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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1928

Page

11

Louisiana State University to host swine Short Course

Baton Rouge June 23 Farmers interested in hog farming can join the annual Short Course at Louisiana State University from July 30 to August 3. The program features crop rotation for hogs, hog feeds and feeding, barrow judging and marketing, parasite control, meat processing, and hog lot equipment led by LSU Extension experts G. L. Burleson J. B. Francioni and M. M. LaCroix.

University Station Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Louisiana W. B. Mercier G. L. Burleson Louisiana State University Extension Division J. B. Francioni M. M. LaCroix Mr. Francioni Mr. LaCroix

Washington Jefferson to Form Classical Languages Department

Washington and Jefferson College will unify its Greek and Latin departments next fall creating a classical language department. Prof. Paul Prichard of Catawba College will head the new department with Greek instruction, and Prof. R W Nyswaner will lead Latin instruction. Prof. Alfred M Dame, longtime head of Greek, is moving to Middlebury College Vermont.

International News Service Washington Washington and Jefferson Collere Paul Prichard Catawba College Salisbury N. C Prichard R. W. Nyswaner Alfred M. Dame Washington and Jefferson Middlebury College Vermont

Bank at Bastrop Declares 8 Per Cent Dividend

Bastrop June 28 At a meeting of the board of directors of the Bastrop State Bank & Trust Company an eight per cent semi annual dividend was declared payable July 1. This bank is the oldest in the parish and its statement shows the institution to be in a prosperous condition.

Bastrop Beastrop State Bank & Trust Company

Elizabeth Marbury Delegates at Houston Convention

One of the women delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Houston is Miss Elizabeth Marbury, national committeewoman from New York.

Houston Elizabeth Marbury New York

Peaches Browning Plans Dower Rights Suit

Peaches Browning estranged wife of Edward W Browning intends to file to establish dower rights. An order named her mother Carolyn M Heenan guardian ad litem. The case centers on properties allegedly conveyed in fraud, with Browning's New York estate valued at about 5.63 million dollars and possible one third of income at stake. Browning called the suit an annoyance and noted it cannot proceed until his death.

New York Peaches Browning Edward W. Browning Supreme Court Lydon Browning Peaches Mansfield Ohio

Sporting Goods and The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

The review highlights Richard Dix in Sporting Goods as a golf suit salesman mistaken for a millionaire in a Malcolm St. Clair directed farce. It also lauds Richard Barthelmess in The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come for his riveting portrayal of Chad and the Kentucky mountain tale set during the Civil War, noting his ongoing rise as a premier screen actor.

Richard Dix Dix Malcolm St. Clair Saenger Richard Barthelmess John Fox, Jr Kentucky Mountains David Bean Jone Weis Wa Ware Kingdom Come Bathelmess Barthelmess Kentucky

Draw Poker Tale From Saenger Reflection

A reader recalls a hand of draw poker that began with a disappointing ten seven deuce and then defied odds to turn into a straight flush and full house, ending in a surprising win for Rechard Barthelmess and The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Cone at Saenger Today.

Rechard Barthelmess & the Little Shepherd of Kingdom

Portrait of Washington Left Guardless in Newport Courthouse

The George Washington portrait was found unattended in the Newport courthouse, door left open, allowing potential access. The priceless piece awaits a bronze and gold frame before being hung on the main courthouse stairway.

Newport R. I George Washington Court House

War Time Shells Explode as Heat Affects Front Lines

With summer heat approaching, shells in the front lines have begun to detonate, including a long neglected shell in the red zone that exploded recently killing one man and wounding another.

Rheims Reon Mosakhean Tiana Elon Teiltad Menr

One Texas County Ships 2.5 Million Melons This Year

Raymonville Texans report Willaty county will ship about 2.5 million watermelons as the crop matures. The second carload has just departed for Houston, with 5,000 acres in production and grower estimates confirming large yields.

Texas Raymonville Tex Willaty County Houston

Watermelon Boom At Yturria Center In 1928 Harvest

A carload of this season s yield left days ago and growers predict about 100 carloads daily as the season intensifies In this county the 1928 crop is expected to total 2500 carloads Yturria is described as the state s greatest watermelon center with 2000 acres under cultivation across farms including Harry J Landa Howard Craig J E Hammer and Crisp Brothers and others

Yturria Harry J. Landa Howard Craig J. E. Hammer Crisp Brothers

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