Confederate Memorial Half Dollars Urged by Veterans Leaders
A joint appeal led by D. S. Etheridge of Chattanooga and fourteen past commanders urges Southerners and sons of veterans to buy Confederate Memorial Half Dollars issued by Congress. The funds aid the monument at Stone Mountain and honor Southern soldiers framing the memorial effort. The signatories include W. McDonald Lee, W. Mel. Fayssaux, Walter Colauitt, J. P. Norfleet, and others across Richmond New Orleans Atlanta Memphis Norfolk Wichita Falls Denver and Atlanta.
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Atlanta
D. S. Etheridge
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Congress
Stone Mountain
Mr. Etheridge
W. McDonald Lee
Richmond
W. Mel. Fayssaux
New Orleans
Walter T. Colauitt
Atlanta, Ga
J. P. Norfleet
Memphis
Confederate Monument Coin Drive Urges Southern Unity
A letter signed by multiple figures from St Louis to Biloxi urges buying Confederate commemorative coins to fund the Stone Mountain Monument project. It argues the gesture reconciles victors and vanquished, vindicates ancestors, and calls for Southern families to own a coin for each member.
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Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
United States
Velvet Ice Cream Ad Copy from Monroe Ice Cream Co
An advertisement promotes Velvet Ice Cream as pure delicious and popular. It credits Monroe Ice Cream and Candy Co Inc and displays the address 11 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Ice Cream and Candy Co., Inc
Bus Waiting Room Telephone 772 4-25t 28
Bus waiting room listing shows telephone number 772 and schedule note dated 4-25 indicating 28 percent availability or occupancy. Contains brief transit notice for South Grand area passengers.
American visitor shakes hands with King George at Empire Fair
Des Moines manufacturer King John Downie greeted King George at the Empire Fair in London saying hello and offering a handshake. The king smiled and complied but later his subjects, reading of the incident, tried the same casual gesture, causing embarrassment.
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John Downie
Des Moines
King George
London
America
New Dormitories At L A U To Be Ready January 1
Baton Rouge May 22 Aimed to house 480 male students the four new dormitories at Louisiana State University will be ready by January 1. Buildings arranged in a pentagon will be three stories high and fireproof with two students per room. Bid details set for June 12.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Highway Commission
New Prelate Bishop Chartrand Named Archbishop of Cincinnati
Pope Pius names Bishop Chartrand of Indianapolis as the new Archbishop of Cincinnati to succeed the late Archbishop Moeller. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription touted as a cure and tonic for women’s ailments. advertisements urge trials and free advice from Buffalo, New York.
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Chartrand
Indianapolis
Pius
Cincinnati
Henry Moeller
Pennsylvania
Wasa i
Pier
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
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Ethridge
Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association
Brooklyn
Public Service Commission
Dorothy Dickerson
Louis the 14Th” Company
Womens Apparel
Delireu
Paris
Monroe
Palais Royal Market
Palais Royal
the Dressmaker
John Cownte
L.A. U
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