Rayville Ray Knights of Pythias Lodge Trip
Stonewall lodge No. 8 will travel Tuesday evening to Rayville to assist C. R. Balfour lodge No. 12 in Knight Rank ceremonies. Local members meet at 7 p.m. on St. John street for departure with hoped seven o'clock start. Refreshments to follow. a full Stonewall team is expected.
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Stonewall Lodge No
Pythias
Rayville
C. R. Balfour Lodge No
St. John Street
Monroe
Pythian
Stonewall
Christ's Yoke Sermon at Local Church
C B Hull associate pastor of First Baptist preached on Christ's Yoke. He spoke of duties and rewards of taking up Jesus yoke, noting restraint self denial and obedience. He said following Christ brings peace of mind eternal rest and goodness despite world opposition.
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C. B. Hull
First Baptist Church
Bloody domestic assault ends with couple injured
Dennis and Lillie Jones, both described as Negro, fought Saturday night at 5 North Eighteenth Street. Officers found both intoxicated. Lillie had multiple knife wounds for Dennis and Dennis himself required treatment at St Francis sanitarium. Home brew bottles were shattered.
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Dennis
Lillie Jones
North Eighteenth Street
H. D. Apgar
E. B. Clower
F. S. Lenard
Lillie
Dennis Jones
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mrs. McCormack Jr Pursues Dramatic Art in Chicago
Mrs. Cyrus McCormack Jr studies dramatic art with aims to act professionally. Husband Mr. McCormack predicts she may join a stock company this summer. She studies in Indianapolis. Emily Hamill, junior leaguer, also pursues the stage and belongs to the Donstelle company of Detroit.
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Chicago
Cyrus McCormack, Jr
McCormack
The
Donstelle Company of
Detroit
Legislature Sets Course for Houston Convention Trip
In Baton Rouge on June 25 Associated Press reports the Louisiana Legislature prepares for its Houston convention visit. Senate and House members travel with Governor and Mrs. Long on a special train, arriving in Houston Wednesday morning and returning to Baton Rouge Thursday. The decision followed a Friday vote after sharp debate.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Houston
Senate
House
Long
Capital
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Louisiana Legislature Clears Two Bills In Session
With 13 days left, the Senate approved a house bill on session expenses and the House passed a Senate bill creating a new state criminal code. A total of 265 Senate bills and 785 House measures were introduced, many destined for committee, with night sessions planned except Saturdays and travel nights to Houston.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
House
T. T. Webb
Houston
Louisiana
Union
Senate of Louisiana
House of Representatives
Bastrop Youth Admits Theft of Three Bicycles
Connie Kervin 19 of Bastrop pleaded guilty in district court to stealing three bicycles valued at $50 each last December. He described taking bikes from the Missouri Pacific depot Lee avenue and DeSiard street, loading them into a truck to Bastrop, with two years on the parish road gang as sentence. He sobbed as judgment was pronounced.
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Connie Kervin
Buck Sevier
Missouri Pacific Special
F. K. Ham
Monroe
Bastrop Highway
Bastrop
Missouri Pacific
Lee Avenue
DeSiard Street
Train trespasser held after bike theft link
Kervin was taken into custody by Buck Sevier, special agent for the Missouri Pacific railroad, and Officer F. K. Hamm, jailed for trespassing by riding the blinds on a train. He was later connected with bicycle thefts and turned over to parish authorities.
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Kervin
Buck Sevier
Missouri ‘Pacific Railroad
F. K. Hamm
Nephew of Doctor Calvert Delegates to Houston Meet
Roger Calvert, a former honor pupil at the city high school, serves as a delegate for the District of Columbia to the Houston convention. He studied here in 1919 and 1911, is a nephew of Dr. E. G. Calvert of West Monroe and son of J. D. Calvert of Calvert, Mississippi. Calvert once served as secretary to Senator Williams of Mississippi and later to the superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, with World War I front service noted.
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Roger Calvert
District of Columbia
Houston
E. G. Calvert
West Monroe
J. D. Galvert
Calvert, Miss
Senator Williams
Mississippi
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Halifax Captain Reaches 425000 Miles Aboard Ferries
Halifax skipper Captain W H Myers has logged 425000 miles on salt water without leaving Halifax harbor and served 37 years aboard ferry steamers, marking a long career at the harbor.
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Halifax
N. S
W. H. Myers
Halifax Harbor
Roadside canvassers use car nameplates for straw vote
In Boston, canvassers tally political nameplates on automobiles to gauge presidential support. The informal method aims to capture public sentiment as voters express preferences by the cars they drive.
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Boston
Ohio Delegation Readies 40 Smith Votes at Convention
The Ohio delegation bound for the Democratic National Convention plans to switch roughly 40 of its 48 votes from Atlee Pomerene to Alfred E. Smith on the first ballot if Smith nears nomination. Ralph J. Barrett of Columbus keeps one Ohio vote for Smith, while Pomerene would receive pledges for vice president.
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Ohio
Houston
Longview
Texas
Alfred E. Smith
New York
United States
Atlee Pomerene
Gov. Smith
Pomerene
Smith
Ralph J. Barrett
Columbus
New York Publisher Plane Lands at Selman Field
A Lockheed Vega, touted as Americas fastest newspaper plane, landed at Selman Field at 10:80 this morning from Birmingham. Bernarr MacFadden owns the craft. Lt. Eubanks piloted and H. J. Price rode as passenger. The craft paused twenty minutes for servicing before continuing to Houston via Shreveport. Delegates showed little support for Gov Vic Donahey as vice presidential candidate. Huffman, his son-in-law, had already gone to deter any bid.
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America
Selman Field
Birmingham
Bernarr MacFadden
New York
Houston
Eubanks
H. J. Price
Shreveport
Vic Donahey
James W. Huffman
Wheeler Assigned Here as New U S Recruiting Head
G. R. Wheeler of New Orleans has been assigned to the United States naval recruiting station here to take charge of recruiting efforts and oversee operations.
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Wheeler
U.S
G. R. Wheeler
New Orleans
United States Naval
Recruitment officer replaces Joe Benson
The article notes Joe Benson will leave at once and a new recruiting officer takes position. The brief mentions urgency and succession in military staffing.
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Joe Benson
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