Monroe Lions Hear Education Needs Amid Crowded Schools
National Education week program featured Miss Myrtle Rodgers, Georgia Tucker principal, detailing crowded classrooms in Monroe. She urged a new high school with grounds to relieve overflow from grammar and high schools, plus updated teachers’ salaries and medical staff. New Lion J E Colvin shared bakery orders from the Sells Floto circus.
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Monroe Lion's Club
Myrtle Rodgers
Georgia Tucker School
Miss Rodgers
Lida Benton
Barkdull Faulk
Monroe
Monroe. Miss Rodgers
Chiildren
J. E. Coltvin
Iron Mountain Bakery
Mr. Colvin
Sells-Floto Circus
Captain Mott
U. S. Regular Army
Mr. Cliney
Atlantic Cty
L. R. Simpson
District Scout Committee Meeting This Week
Travis Oliver calls Monroe district Boy Scout committee to review last year activities and plan ahead for the January Monroe annual meeting. I. R. Simpson of the Quachita Valley council will attend. Charles Rothmann travels from Germany to exercise his citizen rights in East Norwich New Jersey.
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Travis Oliver
Monroe
Boy Scout
I. R. Simpson
Quachita
Associated Press
East Norwich
N. J
Charles Rothmann
Germany
Scout Council Sets Annual Fund Drive For 1928 Goal
Ouachita Valley Boy Scout council kicks off its annual fund drive starting November 20 with a $22,000 goal from 15 parishes. The budget covers salaries, office costs, transportation, camps, training, and a national quota, to sustain Scout work in 1929 across Monroe Ruston and Delta districts.
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Monroe
Travis Oliver
Oliver
W. Davis
C. E. Faulk
Quachita
Mesa
Barb Tsite Ag Echo
Ruston
Delta
T. L. James
C. W. Gaines
Rayville
H. Masur
S. W. Davis
Marriage Licenses Report from Monroe and Surrounding Areas
White T. P. Hawkins to Anna Lois Erwin both of Monroe. Clinton Zeigler to Wiloney Woods both of Monroe. Charles Franklin to Wilver Wallace both of Monroe. Phillip Boyd to Helen Armstrong. Orange Young to Minnie Lee Carter both of Monroe. Robey Armstrong to Sallie Caldwell both of Downsville. Jesse James of Monroe to Louvenia Brandy of Fairbanks.
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Clinton Zeigler
Wiloney Woods
Monroe
Charles Franklin
Wilver Wallace
Phillip Boyd
Helen Armstrong
Orange Young
Minnie Lee Carter
Robey Armstrong
Sallie Caldwell
Downsville
Jesse James
Louvenia Brandy
Fairbanks
Union Club to Open to Friends of Membership
The Union club in the Chase Amman building second floor will open this week to union men and their friends. Visitors may obtain cards and entry will require a card or visitors' card alongside membership credentials.
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Union Club
Chase- Amman
Retailers vote for holiday on Monday night
The Chamber of Commerce retail division voted to observe next Monday, November 12, as a holiday because Armistice Day falls on Sunday. Merchants discussed the plan before deciding, noting stores will likely close all day Monday.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Voters Turn Out Early in Baton Rouge District
In Baton Rouge sector election day starts with brisk early voting. Officials report about ten percent of registered voters cast ballots by 9 30 am as ideal weather continues and polling places remain busy.
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Baton Rouge Sector
Baton Rouge
Education Week talk on home and school partnership
Mrs. Co FE McKenzie, fifth district president of the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary, spoke at Barkdull Faulk School during Education Week. She urged strong parent teacher cooperation, stressing home conditions, sleep, homework, study spaces, and unharmful critique of teachers. A second item notes Claude Cullens’ death from malaria and bronchial pneumonia after illness and a later St Louis report that Lindbergh returned from Mexico to vote.
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Co. FE. McKenzie
Women's Auxiliary
American Legion
Barkdull Faulk School
Complication of Diseases Found Cause of Death
A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday on the body of the man determined that complications of diseases were the cause of death. No other details were provided.
Smith Hopes Victory in National Campaign Broadcast
The governor and his running mate Senator Joe T Robinson aimed for victory as they voted at noon near Madison Avenue. He planned to attend Tammany Hall and the Democratic headquarters in the GM Building, then later speak at Carnegie Hall and broadcast to 90 stations.
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Joe T. Robinson
Forty-eighth Street
Madison Avenue
Hotel Biltmore
Tammany Hall
National Democratic
General Motors
Broadway
Biltmore
Smith Declares Independence From Promises in Gubernatorial Remarks
The governor defended his record of New York state governance and legislative achievements and urged voters to judge him by conscience and national interest. He stated no commitments were made for the presidency and thanked supporters while noting incomplete state tour reach.
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Union
Whiskey in jail sparks further inquiry at police HQ
A trustworthy prisoner in Banister’s jail is watched for sobriety while a gallon jar of whiskey is found hidden in a waste paper can. Officers later examine a cabinet at police headquarters as the probe deepens.
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Banister
City Hall Worker Cleared by Evidence in Liquor Case
Ahal Missing, one of four men connected to a seized 55 gallon liquor supply, was found tied to a jar taken from a shower room. George Harris, who swept the cabinet daily, is blamed for siphoning a gallon. Harris had served 60 days of a 100 day whiskey violation sentence and faces suspension loss. The four gallon jars remain secured under lock and key.
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Ahal
DeLlard Street
George Harris
Voters Hit the Ballot Box Amid Weather Delays
Polls open as turnout rises with possible showers in Mississippi and southern Louisiana. In Louisiana a major debate centers on eighteen constitutional amendments including a gasoline tax for a highway fund. In the second district U S representative race pits J Zach Spearing against Peter J Fletschinger while other Democrats run unopposed. Political leaders await final results as voters march to the polls.
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Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
United States
J. Zach Spearing
Peter J. Fletschinger
Mothers Try Mild Children's Musterole
Vintage ad touts Musterole as a mild form for children. It claims rapid relief for chest colds sore throat rheumatic and neuralgic pain and muscle stiffness. Advertises ready to apply no blistered skin and instant use for cranny coughs and colds.
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Georgia Tucker
Scout Council
White T. P. Hawkins
Anna Lois Erwin
Stewart- Warner Radio
Brook Mays & Co
South Grand Boa
Walters
M.H. ‘Kulcke
M’kenzie
Claude Cullens
Cullens
Oak Ridge
ST. Louis
Lindbergh
Mexico
Chicory
American Coffee Company
Smith
ST. Charles Or
Tae
Johnson
Pearl
Libby’s Bartlett
Welch
Blackberry
Happy Vale
National House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Ouachita Bank
DeSiard Street
la Union
Mackinaws
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