04 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1917
Page
1
A lecturer argues housewives push for purity in foods and cleaning products. Calumet Baking Powder is claimed to exceed pure food standards, leaving no harmful residue and producing light, fluffy, wholesome results. Miss Costello, known for Domestic Science work in Chicago and at Lewis Institute, is featured.
Tuesday events at City School Auditorium include a Patriotic Pageant to aid War Y M C A fund with 10 cent admission. Other items listBridge Club meetings and hostess duties at Riverside Club and City Hall. More notes mention social visits and health updates among local residents.
A long list of social visits, births, illnesses, travels and obituaries fills the Monroe column. Notables include Mrs. Robert Goss's burial after her death in St. Francis Sanitarium, Fred Faulk and Reynolds McWilliams departing for Cuba as sugar chemists, and Dr. and Mrs. Fischman welcoming a son at the sanitarium. Also noted are church and club events, weddings, and a request to send oranges to convalescent soldiers.
Recipe for a rich plum pudding made without eggs or butter using Cottolene molasses buttermilk flour soda salt and spices. The batter includes raisins and currants and is steamed three hours in a covered tube mould, served with hot sauce.
A Sugar Theatre review praises a largely plotless musical comedy with appealing specialities led by Abel Bonner and highlights the Pickford family stars Mary Lttle Jack and Lottie. Jack Pickford debuts as a photoplay star in Jack and Jill at the Lyceum tomorrow with Louise Huff co starring in related productions and an educational monkey film showcased.
Maude Marie Costello will write a series of domestic science articles for this newspaper. She is a Chicago University and Lewis Institute graduate and public school domestic science teacher with extensive cookery experiments. The pieces aim to raise living standards and cut costs for housewives.
New Orleans reports John M. Parker federal food administrator for Louisiana asked President Wilson via Herbert Hoover for an executive order nullifying the 1856 Louisiana cattle confiscation law during wartime. Parker cites no interruption to grazing Texas cattle entering Louisiana and doubts any district attorney or court would enforce the law.
President Wilson’s second war message to Congress outlines the massive U S mobilization for World War I. It notes millions enrolled, a growing air arm, vast financial commitments, shipyard production, and a sustained thrift campaign as the nation readies to support the Allies and fight for humanity.
Advert says early use of Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey prevents serious illness from colds and notes its relief for coughs and chest troubles. It urges taking 25 cents to a druggist for the genuine product and claims it helps avoid pneumonia and recover faster. It also reflects wartime themes about food, conscription, and measures against profiteering.
Delegates from across Mississippi gathered in Jackson for a Red Cross organizing convention. The sessions opened at the new State House with Governor Bilbo delivering the opening address.
One bottle promises to restore gray hair to a uniform dark shade or money back. La Creole claims to improve hair and scalp health, stop dandruff, and hide all gray. Available for $1.20 from Van Vleet Drug Co. Memphis Tennessee. AdIy.
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