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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1932
Page
5
Fragmented notes mix a poem by Charles Ballard with observations from Monroe about Christmas spirit and stockpiling traits. The piece contrasts serene outlooks on life with warnings against fear driven hoarding and urges prudent, purpose driven finances and shared generosity.
Greensboro reports clinical tests and home use show the Vicks Plan for better Control of Cols cuts the number and duration of colds by half and saves more than half the costs. Full details are in each package of Vicks VapoRub and the new Vicks Nose and Throat Drops.
The Junior Charity League met at the Frances hotel for a luncheon and meeting led by president Mrs. J. H. Thatcher. Dr. John W. Williams praised the group and new officers were elected for the coming year. A Christmas dance to fund the baby clinic was planned with thirty eight members present. Louisiana product sales campaigns were announced to curb unemployment, stressing locally made goods and weekly sales days coordinated by Miss Mabel Brasher.
A mother warns a two and a half year old not to put a dirty object in his mouth. The child interprets the threat as the mother causing sores and cries to avoid discomfort. The piece argues warnings create fear and misreadings and recommends calm tone and distraction until cause and effect are understood.
The Rev Dr C Roy Angell of First Baptist Baton Rouge accepts call to lead First Church San Antonio replacing the ailing Rev Dr I E Gates who has been ill since summer 1931.
Several religious and community groups announce meetings this week. Baptist Missionary society Presbyterian auxiliary Temple Sisterhood Methodist Women’s Missionary society Y W A Grace church guild Catholic Ladies Altar society and Sherrouse P T A all schedule sessions. mentions Mrs John Robinson Mrs G G Hamrick Mrs Alfred Hennen Mrs R M Troy Mrs H H Land and Maxwell Yerger with various locations and times.
Two unnamed lovers scheme under moonlight amid a kidnapping plot. Nick pressures the narrator while Marion and Charles Owen linger in danger as gunfire and blackmail threats loom.
In a personal advice column Ruth describes a cruel jealous husband and a fourteen year old son from her first marriage. She seeks guidance to divorce and marry another man while maintaining support for her child. The adviser urges separation, accountability, and decisive action.
Snatches from a belated honeymoon in France set off a chain of recall and guilt. Clive and his wife, haunted by a past, return to the scene Santa calls the home of a former husband and her own investments. Santa engineers a return to the life her money supports, though Clive doubts it.
Clive and Santa resume life in an old New York flat after a Sunday outing. He discovers she has rearranged the home and hired a maid, pushing toward control as he faces unemployment and a threatened divorce. Their tensions surface over money, pride, and the illusion of shelter.
J B Francioni professor of animal husbandry at Louisiana State University gave a fresh acting demonstration at the American Service Company plant on DeSiard Street starting at 10 this morning. The event drew a large turnout of hore demonstration clubs from Qua chita parish and emphasized efficiency in meat cutting.
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