purity and health giving qualities. The spring sits in a natural grove suitable for picnics and camping. Alexandria visitors build cottages. Columbia and Monroe residents also go there.
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Monroe
White Sulphur Springs
la Salle Parish
Jena
Alexandria
Columbia
Babylonian Time Math Led to Minute and Second
The text explains how ancient Babylonians used a sixties system for counting time. It notes that the minute signified a small unit and was subdivided into the second part, giving us the term seconds.
Washington DC Voters Seek Statehood Rights
Citizens of the District of Columbia are denied voting representation as DC lacks statehood and is governed by the federal government with no elective offices. The piece argues for granting DC residents voting rights within a constitutional framework.
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Washington, D.C
District of Columbia
Roman statues used as building stones inside Angora citadel
Ancient Roman sculptures are embedded in the walls of the old Turkish citadel at Angora, repurposed as common building stones. The find highlights continued reuse of antiquities in city structures.
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Angora
Riverview Hotel Dining Room Receives Positive Notes
Patrons praise the Riverview Hotel dining room at 2914 Lovers Lane for good meals and a cool, comfortable atmosphere. Public tips suggest standards remain high through early 1930s listings.
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Riverview Hotel
Lovers Lane
Orphan Kids in Second Letter to News-Star
Monroe Louisiana June 30 1925 We the orphan kids write weekly but two weeks passed We had a towel shower with B Y P U folks and a program in West Monroe Our stories songs and three little girls singing drew a crowd At close of program offering of 100 for our home July 4 picnic planned First Church Shreveport will join us with water Our Jersey cow wandered on tracks and we seek a new barn South of railroad Lynn Miller in hospital nearing home and milk plentiful We sign off Yours THE KIDS
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Monroe
West Monroe
Baptist Tabern.le
Mary Louise Hurst
Texas
Katherine Thrasher
Margaret
Cora
Mattie
Shreveport
News-Star
Pécan Grove
Daddy Flowers
Lynn Miller
Jersey
Farmers Credit Improves As Crops Show Strength
O A Easterling secretary of the Monroe Retail Credit Association says the summer outlook is better than last year. Farmers, once seen as high risk, are now considered first class due to strong crops. The association gains new members and plans a summer trip to Brown's Wells in Mississippi.
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O. A. Easterling
Monroe Retail Credit Men's Association
Eastering
Brown's Wells
Mississippi
Stops Dandruff Splentox Ad Claim
Stops dandruff with Splentox guaranteed to relieve stubborn cases says user L. S. Splentox is recommended everywhere and offers money back if not satisfied. Available at toilet counters.
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L. S
Monroe Firms Ready To Meet Oil Field Service Demands
Monroe lists a large number of contractors prepared to execute all operations from house to large office building and oil field lines. The firms are ready to render first class service, no matter how exacting the requirements.
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Monroe
Real Estate Directory Offers Local Real Estate Help
A directory listing real estate dealers invites buyers sellers and renters to contact experienced agents for efficient service. The notice emphasizes commercial residential and suburban properties and promises time and money savings.
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Pershing Road
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Charity Cephas
Chamber OF Commerce
Monroe and
West Monroe “the Twin Cities of the Ouachita
the Guerriero Electric Shop
Marx Hardware Co., Inc
Reynolds Oil Co., Inc
DeSiard St
Milner Motor Co. Inc
Chichesters
Ford
Motor Company
Washington & Walnut
Totledxoad
al Peuit Payer Co., Inc
New Orleans
Louisiana Bottling CO
Fifth St
Monroe, la
Contractor’s Directory
R. E. Williams
Old Central Savings Bank
M. L. Wooten
P. O
the Arent Investment Corporation, Inc
Jackson St
Ouachita Abstract & Title Guarantee CO. Ltd
Grand St., Inc
McCaleb & Reed Real Estate & Gen’'s Insurance
Old Central Savings
J. L. Adams
J. Q. Graves
C. H. Roatt
James Edwin Wallworth
Ouachita National Bank
Leo Vandegaer
Central Savings Bank
Jas.t
Collens Pharmacy
F. C. Bennett
P. LL Perot
DRS. Bennett & Perot
J. B. Vaughan
J. P. Brown
Chase-Amman
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Ward Street
DR. A. L. Peters
J. H. Pankey
Ouachita National
Jame
M. Russell
Palmer
DR. R. Wood
Chase-Amman Drug Co
Philip M. Gayle
Ouachita National Bank Building
L. Joole Portis
Rivoire
Monros Abstract CO
P. O. Box
John R. Humble
Louisiana Optical Company
Roy L. Carns
Ouachita Nat’l Bank
Missouri Pacific Railway
Southbend
Farmerville Branch
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