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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1918
Page
6
The Whip melodrama draws crowds with open air scenes and stirring action. Originating in London and New York, it has enjoyed record success and is lauded for its adventurous, Cleopatra-like vitality. Americanized production continues to entertain patrons after noon show.
The opening of a drama aboard an Atlantic liner near New York introduces Mrs D Aquilla and Paron Sartoris as they spin their plots to win Hubert Brancaster and a letter of introduction to Judge Beverely. The scheme spreads to the Beverley estate with a racehorse plot, a Saratoga wager, and a thrilling railroad wreck scene.
The stage version of Bringing Up Father arrives Sunday at the Opera House under Gus Hill. Walter Vernon stars as Father with Louise Earl as Mother in a three act musical comedy praised for original lines, a 15 member chorus, and notable lighting effects.
Selwyn & Company present Avery Hopwood's cyclonic farce Fair and Warmer at the Opera House for a limited engagement. The production stars a uniform cast of Broadway favorites with a beautiful stage show and marks a peak in Selwyn & Company's collaboration with the playwright.
A Grace Episcopal Church service is planned for Christmas Day at 7 30 in the morning and 11 o clock in the forenoon with two worship times announced for parishioners and visitors.
London December 24 report from the committee on the reconstruction period says there will be heightened demand for credit facilities as recovery proceeds. The capacity of trade and industry to meet financial needs will largely hinge on the reserves accumulated.
A wartime finance panel chaired by Sir R V Waser Smith of Lloyds Bank outlines three firm types for postwar work and stresses a clear fiscal policy. It warns uncertainty harms industry, urges a gold standard, controlled credit expansion, and continued state aid for critical industries, including a hardship committee for munitions contracts.
Women are installed as telephone clerks in police headquarters in Washington. French girls in Brest sing The Star Spangled Banner as armistice celebration unfolds. Katherine and Agnes Burke, though almost blind, pursue full university courses at Wisconsin. Australian suffrage differs by state and nation, affected by party politics and methods of reform.
A primary teacher asks what makes a civilized man and lists food clothing shelter. After reminders the largest boy volunteers. He declares a wife as the third requisite, provoking reflection on social views. Albany Press.
In Cleveland a planned address to the Cooks and Housemaids Union by a prominent Equal Suffrage lecturer is canceled after her husband dismisses the effort as futile saying cooks and housemaids do not stay long enough in one job to merit a vote.
Lost two government allotment checks made out to Julia Wheeler rings 398. For rent nicely furnished front room near car line with new garage also. For sale a 1917 Ford Roadster Truck in first class condition priced at 375 dollars. Sale of a five passenger Ford Touring Car in mechanically perfect condition at 450 dollars from Rayner's Auto Market.
The list names numerous couples receiving marriage licenses in West Monroe Rayville Monroe and surrounding towns including Choudrant Oakland Mangham and Sterlington. Also reported are city court dispositions by Judge Charles Schulze with fines for drunk and disorderly behavior and related conduct.
Mr. Fred B. Robinson of Waco Texas vice president of the Waco Times-Herald visited Monroe Monday and called at the News-Star office as an appreciated guest.
A notice for a Christmas dinner planned tomorrow at Leons with egg nog mentioned. The fragment lists date 24-11 and a social gathering context.
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