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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1918
Page
6
Local items feature The New Star Meat market offering cash sales with a range of groceries and livery. Proposals for a mule barn erection due by noon June 8 at the mayor’s office with plans available from the city engineer. Hemstitching services advertised by Sinser Sewing Machine Co and Acua Vitae Mineral Water delivered for seven cents per gallon. Monroe seeks 5,000 cords of wood near the water works.
Multiple ads announce mattress renovation by J W Gresham with same day delivery and a showroom invitation. Other notices promote milk mineral water and pea sales in Bernice Louisiana, meat market delivery in Shreveport area, and building brick shipments before June price rises.
Property listing on Natchitoches road one mile west of West Monroe offers 10 acres with a new 6 room house and multiple improvements valued at 2500. Terms include a price of 2000 and possible trade for a Ford car. From Gates & Watkins. Also Ouachita Tire and Rubber Co. advertises tire and tube vulcanizing services.
In Padua province and Venetia region about 79 communes welcomed American Red Cross workers under Captain Thwaits. Observers describe holiday cheers, posters proclaiming the Americans are coming, and dinners with speeches as war relief spreads through towns amid military preparations, refugees, and frontline sights.
The state championship golf tournament begins in Hutchinson with notable headliners Joe Cox and Joe Bonds in a 10 round format at Pelham Bay. concurrently the women's invitation tennis tourney opens at Ardsley-on-Hudson with Min Es among entrants.
First class Auto trimming. Your top next to be made new Ouachita saddle and Harness Co. 208 South Grand street 1S Im. C. A. Boyd general contractor and building screening and repairing Estimates on short notice Phone 1313.
Prompt service offered at Knickels Blacksmith Shop opposite the Court House on South Grand Street. Vehicle cleaning and greasing available.
Representatives of Massachusetts civic organizations met at the State House on invitation of state safety committees to discuss plans for cooperating in patriotic assimilation work led by the Council of National Defense and the Interior Department.
Columbia La June 4 In a dispatch from here June 1 the arrest of E D Northern for maligning the president is briefly told The twist came Sunday when a woman posing as Northern’s wife armed with a shotgun hunted Ratcliff and Graham the men who exposed Northern to officers She was wrested from the gun by authorities and later left on a north bound train after selling belongings Her alleged husband Northern who admitted hog stealing earlier in winter pleaded guilty and served a jail term and has since maligning the president and is jailed for federal authorities.
Mrs Margar et Smale of Bishop California writes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound acted like a charm for a persisting cold. The remedy is recommended as a reliable treatment for obstinate coughs and colds this season. Phoenix Drug Store advertises the product.
The state trapshooting event opens in Devon Pennsylvania on a Wednesday with participation from teams including Colorado shooters and local clubs. Officials expect a busy day as competitors aim for titles in various divisions.
Thursday event report notes opening of Devon War Welfare Norse Show in Colorado Springs with details on venue and schedule.
Friday's Rhode Island state trapshooting tournament opens at Providence as teams begin competition. The day also features the annual Tuxedo Horse Show Association exhibition at Tuxedo in New York and the Western Intercollegiate Conference track and field championships shift to Chicago.
Saturday reports show a mountain marathon event in Chicago with the sixth annual edition, plus additional races including the Running of the Spring Trial Stakes at Douglas Park in Louisville and a Denver venue for the event.
In Louisiana Orleans Parish Ousa chita Sixth District Court probate notices call for interested parties to show cause within ten days from publication why final account by Pauline R Prophit executrix should not be approved and funds distributed as presented. Judge Ben C Dawkins presides with Deputy Clerk Pat S Hamilton noting the seal dated May 29 1918.
A verse describes girls sewing shirts knitting bandages making vests and cutting out jammies while convalescents Sam mies recover. It urges everyone to lend a hand to finish tasks quickly and emphasizes the value of helping with both hands.
The West Monroe Methodist church hosts a 4 o'clock Wednesday gathering to organize a Red Cross auxiliary. Matrons and young ladies are urged to attend and show personal support for the humanitarian effort.
All members are urged to attend a Monroe Civic League meeting at the home of Mrs L N Larche on Arkansas Avenue Friday at 2 30 p m. Red Cross work will be undertaken and members should adjust social duties to avoid interference with attendance.
In May 2022 exams in New Orleans and Shreveport, 100 nurses qualified through the Louisiana Nurses Board. Notables include Edna R. Brown, Katherine Watson Kelly, Docie Penda, Leona Clara Felton, Minnie May Patterson, and Jessie Loretta Howard, all recent St Francis Sanitorium graduates. Felton Patterson and Howard head to France with the Red Cross. Brown Kelly and Penda serve in home nursing.
All volunteers are asked to complete refugee garments and return them by tomorrow evening. The box will be packed and shipped. Once patterns arrive, additional work will be cut for distribution.
The Home Service workers of the American Red Cross provide care for lonely families of servicemen. While hospitals and nurses aid injured troops, Home Service offers neighborly counsel and aid to keep families in food, health, and comfort, ensuring no essential need is left unmet.
A short promotional note advertises thin voice fabrics and affordable lawns at 10¢ per yard for dresses and house dresses. It highlights 40 inch wide materials suitable for dresses, new silks Georgettes Crepes and Sephiers plaids, encouraging customers to view patterns and fabrics without pressure.
Mrs Jonas Seltz reports on Home Service work under the American Red Cross. The notes explain mail addressing for families of soldiers and sailors, how to obtain information on the sick or wounded, and details on the War Risk Insurance program. Seltz, Monroe chapter representative, recently attended a Birmingham Alabama training school and will provide weekly notes every Tuesday.
For sale two used cars a Ford and a Maxwell described as in good mechanical order. Contact phone number 1223. Ad dated 4-61.
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