Flag Day Observances Urged on Monroe Citizens
President Wilson designates Wednesday June 14 as flag day. Mayor Apgar calls on Monroe residents to decorate homes and businesses and honor the national emblem. local Daughters of the American Revolution and Elks plan a patriotic program on the court square inviting all residents.
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Wilson
Apgar
Monroe
The
Daughters of the American Rkevolution
the Elks
Court Square
Pessimists in Trade and Business Lines
A fragmented excerpt argues that makers like bakers and candlestick makers are pessimists about their own trades, while businessmen miss broader risks. It claims fathers push sons into different lines, but warns against letting setbacks kill enthusiasm and suggests each trade faces its own dangers.
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Eain
Jesson
Women shrink from modesty and nervous ailments blamed
An ad discusses women’s nervous debility as the cause of headaches backaches loss of appetite sleeplessness and fainting. It promotes Tanlac as an reconstructive tonic that strengthens nerves aids digestion vitalizes the blood and restores health and color. The ad notes Tanlac is being introduced in Menroe at Phoenix Drur Cas with the Tanlac Man explaining merits.
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Menroe
Phoenix Drur
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A motivational exhortation urges persistence in business, arguing that discouragement comes from idleness and that plugging through with plans and effort defeats the lure of unknown ventures. It stresses tackling familiar obstacles to prove ability to overcome challenges in any field.
Admonition on Wealth and Methods of Success in Business
A speaker argues that no field is free of wealth creation and urges the reader to study successful rivals. If others prosper in a line you ignore, you must copy their methods rather than seek a different field. The message emphasizes aligning plans with proven winners to reap gains.
Newspaper Dreams Fail Amid Doubts and Delays
The Jennings Daily News, once given six months to live, suspended publication on May 1 after only six weeks. The Crowley Signal notes another group attempting a new paper while an established one already exists but does not fully suit them.
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Jennings Daily News
Crowley Signal
Band for hire by Joe Marsala at 227 North Eighth Street
Music furnished for all occasions by Joe Marsala. Contact at 227 North Eighth Street or by phone 72 dollars. A compact historical notice seeking a versatile band for events.
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Joe Marsala
North Eighth Street
M. Donohoe
D. P. Vicksburg
Humorous Testimonial on Hays' Specific from Wallace
A humorous writer introduces a sample testimonial by Jamnes F E Wallace praising Hays' Specific for malaria. He claims malaria relief after two months with no other remedy working, noting children enjoy improved mood after dosing. The piece imitates a period testimonial in a newspaper column voice.
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Jamnes FE
Wallace
Hays
Jamees Fh
Collons
State Legislature Will Protect Flag
A column asserts that every state bans flag desecration and that the American flag symbolizes liberty justice and national unity. It calls for reverence to the flag raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset and praises its role as guarantor of religious toleration and education. It ends with the pledge to the Republic.
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America
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Nort
Carolina
Mississippi
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
This Date In History Fails To Prove Pivotal Events
A collage of historical notes ranges from 1666 to 1915 with mentions of colonial charters, earthquakes, parliaments, and monarchs. The items include Victoria’s railroad journey, the Ber lin Congress sitting, royal drownings, the opening of the Sault Ste. Marie canal, and Canadian declarations, plus a 1915 war update and a Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey medical ad.
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Queen Victoria
Stough
Paddington
Congress of European Powers
Berlin
King Louis of
Bavaria
Starnberg Lake
Sault Ste. Marie
South Carolina
Charles the Second
Dr.Bell
Dr. Bell
Dr. Hell
Birthday tribute to Rear Admiral Fiske on 62nd year
Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske, famed naval inventor and authority on naval affairs, is celebrated on his 62nd birthday. Born Lyons New York June 13 1854 he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1874 and later attained rear admiral in 1911 his career including heroic conduct at Manila Bay and notable naval inventions such as the widely adopted naval telescope sight.
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Bradley Allen Fiske
Lyons
N. Y
U. S. Naval Academy
Tfe
Manila
Dewey
Fiske
Europe
United States
Daniels
Admiral Fiske
Republic
Prince Arthur of
Prince Arthur of Connaught
William Butler Yeats
Samuel Planty
Lawreace College
Calvin H. French
Henry P. Davison
Morton Firm
Thomas Mackenzie
Fred John Wagner
Ross Dead Quick Spray Ad and Estate Sale in Monroe
An advertisement praises Ross Dead Quick Spray for quick insect and germ elimination in homes, vegetables, and stock, selling locally via New South Drug Co. in Monroe. The notice also covers probate matters in Ouachita and Lincoln parishes, including final accounts for John Ernst Peters estate and a sheriff’s sale of pine logs, gum, and cypress drag items in Monroe on June 24, 1916.
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Monroe
New South Drug Co
Advt
State of Louisian Parish
Lincoln
Fourth District Court
BE. Shaw
Bun Watts
Doan’s Kidney Pills Ad Promises Relief from Kidney Trouble
A Monroe reader testifies of kidney and bladder inflammation relief from Doan’s Kidney Pills. She claims six boxes cured her and notes family use with similar benefits. Advertisement urging readers to ask for Doan’s Kidney Pills at dealers.
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Monroe Peoples
Dean
Monroe
J. M. Byats
Grand St
New South Drug Store
Doan
Chamberlains Colic Remedy and Estate Notices
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy urged as essential for families, with advice to obtain locally. Also notices in Succession of William Harris and Doyle, creditors summoned to show cause within ten days, and a public sale of land in Monroe Louisiana scheduled for July 15 1916 following a writ of seizure in the Union Central Life Insurance Co. case.
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William Harris
State of
Louisiana
Parish of
Ohuachita
Sixth District Court
Frank F
A. D
Pat S&s. Hamilton
State of Louisiana Parish
Ouachita
Bixth
William and
Theresa Doyle
John W. Doyle
Pat
Hamilton
The
Union Central Life Insurance Co
Walter ™. Blakes
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Monroe
Township Seventeen
North Rang
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United
Kingston
Adolphe Chanlean
Philadelphia
American Daughters of Liberty
Souchez
Arras
Monte Zugena
Trentino
Ala
Trent
Dneister
Girl
Mome
Ark
Wrs
W. M. Hont
West Monroe
S-ht
Rubrararraraar
Our
Hamar
Grove
Hte
John Ernst Peters
F. CC. Petera
Peter
Mulhearn
Ben. (. Dawkins
Pat S. Hamilton
St-in
Sheriffs Sale
Tas Grant
Ouachita Parish
Monros, la
Remfe
Mayr
Phoenix Rug Store
Axan
Tae Tae
T. EB. Flournoy
B. Morton
J. Barr, V. Pres. Gibbs, Asa’t. Cash
Coe
Dick.ey Et al
Trust’ CO
PP. Stabbe
C. E. Bynum
Travis Oliver
H. N. Thompson
Depository
Saisfy
T. A. Grant
Quachita
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McGuire Cattle Co., Inc
Ouisiana
Fancie
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T. C. Drew
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