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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1912
Page
2
Community calendar notes meetings at the Twentieth Century Book Club Catholic Altar Society Sun beams and neighborhood gatherings. Several residents travel for business and education with many staying in Monroe and nearby towns this week.
An advertisement urges expectant mothers to use Mother’s Friend to prepare for childbirth. It claims the product aids the body during the waiting months, improves the baby’s prospects, and eases the physical process, promising comfort and better outcomes. It notes availability at drug stores and offers a free book from TELD REGULATOR CO. Atlanta, Ge.
The City High School seniors enjoyed a Pine Top excursion led by Prof. E. L. Neville, with a noon dinner and a day of leisure at Pine Top Club. Participants included Charlotte Nawaday Ruth Bachelor Eloise Ethridge Eula Pearl Clark Pauline Dixon Roberta Parker Marion Lee Russell Olive Dawkins May Stewart and others. The group boarded at 8:30 from Pine street and returned at dusk.
Alexandria endured two powerful rain storms within 24 hours. The first flooded streets and the second, lasting longer, sparked a lightning surge that disabled the Alexandria Electric Street Railway, halting service until 2 p.m. A lightning strike near McNary killed John Hays, 25, and badly shocked Tom Padgett and Joe Laurant, who survived.
Senator elect James K. Vardaman was slated to speak at Eagle Park Lonoke on Sunday but left after discovering the promised $200 stipend was not provided. Rev. Geo W. Thomas, organizer, planned a post address collection, but Vardaman refused to consent to it, disappointing several thousand attendees.
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