Mass Meeting Called Friday in West Monroe
City leaders Mayor C C Bell and H M Williams call a mass meeting at the West Monroe school building on Friday June 17 at 7 p m to discuss flood protection and a damage plan. Many residents who studied the situation will speak and public views will be invited. The goal is a representative turnout of property owners to pursue a permanent beneficial plan.
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C. C. Bell
H. M. Wyliams
Ward
West Monroe
Thaw Slapped at Studio Incident Amid Film Work
Harry K Thaw says a woman slapped him at a studio while he produced two reel comedies. His secretary states the assailant was the wife of one of his employees. Thaw concentrates on technique and artistry of his pictures. Dickens was twenty four when he wrote Pickwick.
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Harry
Associated Press
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Dickens
Pickwick
Schwab Photographed To Music At Film Studio
Louise Schwab photographer at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot uses music and makeup to create portraits of film figures. She selects records to soothe subjects and aid expression, then blends lights and shadows while engaging them in conversation and reading to relax them for the camera.
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Schwab
Louies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Miss Louise
Louise
Rachmaninoff
Lindy’s Early Stunt Lesson From Washington Package Chute
Lindy hopped a fourth floor package chute at the house office building in Washington as a child while his father was a congressman. Frank P. Coxe, former superintendent, recalled grabbing him by the collar and warning him to stop the stunts.
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Harrison
N. Y
Lindy
House
Washington
Frank P. Coxe
Atlantic Crossings Reach Ten Via Airship and Planes
The Atlantic has now been crossed ten times in total by dirigible flights and by non-stop and interrupted airplane journeys, marking a notable milestone in transatlantic travel history.
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Atlantic Ocean
Birthdays of notable figures mark Sweden and Canada milestones
Today honors King Gustav VI of Sweden born in Stockholm 69 years ago and former Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen born in St Marys Ontario 53 years ago. Dr Walter Splawn UT Austin president born in Tarrant County Texas 44 years ago and George W Coleman civic leader born in Boston 60 years ago.
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Gustav VI
Sweden
Stockholm
Arthur Meighen
Dominion of Canada
St. Mary's
Ontario
Walter M. W. Splawn
University of Texas
Tarrant County
Texas
George W. Coleman
Northern Baptist Convention
Boston
Bond's Liver Pill Ad for Malaria Prevention
An old advertisement urges quick relief from malaria symptoms with Bond's Liver Pill. It claims the pill acts on the liver to remove poisonous wastes, prevents chills and fevers, and costs 25 cents with druggists selling the product.
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Bond
King Gustav of Sweden Reaches 70th Birthday Milestone
The article notes Gustav is nearing his 70th year and has reigned in Sweden for nearly two decades. He is portrayed as energetic and concerned with national welfare, descended from Marshal Bernadotte with Napoleonic lineage. At 23 he wed Princess Victoria of Baden. their eldest son, the Crown Prince, recently toured America.
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Sweden
Marshal Bernadotte
Napoleon
Dugald Dalgetty
Gustav
Karlsruhe
Victoria
Grand Duke of
Baden
America
Reverend Miss Sachs Lands In Churchyard After Flight
In Woodsville Ohio Rev Miss Georgiana B Sachs explains she "lindied over" one minute before a scheduled Epworth League speech after a 300 mile flight from Toledo. The incident occurred in a church yard as she remained prompt for her engagement.
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Ageodated Press
Woodsfield
Ohio
Georgiana B. Sachs
Beloves
Toledo
Island in Amazon exceeds size of Delaware
A report notes an island in the mouth of the Amazon River that is larger than the State of Delaware, highlighting its surprising scale near the river’s delta.
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Amazon River
Delaware
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