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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
4
A Monroe editorial denounces loyal Americans who defend German brutality arguing such defense proves disloyalty. It claims German culture and science served only to kill and enslave and warns there is no middle ground between loyalty and pro Germany.
In a letter to the News-Star Caldwell’s seven young men Ezra Girod Ezra Glasco Gerrald Girod Howard Rogers Frances Pool Charles Culpepper and Morris Tillman consented to join the war effort. They said they would rather go down with light and rectitude than stay home if liberty and humanity require it. C. P. Thornhill Columbia La June 5.
The 14th commencement at Columbia University concluded with graduation exercises. Distinguished guests included Secretary of State Lansing and Earl Reading the British ambassador at Washington.
Windsor Ontario on June 5 hosts the Duke of Devonshire Governor General of Canada. Detroit's Mayor Marx leads a delegation across the border. Shops close and streets along the procession route are lavishly decorated with Allied colors.
Concord New Hampshire June 5 a thorough revision of the laws of New Hampshire is the task entrusted to the Constitutional convention which convened here today in conformity with a vote of the people two years ago More than 400 delegates occupied seats in Representatives Hall at the State House when the convention proceeded to organize.
In Colorado Springs today, June 4, prominent amateur and professional marksmen faced traps at the local gun club as the annual trapshooting tournament of the Colorado Sportsmen's Association began. The three day program will conclude with State titles decided on Friday.
London women munition workers earned praise after saving their plant from a cartridge fire. Twenty women, trained in fire drills, remained at their posts despite warnings to flee, containing the blaze until city firefighters arrived to take over.
EK W Nuthall known as Professor Ozaka and once European jiu jitsu champion was killed in fighting on the Armentieres front after years of study in Japan and service as chief gymnastics instructor in the British army. He had requested active duty about two months earlier.
Lay State Governor Samuel W. McCall of Massachusetts addressed Trinity College graduates in Durham North Carolina. He spoke on patriotism as nearly 100 degrees were conferred at the ceremony.
Six per cent money to lend on improved farm and city business property and eight per cent on city residence property with reasonable commissions. Box 660 Monroe La. Also a testimonial from F B Tressey Richmond Ky praising Chamberlain’s Tablets for indigestion or constipation.
The Horn reports John Douglas Hazen chief justice of New Brunswick and international arbitration board chair born 58 years ago. Hazen's career spans political leadership, law, and cabinet roles in New Brunswick Ontario Ottawa and university service alongside a path from provincial house to premier and marine and fisheries minister.
The Maine Non-Partisan League, formed in Portland last February, schedules a Lewiston convention to map campaign strategy. Its platform calls for government ownership of public utilities including grain elevators, land value taxation, Swiss democratic military system, war profit and income taxation above 10,000 during the war, and farm loan pay amendments benefiting farmers and workers.
The News-Star received a Calhoun budget without a byline and will not publish unsigned material. The paper aims to staff every parish point with regular correspondents, but will withhold names if requested.
In Houston on June 5 the National Oil Mill Superintendents Association began its annual convention. Mill superintendents from many sections attend as they plan to speed up oil mill production to meet wartime government requirements. The gathering will run through Friday.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline claiming to stop dandruff and hair loss. It promises immediate shine and volume, with new hair growth appearing after weeks of use. The ad instructs daily application and asserts a bottle will double hair beauty.
Chronicle of notable births deaths and events from 1723 to 1917 including Adam Smith born 1723 Bushrod Washington 1762 Napoleon 1806 railway charter 1832 Canada US reciprocity 1848 peace Egypt Abyssinia 1867 temperance politics 1899 Frank Thompson 1905 King Alfonso visit 1915 Lemberg encirclement 1916 Earl Kitchener death 1917 US military registrations nearly 10 million.
Paris June 5 The American Red Cross in France has mobilized its entire medical staff to handle refugee care and medical service. Doctors are classified by urgency and location while night operators and nurses are on standby ready to deploy with emergency kits and equipment.
Young men learn the cotton business can gain access to ample work as warehouses rise across the South. Four week courses teach classing preservation and marketing to save farmers money, with a $30 fee. Tyler Commercial College in Tyler, Texas invites inquiries for a free catalog.
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