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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
5
Lenore Styles outlines a pale green frock for Miss Sixteen to Twenty featuring a simple pat tern with crisp frills at neck and sleeves a zephyr-like sash and a scalloped organza fold. The pattern, suitable for amateurs, appears in gingham and English print at the originating shop. Also advice on Prickly Ash Bitters promoting blood purification and health with price and local pharmacy details.
International polo contest at Hurlingham Club near London pits United States against England in a "million dollar match" with a veteran American lineup led by Captain Devereux Milburn. The series, first since World War, follows a long history of British and American polo battles dating back to 1876.
The article contrasts the 1909 American team famed for a fast bold, open game with a slower careful approach. It notes English players have lately adopted the American style, becoming apt pupils and matching the daring, wide circling play and rapid drives of the champions.
Advertises Prickly Ash Bitters as a remedy to balance bile and cleanse the bowels, claiming to vitalize blood and restore vigor. Priced at $1.25 per bottle, sold by Col Calvert in West Monroe.
A doleful observer recalls farm laborers and boarders reforming through organization to fight despotic landladies. He argues unity, meetings, and shared action will compel fair treatment, noting the difficulties yet urging collective resistance and loyalty. The passage closes with a nod to Mrs. Roosevelt as the first White House mistress with a private secretary.
The piece notes the 146th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Mrs. William Jennings Bryan turns 60. The Catholic Educational Association holds a four day convention in Cincinnati. Poland marks the 225th anniversary of John Sobieski's death, famed for halting Turkish invasion in late 17th century.
A survey notes less than two percent of Egyptian women literate. It highlights female progress like Louisiana high school graduation, British WWI nurse deaths, and prominent women such as Lady Byng and Dr Ma Saw Sa. It lists diverse items from queens diaries to mountaineer Fanny Bullock Workman and a busy sports calendar across multiple cities.
The notice marks anniversaries of Adolphus Frederick former Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz born 39 years ago today Edward J Berwind noted American financier born Philadelphia 73 years ago Hon Thomas A Crerar Canadian political figure born Molesworth Ontario 45 years ago and Tommy Burns former heavyweight champion born Canada 40 years ago now residing in England.
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