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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1920
Page
2
The West Monroe Missionary Society convenes at the Church Tuesday at 4 o'clock. Members are asked to prepare their work aprons for the meeting. On Wednesday the St Frances Auxiliary will meet at Mrs Albert Horuff home also at 4 o'clock.
A reader advises applying walnut shell juice with a fine brush to darken lashes and brows careful not to spread onto skin. Sage tea is a tonic but limited for coloring. combined with sulphur darkens hair but irritates eyes.
A column of home canning notes details cucumber onion pickle with Lucca oil and vinegar, spiced tomato relish for cold meats, chili sauce, Piccaliff mix, chow chow and more. Instructions cover washing chopping salting soaking simmering sterilizing jars and sealing for shelf stability.
The piece gives dress color advice for a service member at 19 with height 5 1 and weight 115, recommends navy blue brown or tan, and bold reds pinks greens and burnt orange for dressy wear. It also covers removing rust with lemon and salt, rust treatment in sun, turpentine on paint, and cautions on strong bleaches for tea and grass stains.
N C arrived yesterday to join his wife visiting Mr and Mrs J J Jones. Mrs J P Parker and daughters Camille and Adelaide travel to Culver Indiana to visit son H P Parker. From there they will spend six weeks in Chicago. Misses Marion Redmond Jessie Weeds depart for Delhi after visiting Mrs Redmond. Misses McKwain Boston Hotzie of Met Rouge were visitors yesterday. T E Flournoy went to Chicago on business. Mrs D E McLeod and baby son of Shreveport stayed with her mother Mrs H W McLeod then visited Gallien. Max Broddnax of Gallion en route to Hot Springs. W S Morgan of Little Rock visits today.
Across the country readers recall the 1915 Leo M Frank lynching in Atlanta as events unfold with a Sioux City referendum on street car fare, a Columbus Ohio Democratic convention address by James M. Cox, Wyoming primaries, congressional races, and the launch of the Empress of Canada liner in Glasgow.
Alice Joyce stars in Vitagraph drama The Winchester Woman at the Picture Garden. The film follows Agatha Winchester haunted by a past trial and a bitter memory as a relentless reporter seeks to press his attention on her.
Today's calendar lists races at Saratoga Fort Erie and Great Western with trotting Grand Circuit at Se daling Missouri plus a Golf Professionals Association championship in Chicago and the Colorado women's championship opening in Denver.
Advertisement from R M Hundley offering complete descriptions of new and improved farm lands for sale in Columbia Da. Claims many farms available for less than the cost of improvements and invites inquiries.
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