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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
4
The Monroe News-Star lists its daily and weekly publication schedule and notes subscription terms. It records the News-Star Publishing Co. as owner and provides post office, circulation, and contact details.
Citizens are invited to subscribe to a Christmas fund to help those neglected during the season. Funds will be given to the King's Daughters for distribution. Subscriptions listed include several donors contributing amounts such as five dollars.
A reflective piece traces how shepherds and wise men in Jewish scripture recognize divine promises and how Gentile figures in Babylon, guided by star and prophecy, anticipate Messiah. It reflects on loyalty, Gospel outreach, and the distant spark linking Babylonian captives to Bethlehem’s birth, culminating in the spread of early Christian faith despite vast deserts and opposition.
The passage recalls the journey of the Magi who sought the promised Messiah, braving tyrants and a humble birthplace. They follow prophecies, ignoring palace power, and find the Babe in a manger where they worship him as Maker, Monarch, and Savior.
Citizens aged 23 or older must pay the poll tax by December 31 1913 or December 31 1918 to participate in all elections in 1914 1915. The tax is mandatory and failure to pay results in disfranchisement for two years.
City authorities report two weeks of drainage work from Forsythe Park along Second Street to River Front and into the marsh south of Lake Berwish. The ditch will provide drainage for the area, with a call for property owners on River Front to improve sidewalks and remove weeds to improve the neighborhood’s appearance.
The piece urges organized charity during Christmas, stressing the duty of hearts and purses to aid penurious families. It highlights hardworking parents strained by life’s demands and toys scarce for children not from poverty but prudent budgeting, and calls for relief to brighten the season.
Smith Bros. Ltd advertises a wide stock of Christmas items including dolls fruit bowls cake plates berry dishes nut sets vases and fancy china ware. It also promotes coats hoods caps rugs dragg ers table covers towels and napkins inviting shoppers to visit now to fix up gifts.
A reflective note urges paying tribute to honesty and virtue during the Christmas season, acknowledging dwindling resources and the importance of integrity in communal life.
Chanukkah or the Feast of Dedication marks eight days starting Tuesday evening December 25. Judas Maccabaeus rededicated the Temple after Antiochus Epiphanes polluted it, and the oil miracle let the lights burn for eight nights. Children eagerly anticipate this festival and it brings joy to the poor as well.
Mrs. Mary Braun of Monroe Louisiana testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her long running kidney ailment and restored her health after years of back pain and fatigue. She urges others to trust the Monroe claim and the product advertised by Ade Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as the sole US agents.
Lewis Chamberlain of Manchester Ohio testifies that Dr King’s New Discovery eased severe croup attacks in his children and provides relief for coughs and colds. Sold by H KE Bucklen & Co in Philadelphia and St Louis at 50 cents and one dollar per bottle.
William Morris brings his English company from the Little Theatre London to Sugar's Theatre for Cosmo Hamilton's drama The Blindness of Virtue. A four act indictment on parenting ignorance of impulses, praised as clean and wholesome with strong dramatic force.
The musical comedy Quaker Girl has played on four continents. It ran two years in London and a year in Paris, with ongoing runs in Australia and a new company in Rio de Janeiro. Sugar's Theatre hosts it in December, after appearances in New York and ongoing U.S. tours.
Fragments advertise Electric Bitters as cure for stomach and liver troubles, weak nerves, and back pain. Testimonial from Eliza Pool of Depew Oklahoma claims the remedy cured her sickness. bottles sold with guarantee at 5% and 1.00 through Bucklen & Co. in Philadelphia or St Louis.
The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Louisiana Wagon Wood Stock Manufacturing Co. will be held in the company office on December 22, 1913 at 9 a.m. All stockholders are requested to be present. Charles Titche, President. 13-10t
Notice announces a stockholders meeting of Ouachita National Bank of Monroe Louisiana at the bank office on Tuesday January 13 1914 to select a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and address any other proper business. O B Morton cashier. 1S tf.
Geo W Fitch of Mendota Illinois reports relief from chronic skin eruptions after one box of Dr Hobson Eczema Ointment. He says it cured long standing eczema suffered since the Civil War after many doctors failed. The Pfeiffer Chemical Co offers the product by mail for 50 cents with a money back guarantee.
Mrs. Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky describes severe headaches nervous exhaustion and womanly troubles. After failing with two doctors she credits Cardui the woman’s tonic with restoring her health and energy enabling her to work and wash. The ad urges other women to try Cardui from local druggists and to request the 64 page Home Treatment for Women booklet.
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