Community notices and deaths mark Monroe week
Local items report meetings at the Twentieth Century Book Club and West Monroe Red Cross. Deaths include Mrs. Arnold Barksdale of Ruston after pneumonia. Social updates list visits, influenza cases, and church pulpit plans. Monroe Public Library notes November activity and closures.
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Twentieth Century Book Club
R. E. Major
Abrahams
G. B. Cooley
France
Simon Abrahams
New Orleans
West Side Red Cross
West Monroe
Red Cross
Arnold Barksdale
St. Francis Sanitarium
Ruston
ZAR Ss
Monroe Public Library
Lillian Herron Mitchell
Congressional panel eyed to study railroads wartime control
Washington December 3 A joint congressional committee of both houses would study the railroad situation and hear from railway executives labor leaders financial representatives and railroad administration officials. The panel would seek a unified plan for future management while the government weighs control options and wartime needs.
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Washington
Congressicne
Wilson
Congress
Railroad Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Newlands
Obligation Recorded to Mr McCormick for Rice Potatoes
The record states an obligation to Mr A P McCormick of Ward 5 for a bag of rice potatoes. The entry notes a local transaction involving a named individual and item.
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A. P. McCormick
Ward 5
War Department liquor sale agreement discussed in Monroe council
Monroe La December 2 1918 report shows council referred to city attorney a War Department inquiry. Lieut Christensen says an agreement with local saloonmen limited liquor package goods sales.
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Lieut
Christensen
Monroe
Louisiana
War Department
City Council Considers Seven OClock Curfew and Label Rule
Local authorities discuss enforcing a seven o’clock curfew on saloons and liquor sales from seven in the evening to seven in the morning, with a proposal to label bottles and record sellers. The council allocates funds for gravel and payrolls and refers a riverbank building permit to the fire committee amid an executive session.
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Fred R. Mitchell
J. C. Liner
Washington Workmen Face Major Issues in Final 1919 Session
The Sixty fifth Congress opens its third and final session with measures on railroads, military programs, reconstruction, retrenchment, revenue, woman suffrage, and the Colombian treaty. Leaders expect Senate action on the Paris conference and possible special sessions if business stalls before March 3.
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Washington
Sixty Fifth Congress
Wilson
Senate
Hitchcock
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Lawmakers silent on president’s France trip in joint session
Congress offered little debate on the presidents travel abroad. Representative Mann questioned possible legal steps before the president returns. After the address, Kitchin moved adjournment as the chamber resumed routine business amid the scripture quote closing the scene.
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Senate
House
France
Representative Mann
Illinois
Congress
Kitchin
North Carolina
ReStrained Applause Laughs and Manacles
A humorous lecturer invited to speak at a western penitentiary finds convicts laugh but withfolded hands, not clapping. The warden apologizes, noting the audience seemed unresponsive. The lecturer quips that the prisoners sat with folded hands and mused they were all manacled.
Parable of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10
In Luke 10 the priest passes by a wounded man while a Samaritan stops to help. The Samaritan tends wounds with oil and wine, places the man on his animal, and pays the innkeeper to care for him, promising further support.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
Jericho
Clemency vs. just peace after Germany’s defeat
New Orleans Daily States argues that German leaders and the nation must show contrition and accept restitution and reparations. A peace that ignores accountability would risk renewed conflict, as allies vow to impose a just settlement to deter future wars.
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United States
Germany
New Orleans Daily States
Get Rid of That Persistent Cough
A historical drug advertisement promotes Eckman's Alterative as a tonic to stop a persistent cough or cold and support lung health. It claims 20 years of successful use with 80¢ and $1.50 bottles available from druggists or Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
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Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
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