Social and Personal Items Holiday notices in Ouachita area
Community notes from Ouachita include a Methodist Auxiliary fancy work sale at the Ouachita National Bank Building, Christmas greetings and visits, military families, Thanksgiving in France reports, card games at the Taylor home, St Francis Auxiliary meetings, and Junior Red Cross activities with a Friday program at the City School Auditorium.
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Ouachita National Bank Building
T. O. Brown
Rialroads
Joe Beidenham
J. L. Adams
Katheryn Willis
T. E. Flournoy
Lyceum
Red Cross
Estelle Schulze
Selo
Kansas Women to Hold More Offices After New Regime
The article notes that even before universal suffrage Kansas women held and were elected to county and city offices. With men away at war, many husbands enlisted and wives acted as deputies, leading to more women occupying offices after January 1 than in any other state.
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Kansas
Vernon Ware Writes From France on War Time Letters
A WWI correspondent in the American Expeditionary Force describes mail from home and life in France. He mentions Spanish Flu deaths, updates on Cotton and Red in Shreveport and New Orleans, and moves to a new A P O address. He includes a poem about the home front and Liberty.
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W. Douglass
Bastrop
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Elnora Douglass
Evelyn
Lucile Prophit
Washington, D. C
Phyllis Cummings
Birmingham
Ala
Cummings
Phyllis
Charles T. McCord
New Orleans
Robi. W. Caldwell
Little Rock
Herbert Phillips
Monticello
Ark
Chas. B. Grayson
Boamer Grayson
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
J. C. Stamm
Stamm
Carter Stamm
R. L. Prophit
Pine Street
Lillie Smith
Delhi
Brenan College
Gainsville
Josephine Grayson
Louise Anne Avenue
Allan Sholare
Charlotte and
Satchie
New Or
Bsfwsb
France
A. €. Cook
Robert F. iCook
Frenece
United States
Robert F. Cook
American Expeditionary Forces
Sis
U. S
U.S. A
Red
Shreveport
Stonos
Letters From The People Appreciate War Saving Efforts
A 1918 New Orleans readers letter from H L Falae state secretary thanks Monroe News-Star for supporting Redeem Your Pledges and urging Ouachita Parish residents to buy Government securities. The note praises the editorial and its call to aid the war effort.
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New Orleans
Monroe News-Star
Monroe
P. H. Saunders
War Savings
Ouachita Parish
H. L. Falae
First Woman Sheriff Named in Kansas
Mrs. Cora BE Kilborn of Harper County becomes the first woman to hold the office of sheriff in Kansas, marking a historic breakthrough for women in law enforcement.
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Cora BE. Kilborn
Harper County
Kansas
Notable Milestones In Women’s Public Roles Across Nations
The report lists women achieving firsts in salaries for Milwaukee teachers, police traffic leadership in Washington DC, and a Netherlands sovereign. It notes Clara Louise Power becoming Massachusetts notary and first woman admitted to US Supreme Court practice. It mentions female influence in Toronto boycotts against German goods and two European queens linked to England.
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Massachsetts
Supreme Court of the
United States
England
Europe
Maud
Norway
Edward VI
Victoria
Spain
Anna Moscowitz Kross
New York City
Domestic Relations Court
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Lee Kuhn
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Harvey Jones
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John W. Johnston
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Tank Corps
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Liverpool
A. R. Taylor
North Second
G. G. Weaks
J. M. Cobb
FE. Wright
Tom
St. Francis Auxiliary
J. C. Amman
Albert Horuff
Ammén
Mesdames F. Cc. Amman
A. Horuff
Paul Keller
J. BE. Larkin
P. C. Willis
Louisville Avenue
Baldwin
Kroeger
Sohmer
Hamilton
Howard
House of Baldwin
Kaliski Music Co.,Ltd
Monroe, LA
Vernon Ware
Vernon
India
Melons
Burcherkings
Martynia Pear
Artichokes
Hamp Moore
Bell Peppers
Richelieu
Royal Anne
Moor Park
Brazil
Milwaukee
Washington
Royal Confectionery
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