Monroe Civic League Meeting And Various Social Notices
The Monroe Civic League holds a 3:30 p.m. meeting in the City Hall council chamber with officers to be elected as visitors from out of town are expected. A Japanese Tea on the lawn of Mrs. H. H. Russell featured readings by Misses Katharine Langford Emma Low Riedenharn Dorothy Russell and others. Women’s auxiliary and mission societies report events and preparations including a fundraiser bazaar raising 125 and a requested visit from a Ruston Orphanage ward. Mrs. Clyde Mitchell hosts a guest Miss Carrie Steiff of Galveston in Monroe while Miss Annie Laurie Gadberry of Mississippi visits Mrs. J. M. Munholland. Other notes include births, travels, and visits by local residents such as Mrs. Wm. Marshall Mrs. Abe Arent Rev. and Mrs. Morris and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Renaud. The article covers social happenings around Monroe with multiple local families and clubs mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Morris
Deis
Shreveport
Hays
Oak Ridge
J. B. Hays
H. H. Russell
M. J. Massengill
Marietta
Ark
Dick Ray
Annie Laurie Gadberry
Mississippi
Oklahoma
J. M. Munholland
West Side
Margaret Kennon
Monroe Public Library
Gillam
Edgar Miller
Lake Charles
Monroe
Lottown
New Orleans
St. Louis
Bernard Renaud
A. R Millsaps
Jackson Street
A. M. Thornton
Detroit Mith
Pennsylvania
Civic League
Woman's Missionary Society
Katherine Langford
Emma Low Riedenharn
Dorothy Russell
Heneath
Missionary Society program highlights and notices
The Monroe Missionary Society hosted a program with scripture readings by several members and a prayer by Mrs. W L Stevens. Mrs. Meek summarized fifteen years of Protestant work overseas, noting increased equipment and conversions. Discussions covered conditions in Muslim regions and Christianity’s progress in India, Korea, Africa, China, and Japan. Mrs. M L Morton led the closing prayer. Miss Dee Morgan reported on the Arcadia Jai Sunday School and Missionary Convention. The society was lauded as the only group in the state to foster all junior societies. Flower committee assistance was planned for June 18, with Mrs F K Vaughan coordinating. Clothing for orphans shipped to Lake Charres orphanage. Mrs Morton, with young helpers, served fruit punch and wafers. The next hostess will be Mrs M W Culpepper on Tex avenue, offering home baked cakes. Miss Elsie Ferguson wed Thomas B Clarke Jr in a private ceremony in West Monroe. The Rev John R Paxton officiated. Attendants included Carroll Brown of Portland and Frank M Peik, with the latter as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston Orphanage
H. W. Vaughan
Vaughan
J .M. Breard
F. B. Neely
Young People’s Missionary Society
L. O. Thibodeaux
Robert Cann
J. R. Anders
S. A. Davis
Maidie Moore
Mesdames
J. M. Greard
W. G. Lawhead
Wm. Marshall
Robt
Cann
N. McDonald
J. O. Switzer
K E. Carretson
C. P. Gray
W. G. Saunders
L. Stevens
C. L. Drew
R. H. Oliver
J. ©. Montgomery
W. L. Stevens
Meek
India
Kore
Africa
China
Japan
M. L. Morton
Monroe Missionary Society
W. H. Hill
O. B. Morton
F. K. Vaughan
Lake Chartes
Morton
Mildred
Dorothy Morton
Olive Leigh Myatt
M. W. Culpepper
Tex Avenue
New York
Elsie Ferguson
St. Recishots
Thomas B. Clarke
Themes B. Clarke
John R. Paxton
Carroll Brown
Portland
Frank J
Old French Opera House Gift to Tulane Recalled
New Orleans reports the historic Opera House has been gifted to Tulane University by an unnamed donor who refuses to be identified. The building, auctioned three weeks earlier, is valued around seventy thousand dollars, but the donor also pledges immediate repairs costing additional thousands beyond the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Tulane University
Rh. M. Walmeley
Tulane Directorate
Dead Quick Spray Ad Promises Instant Pest and Germ Kill
An advert for Rosa Dead Quick spray claims rapid extermination of insects and germs with a pleasant scent. It urges use in homes, on vegetables, and on stock, and notes Monroe availability through New South Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
New South Drug Co
Advt
Old Offender Before Court Over Substandard Plea
Jennie Allen an old regular offender faced Judge Schulze for the same charge. She pleaded guilty and lamented she could not pay a fine, begging not to be sent to the streets with derogatory language. The judge fined her ten dollars or ten days and warned against a repeat offense. Maryland estate notice follows with creditors asked to file claims. London news reports split on Rev Campbell successor choices as congregants await Dr Jewett or Dr Newton, signaling a church leadership deadlock ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Allen
President Wilson Leads Flag Day Parade in Washington
In a historic display, President Wilson marched at the head of a public procession with cabinet members and department heads amid national pride events. He reviewed the march at the Post Office Building and delivered the Flag Day address at the Washington Monument to a large crowd. The day also included school ceremonies across grade levels and a St. Francis Sewing Circle lawn fete on the sanitarium lawn Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Wilson
Peace Monument
Post Office Department
Washington Monument
St. Francis Sewing Circle
St. Francis Sanitarium
Alice Brady at Lyceum Tonight in Then U Come Back to You
Amusements note Alice Brady appears at the Lyceum tomorrow in Then U Come Back to You. The five act production shot amid western timber tracts and rushing rivers aims for atmospheric realism with a railway bridge and timber road scenes. On the program also Peg O the Ring serial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brady
Lyceum
Way Talon Ouy West
Irving
Peg O' Phe Ring
Montane Pad oration convention opens in Helena church
Helena hosts the annual Montane Pad oration of Women's Clubs with 200 delegates and visitors. Mrs. B K Houster of Bozeman presides as the three day program covers topics in public welfare amid Flag Day decorations.
