Northeast Louisiana Baptists Plan Annual Encampment
Plans are underway for the northeast Louisiana Baptist encampment at Castor creek near Olla in LaSalle parish from June 29 for ten days. The First Baptist churches of Monroe and West Monroe will send large delegations. Rev. L. T. Hastings leads as encampment president with Rev. B. C. Land as program chairman. Noted Baptist figures will join the program with Dr. E. D. Head of Houston as Bible instructor and Dr. J. D. Gray of New Orleans preaching daily. Ira Prosser directs music and teaches a music class with courses in Sunday school training and women’s missionary work.
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Olla
LaSalle Parish
First Baptist Churches
Monroe
West Monroe
L. T. Hastings
Monroe First Baptist Church
E. D. Head
Houston
Tex
J. D. Gray
New Orleans
Ira Prosser
Women's Missionary Society
FASTEETH Promises Comfort for False Teeth
Advertisement touts FASTEETH as a fix for embarrassing slips of dentures. It claims the powder helps teeth stay in place and feel comfortable while also freshening breath. Available at drug stores.
Mission Groups to Meet in Oak Ridge
Missionary groups from 15 Methodist churches in northeast Louisiana will attend a joint meeting at Oak Ridge Methodist Church Tuesday at 3 p.m. Delegations from Monroe and West Monroe will attend. Rev. H L Johns will preach Sunday night at Gordon Avenue Church followed by the quarterly conference.
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Louisiana
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
Monroe
West Monroe
H. L. Johns
Monroe Methodist District
Gordon Avenue
Jackson Parish Library Unit Opens in Jonesboro
Jackson parish unit of the tri parish library project opened with Lorris Wimberly addressing the crowd. J O Modisette presided and speakers included H L Kilpatrick M L Dickerson A C Holly J C Shows S B McBride Ralph Rapheal and others. Other branches in Hodge Eros and Chatham will open Monday.
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Jonesboro
Jackson Parish
Tri-Parish
Lorris Wimberly
House of Representatives
Hodge Band
J. O. Modisette
Louisiana Library Commission
H. L. Kilpatrick
M. L
W. H. McLauren
S. D. McBride
Jackson
Hodge
Eros
Chatham
Building permits granted for remodel and garages
City inspector Sam H Awl issued permits to Mrs J T Austin to remodel the brick front of 125 De Siard Street Buckhorn bar for 309. Mrs Hattie Saucier approved to build two frame garages at 302 Webster Street and McGuire Street for 75 each.
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J. T. Austin
DeSiard Street
Buckhorn Bar
Hattie Saucier
Webster Street
McGuire Street
Drouth Strikes Mars Reported by Astronomers
Denver June 24 The planet Mars suffers a severe drouth worse than the midwest dust bowl as Mt Wilson astronomers Dr Walter Adams and Theodore Dunham Jr report from observations in February and April using a spectrograph They note no water vapor over Mars and suggest irrigation by Martians may exist if vegetation signs are real Nevil Sidgwick of Oxford says life is chemically possible on Mars
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Associated Press
Denver
Mars
Midwest Dust Bowl
Frican Sahara
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Nevil V. Sidgwick
Oxford University
England
Mt. Wilson
Two Agents Freed After Mistaken Slaying at Still
Marked Tree Arkansas June 24 Two federal alcohol tax unit agents J L Kidd and J R Jones were exonerated in the death of Deputy Constable Frank White after a gun battle at a still. The two raiders mistook White and Constable Jack McCullah for moonshiners and shots were fired. White died later at a Memphis hospital.
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Marked Tree
Ark
T. Walker
J. W. Hurley
J. L. Kidd
J. R. Jones
Alcohol Tax Unit
Frank White
Fred Stafford
White
Jack McCullah
Bruce Ivy
Second Arkansas Judicial District
McCullah
Here
Memphis
Negro Transferred to Ouachita Jail Over Check Theft
A. D. Ashley, 19, a negro farmer, was moved from the city to Ouachita parish jail on charges of stealing a check and signing the owner’s name. He allegedly pilfered an $88.50 check from the mails belonging to Haywood Clark and cashed it at a local hardware store for $79.50. Also noted is a historical eclipse fact: England had not seen a sun eclipse since 1724 and would not again until 1999.
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A. D. Ashley
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Haywood Clark
England
Dr Edmund Lowe Physician Dies in New Orleans
Dr Edmund Peyton Lowe 77 retired physician author and world traveler died after brief illness in New Orleans He fought yellow fever epidemics in 1897 and 1905 helped push for federal quarantine He studied at University of Mississippi Tulane University and practiced in Louisiana Mississippi and Colorado He authored several books and traveled to Alaska and Europe.
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New Orleans
Edmund Peyton Lowe
Lowe
Hinds County
Miss
University of Mississippi
Tulane University Medical School
Louisiana
Mississippi
Colorado
Franklin County
Utica
Alaska
Europe
Boy Scouts 10 Leave Sunday for Washington Jamboree
Boy Scouts complete summer camp season at Ki-Ro-Li as O H Black travels to Washington to attend the jamboree. Father Gremillion leads in his absence with a large contingent set to depart Monroe Sunday on a Missouri Pacific train at 9 30 p m aided by special coaches.
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Ki-Ro-Li
O. H. Black
Quachita Valley
Washington
Obituary note notes Lowe survivor details
In Our Basic Truth and American Principles references, Dr. Lowe is survived by his widow and a sister, Mrs A G Davis, of San Francisco. The brief mentions family connections and geographic link to San Francisco.
Train Kills Six Near St Albans on Vermont Line
Six section men preparing to work on the Central Vermont railroad line in St. Albans Town, three miles north of St. Albans, were killed by a New York Montreal train. The bodies lay along the track for about a mile. Dogs are muzzled in summer to curb rabies cases.
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ST. Albans
Here
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