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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1915

Page

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Social Calendar and Visits Highlight Week

Social notes from Sundbeams and Baptist church groups list Friday meetings of the Sundbeams and Fideliis Bible Class, plus a Five Hundred gathering hosted by Mrs J T Austin. Visitors and returning residents are named, including Mrs A O Miller, Mrs F G Hudson Jr, Miss Fanny Lee Watson, and Mrs M W Stroud recovering from illness.

Baptist Church West Side C. L. Drew Fideliis Bible Choos J. T. Austin Uile

Local society notes from Monroe activity and visits

Misses Bessie and Roberta Barr of Winnsboro visit sister Mrs J M Brothers on South Jackson Street while Mrs Clar ence Weaks of Jackson Miss returns home after weekend with Mrs I H Hamilton. Master H D Apgar Jr convalesces. Mrs Blewater of Selma ill at sanitarium after operation. Mr W B Caldwell of McGehee expected with Mrs Caldwell and baby to make McGehee their future home. Mr and Mrs W H Anders of Calhoun return from Jackson Tenn after funeral of their son Alvert Anders. Catholic Altar Society met with Mrs J C Amman and Mrs T H McMillan. lawn party planned mid May. Root Club met at City High Library. program on The Actresses of the Day.

Bessie Roberta Barr Winnsboro J. M. Brothers South Jackson Street Clarence Weaks Jackson I. H. Hamilton West Side H. D. Apgar, Jr Blewater Selma Miss Culpepper Monroe W. OB. Caldwell McGehee Ark Mere. Caldwell Baby W. H. Anders Calhoun

Ribbons and Satin Back Prices and Club Activities noted

A Rochester area report covers today’s ribbons and satin back prices for cotton goods, AM house cleaning needs, and a Chester New York address where a club talk on club life was given. The event included book exchanges, a Y M C A gathering, and a Girls Club fantasy game with prizes and refreshments.

Chester N. Y Rochester

Where the Trail Divides at Sugi's Theater Today

Paramount feature Where the Trail Divides screens at Sugi's Theatre with Robert Ide in the lead role and a strong supporting cast. Continuous show from 2:00 to 10:30 p.m. The mammoth spectacle promises lively LQ scenes.

Paramount Sugi's Theatre Robert Ideson

My Lady of Quality at Sugar's Theatre This Weekend

A Famous Player release presents My Lady of Quality in five parts at Sugar's theatre this Saturday and Sunday featuring Celip Lottus.

My Lady of Quality Sugar's Theatre Celip Lottus Celia Loftus

The Sign of the Cross at Sugar's Theatre Preview

A promotional note announces Sugar's Theatre will present The Sign of the Cross, Wilson Barrett's drama, over two days Thursday and Friday, April 14–16, in the Famous Players Paramount five part adaptation.

Famous Players Paramount Wilson Barrett

Runaway June Author Chester Enters Film Field

George Randolph Chester, famed author of Get Rich Quick Wallingford and other stories, moves into cinema writing the photoplay Runaway June. The tale of love mystery and adventure is set to debut at Sugar's theatre soon.

George Randolph Chester Wallingford Eivening Post Sugar

False Colours staged by Lois Weber at Sugers Theatre

A rare four reel drama by Lois Weber titled False Colours screens at Sugers Theatre next Monday and Tuesday. The film portrays people who hide their true nature beneath false colors in a skilled Paramount feature.

Lois Weber Paramount Sugers Theatre

Local Views Screened At Sugar's Theatre Tonight

More snapshots will be shown tonight at Sugar's theatre featuring local people on screen. The film includes photos of residents as cats in their gardens and while walking the streets, some in humorous poses.

Sugar's Theatre

Farewell, The Master Key at Lyceum This Thursday

The Lyceum shows the final episode of The Master Key as part of The Black Box serial with added film Down on the Farm. Cast includes Jack Milon His Girl, Billie Rhodes, Neal Burns. A farmer boy and his sweetheart face her father’s demand for a wealthy suitor, leading to a comic pursuit and a wedding.

