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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1925
Page
2
Katherine lays plans to reveal Lillian's amnesia and Fanny Powell links in a tense midwestern serialized tale. The narrator questions if Lillian feigned memory loss while preparing a covert operation with Katherine to trap the truth.
Special to the News-Star Rayville Louisiana May 30 The Richland parish assessor E B Lipscomb filed his rolls in Baton Rouge noting a 1925 total value of 10 059 600 down from 19 082 040 last year due to sawmill closures and timber removal Public service corporations are excluded from this total and add nearly 2 million later Music properties like churches schools lodges and jails remain untaxed The 1924 autos were 880 rising to 1180 with a likely 100 more to follow The parish reports 547 dogs valued at 11 333 averaging 20 each.
The Richland Parish police jury voted to ask the Louisiana Highways Commission to finish the remaining mile of the Rayville Bastrop highway linking near Girard to Lafourche Lake at an estimated cost of 35000. They also set an election for June 8 to approve a 2 mill road maintenance tax for district 5.
Fashion notes describe two dress models from Pictorial Review. First features a long waist bodice with printed silk and a crepe de Chine skirt. trims use frilled ribbon. Second model is a dark henna crepe de Chine tunic with a slip and left shoulder closing. Prices listed at 45 cents.
New Orleans Mayor Martin Behrman will attend the Louisiana Traveling Association convention in Monroe on June 5. He accepted the invitation in a letter to Monroe Mayor Arnold Bernstein and will deliver an address during his visit.
Lieut. Com. John Philip Sousa opens his thirty third annual band tour on Independence Day with Hershey Pennsylvania as the opener and Richmond Virginia as the finale. The band will visit most states, hosting at least one engagement per state except one. Sousa at seventy leads a thirty five week season, including a New York appearance at the Nobles Shrine Mecca Theatre.
Proud Papa at B A Capen of Hudson Mass reports his son’s 30th season at Philadelphia and a July 27 Regina Exhibition engagement in Canada. Sousa will earn 20000 for a week, the largest such fee for a musical group, with over 500 concerts in about 250 cities. The band aims up to three concerts in one day beginning at ten AM. Sousa works on season programs with new original tunes and two marches National Baseball Mas and The Black Horse Troop dedicated to Cleveland Military. The Sousa party will perform in Monroe on December 22, per Saengers.
An assortment of gift ideas including Parker fountain pens and pencils, stationery, Elmer's candy, toilet water and perfumes, toilet sets, leather handbags, silver mesh bags, vanity sets, and comb and brush sets.
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