04 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1920
Page
1
The article lists residents and visitors traveling to and from Memphis, Shreveport, Atlanta, Selma, and Alexandria. It notes family gatherings, a Labor Day church meeting rescheduled, and relatives visiting kin, including the Presley auxiliary, Guerriero and siblings journeying to Shreveport, and Abie Mazz heading to Alexandria.
Hugh Stedgehill and Myrtle Selmven married yesterday at the bride’s Rayville home in a quiet service. Relatives and close friends attended as Rev. T. H. Rhymes officiated. Miss Annie Margaret Justice sang I Love You Truly and Miss Ruth Stodgehill sang Because, with Mendelssohn’s wedding march played by Miss Stodgewill. The bride wore midnight blue traveling suit and a black beaver hat trimmed with tan.
Young business men of Bayville and area attend nuptial luncheon. Eastern Star initiation at Masente Temple. Mrs Hammonds and daughter Nellie of Calhoun visit H Newman family. Rudolph Meas returns from Vicksburg. West Side trip for E W Thames and Douglas with relatives in Pioneer Oak Grove La and Eudora Ark. J Arthur Smith returns from Knoxville funeral of sister Lissie Smith Burgess. Monroe dance at Elke Club marks farewell for students heading to school. Miss Scott to teach in Chendrant. guests include Mrs BR Jouvenst. Mrs W P McCall and daughter visit from Bastrop. Ethel Robinson and Thankful Downey to Hot Wells then Tioga Alexandria and back Monday. Margaret Dale of Ruston visits Elbert Nettles. Mrs Will Scott and Mrs A Buchanan visit from Delhi. Will Gordon leaves for Shreveport for Labor Day with S T White. Mrs W F Robinson of Donaldsonville visits Nettles. Melba and Wilma Howell host party with Japanese lanterns and dancing. Guests include Mackie Meyers Hulda Wexler Louise Cassidy and many others. Rev H M McLain to preach at local Presbyterian church. Visitors Wallace Clift and family delayed by weather. Ladies Aid and Cemetery Association meet Tuesday after noon. W E Coates welcome first daughter born yesterday. Virginia Tidwell critically ill.
The Attorney General's department has declined an invitation to the proposed Portacean meeting regarding oil mill interests. Viewers who proposed thetek are not listed as participants in the declined session.
The notice appeals readers to donate to the Democratic candidates at the Neons Star cafe and records numerous individual contributors including W MN Awsab and Geo Sellman. It notes large gifts may be needed to cover nationwide campaign expenses and mentions figures such as F L Meyer and W A O Kelly among others.
In Paris on May 22, 1885 the Place des Vosges residence of Victor Hugo was purchased by Paul Meurice and opened as a museum. The event honored Hugo's centenary with an intimate ceremony attended by French academy delegates, artists, and Hugo family members. Hugo lived there fifteen years, shaping works like Les Misérables and engaging in social issues after his academy election and peerage.
Mrs. Kate Lee Abie of Rossville Ga writes about her husband an engineer who injured himself lifting heavy machinery across the abdomen. She notes he could not bear to press on himself at all and reportedly weighed 15 pounds and set off until the 110 pounds in two weeks.
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