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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
4
A wartime editorial blasts would be volunteers who resist conscription praising those answering the call. It urges any able adult between 18 and 44 to join a service branch and condemns slackers who seek excuses to avoid duty. Monroes cities cited as examples.
Capt Allan Scholars urged a civic push urging eligibles to register and all citizens to aid in funding democracy. A Court Square meeting promoted Liberty Bond sales, but turnout was lower than hoped as some residents reportedly went fishing.
The article urges citizens to register for conscription and fund war efforts rather than take a holiday to fish. It argues those who signed the Declaration would not waste time fishing and stresses that all should contribute, through work or money, while others serve. It notes economic figures on movie theaters and lighting for the Kansas State Capitol and mentions the Mississippi Centennial Exposition exhibit.
A new electric cafeteria has been established in New York for the employees of the New York Edison Company, providing a dedicated dining facility on site to serve staff.
J M DeMoss of Okaloosa urges North Louisiana farmers to form local meetings at schoolhouses and join the Farmers Educations and Co operative Union to secure a fair deal. He cites the Federal Farm Loan Act and offers to explain it. Walnut Grove union has 25 members with more joining.
Highlights include Pat Henry death at 63 and 1769 Virginia governor. 1804 Harmonists settlement in Pennsylvania. 1857 Indian Mutiny in Cawnpor e. 1872 Grant renominated. 1872 Princess Alix born. 1899 Sir John A. MacDonald dies. 1906 Lusitania launched. 1910 Peary honored in Paris. 1915 treaty ratified in Petrograd. 1916 Yuan Shih Kai dies and war updates. 1915 Italian advance and Russian retreat. 1916 new Russian offensive. half of British electrical machinery imported from Germany before WWI now from the U S.
Frances Starr famed stage star turns 61 with a career spanning Albany to national acclaim. The list also marks Dr. Stockton Axison 50,Tsar koe-Selo prisoners 45, Bob Moha 28, Dr. Ellwood P. Cubberly 49, Madamo Rejane 60, Charles R. Hanscom 67, Edgar B. Shumway 61, Dr. Samuel Dickey 66, Hon. John D. Hazen 57, and Right Rev Michael J. Nordan 64 in today’s salute of birthdays.
Pittsburg June 6 The annual meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections opens tonight and will run a week converting into a war council. Topics include care of soldiers families food economy living standards and the farm’s role in social work. Expected participants include Taft Hoover Ames Paton Winslow.
Central station power runs 3,000 looms at a Salem cotton mill in Meas with motors of half to three quarter horsepower. An amateur wireless operator intercepted a message from a station 600 miles away without attannee. A world class hotel under construction will use electric ranges costing thousands. Wellesley College meals also prepared on electric ranges.
A recruitment pitch urges youths, especially girls, to prepare for government work by entering Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas. It promotes Dig Determine Deliver mottoes, notes cash pay in business training, and promises placement in a suitable office role with Uncle Sam or a large business house. It invites free catalogue requests and claims to have helped thousands.
A five course dinner was prepared by electricity and served to 20 central station employees in Buffalo at a total energy cost of 15 cents. Electricity for cooking is cheaper than coal in Montevideo where electric cooking costs 2 cents per kilowatt and coal costs range from 25 to 50 dollars per ton.
A wartime plea urges readers to buy Liberty Bonds, urging patriotism and financial support. It warns Kaiser Wilhelm and emphasizes personal duty to invest, citing a five hundred dollar pledge as a strong example and urging immediate action.
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