Monroe City Junior Red Cross Adopts French Orphans
The Junior Red Cross of Monroe City School plans to sponsor twenty five fatherless French children at 56.50 per child per year, with half funded by France and the rest by American donors. The program, supported by a school auxiliary, includes public talks by Mrs. Simon Abraham of New Orleans on December 4 1918, and lists several local sponsors.
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Red Cross
America
France
Monroe City
Wnior Ped Cross
Mergarten
Opic
Junior Red Cross
Monroe
Imon Abraham
New Orleans
Monroe City High School Junior Red Cross Drive Support
Monroe City High School juniors contributed twenty four and one to the Red Cross drive, aided by seniors for class work this year. G. B. Cooley named Parish Chairman as the Fatherless Children of France Committee oversees the effort.
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Monroe City High School
Red Cross
G. B. Cooley
France
Death of W P Roberts After Illness in Monroe
W P Roberts died at 7 this morning from typhoid fever after a two week illness. Born August 11 1859 in Deerfield Michigan he lived in Monroe seven years from Alexandria. A painter by trade he was active in several fraternal orders and survived by a wife and son with other relatives. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 20 PM at his home 125 Harrison Street with Newall Lodge No 8 Knights of Ethias in charge and interment in New City Cemetery.
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W. P. Roberts
Deerfield
Michigan
Monroe
Alexandria
Monroe Painters Union
Ef Lodge
Steadman
Knights of Pythias
Toledo
Ohio
Miro Temple
Dramatic Order
Knights of
Khboragsan
Roberts
H. Roberts
Shreveport
Ank E. A. Roberts
Fulton, Ark
G. D. Badder
Detroit
Mich
Frank Gilbert
Unity
R Wd
Newall Lodse No. 8
Knights of Ethias
Harrison Street
New City Cemetery
Monroe native Lt Charles Allain De Villeneuve Allain dies in France
Special dispatch reports Lieut Charles DeVilleneuve Allain died September 1 from wounds received in action in France. He was former treasurer of the Louisiana & Midland Railway in Monroe and trained at Officers' Training School Leon Springs Texas in 1917 where he was commissioned. His sacrifice is mourned by friends in Louisiana and beyond.
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News-Star Today
EF. R. Scheart
New Orleans
Charles DeVilleneuve Allain
War Department
France
Lieut. Allain
Monroe
Louisiana & Midland Railway
Leon Springs
Texas
Columbia to Charter Cotton Ginning and Oil Firms
Special to the News-Star from Columbia Louisiana November 30 Columbia and Caldwell parish advance toward new industry Both a cotton gin company with 25000 capital and a Columbia Cotton Oil Co with 98000 capital are to be chartered Local business men comprise stockholders and subscriptions are rising quickly with farmers and merchants invited to participate Firms to be located in Columbia and start by the fall season of 1919.
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News-Star
Columbia
Caldwell Parish
International Harvester Company
Ameria
Columbia Cotton Oil Co
500 Scrib es Sail to Cover Peace Parley
About 500 newspaper correspondents sail from Hoboken on the Orizaba to Brest to cover the Versailles peace conference. The group includes women reporters, film men, and photographers, with the George Washington races to reach port ahead of them.
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Hoboken
N. Y
United States
Orizaba Saile
Brest
Versailles
Wilson
Fontenot Confers With School Heads on Garden Army
Prof Y L Fontenot representing the U S School Garden Army in Louisiana and Arkansas meets Monroe officials and private school heads to promote home gardens for children. He argues Europe’s end does not end food need and urges garden work from 3rd to 7th grades with free Bureau of Education literature.
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Y. L. Fontenot
United States
School Garden Army
Louisiana
Arkansas
Monroe
Fontenot
Europe
Bureau of Education
Reflections on love and marriage by Helen Rowland
A collection of wry observations on romance marriage and male folly. The columnist notes on eternal vows envy of stage heroes and the lure of a dependable servant found in a satirical voice. It contrasts idealized love with practical wit and humor about married life.
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Helen Rowland
Notice of Bottling Company Property Under 1916 Act
Property of Ouachita Coca Cola Company described bottles cases and trays may be used only by Ouachita Coca Cola Bottling Company Monroe Louisiana warning to individuals firms and corporations that many items bearing Coco Cola Ouachita Cola names are the companys property Bliedenharm president cites list of marked bottles cases and syrup heads with exact branding and deadlines 12-5t in 20 dys.
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General Assembly
Ouachita Coca Cola Company
Ouachita Coco Cola Bottling Company
Monroe
Louisiana
Coco Cola
Coco Cola Bottling Company
Ouachita
Coco Cola Bottling Co
Monroe, la
Seltzer Or
Syphon
Monroe Bottling Company
Ouachita Valley Bottling Works
Seltzer
Ouachita Coco Cola Co
J. A. Bliedenharm
Pres
Ouachita Coco Cola Bottling Co
Matt and Jeff in The Wooly West at the Opera House
Amusing Simon-pure comedy promises to tickle patrons tonight in three rollicking acts. Bud Fisher’s characters Mutt and Jeff drive the merriment with practical jokes and high jinks ending with Jeff inheriting a gold mine from a deceased brother.
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Mutt
Jeff
Simon
Matt and
Opera House
Bud’ Fisher
Little Jeff
A. Mutt
Truth Tells at the Opera House Farce
James Montgomery stages a three act farce adapted from Frederick Isham Nothing But The Truth at the Opera House on Wednesday December 4. A young man must speak only truth for twenty four hours while partners and a hanger on seek to force lies in a wager surrounded by stockholders and a charitable fundraiser.
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James Montgomery
Frederick Isham
Opera House
Messrs. Anderson and
Weber
Cheating the Public at Lyceum Theatre Today
A 1918 William Fox cinemelodrama titled Cheating the Public screens today at the Lyceum Theatre. Set in a factory town the film depicts food profiteering child labor and a struggle to earn an honest living under oppressive mill owner John Dowing as he grows wealthier amid rising prices.
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Lyceum Theatre
William Fox
John Dowing
Millvale
Melodrama Portrays Greedy Foreman and Food Riots
A vivid stage production centers on an electric city, food riots, and a night race between a train and an automobile. The drama highlights the profiteer’s rapacious nature and the cruelty of slave-driving Bull Thompson, a factory foreman, delivering a moral message afterward.
Rhine Valley Tested as Winter Resort by U.S. Troops
A number of American soldiers will have a chance to evaluate the Rhine Valley as a winter resort, even though it is not widely celebrated for that role. The remark suggests military personnel will assess the area for suitability during their deployment or training.
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Rhine Valley
No Red Flags in This Country Cited
The speaker rejects calls for socialists to push back on city mayors actions and asserts a stance against perceived high-handed behavior by several mayors in large cities.
London Times Says Wilson Indispensable at Peace Table
The London view is that President Wilson is needed at the peace table with the Times calling his presence not only desirable but indispensable.
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London
Wilson
London Times
Taxing Human Talking Machines Rises Debate
Advocates argue machines that speak and interact with people should face taxation not just for their prevalence but for economic impact and potential regulatory needs. Opponents warn about overreach and effects on innovation.
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Fool Auditorium
G. B. Parish
Clive St. Monroe
Uncle Sam
Wrigleys
United Rc
K. Allain Dees
Fotenot
Monroe Opera House
Anderson and Weber
Oine
York
Gus Hill
Mutt and
Jeff Wooly
West
New York Globe
New York Times
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Longacre
New York
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