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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1914
Page
2
Serial Department Week's Calendar lists bridal party receptions and dances Tuesday and Wednesday weddings at First Methodist and Baptist churches. Also notes various social visits, a Five Hundred party, meetings, and travel notices. Community notices include illnesses and births.
Latest Books for Summer Reading feature Once to Every Man by Larry Evans and Diane of the Green Van by Leona Dalrymple, spotlighting new fiction for readers.
A 1912 letter from H C Griffith of Mexia Texas touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney trouble after years of illness hematuria pain and distress. The note mentions a notary public endorsement and asks readers to request a sample bottle and informational booklet from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. The piece also references a local Monroe meeting and a wedding of Miss Alice Wetzel to Mr Robert Futch, with ceremony details and employer notes.
Mr Hilton Hazel of Monroe son of the late W M Hazel attends the St Aloysius College graduation in Vicksburg on Friday evening June 19. The class includes fourteen members and Miss Ruth Williams serves as maid of honor to the bride. The piece also notes a bridal tea for Miss Sanna Handy with guests from Detroit and Arcadia and travel plans for Miss Williams before a six week trip to Havana and Panama.
Ellen Spencer Massey, denied admission to practice in the District of Columbia due to her sex, founded the Washington College of Law. A Cornell law student and wife of Gen. Reuben Delavan Mussey, she aided his work, ran the college, and was admitted to the bar in 1893. The school opened to both sexes and later issued degrees.
The first year class of the college where she serves as dean and professor of commercial law totaled 65 students in the last term, including 25 women.
The American Hardware Manufacturers Association opens its annual convention in White Sulphur Springs Va with all sections and branches represented. The Southern Hardware Jobbers Association meets in conjunction and sessions run through Friday. Willie Ritchie earned 16500 for his bout with Karley White in Milwaukee while White took 3285. Jimmy Bary and Percy Jones of England headline a flyweight title clash set for June 29.
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