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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
1
In a tense scene from 1926, Mrs. Lucia Meredith and Dr. Meredith confront strain after a violent incident. The narrator watches Lucia depart with care from Dr. Meredith, while Dicky asserts control over the taxi stay. The narrator fears an unseen fate and asks what the strange events signify.
Governor Fuqua names Mrs Charles W Phillips to fill the unexpired term of the late A L Smith ward 1 on the Ouachita Parish School Board. The board resumes July 2 with officer elections and plans for the new Parish High School building for fall term opening.
Prince Carl of Romania is cut from the royal civil list by the Romanian government. His ex-wife Princess Helene and their son the crown prince will receive the former allowance of 60 000 dollars a year while Carl must live on his Romanian land revenue and money from his great uncle King Carol I, totaling about 30 000 dollars annually. He remains in Paris with Madame Lupescu. The notice ends with an unrelated advertisement for wedding invitations and stationery from Monroe News-Star.
West Monroe Assembly of God hosts Rev Van de Merre from South Africa for an extended revival. Crowds grow nightly as attendees seek prayer and hear lectures on Africa including education, commerce, and missionary work. Friday night communion planned. Saturday discusses repentance.
A frock in flat crepe features an original side panel treatment and a wide girdle sewn into the underarm seams. Collar and cuffs use self material. Medium size fits 40 inch bust. Pattern notes include sizes 14 to 20 years and additional bust ranges. Price 45 cents.
Clarence Perry, jailed January for burglary, escaped from Louisiana State Penitentiary on June 11 and is at large. Perry, 20, 5'8", 150 pounds with blue eyes and sandy hair, was co‑partner with Slim Whittle in a recent robbery at Sig Hans and Sons here. The note also mentions a London meeting of the International Miners Federation on June 23 and a separate court testimony involving Miss Westervelt.
Leonard Rich Stanley Hurt and Emerson Wilson, former Northern Illinois State Teachers College students, received 13 year terms for a criminal attack on classmate Leonard Rich and for an April auto-attack on Dorothy Westervelt. Judge Fulton called the sentence assignment the hardest of his career. The youths will serve at Pontiac until age 25 and then transfer to Joliet State Prison.
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