Cardui salves doomed womanly woes in old notice
Sevier punishment Mt Airy Tenn Mrs Sarah M Chappell of this town says after years of womanly troubles and stomach issues Cardui relieved her nearly completely. She urges other women to try Cardui, claiming many friends noticed her improved health. Cardui advertised by Chattanooga Medicine Co Ladies Advisory Dept for details and free book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Airy
Sarah M. Chapell
Daniel
Cardus
Lady Reader
Chattancora Medicine Co
Ladies Advisory
Chattancogs
Tenn
N.C
Memorial Service for Bar Kitchn er at St Pauls Cathedral
London mourns Field Marshal Bar kit chener with a noon service at St Pauls Cathedral attended by about 3,000 people including King George V Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra. Flags fly at half mast and the Stock Exchange suspends for an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Field Marshal
Bar
Kitchener
Edward VII
King Georgie
Queen Mary
Queen Mother
Alexandra
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Army
Navy
Stock Exchange and
Manyusiness Houses
St. Paul's Cathedral
King George
Hare
St. Paul's
A. Paul's
Westminster Abbey
Canterbury Cathedral
City council buys Danube mills and granaries for Vienna
Vienna reports the city council has purchased large steam flour mills and granaries on the Danube at an estimated cost of about $1,500,000. The mills are claimed to be the greatest of their kind in Austria and the granaries can store 10,000 wagon loads of grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Jane
Danube
Austria
Taft Presses Navy Growth in Georgetown Address
President Taft urged a large navy to defend colonial possessions and rival Germany and Oriental powers. He praised military expansion and criticized critics of the Monroe doctrine, urging stronger armed forces and fleet enhancements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Georgetown University
Germany
Oriental
Will My Child Take Dr. King's Discovery
An oddly phrased promotional note touts Dr King s Discovery as an easy to take syrup for coughs and colds. It claims decades of experience, guarantees money back, and urges use as directed. The text reads like an old ad offering a bottle with a refund if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Uo King
Rexides
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monroe Social
Thireday
Monroe Civic League
Council Chamber
City Hall
Thic ’ West Side
Clyde, Mitchell
Carrie Steiff
Galveston
Abe Arent
Hudson Lane
Rilla
J. G. Mitchell
ElDorado
Col
Frank P. Stubbs
Delius
Monita Clawson
Ruth Prichard
Ruth Washburn
Hortense Dixon
Gillivire Marx
Pearl Roscoe
Lucile Hall
Little Miss Craig Hays
PL. Gray
Young Woman’s Methodist Auxiliary
P. Gray
Mra J. M Breard
Baptist Missionary Society
Baptist Woman's Missionary Society
O. B. Merton
Bible Sesson
Horlick
Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Huketenigy Drosbie Tire
SWIFT
Wrs
W.M
West Monroe
The
Krex Co
Monroe's
Dept
DeSford St
Grand
Union Store
6 & Ihe
J. M. Zanone
May (Hooce
RK. J. Campbill
City Temple
J. H. Jewett
Joseph Font Newton
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jewett
Newton
Campbell
Campell
Church of England
iCousianed
Rten
News-Star
the Lyceum
Montana Club
Oregon
Eugene
Ore
Ciand
Fores Grove
Cardus Or
Phiin Toose
Chicago
Chattanooga Medicine Company
American Medical Association
Carpenter
Cardui
Journal of Eh
Georgetown
Louisiana
Joseph 3
Rant
Charles R. Fredericks
Covington
James L. Nelson
Maurice Woulfe
Nex Oreans
Oliver Robin
Sevie Punisuirent
Kitchener Memorial Services
Purchase Flour Mills
Fresh Reo Cross Phar
Mr. Taft
Williaman
Monroes
Stewart
Phoenix Drug Store
PeHeler
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