Social and Personal News From Monroe Public Library Events
Social notes report on a June 20 Book Club gathering at the Monroe Public Library and a deluge of local visits. Mrs Joe Evans and daughter Jy el left for Winsboro for a week with relatives while Mrs Francis Selman joined Tulane courses in New Orleans. Augustus H Norman from Fayetteville Ark visits M A McHenry, and the Lockwoods move to Ratcliff cottage on Louisville avenue. Marie Peters and Laura Lee Gray of Shreveport joined by Marguerite and Katharine Todd of Bastrop for an extended stay. E A Porter recovers at home from illness. Beatrice Hiller remains ill. Mrs Johnny Smith resides with Mrs M D Swayze. New Pine Bluff Ark arrival H T Carter cited.
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Monroe Public
E. A. Porter
Johnny Smith
M. D. Swayze
Beatrice Hiller
W. A. Walker
Glen
Hollendale
Walker
H. T. Carter
Pine Bluff
Ark
Mr. Carter
Officials Head to Capitol Against Proposed Bill
City hall reports Mayor Apgur and city attorney M. C. Thompson departed for Baton Rouge to oppose legislation. The measure would mandate life parity on every street, affecting residents in Monroe and surrounding areas.
Tanlac touted by Nashville woman after weight gain
Miss Advia McKenzie of 424 Sixth Ave south Nashville Tennessee declares Tanlac restored her health after about eighteen months of nervous prostration poor appetite and rapid weight loss. She reports gaining twenty five pounds and better sleep with appetite returning. Sold in Monroe by Allen's Pharmacy and a local agency.
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Miss McKenzie
Advia McKenzie
Sixth Avenue
South
Nashville
Tenn
Taniac
Monroe
Allen’s
Advt
Succession Notice for Margaret in Moorroe Louisiana
All persons with claims against the above numbered succession must file with Millsaps Oliver and Montgomery, attorneys, within ten days. Central Savings Bank and Trust Company, administrator, Moorroe Louisiana, June 13 1918.
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Margaret
Rene Jashkson
Millsaps, Oliver and Montgomery
Central Savings Rank and Trust Company
Moorroe
Louisiana
Novel sports of British soldiers behind the lines
Correspondent notes wartime diversions in France include mule wrestling as a team event, pillow fights in gas masks, mop fighting, tug of war, horse racing with a second horse favored to win, and other amusements. Spectators, including generals, enjoy carnivals with French villagers and children as guns rumble beyond.
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France
Asociated
Warwick
Bedford
Progres
Soldier No. 1
Soldier No. 2
Brigade
Mother's Friend Promises Ease for Expectant Mothers
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a trusted外 external application for pregnant women. It claims it relaxes muscles eases tension and reduces pain at delivery while aiding a calm peaceful experience. The copy cites Bradfield Regulator Co Atlanta Ga and urges timely purchase from local druggists.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
War Blade
Atlanta
War Conference of Building Industry in New York Opens
A national conference of architects building material societies and employers' associations convened in New York on June 14 to coordinate the building sector with the Federal war program General awareness spread that closer working arrangements are needed to align crafts with authorities amid a large construction push and housing demand.
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New York
Genera
Washington
Food Conservation Show Opens in Grand Central Palace
In Gotham New York the Food Conservation Show opened for a week at Grand Central Palace. The event features exhibits and daily lectures on preserving food by making butter stretch, growing fresh brown vegetables, and substituting meats, wheat flour, and fats. The National League for Woman's Service sponsors the event.
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New York
Grand Central Palace
The
National League For Woman’s Service
Milestones of Old Glory Across History
A chronology of the flag’s first displays and raises aboard forts, ships, and expeditions. From Fort Schuyler in 1777 to depictions in Alaska, the Pacific, Africa, the Andes, and finally a 1917 display on a European battlefield by the American Expeditionary Force in France.
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Fort Schuyler
Roms II
John Paul Jones
Ranger
Brandywine
Rathbone
Providence
Fort Nassau
Bahamyas
Bedford
Massachusetts
Columbia
Straits of Magellan
Endeavor
Salem
Mass
California
James P. Arthur
Plymouth
Antarctic
Flying Fish
Sea of Galilee
Linet. Lynch
Japan
Perry
Jeddo
High School
New Bedford
Alaska
Russia
United States
Midway Islands
Pacific Ocean
Mount Baker
Africa
Henry M. Branley
Andes
China
France
Danderine Ad Promises Lustrous Thick Hair
An advertisement touts Danderine as a cure for dandruff and hair woes. It claims the product cleanses oil and dust, nourishes the scalp, stops itching and hair loss, and leaves hair long, soft, and lustrous. Knowlton's Danderine is available at drugstores or toilet counters.
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Knowlton
Dri
Reed Family Thanks for Kindness After Daughters Death
Mr and Mrs J T Reed express gratitude for sympathy and floral gifts after their daughter’s passing Thursday morning. They especially thank Bonnie’s schoolmates and friends. A classified ad in News Star seeks a renter for four rooms.
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Bonnie
J. T. Reed
Nme News-Star
Vinci Body-Building Tonic Promises Gains for Thin Children
A Middletown mother reports her five year old girl, previously run-down, now improved after using a tonic said to restore appetite, flesh, and strength. The advertisement touts beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese peptonates glycero phosphates as the oldest body-building tonics, sold by Allen's Pharmacy and others.
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Middletown
Conn
Cc, Wilkinson
Vinci
Allen's Pharmacy
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Milan
the Style Shop
Larche Dry Goods CO
Props
West Monroe
CES
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Mer
Apgur
M. C. Thompson
Baton Rouge
Monfor Elis
Menai
J. W. Goh
Hal McGeorge
Memphis
J. M. McWilliams
Meridian
McGeorge
McWilliams
Starksville
Miss
M. A. Stafford
Dan McCranie
8. C. Blackman
Texas Avenue
Lazaar Caspari
Marx
North Second Street
Fred Vaughn
King
Clyde King
Little Rock
Morton
Oklahoma
Fronthal
Thos. Crichton
Mrs. Polk
Ella Polk
Alexandria
Seiss
M. H. Crager
H. H. Russell
Gus Selman
U. S. Navy
H O
Florida
George Selman
London
Dickens
Simb Ihela
Mr Selman
BRS
Lelia E. Garrett
David I. Garrett
Franklin BB. Garrett
United States Marines
Fritzie
Book Club
Monroe Public Library
Pook Club
Country Club
Louise Littlepage
Mary Jouvenat
Louise Jouvenat
Pauline Allen
Emily Trousdale
Imma Wooten
Francis Stubbs
Lilly Blanks Clarke
Charlotte and
Satchie Sholars
Henrietta Sholars
Marion
Louise Gresham
Mary
Congregation B'nai Israel
Temple
B. J. Sugar
Leith
J. M. Cobb
Exalted
Tuller
PF. B. Surgaine
Sinset Sewing Machine Co
South 7Th and
Grammont
PL & J. Inzena
Monroe Seed Company
Buster Crown
M. G. Spaugh
England
Ethel M. Sayer
Lon- Tha
Wards Saver
Fre
Ilan
Martha Forster Steele
Seattle
Rdt
Park Commissioners
Jane Morro
Will Groun
Denverymen’s Club
Mrs
Johnn
Model Meat Market
DeSiard Street
Mast Pond
Andma
Wil
Gothan
News-Star
Cara
Amick & CO
Baltimore
Vic Cri
Mr Ere
H. Wil of
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