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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
3
Eva Bradford gathers society items from West Monroe featuring church group meetings and social events. Reports cover Sunbeams, missionary circles, family visits, travel to Dallas and Boulder, a baby born at St. Francis, and local club gatherings with details on hosts and venues.
Poetic fiction celebrates a transformation from observer to central performer in love. The narrator recalls admiring equestrian shows and envisions becoming ring master of a life guided by Cupid toward lasting happiness with a destined partner.
The evening, from eight to eleven, featured gifts, games, and a delightful ice course for guests led by Mrs D Henderson and Mr and Mrs B Henderson. Prize winners included Miss Emma Pinto and Mrs J B Rutledge who received favors amid a dime ring thimble and button hunt clues.
Monroe residents are urged to shop before 1 p.m. as stores begin Friday afternoon closings for the summer. The plan gives employees a weekly half holiday and has the support of most retailers including Pollock's Singer Sewing Machine The Army Store Palais Royal and Woolworth. Public cooperation is key to making the program a lasting summer feature.
Readable names appear in a community listing including Duncan Newton Thomas Frazier O Gomez A E Groff P David W T Rhodes J B Rutledge Rutherford K Emerson Pansy Roberts Clyde Henderson Hobby Ryan Henderson and several couples led by Mr and Mrs G M Hays Mr and Mrs H Morgan Mr and Mrs John Williamson and Mr and Mrs John Petty.
An old fashioned advertisement touts Mrs Tucker's Shortening as a grease free alternative to lard. It claims pure cottonseed oil content, equal price to ordinary shortening, air tight fresh pail, and versatility for baking frying and cooking. Interstate Cotton Oil Refining Co Sherman Texas markets the product.
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