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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1920

Page

2

Friday Club Activities and Local Soirees Report

The notice lists social events and visits: the Friday Afternoon Club to meet with Mrs J S Dozier. a benefit card party at Mrs Samuel Kap l an’s residence hosted by Samuel Kaplan and Arnold Bernstein. Kenneth Allen returning from Little Rock. Effie Simms traveling to Bastrop. a birth announced for Dr C T Lynes and wife in Chattanooga on Nov 28. Gladys Mourfield remembered in Monroe. Vada Speed and Debbie Breard returning from New Orleans. Parents and Teachers Club to meet at West Monroe school. the Friday Afternoon Club cancels due to a Missionary Society bazaar. and Josephine LaBaum, Mia Milton Coverdale and baby returning from Oak Grove, La.

C. T. Lynes Chattanooga Tenn Lynes Monroe Gladys Mourfield Dosier Bazaar the Missionary Society

Funeral and wedding notices brighten West Monroe page

The community mourns Mrs. Mary E. Evans and notes the ill health of Master Robert Dosier. A Baptist prayer meeting opens at West Monroe school auditorium at 7 30 tonight. Mr W Currey Pryor wed Miss Wilda McDaniel at the Coverdale home with Rev E K Means officiating. The couple will reside at 155 Royal Street Baton Rouge. A Seven Ages of Woman Bazaar is set for West Monroe City Hall Friday Dec 3.

Robert Dosier Weat Monroe School Pryor Baton Rouge Stubbs Theus, Grisham Afta Thompson 155 Royal Street West Monroe City Hall

Maxims of a Modern Maid Admonishes Gender Roles and Harmony

A satirical piece argues that male dominance damages marriage by implying women must perform household tasks. It critiques jazz era behavior, downtrodden wives, and the urge to balance happiness with male control, concluding elopements rarely yield good endings.

Debonair Clubman Quips on Substitutes and Silk Stockings

Cortlandt Bleecker tells a New York dinner crowd we live in an age of substitutes and pay three times as much for them. A debutante remarks on stockings, noting they are artificial silk made from weed, prompting a witty exchange about the ladder below the knee.

Cortlandt Bleecker New York Oery Pi&s

This Date in History Highlights 1846 1860 1883 Events

A jumble of historical notes cites 1846 tariff law going into effect 1860 Victor Emmanuel campaigns in Sicily 1883 Patrick O'Donnell convicted in the Phoenix Park murder case and other items. The piece includes stray references to Irish Home Rule and later 20th century cultural remarks about pipe smoking and social norms. The text is fragmentary and mixed with commentary.

United States Victor Emmanuel Sicily Utah Zion Tetas Patrick O'Donnell James Carey Phoenix Park Dublin Kruger Astor Nannie Langhope Virginia House of Com Inbns

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West Monroe Vie Phone J. S. Dozier Samuel Kaplan Meagames Samuel Kaplan Arnold Bernstein Kenneth Allen Little Rock Effie Simms Bastrop Vada Speed Debbie Breard New Orleans West Monroe School Josephine LaBaum Mia Milton Coverdale Baby Oak Grove America Shinola Mary Fie Oelor Mary Géreen Djer-Kiss Azurea Collens’ Pharmacy Nail Store Orvin’s ORVIN ORVIN’S. _ Big lipe Elmer's Box J. P. Booker Mary E. Evans Ves M. Marshall William Howard Taft Eer Fogeys Fifth Avenue Rue Deabs Bent Street Belf Elvans Bell As Anstion Drs. J. R. and W. M Henry D. Masur & Son DeSiard and Grand Sts Monroe, LA DeSiarn Street Mabuing & Crowley Paint Lyceum Theatre King W.vidor's The Jack-Knife Man Monroe Hardware Co Ner F Aliski
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