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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1916
Page
2
Monroe social events calendar lists meetings and activities of local clubs and groups. It notes dates times and venues for gatherings, with emphasis on community engagement and member participation.
Social notes from Arcadia recount visits and arrivals including Rev B K Means and Mrs Means returning from Arkadia and families like Neville and Leatherman guests in town. The Tidwell Peters wedding is set for Monday at Grace Episcopal with Emma Peters as maid of honor and Nellie Leatherman among bridesmaids. Retired minister Rev T H Morris withdrew from active service with Bishop Haas noting health issues, and Arcadia prepares a public Christmas tree display coordinated by the committee with Allen Jones lighting across from the post office.
First Presbyterian Church schedules divine worship at 11 a m with prayer Wednesday evenings and a Sunday school at 9 3 0 a m Public invited. First Baptist Church holds Sunday School at 9 30 a m and services at 11 a m and 8 p m Pastor F H Farrington. Christian Science Society at 307 North Second Street offers Sunday School at 10 a m and service at 11 a m with weekly meetings and a reading room open daily 3 to 5. St Matthew’s Catholic Church at Jackson and Gramman offers Low Mass 7 2 a m High Mass 9 30 a m, devotions 4 60 p m, Sunday School 8 30 a m and 9 45 a m, preaching 11 a m and 7 15 p m, with Wednesday prayer at 7 15. Rector Arthur Randles Price and Pastor A B J Neil are noted.
The St Francis Sanitarium Auxiliary plans a charity sale of fancy work and homemade candies at New South Driving Store on Tuesday December 19 to support the endowment fund for the charity bed art. Supporters are urged to patronize the sale for a noble cause aiding the suffering poor.
Cambridge Mass Dec 16 Professor of psychology at Harvard University Muensterberg died suddenly today while lecturing before a class at Radcliffe College. The shock death occurred during the session confirming the professor’s sudden end noted by students and colleagues.
A famed yachtsman maintains a family tradition by ordering a hundred pounds of French Market Coffee at once. The blend, tied to a historic meeting with Henry Clay at the Old French Market in New Orleans, is marketed as the secret Old Secret Blend. A 12 cup sample and booklet are offered for 10 cents, along with grocer listings by town.
Twin boys Billy nicknamed Spender and John nicknamed Saver grow up alike yet differ in money habits. Spender spends all, Saver saves weekly, builds bank habit, later earns half ownership in a store. Moral urges saving, bank deposits, and prudent finance as a Christmas Ranking Club promotes savings.
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