Bastrop paving program advances with street completions
East and West Cypress avenues have been paved and opened to traffic. Madison Street grading begins ahead of paving, followed by Collier's Lane Center Street and Pine Avenue. Additional Bastrop streets may be paved this summer as the large project continues. Mr W H Jones and Miss Norma Statham wed in Bastrop with Rev W E Neill officiating.
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News-Star
Bastrop
W. H. Jones
Norma Statham
Ruston
Baptist Parsonage
W. E. Neill
Tylertown
Miss
Memphis
Tenn
Seligman's
Poore Retires After Distinguished Army Career
Major General Benjamin A Poore retires from the U S Army on age grounds with a record spanning the United States Alaska China the Philippines and the Germany occupation forces He was a brigadier general cited for bravery twice in France and Flanders a West Point graduate from Massachusetts Poore reformed disorganized troops at Bois de Septsarges under heavy fire and restored the front in battle lines
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Benjamin A. Poore
U. S. Army
United States
Alaska
China
Philippines
Army of Occupation
Germany
France
Flanders
Poore
Alabama
Massachusetts
West Point
Pershing
Bois de Septsarges
Small stock loss in Morehouse area during high water
Bastrop June 22 The Red Cross at Bastrop reports rehabilitation efforts after the flood. Seeds supplied to farmers aid replanting and about 4000 dollars is expected to be raised locally to replace household goods swept away. Only 23 head of work stock were lost, considered small given flood scale. Refugees remain in Wham area while two cotton blooms were reported nearby.
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News-Star
Bastrop
Red Cross
Wham
Opening of Bastrop Park Delayed Again
Bastrop city officials postpone the park opening for the second time due to bad weather. The park is not yet finished but could host an opening soon once a date is announced by the park commissioners within the next few days.
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News-Star
Bastrop
Burrow Heads Bastrop Dilg League Group
Bastrop June 22 The Bastrop Chapter of the Will H. Dilg league has 90 members. Officers are L. W. Burrow president B. A. Hood vice president and F. B. Pratt secretary treasurer. Directors include Pp. M. Biddison George T. Madison B. N. McMallen and W. E. Turpin. The league will likely replace the Isaak Walton league though that body remains active.
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Bastrop
Will H. Dilg
L. W. Burrow
B. A. Hood
F. B. Pratt
Pp. M. Biddison
George T. Madison
N. McMallen
W. E. Turpin
Isaak Walton League
Husbands in Changsha and Hankow see rising wives
Reports from the Peking area describe wives becoming more assertive and, in some cases, tyrannical toward their husbands as revolutionary sentiment grows in the Changsha and Hankow districts.
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Peking
Changsha
Hankow
Baynard May Enter as Candidate for Auditor
Baynard of Alexandria state treasurer may run for state auditor in coming elections. He has delayed a formal announcement due to disaster impacts and calls for civic effort. He says citizens should focus on relief efforts before launching any political campaign.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
L B. Baynard
Alexandria
Baynard
Paper Carriers Praised At Georgia Meeting
At Atlanta on June 22 the International Circulation Managers association heard two papers praising boy newspaper carriers as expert, loyal salesmen who deliver better service and maintain subscriptions longer than adult solicitors. Oliver King of the Republican in Phoenix and W. J. Parker of the American in Chicago spoke on the value of youth in circulation work.
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Atlanta
International Circulation Managers’ Association
Oliver King
The
Republican
Phoenix
Ariz
W. J. Parker
American
Chicago
70 000 in bonds stolen from Garfield National Bank
Police said 70 000 dollars in bonds were stolen from the desk of R. W. Poor chairman of the Garfield National bank board yesterday afternoon. The bonds were bonds of the Bridgeport Connecticut Improvement Company.
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New York
R. W. Poor
Garfield National Bank
Bridgeport, Conn., Improvement Company
Soviet Towns Retain Czar Name Nikoyai ev
Ukrainia is a Black Sea port founded by Emperor Nicholas I in the early 1800s and remains the only major Soviet city still bearing a czar’s name.
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Nikoyaiev
Ukrainia
Nicholas I
Black Sea
Odessa
Soviet Union
Rose leaves used as medicines and wines in historic times
Rose leaves served as medicines and ointments in ancient practice, with rose water and rose wine consumed as beverages. The account highlights the historical medical and culinary roles of roses in past societies.
Wimbledon Win Attributed To Hereditary Talent
Wimbledon coverage attributes Hel en s narrow victory to hereditary talent. British writers cite opponent Gwendolyn Sterr whose mother was former Charlotte Cooper a seeded player from 25 years ago.
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Wimbledon
England
Helen
Gwendolyn Sterr
Charlotte Cooper
Fearful Man Leaves Posthumous Warning by Belonging Bottle
In England a man who died instructed that an open bottle of chloroform be placed in his coffin to avoid burial alive. The unusual request reflects his fear of being buried prematurely.
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England
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