Christmas and Happiness Share the Yuletide Spirit
A reflective piece urges readers to spread happiness during Christmas by helping others and staying hopeful. It encourages joining the Good Fellows Club, cheering the distressed, and considering the season a time to focus on kindness and generosity amid personal limits. The text also summarizes federal state cooperation in enforcing food and drug laws to clean up adulterated products and improve consumer protection.
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Europe
Good Fellows Club
Office of State Cooperative Food and Drug Control
Red Cross Stamp Army battles tuberculosis front
An promotional wartime appeal invites support for the Louisiana Anti-Tuberculosis Campaign Committee. Santa Claus appears as general to conscript readers for the Louisiana division, urging purchase of Red Cross Stamps to combat germs from coast to coast. The campaign operates from 417 Camp Street, New Orleans.
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Red Cross
Atlantic
Pacific
Santa Claus
Louisiana
Camp Street
New Or- la
Local Officials Highlight Cooperative Effort in Achieving Progress
Officials credited with coordinated actions and cooperative efforts announced notable progress in community projects. The report emphasizes teamwork among departments and leaders contributing to timely milestones and improved public services.
Family Avoids Serious Sickness in Virginia Home
McDuff, Virginia, Mrs. J. B. Whittaker credits Thedford’s Black-Draught with preventing illness in her family. She reports years of relief from headaches and stomach trouble after using the vegetable tonic, noting children request it for mild ailments and that the family avoids long sickness spells.
Notable 18th and 19th Century Global Events Summary
A compact roll of historical highlights including the 1773 Boston Tea Party and destruction of 340 chests of tea in Boston Harbor, the 1800 arm ed neutrality convention at St Petersburg between Russia and Sweden, the 1860 passport system abolition for British subjects in France, the 1904 Philippine bill passage by Congress, the funeral of ex president Kruger in Pretoria, and the 1907 American battleship fleet cruise from Hampton Roads around the world.
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Boston
Europe
St. Petersburg
Russia
Sweden
France
Congress
Kruger
Hampton Roads
Birthday list honors notable figures in law and arts
Alfred P. Thom, 62, Virginia lawyer and railroad counsel, first witness in Washington railways inquiry. Ralph Adams Cram, 53, renowned architect. Arle Bates, 60? years old writer. Isaac Sharpless, 68, ex president of Haverford College. Edward E Barnard, 59, Yerkes Observatory director. Edward P. Winslow, 65, U.S. consul general in Copenhagen. Albert E. Smith, 56, Ohio Northern University president.
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Alfred P. Thom
Virginia
Southern Railway
Washington
Thom
University of Virginia
Norfolk
Atlantic and Danville Railway Co
South
Ralph Adams Cram
Arle Bates
Isaac Sharpless
Haverford College
Edward E. Barnard
Yerkes Observatory
Edward PD. Winslow
Copenhagen
Albert E. Smith
Ohio Northern University
Calomel Claims Many Victims
Calomel harms many users while some doctors avoid it and seek substitutes. A new medicine named Lemolac is advertised as having calomel’s merits without its dangers, now sold at Phoenix Drug Co and other local druggists.
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Phoenix Drug Co
Nyal
P. S
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Wood Cut On Short Notice From Monroe Wood Saw
Short notice wood cutting service advertises custom length wood at home and claims savings of two to three dollars per cord. Touting refuse lumber and crossties converted into fuel, the ad promotes buying four six or foot lengths from THE MONROE WOOD SAW. S$. P. Dunn, Prop., Phone 424. 1 tote.
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Monroe Wood Saw Big CO
P. Dunn
PILE medicated paste and tablets sold by New South Drug Store
New South Drug Store of Monroe Louisiana advertises PILE Wellows a medicated paste in tubes for external use plus tablets for internal use. The pack is offered as a remedy to be used by oneself and sold only by them for one dollar ninety four cents. Wall Street expects good Christmas bonuses from banks and brokers with an estimated $25 000 distribution and extra compensation.
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Ask Us
New South Drug Store
Monroe
Wall Street
New York
Amone
New York Stock Exchange
Louisiana
You Should Fee) 102 Today See Liver Health Ad
An old advertisement promotes Po Do-Lax as a liver regulator derived from May-apple. It claims a bilious feeling signals overworked liver and that the laxative promotes bile flow and clears impurities from the intestines, urging use by stating it makes work easier.
Greece Accepts Entente Ultimatum Says Athens Dispatch
London reports from Athens that Greece has accepted the entente ultimatum. Dispatches confirm terms were unan nounced and no details were made public at this time.
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London
Greece
Athens
Stop That Cough Ad From Dr. King's New Discoveries
A vintage advertisement urges readers to treat a hacking cough with Dr. King's New Discovery. It promises soothing pine balsams, antiseptic and laxative benefits, and claims to heal irritated membranes and break up a cold. Available at druggists for 50 cents.
Merriment Better Than Mourning Christmas Safety Note
Do not decorate your Christmas tree with inflammable materials and use non inflammable decorations only. Secure the tree to prevent tipping by children and avoid using cotton for snow. If snow is needed use mica or asbestos fibre. Do not allow children to light candles when adults are not present due to fire risk. Electrical safety emphasized.
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Eiectrical
Illumination safety and holiday fire warnings
Cautions on keeping matches away from children and removing holiday trees to prevent fires. Notes January often sees many fires from dry needles. Advises using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for persistent coughs. Also records a 1916 sheriff's sale in Ouachita Parish Louisiana, involving John P. Parker et al, set for December 24, 1916, at the Monroe courthouse.
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Monroe News-Star
the New Star Publishing Co., Ltd
Weekly News-Star
Bureau of Chemstry
U. S. Department of Agriculure
Office of State Co-operative Food and Drug Control
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
New England
Food and Drug Inspection
Manning-Crowley Paint Co
DeSiard Street
Thedford
Burton H. Wolf
DeSiard St
Monroe, la
Kmsssrssrerresee SS
Nashville
New Orleans
Orleans
Alphonse Daudet
Dickens
Paris
Cuba
Pretoria
Scarborough
Hartlepool
Whitby
England
Mediterranean
Calomel
Science Han
USF
Phoenix Drug Store
Peasiat Store
Pha
T. E. Flournoy
I. Baer
C. B. Morton
F. D. Gibbs
F. F. Millsaps
Ouachita National Bank
Central and Trust CO
BP. Stubbs
Co. E. Byoum
Travia Oliver
H. N. Thompson
Casater
Depository
State OF
Thomas Beeching
Andrews, Ind
Chamberlain
Sheriffs Sale
State of Louisiana
Parish of Oguelita
Ion National Bank
John P. Parker
Bt al
Hubert F. Thomas
T. A. Grant
Ouachita Parish
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