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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1917
Page
2
A busy week of club meetings and visits. Catholics meet at the rectory and the Riverside Club hosts an Afternoon Bridge gathering. Several residents travel, recover from illness, or celebrate family events while others welcome guests in town and prepare for upcoming weddings and funerals.
Aggressive ad promotes Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a harmless liquid that restores natural hair color gradually without dye. Claims include safety, money back guarantee, and non patent medicine status. Available at Red Cross Pharmacy and other drug stores. Hessig-Ellis Drug Co. in Memphis is listed for ordering.
Residents attended services for Mrs Matilda Selig in Farmerville and heard of Warren Taylors departure for Annapolis after passing exams. Little O J Smith Jr died at six and was laid to rest in Catholic Cemetery with Father Enaut presiding. Mrs Charles Garvey recovered from illness.
An appeal declares Liberty Bonds insure the United States rather than individuals, urging citizens to lend money now to mobilize defense. It argues bonds guarantee not loss but victory, and invites weekly saving through banks for those without ready cash. It contrasts bonds with life insurance and promotes public purchase. Amusements note Pauline Frederick in Her Better Self at Lyceum Theatre.
A mother notes Cottolene shorting bakes quicker and cheaper than butter and yields biscuits that taste as good. She praises Cottolene for mixing smoothly, producing rich crisp biscuits with a delicious flavor.
Readers persist with News Star classified ads as a reliable tool for local notices and sales. The enduring format supports jobs, items, and services, maintaining a familiar marketplace within the page.
The column notes the formation of the Woman's Bar Association of the District of Columbia with Ellen Spencer Massey as president. It covers Eva events from women pastors in Hadley Massachusetts to a Serbian adoption, and wartime relief efforts by American women supporting Noyon France, plus Russia's suffrage developments and education for women.
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