Monroe Public Library Sees Record Summer Demand
The Monroe public library received more than 40 new books across humor philosophy and history including Love Conquers All by Benchley and The Philosophy of Witchcraft. Shelves are stocked and lines form daily as summer reading picks up with long lines after schools close. Children’s story hour thrives in the garden led by Eleana Brinsmade with about 30 attendees this week and steady gains.
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Monroe Public Library
Benchley
Sreaders
Edyth Townes
Eleana Brinsmade
Louise Gray
Felicie Hardel
Will End Musical Revival on Sunday
Professor T Fitz led another period of music instruction at the First Christian church revival on Thursday night. Rev Crayton Brooks delivered a 10 minute talk on Is It Possible for a Christian to Backslide. Fitz closes in Monroe with a Sunday concert featuring his voice pupils from here and Shreveport. Public invited. German watches and clocks find markets in Argentina Canada China Great Britain India Netherlands and the United States.
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T. Fitz
First Christian Church
Crayton S. Brooks
Stone Ave Church To Have Revival
A revival begins Sunday at 11 am at Stone Avenue Methodist Protestant church and runs through July 4. Rev T L Crenshaw of Wortham Texas will conduct the services with daily sessions at 10 am and 7 45 pm. The pastor Rev Ira Yeager conducts Sunday services, Crenshaw noted as a forceful speaker and Westminster College faculty. Public invitation extended.
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Stone Avenue Methodist Protestant Church
T. L. Crenshaw
Wortham
Tex
Ira Yeager
Crenshaw
Westminster College
Tehuacana
Bille
Schwab Downplays Bethlehem Steel Strike Impact
Charles M. Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, stepped from the liner Europa and told interviewers the labor turmoil is only a phase that will soon pass. He appeared unfazed by reports of blood-stained turmoil surrounding the company.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
Europa
Annulment hearing hinges on missing bride in Tennessee case
In Madisonville Tennessee on June 25 the annulment action in the marriage of 32 year old Homer Peel and his 12 year old wife depended on both principals appearing. Peel had traveled from his mountain home at Epperson to court two weeks earlier without his bride whom he wed March 28. Chancellor T L Stewart ordered the girl to court and Peel said he would try but offered no promises. The petition for annulment was filed by the young wife’s mother Annie Hamby.
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Madisonville
Tenn
Homer Peel
T. L. Stewart
Tall Hill
Epperson
Annie Hamby
Zinc sulphate nasal spray could block infantile paralysis
Three doctors from Ann Arbor report in the American Medical Association Journal that a zinc sulphate solution sprayed in the roof of the nose may prevent poliovirus entry via the olfactory nerves. They claim the virus enters mainly through the nose and the remedy offers definite hope for protection.
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Chicago
American Medical Association Journal
Max M. Peet
Dean H. Echols
Harry J. Richter
Ann Arbor
Mich
Faulty Transformer Triggers Fire At Beauty Shop
An overheated transformer caused a small fire Friday at Pilcher's Beauty Shop 108 110 Catalpa Street. Three central fire companies responded and no building damage was reported. An auto owned by C H Hoskins 4600 Lee Avenue also caught fire from overheated brake lining Friday morning. central station crews extinguished it on arrival.
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Pilcher
Catalpa Street
Central Fire Station
C. H. Hoskins
Lee Avenue
Liedke Orchestra Opens Indefinite Run at Three Mile Inn
Hugo Liedke and his orchestra begin an indefinite engagement at Three Mile Inn on DeSiard Road with nightly appearances after a two year stint at Rainbow Gardens in Wichita Falls Texas. Liedke from Fort Worth studied music in high school and later became director and arranger for Eddie Fifer's orchestra before forming his own band.
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Hugo Liedke
Three Mill Inn
DeSiard Road
Rainbow Gardens
Witchita Falls
Tex
Liedke
Ft. Worth
Eddie Fifer
Negro Arrested for Bicycle Theft Charged in May Thefts
Curtis Pufoy, a Black man, was jailed by Monroe police on a bicycle theft charge. He allegedly stole Sylvester Moore's bike on May 9 and took it to El Dorado, Arkansas. An unrelated note mentions a Chinese odorless onion being cultivated.
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Curtis Pufoy
Monroe
Sylvester Moore
Pufoy
el Dorado, Ark
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Rown’ Food Store
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Food Department
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Trenton
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Stone Ave
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del Mar
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Three Mile Inn
Ruth Shops
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Cypress St
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