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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
2
This column blends an old ad for Bell-Ans with a flood of social notes from Monroe Mississippi society. It lists illnesses and recoveries, visits, weddings, church auxiliary meetings, book club programs, a luncheon, and bridge club results, naming residents, guests, and locations like Alexandria, Bastrop, Texarkana, Shreveport, and McCormick's.
In bright rhythm the ad touts season long service and value with breakfast staples. It highlights 25 h. sack flour at 9.90 per barrel, 25¢ pens, and a gallon of O Z O syrup plus fresh roasted coffee.
Community gathering listing attendees Mesdiames Masur Masur Haas Kuhn Hymen Liebreich Gienn Hirsch Selig Caspari Pollak Davis Kuhn. Methodist ladies bazaar and dinner scheduled Friday and Saturday beside New South Drug Store. Variety of fancy work and meals including turkey and chicken spaghetti supper. 13-21
Amusements note a program at the Lyceum Theatre Tomorrow with C. Idr Ray in The Honorable Argy alongside Margery Wilson and Margaret Thompson. A two reel comedy and Paramount Pictograph add to the program. The Fall of a Nation will be shown tonight at eight thirty with the Mutual Masterpiece and the special symphony orchestra.
Do not decorate with inflammable materials use non inflammable tinsel and secure trees to prevent tip overs. Do not let children light candles or reach matches and avoid dry needles. Electrical lights are safer and January fire risk rises. A house of merriment is better than a house of morning.
New York hosts the American Insecticide and Disinfectant Manufacturers Association as it holds its annual gathering at the Astor Hotel next week. Attendees include experts versed in 57 plus pest control methods amid talk of the Wadsworth bill proposing an official test for disinfectants and a standard tast.
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co promotes a Christmas Banking Club where a dime planted and weekly additions grow to 127.50 in fifty weeks. Families join to start saving, forming the habit of banking with small regular deposits.
London dispatch reports mixed hopes over German peace overtures as Britain weighs terms and allies. Briand speaks of a permanent war cabinet boosting production while Roumania and Russian allies shape the eastern front amid uncertain prospects for a decisive outcome. The press signals cautious openness but favors careful consultation before any reply.
The article suggests German openness to peace if entente terms are officially presented to central powers. It notes possible actions by President Wilson to forward or convey those terms and mentions rumors of Emperor William preparing to announce a parliamentary form of government for Germany.
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