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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
5
A Maine style verse notes a lover left and a girl moving on while a Monroe Red Cross chapter meets to form an auxiliary and plans a house to house canvass. St Hyacinth'sAcademy gains a junior auxiliary and New South Drug Co is thanked for desk material.
All persons with Red Cross work including knitting or refugees gau nts are asked to turn in all materials by the 14th. Items on hand at Red Cross headquarters must be returned to the Gulf Division by the 5th. Each person should make a separate effort to return all knitting and sewing by the 14th.
Last week a box of refugee agents was shipped to New Orleans containing about 57 girls' chemises 5 to 16 years, 2 girls' drawers 5 to 16 years, 6 girls' dresses 1 to 5 years, 22 girls' dresses 5 to 14 years, 30 girls' nightgowns, 28 girls' petticoats 0 to 5 years, 40 girls' petticoats 5 to 14 years, 42 girls' pinafores 5 to 7 years, 24 girls' sweaters 5 to 15 years, and 48 pairs girls' stockings 4 to 10 years.
Announced courses start this semester in Hygiene and Home Economics. Details include enrollment dates, instructors, and room assignments for the new program offerings.
A Cleveland advertisement touts Zemo as a cheap, non greasy liquid that soothes itching and heals eczema blotches ringworm rashes. It claims instant relief and quick healing with a 35 cent bottle or one dollar extra large size from Tre E. W. Rose Co.
Two classes, No 1 and No 2, begin next Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th respectively. Sessions run afternoons 3 to 4 30 for No 1 and 2 to 4 20 for No 2 at the sanitarium. Dues are $2 50 with textbooks 40 cents extra.
New York reports a Berlin Tageblatt note that Germany faces clothing scarcity with municipalities urged to negotiate with societies to reuse materials used for hall decorations. The Imperial clothing board denies requests for clothing and linen for city children sent to the country, citing limited supplies. Worn footwear and old leather may be sold only to designated boards for shoe supply with similar restrictions on finished leather goods.
Miss Anna Holland of Decatur Illinois is applying for a position as a railroad crossing flagman, pursuing work in rail safety and traffic control.
A 65 year old Meadowsville woman testifies that Black Draught improves her digestion and appetite after years of constipation and weak liver. The ad promotes Thedford’s Black Draught as a standard household remedy lasting seventy years with a 25 cent price and one cent per dose. It urges daily use when feeling sluggish and claims prompt gentle relief for stomach and bowels.
London June 7 Lady Robert Sheffield Stuart, a hospital nurse for three years, went to France hoping news of her husband Captain Stuart of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, missing since the battle of Neuve Chapelle. He insisted comrades be moved before capture and vanished. He is presumed dead, heir to the Earl of Castlestewart. elder brother Viscount Stuart fell at Loos.
London reports rising crime in Germany with burglaries peaking Friday to Monday and railways paying millions in compensation for stolen goods. The piece also notes a flood of war myths in Britain from St Quentin mining to angels of Mons and Kitchener rumors, plus travel fears of underground blasts.
Loans at six percent on improved farm and city business property and eight percent on city residence property. Commissions reasonable. R. B. Blanks, 30x 660, Monroe, Louisiana.
Professor Paul Rohrbach described Russia as a residue after Petrograd’s loss of western provinces and Ukraine. He dismissed Russia as a future world power, saying its cohesion and reconstruction are finished and the nation exists only as an inchoate mass.
The article argues that Russia will remain a vast peasant society lacking grain exports. It predicts 100 million inhabitants but little fertile soil and weak political and economic power. In contrast, Ukraine is seen as poised for strong development with harvests capable of tripling.
A mother's guide to using California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims a coated tongue signals constipation and offers a teaspoonful as a remedy, touting “inside cleansing” to restore health and prevent illness.
The passage argues that Poland should be avoided as a source of trouble, warns that turning energy to Polish issues could wet the situation, and notes Russia’s influence risks. It discusses breaking German encirclement and pursuing a western sea access objective as a major contemporary task.
London reports heavy loss from battle in France as land behind British lines used for food production is ruined. The area under cultivation reached many thousands of acres with vegetables and potatoes grown near Perona Ham Epehy and Chauny. Quaker relief work in reclaimed territories also suffered disruption.
Describes a farm near Ham as a central headquarters aiding peasants with tractor ploughing land and goats to replace lost cattle, but notes the operation may be abandoned until the war ends. Mentions Duluth women streetcar conductors and a testimonial praising Chamberlain's Tablets from Fr. D B Tressey of Richmond KY.
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