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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
4
Soldiers of French and Bavarian units trench and exchange brief truces at a spring. They fetch water together, share coffee, tobacco, and even crank coffee, finding common humanity amid shared dangers. The piece argues that when foes meet as individuals, mutual respect grows and hostilities fade.
Chicago embraces culture in dining as hotels experiment with college girls as waitresses and chafing dishes showing off refined cooking. The plan blends education and cuisine, featuring waitresses in varsity colors with diplomas, aiming to elevate dining amid costal culture and social status.
The Wingfield Times argues that failure to pay poll tax strips citizens of true status and voice in public affairs. It condemns nonvoters as unworthy and calls on residents to participate actively in elections to shape present and future generations.
A reflection on moral standards in the white slavery issue. It contrasts male and female accountability under law, argues for equal scrutiny, and defends women while condemning exploitation. It links social penalties to legal duties and muses on mood, perception, and human psychology reflected in a neighborhood scene.
Mrs Verne Shaffer of Vandergrift Pennsylvania urges giving Chamberlains Cough Remedy to children for colds and coughs saying it helps them and is far superior to other medicines. She recommends it to anyone in need and notes it is sold by all dealers.
First Presbyterian Church conducts worship at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. with prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p.m and Sunday school at 9 59 a m The public is invited First Baptist Church offers Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 a m and 7 30 p m Fr Ho Farrington is pastor
A compact history recap listing events from 1537 to present, noting depictions of laws, displacements, and notable birthdays. Names include Lyman Edgar Cooley and Rev Walter T. Sumner along with Lord Decies and Charles E Magoon.
Sunday School at 307 North Second Street invites all children up to 20 years. Catholic St. Matthew’s Church at Jackson and Grammont lists Masses at 7 a.m. and high mass at 1 a.m with Benediction after. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Preaching 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. by the pastor. Mrs. S. A. Brady, Pastor.
A 1900s style health and farm care item urges using Grove's Tasteless Child's Tonic as a general tonic and recommends eradicating hog lice to reduce cholera losses. Dr. A T Peters notes lice-free herds resist disease and outlines a method using posts wrapped in sacks with oil to kill lice. It also describes a water-filled cement wallow as an aid to hog care.
An Advent service and Sunday schedule for Grace Church and First Methodist Church are listed. A dubious wartime style note then describes hog lice control using crude oil and coal tar dips, with instructions to purge bedding, relocate hogs, and spray or spray and cover areas to prevent lice and cholera spread.
Census data show a rapid decline in a labor curve across the United States. Voters face a $229,854 cost to elect 15 Chicago judges next June amid a Chicago judicial reform context. Illinois halts Italian boys under 16 from railway construction work. The International Union of Elevator Conductors wins an 11 year fight at Philadelphia. California labor men urge Governor Johnson to pardon Blackie Ford and Herman Suhr from hop ranch riot convictions. Chicago drives programs to help women find jobs as officials warn girls away from Chicago for now.
Advert says Sloan's Liniment relieves rheumatism pain without rubbing in and penetrates affected parts for instant ease. Encourages keeping a bottle at home for colds sore joints lumbago sciatica with a money back satisfaction claim.
Word from Paris claims Johnson is broke after losing the $120,000 Jeffries match to lawyers automobile builders and lobster palaces. The tale says charges mount and a Cuban or Mexican fight could lead to his arrest if true.
Bresnahan played third base, outfield and catcher, managed one team and will manage another, with a near fatal bearing and bench fights with Dev lin and Zimmerman. Rumor says Plank is booked for the Federal League after turning down Tustear to remain with Mack.
The report notes Bobby Wallace maintains an average of 282 over 29 years. It also mentions last year his performance dipped to .211, described as a poor showing.
Baseball figure Hank O Day is reported to be weighing a tempting offer to umpire in the Federal League, with decision anticipated soon and implications for the upcoming season.
Report shows girls in Massachusetts candy factories work for under five dollars a week. Nearly a quarter earn less than four dollars, and only sixteen percent reach seven dollars.
Memphis fans will see Joe Mandot and Pat Prouillard collide in an eight round 138 pound duel set for December 15. The item notes a local business notice from APGAR AUTO COMPANY warning customers their credit will be cut off if accounts remain unpaid by the 10th.
A fragment states annual illness among workers costs the United States up to $750 million, with a note that a surgeon in the Federal Health Service is spared from the figure.
The News Star announces L. L. Lieber as a candidate for City of Monroe councilman from the Fourth Ward to fill a vacancy.
Charles Schulze of the Court Ward of the City of Moue rue seeks to fill one of the vacancies existing in the ward.
Alfred Walker owner of Monroe Wood Yard offers Vine stove wood in 12 and 16 inch lengths, oak stove wood, fire wood in 77 feet bundles, plus charcoal and fat pine kindling bundles. Delivery to any city area available. Prices 2.90 1.00 and 60 cents. Contact 675.
An old warning-style ad urges immediate action against colds with Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey. It claims the remedy loosens mucus stops coughs and soothes lungs, guaranteed and priced at 25 cents at the druggist.
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