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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1921
Page
8
A reminiscence on old fishing trips where companionship grew through long talks of religion birth and death and life under open skies. The narrator recalls nights with no bites turning into deep conversations that bonded men beyond common talk. Prickly Ash Bitters ads and local merchants follow as period notices.
The notice highlights Courtright metal shingles as durable and handsome from new to old, resisting warp, split, rot, or curl and boosting home value. Sold at Short Pencil's Tin Shop, phone 132. Also a water conservation alert asks residents to limit sprinkling to sundown and fix leaks, from the Mayor and Commissioners.
An advertisement offers a remedy for skin diseases including itch eczema and ringworm. It lists sellers Col lens Pharmacy and South Drug and notes a 50 cent price per brick with a 14-25-6m dating. It also provides a contact address P. O. Box 197 and a phone number.
Courtright Metal Shingles touted as best outside protection since they resist burning unlike wood and don’t crack like slate. Sold at Short Pencil's Tin Shop with phone 132. Plus Prickly Ash Bitters advertised as a men's remedy by Col Falvert of Westonroe priced at 1.25 per bottle.
In St Ignace the mute North Woods man Victor Raoul clashes with Yvonne Fontaine a Paris educated fur exporter’s daughter. A forest murder plot unravels as the couple’s fate unfolds in the film The Magnificent Brute starring Frank Mayor and shown at the Picture Garden tonight.
Suprme Court ruled a ratified Federal amendment cannot be sent to a referendum. The note marks the anniversary of Adolfo de la Huerta’s installation as Provisional President of Mexico.
Boston hosts the opening sessions of the Boston American Pediatric Society and the Boston American Gynecological Society along with the Boston American Dermatological Society. Worcester hosts the New England Grand Lodge United Commercial Travelers as Des Moines hosts the Iowa Seed Dealers Association.
Meeting of Westchester Racing Association at Belmont Park and Dorval Jockey Club at Montreal. Derby renewal at Epsom Downs. Golf British women's championship at Anberry. Tennis Orange Lawn Club invitational in South Orange. Shooting zone opens in Atlanta. State and county trapshooting events in Canton, Syracuse, Thermopolis. Local notices for Allen’s Liver Pills and a grocery ad from Patton Fluker.
A fragmented ad notices Courtright metal shingles promising long lasting roofs and faster labor saving, plus water tanks for beer and wine. It targets Italian buyers in Terminal Heights offering eleven hundred gallon tanks at 38 dollars each with installment terms and flexible payment. Also includes various local ads from Walnut street shop and Phoenix Drug Store.
The centennial celebration of the University of Virginia began with 200 to 300 eminent representatives from American and European universities in Charlottesville. Welcomes were read by Dr. Edwin Alderman and Governor Westmoreland Davis. visitors were thanked by M Jules Jusserand and University leaders. A bronze tablet dedication honored Four score UVA men who died in World War I. Lt Col John A Catchins presided.
Dr Wilhelm Solf, noted for diplomatic and colonial service, is repeatedly named as a probable German ambassador to the United States should Berlin and Washington resume relations. A former Samoa governor general and colonial secretary, he also studied philology and once held a consular post in Calcutta. He was an ardent war supporter and later served as foreign minister.
Six hundred commissioners gather at St James Square Presbyterian Church for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada in Toronto Ontario June 1. The gathering includes many visitors from across the Dominion as work begins on a weeklong session dominated by the moderator election with more than six candidates and topics such as church union anticipated to spark vigorous discussion.
Worcester Massachusetts June 1 delegates from all states in the jurisdiction attend the opening session of the annual convention of the New England Grand Lodge of the United Commercial Travelers. Full attendance marks the start of proceedings for the week long event.
Prominent marksmen from more than a dozen states gathered at the Atlanta Gun Club for the Southern Zone handicap trap shooting tournament opening. The contests run through the end of the week with traps and field events underway.
George Chaney of Baltimore faces Billy McCann of Cleveland in a twelve round bout to headline the open air boxing season opener at the American League baseball park in Cleveland Ohio tomorrow night.
A practical note suggests keeping a ready supply of self made bandages. Tear strong cotton cloth into strips, roll them tightly in varying widths, sterilize in the oven, and store in a fruit jar for quick first aid use.
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