Masonic Lodges and a Beauty Contest Update
Local lodges meet on set Fridays and Mondays across South Milan Spring Streets with officers listed for Rebecca Chapter Meedus and Mount Lebanon Lodge plus Cyrene Commandry and other groups. A beauty prize of 509 gold is offered by W C Brann for five minutes with the world’s most beautiful woman, to be judged by officials from Galveston and Dallas, with entries due February 10 including photos and body measurements.
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B. Whitehead
W. M
Allen
Mystic Shrine
H. McMillan
Imp
Potentate
McKeel
C. Rabin
King Solomon Royal Arch
Cyrene Commandry Beseht Templars
SEGNE
Green
Recorder
W. C. Brann
Galveston
Dallas
Brann
Monroe
Rayville
Richland
Richland Beacon News
Shreveport
Brain
Welch Visits to Push Baton Rouge and Shreveport Line
Mr. Welch, president of the Baton Rouge and Central Louisiana railway, arrived Monday from St. Louis where he sought support for the line from Baton Rouge to Shreveport. He says the contract for 70,000 ties will be set soon and work start early in February, with rapid progress. The paper notes the potential partnership of F. M. Welsh and John R. Jones and expects the road reach Shreveport.
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Mr. Welch
The
Baton Rouge and Central Louisiana Railway
Nome
St. Louis
Shreveport
Welch
Natchitoches
F. M. Welsh
John R. Jones
Welsh
Feet Washing as Path to True Rulership in Epworth League
In a Berro Trans Reaping message on John 13 10 the Epworth League reflects on social class and Jesus washing feet. It argues that true greatness comes from serving others, citing the rich young ruler as lacking generosity and urging believers to imitate Christ by washing one another's feet and helping the poor.
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Berro
Christ
Planter Eyes Bid on Enlargement Work But Holds Cotton
A planter said he wished to bid on enlargement work to be let by Capt. New Comer but cannot because much cotton remains in the field. Many others share this dilemma as they rush to harvest and prepare for another crop, using all hands to clear land while risking cotton loss.
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Newcomer
Banner-Democrat
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Masonic
Epworth League
Hev. W. J. Yates
A. M. Tople
Bowers & Bs Fa
A. J. Goel
Salith
Sos Strats
Dodson & Hills
Edwards
W. A. Pleasants Hardware Go, Limited
Houston
Stanwood & Gamble
Pratt
Thomas Cotton
Straub Corn Mills
Walter A. Wood
Emerson & Stanwood
Inley
Avery and Kelley
Avery and Planet Jr
Timbkins
Crystal Palace
Ht. Kahn
A Zorn
Miiam Street
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