Lyceum J. Phillips Oppenheim News-Star Lala the Lyceum Jack Iilon Billie Rhodes Dlerry Battenberry Squire Neal Burns Whereunen

The Great Silence at the Lyceum in Three-Act Drama

Francis X. Bushman stars as a rugged hero in The Great Silence a three act photoplay filled with dramatic situations. Beverly Bayne assists in this prize mystery by H Pipton Steck at the Lyceum delivering high tension outdoor action.

Francis X. Bushman Breq H.pipton Steck Beverly Bayne Serancs Bushman the Lyceum

Saturday in the Tenth Street Grocery Offer

Walker Bros. Gro Co cautions customers to settle accounts by Saturday in the tenth to remain a thirty day customer. The notice urges prompt payment to avoid service disruption or loss of credit terms.

Walker Bros. Gro CO

Hair Wave Service Ad by Myrtle Young

Miss Myrtle Young offers permanent wave hair styling on the head. Straight or stringy hair can be made wavy by combing and dye renovation. Shampooing included. All work guaranteed. 808 Ouachita Avenue. Phone 647. News-Star Want Ad.

Herrmann Myrtle Young Ouachita Avenue News-Star

The Sign of the Cross Film Feature Arrives

A bold reception greets the release of the cross themed feature film praised for dramatic power and unusual importance.

Alaska Rail Project to Start With Government Financing

Seattle reports that Alaska will supply its own labor for the initial unit of a government funded 35 million dollar railroad. W. C. Edes announces plans to recruit labor this month and next, with work soon to begin. Navy coal needs and Pacific Coast steel implications are noted.

Seattle Wash Alasa W. C. Edes Engineering Commission Washington Panama Canal Commission Alaskan Navy Matinska Field Maryland Alaska Pacific Coast

The Bachelor Girl by Helen Rowland

A witty Yonker era column notes how a man seeks gifts and flattery while a woman offers platonic friendship, urging caution against flattering advances and intro to social etiquette.

Plumbing promises and square deal from C C L Thomas

Not for my health. I am not in the plumbing and tin business for health alone. The prominent part I am taking in sanitation is not solely for humanity but will charge a nominal fee for plumbing work. I guarantee you a square deal and value for your money. C C L Thomas.

Otf Cc. L. Thomas

Opening of New Series Stock by Monroe Building and Loan

The Monroe Building and Loan Association will open a new series of stock on April first and keep subscriptions open throughout April. Subscriptions may be made at any time. R. L. Prophet, secretary.

Monroe Building and Loan Association

Fragmented musings on love and timing as men seek quick color

The prose voices a view that men apply vivid but empty strokes in romance. It contrasts patience with impatience and hints at yearning for deeper meaning beyond surface action.

Shorter Styles Shrink Hats Skirts and Courtship

A man muses on how a woman thrills at a stylish spring hat in a shop window while noting the modern trend toward shorter attire and quicker romances. He observes how hats skirts novels and even letters and flirtations seem to be getting briefer as courtship evolves.

Will you marry me questions stir young lovers

A fragment reflecting on love during wartime and social debates. The speaker notes that daily small acts define lasting affection more than harsh actions, while acknowledging the era's war, suffrage, and sexual questions as important but secondary to proposals of marriage.

Sylvania Woods Clifton Mills Gardui Cardus

Monroe City General Election Proclaimed for May 4 1915

Mayor G A Downny proclaims a city wide election in Monroe on May 4 1915 to elect a Mayor City School Board members and nine Councilmen from wards one through six with specified polling places and election officials. The proclamation cites Act 47 of 1900 and assigns commissioners clerks and locations for each ward.

Monroe Tueday Council Sa City Coner Louisville Avenue Fifi Street Jonas Seli W. G. Saunders L. A. Krogmir J. B. Parsons Olive S. W. Ramsey Howard Riser W. Keller Charles Sta Avenue South Fourth Stre B. J. Tucker Adis Payne RK. A. Young W. Bennett Texas Ja Gon Avenues Leary Jefferson Bartner Grayson W. Owen Meller Comingeioners Cleth G. A. Downny City of

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