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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1925

Page

3

SocialRealm notes of clubs and gatherings in town

In this week of circles and meetings many groups convene at church parlors and homes. Delphian Chapter Mrs J D McClaine hosts 2 30 p m circle gatherings Grace Church Guild meets with Mrs Harry Prophet Presbyterian Auxiliary and Baptist Woman's Missionary Society hold 3 30 p m sessions Methodist Woman's Society meets at 3 00 p m with leaders Sadie Foster and E P Cudd Epworth League plans a 6 30 program on Christian Citizenship at the Methodist Annex with Mr E Page leading Judson College students Mildred Gannaway and Melba Liner are noted. Mrs J E Whatley visits return from White Sulphur Springs. Mrs K H Way of Miami and grandson visit Portis family. the Beidenharns travel from Norfolk Washington New York and Chicago. Mrs Feazel hosts Friday Club with Halloween motifs and prizes. Senior B Y P U hosts a Halloween party at Mrs Fred Mitchell's home with proceeds aiding a Baptist Orphanage charge.

Grace Church Guild Harry Prophet Presbyterian Auxiliary Baptist Woman's Missionary Society Methodist Woman's Missionary Society Sadie Foster E. P. Cudd Epworth League Methodist Wood Street E. Page Mitchell West Monroe Baptist Church Fred Mitchell Baptist Orphanage Annie Rainbolt Irene Sims Mamie Ola Alpha Averett Helen Hunt Mamie Heard Dorothy Anderson Eva Lewis Katherine Averett Mary Taylor Sybil Armstrong Nina Gilliland Hazel Mitchell H. A. Gentry Dunbar Hunt Jack Henry Delmas Kirby Lloyd Mercer Gus Bowen D. la Coates Jack Chappell Bob Coates Claude White Que Henry Alfred Harris

Minister Warns Women On Modern Courtship Costs

The Rev Uber laments high expenses in courtship citing career talk by Juanita Hamel. He argues more babies and fewer dogs would ease nerves and lower divorce risks, recalling old days of simple courtship. He warns theatre, dinners, and car rides strain finances and delay marriage.

Uber

Attempt to Identify Prisoner as Wagner

BRISTOL Tennessee October 17 Officers will not go from Bristol to Birmingham to identify the man held there as Kinney Wagner the desperado who escaped here last July while charged with slaying three officers. Sheriff Turner of Green county Mississippi telegraphed that he was leaving for Birmingham. Wagner is wanted in Mississippi for the murder of a deputy sheriff. Bristol police aid search but have no jurisdiction and county officers await further attempts to identify the prisoner in Alabama.

Bristol Va.Tenn A. P Birmingham Kinney Wagner Turner Green County Mississippi Wagner Alabama

Louisiana College Falls to State Normal in Natchitoches

State Normal College won 39 to 12 over Louisiana College at Natchitoches with veteran quarterback Turpin directing the offense. In another county race, Boston High of Alexandria defeated Homer High 12 to 0 on a muddy field.

Alexandria State Normal College Turpin Louisiana Natchitoches Boston High School of Homer High School

St Louis Pastor Urges Girls To Pop Question In Date Talks

St Louis report notes a pastor advising that girls should initiate courtship with men. The piece highlights the rising pressure on single women to propose or ask for dates, portraying changing social expectations in mid October.

ST. Louis

A Wife's Confessional and Secret Papers Revealed

In a tense scene from a serialized tale, Fanny Powell exposes a hidden pocket in a valise containing papers tied to Hugh Grantland’s disappearance. The captives, Lillian and the narrator, fear discovery as Powell pockets genuine bills and plots escape. A muffled return signals a risky, nocturnal twist at two in the morning.

Hagrin Fanny Powell Lillian Hugh Jrantland Hugh Grantland Katherine Katie Jim Marion Junior Mother Graham Dicky Newspaper Feature Service, Inc

Mendelssohn march championed by pastor on equal rights

The article notes a female champion and strong support from Rev Thomas Barclay Uber of Reen Memorial Lutheran Church. Uber argues in this era of enlightenment that both girl and man deserve the right to plead on bended knee, echoing tradition reserving those words.

Mendelsshon Thomas Barclay Uber Reen Memorial Lutheran Church Uber

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Eva Bradford Delphian J. D. McClaine Circle No E. L. Mills Dawkins Ruston F. A. Coon F. M. Freeman Allen W. B. Clarke Circle No. Four Theo Terzia S. Collins Paul Latin America Mildred Gannaway Melba Liner Judson College Ala Gannaway Judson Miss Liner Kate Goslin Helen Horst San Francisco Cal Roslind Kalmbach Shreveport Goslin Grace Episcopal Church Hayward Episcopal Conference New Orleans J. E. Whatley Roger Alston White Sulphur Springs Mrs. K. H. Way Miami, Fla Littl C. Vv. Portis Dr. Poole Portis Malcolm Beidenharn Norfolk F. T. Smith Juanita Hamel China Louisiana College State Normal Grace Church Adele Garrison Fanny Madge Graham Metropolitan Cafe Queen Olives Texas Chas Johnou Armandine Renaud DeSiard Sol Cahn Chrysanthemums Grand Floral Company Grand St Monroe F. T. D. Phopes Hntel North Elizabeth Arden New York Millsaps Company West Monroe Imperial Pearson of the Electrical Research Laboratories At Chicago
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