Monroe Social Calendar Highlights A Week of Meetings and Visits
The social section lists weekly gatherings including Y M C A auxiliary, Methodist Sunday School cabinet and various club meetings at the Baptist and Methodist churches. It notes visits by local residents to relatives in California and Louisiana, upcoming weddings, rehearsals for a Chase Johnston wedding, and a playful guide to keeping marital happiness.
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Young Ladies Auxiliary
Edith Gunby
Methodist Sunday School Cabinet
the Sunbeams
Baptist Church
Gertrude Daughtry
West Side
A. E. Mitchell
Graded Teacher's Union
Methodist Church
Worldly Irish bachelor endows ranken trades school
David J. Ranken Jr of St Louis deeds his fortune of more than 3 million dollars to the Ranken School of Mechanical Trades. He reserves less than 3 thousand a year for his support. The endowment funds land known as the Ranken tract and stocks in major banks and railroads for maintenance and expansion. He lives over a grocery, eschews publicity, and personally oversees daily shop instruction and practical classroom work.
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David J. Ranken, Jr
St. Louis
Ranken
Board of Trustees
Illinois Central
Rock Island
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Boatmen’s Bank and Merchants
Laclede National Bank
Ranken Trades School
Ong
David Ranken, Jr
Two Telephones No More Expenditure And Annoyance
An advertisement from the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company promotes single phone service to avoid the cost and hassle of a second line. It emphasizes reliable nationwide coverage and urges readers to patronize their company.
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Cumberland Telephone
International Trade Congress Opens Fourth Biennial Session
London June 21 The International Congress of Chamber of Commerce began its fourth biennial session with delegates from various nations assembling to discuss global trade, policy, and commercial cooperation.
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London
International Congress of Chamber of Commerce
French Market Coffee Tied to Andrew Jackson Victory
A historic note recalls General Andrew Jackson treating troops to French Market Coffee after the New Orleans victory. The piece links the Chalmette 1812 triumph to the famous New Orleans blend now marketed for home use.
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Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Chalmette
Unique Hygienic Roasting Promotes French Market Coffee
An advertisement touts a single hygienic roasting process for French Market coffee. The product is shipped nationwide in hermetically sealed cans and claims no human contact from plantation to cup. Readily available through grocers, it promises a sunlit, ventilated plant and fresh roasted flavor.
Delegates from United States At International Assembly
Representatives from fourteen nations attend a session with U S delegates including Dr Patrick B J Lennox of the Department of Commerce and Labor Frank D La Lanne president of the National Board of Trade Harvey D Goulder president of the Lake Carriers Association and William J Schieffelin of the New York State Chamber of Commerce participated in the meeting.
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Sion
United States
Dr. Patrick
B. J. Lennox
Department of Commerce and Labor
Frank D. la Lanne
National Board of Trade
Harvey D. Goulder
Lake Carriers’ Association
William J. Schieffelin
New York State Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi Immigration Conference Opens in Jackson
Jackson at June 21 hosts a Mississippi conference with many public officials and business representatives discussing plans to attract desirable immigration. Railway agents and other stakeholders attend to coordinate efforts and promote settlement.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Migrants to Mississippi Address in Representatives Hall
The event opened in the representatives' hall with an address by Governor Noel. The proceedings will continue tomorrow.
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Mississippi
Representatives’ Hall
Noel
Soldiers Monument Dedicated in Clinton Square Syracuse
The annual Grand Army of the Republic department encampment opened in Syracuse with the dedication of the soldiers and sailors monument in Clinton Square.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Grand Army
Clinton Square
Poisoning Cotton for the Boll Weevil
After the rain when no other work can be done every man woman and child can spray the cotton at a cost of about 25 cents per acre. It can't be done then by machinery. Before it is too late see or write B. W. Marston Shreveport La. Beware of quacks and base imitators.
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B. W. Marston
Shreveport
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A. E. Butler
Ed Clemen
Curtis, la
J. C. Theus
A. P. Mackley
Bank of Monroe
Lottie Harper of
Doss
R. J. Rasbury
Olivia Scott
Mer Rouge
W. S. Rhodes
Wm. D_ Bozone
W. W. A. Radescich of
Winnfield
Lydia Talton
S. W. Handy
W. E. Davidson
L. Davidson
Little Rock
J. E. Wimberly
Monroe
R. A. Moore
D. M. Sholars
Mr. Adlen Sholars
River Front
Paul Heideki
Monroe Grocer Company
Tyler
Texas
Dora Isaacman
Meridian
Josephine Bauer
S. E. Chapman
W. S. Mixon
R. J. Ras
Bury
Ruston
F. E. McCormick
Master Edgar
Collinston
S. E. Robinette
C. Porcher
Gon. Ernest
Texarkana
JL. Bauer
Bessie Leiber
Strauss
Lola Loftin
Vicksburg
C. T. Hunt
Delhi
J. W. Johnston
John Mays
M. B. Bass
Pine Street
Edgar Florsheim
Jonas Meyer
Mr. Florsheim
S. W. Ramsey
Belle
Mt. Lebanon
Marksville
Erline
Annie Abbington
California
Long Beach
Gordon Michie
Chas. T. McCord
Lake Chetah
Wis
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Aline Faulk
Bastrop
A. E. Washburn
Met Rouge
8S. L. Smith
Progressive Hearts
Janie Metcalf
Cecil McLarty
Water Valley
Charles Batelle Ioomis
Cupid
Mr. Loomis
Hern
Darby
Joan
Merry Ten
Clare Hall
Laura May Newhall
Inez Mangram
Gladys Jefferson
Marion Lee Russell
Pauline Prophit
Mr. Chase
Miss Johnston
George Zeigan
W. C. Marshal
Highphreys
Calvert House
Minnie Johnston
Frank B. Chase
Messrs. Zeigan
Marshal
Humphreys
G. Sughnor
John Collins
H. D. Briggs
W. R. Gordon
Bishop Johnston
Founds and
Big School
Ireland
America
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Dallas, Texas
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