Social and Personal Items Update From Local Notices
Tuesday social meetings include the Young Woman's Methodist Auxiliary at Mrs J Robert Anders and the Baptist Woman's Missionary Society at the church. Residents report influenza illness cases, travel plans, school returns, and family visits with numerous names and hometowns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Methodist Auxiliary
J. Robert Anders
Church of the Baptist Woman's Missionary Society
Methodist Church of the Woman’s Missionary Society
A. R. Taylor
St. Francis Auxiliary
J. C. Amman
Jackson Street
Twentieth Century Book Club
P. C. Willis
Louisville Avenue
Engagement and relocations noted in local society
Miss Helen Powel plans marriage to Sidney Seiler of Camp Humphrey Va with a future home in Monroe. Mr Seiler, a Civil Engineer with government work in lock and dam projects, will marry after his discharge from the officers training camp. Mrs Winston Craig and family anticipate holiday visits before relocating to Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Harne
West Side
F. A. Russel
Charleston
S. C
Russell
Monroe
J. C. Stamm
A. W. Shelton
Helen Mildred
Wichita Falls
Texas
J. (. Magnes
Shelton
Bessie Helen Magnes
Algernon Flournoy
Naval Training School
Newport
R. T
Vanderbilt
O. L. Humphrey
Wilmer
J. H. Thompson
Oak Grove
Johnson
Jackson Street
Lewis Tew
George Gunby
Camp Vachery Taylor
School of Fire
Fort Sills
Oklo
Gunby
Hi. L. Gregg
H. Ls. Gregg
Walter Terrell
Texarkana
D. G. Trousdale
Warren
Ark
Sarah Robinette
Washington, D. C
J. T. Pugh
Kilbourne
B. F. Summerlin
K. G. Prophit
Pine Street
J. J. Potts
Alma Summer
Spen
Mounds
Alfred Lucy
R. L
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Lucy
City High School
Bert Weldon Sperry
Sperry
Wilbur High Royster
Ralleigh
Lady Bird Austin
Newcomb
W. Courtney Oliver
Camp Pike
Oliver
Morgan F. George
Alexandria
R. H. Oliver, Jr
George
Layton Speed
Woman’s College
Randolph- Macon
Lynchburg
Isaac Lemle
Officers’ Training School
Fortess Monroe
Sam
New York
Detroit
Chicago
B. D. Hodges
Winston Craig
Sidney Seiler
Camp Humphrey
Seiler
E. Maupin
Presbyterian Women’s Society Meets at Church
The Presbyterian Woman's Society met yesterday afternoon at the church with Mrs A H Gladden and Miss Jordena Flournoy leading. The devotional lesson was Parable of the Talents and a program featured member participation. A catechism on Christian Stewardship prompted remarks. The treasurer’s report on the mission pledge was satisfactory. The meeting closed with prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Woman's Society
A. H. Gladden
Jordena Flournoy
New battle line in England on liquor and industry
Rev Newell D Hillis argues Britain faces a clash of bread versus beer as public and business interests mobilize against liquor. He cites a three billion dollar beer industry versus a ninety billion dollar economy of farms and shops, noting fewer saloons, higher alcohol taxes, and social shifts during wartime shaping a dry regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Newell D. Hillis
Great Britain
Canada
Britain
England’s shift to sobriety fuels dry era push by big business
The piece contrasts pro and anti prohibition stances in Britain. It notes liquor wealth backing campaigns, reports public drunkenness declines in Glasgow and London, and asserts that workers’ sobriety boosts output and retail stability. It concludes that English big business aims to start Reconstruction with a dry era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Great Britain
Glasgow
Whitechapel Row
London
Engand
England
Knowledge Unto Himself
A Southern Indiana city group of businessmen discussed Allied progress on the western front. A local heckler claimed American bodies cannot fight like Germans and that merchant marines have moved to front line duty, reflecting mixed opinions in a casual street chat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis News
Why We Love France
A sermon by Rev. T. B. Gregory on the French Revolution. The author argues that historical depictions of humanity show the stark cruelty of earlier eras, noting the storming of the Bastille as a focal point and contrasting it with later modern warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Rev
T. B. Gregory
France and the universal hope for liberty and justice
The speaker lauds France for its historic fight against oppression and its enduring ideals of Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality. He argues those principles sparked a worldwide movement toward equal rights, rule of law, and human solidarity, predicting tyranny will fade as humanity embraces shared dignity and opportunity. He hopes this explains the deep, affectionate interest in France and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bastile
Texas Remains Dry Says Federal Judge
Beaumont Texas December 17 Texas will stay in the prohibition column as long as statewide prohibition remains unrepealed declared Federal Judge Joe Hutcheson in the United States district court. A number of defendants were arraigned on charges they were bringing liquor into Texas where manufacture and sale are prohibited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Joe Hutcheson
United States District Court
Advertisers Claim Rock-Bottom Prices Draw Buyers
The speaker notes that goods are priced very low to attract shoppers and credits newspaper advertising for spreading word about the bargains. The message suggests seeking inexpensive gifts as a natural outcome of the promotion.
Judge Declares Texas Dry Still Barred by Federal Rule
Judge Hutcheson overrules demurrers in liquor case holding that the Reed amendment blocks importations for general use and treats all shipments as unlawful unless state exceptions permit. He notes federal statute creates no salvage for current stocks and that saloonmen with unsold liquor may reopen with licenses only to sell on hand. Written opinion to follow in days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Hutcheson
Texas
Cove girl scales 108-foot pole to save flags
Pretty Louise Kaufman of Cove Oregon climbs a raging windstorm to the top of a 108-foot flagpole and rescue Old Glory and a service flag from destruction. In Massachusetts a wage order raises the minimum for experienced women in the millinery industry by one dollar weekly to eleven dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Kaufman
Cove
Ore
Massachusetts
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