Social and Personal Items Week's Calendar
Wednesday events include a tea at Mrs. Mary Faulk’s home hosted by the West Side Woman's Missionary Society and a children story hour on Court Square by Monroe Public Library staff. Also the Red Cross street fair opens at 7 p.m. and many notices of visits, illnesses, engagements, and a June 25 wedding announce major local social activity.
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Mary Faulk
Woman’s Missionary Society of the West
C. F. Dunn
Timpson
Oxes
Shreveport
Carl
Robt. O. Randle
L. Milton King
St. Louis
Moise King
Alma King
Louis Langford
Mable Langford
Choudrant
Ruston
Robert Autrey
el Dorado
Ark
Jack Morrison
West Side
W. BR. Mitchell
Covper
Vivien Julian
Oak Ridge
Regulations for Food Packaging Enforced by State Board of Health
The State Board of Health has set rules effective June 15 requiring all packages sold to be labeled with contents and weight. Milk must be properly labeled and priced by weight at delivery. Food items from wagons or peddlers fall under the regulation. Meat fish poultry and baked goods must be protected from contamination. State and local health officers enforce, with sheriffs deputies constables and police assisting and empowered to arrest violators.
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State Board of Health
Perosa
Lee
State
Pariah
Minutepal
Harvard Cambridge Commencement Weathers War Adjustments
Harvard University holds its class day exercises amid war born constraints. Devotional service at Appleton Chapel opens the day led by Rev Dr. Albert Parker Fitch. Procession forms at 2 45 in front of Helworthy for a Sande Theatre closing program.
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Cambridge Mansa
Harvard Ua
Appelton Chapel
Albert Parker Fitch
Andover Theological Seminary
Hélworthy
Sande
Newport News
Fort Sheridan
A Splendid Tonic Cardui Ad from Hixson Tenn
An old advertisement from Hixson Tennessee extolls Cardui as a splendid female tonic. It features Mrs. J B Gadd describing long lasting left side pain and sleepless nights before using Cardui, claiming relief after a second course and recommending it to others as a cure for headaches backaches sideaches and nervous fatigue.
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Cardus
World Apart at Lyceum with Reid and Stedman
Wallace Reid and Myrtle Stedman star in The World Apart at the Lyceum tomorrow. The western life tale promises thrills and an unusual plot designed for the screen duo’s strong appeal.
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Wallace Reid
Myrtle Stedman
Lyceum
Wally
Classified item seeks router for rooms
An 80 percent classified notice from News-Star ETL seeks a router suitable for multiple rooms. The ad requests device with adequate wireless coverage and affordable pricing.
Belgians Forced to Eat Rats Reported in German Camps
Eye witness letters from Brussels describe Belgian deportees in German camps starving on a diet of bread and water. Civilians die daily, dead bodies logged in mortuaries, and conditions deteriorate as doctors deny responsibility. Rat consumption is alleged in one camp.
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Brussels
Germany
New South Drug Store Rheumatism Powders Ad
Rheumatism powders guaranteed relief or money refunded sold by New South Drug Store Monroe La. Also notes ongoing plate glass damage from gravel dropped by wagons and by auto tires with cases of hundreds of dollars in damage.
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New South Drug Store
Monroe
Chamberlain's Tablets praised by Fr. Treassey in Richmond
Fr. Hh. Treassey of Richmond Kentucky extols Chamberlain's Tablets as a wonder saying nothing beats them for indigestion or constipation. The advertisement urges readers troubled by digestive issues to try the remedy.
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Chamberlain
Hh. Treassey
Richmond
Advt
Britain to take reprisals and prevent future raids
London June 19 Chancellor Law announced Britain plans not only to retaliate against Germany for air raids but also to prevent future attacks. The statement outlines a dual approach combining punitive measures with defensive steps.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Hood Bills Food Legislation Faces Action Delays
In Washington and Chicago dated June 17 to 18, 191—food bills moved to the front in both houses of Congress and likely won’t be enacted until they are disposed of amid ongoing debates.
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Washington
con@rers
Recruitment and quotas for U S Army volunteers
The article notes volunteers exported to the United States Army and lists named enlistees Andres J. Sadler Floyd TM. Brown John C. Carroll Charles M Mitchell. It states quotas for regular army 255 and 122 located and that 45 000 men are needed to complete new regiments of infantry and field artillery with 15 000 recruits required for maintenance agencies.
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Furair
United States
Andres J. Sadler
Floyd ™. Brown
John C. Carroll
Charles Mitchell
Blighted Love Breach Verdict Awarded $225000
Honora May O'Brien, 25, won a breach of promise suit against John J. Manning, 85, a millionaire, with a verdict of $225,000 by a Long Island City jury on June 19 in New York.
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New York
Honora May O'Brien
John J. Manning
Long Island City
Halls Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Internal Cure
An advertisement asserts local treatments fail for catarrh and promotes Halls Catarrh Medicine taken internally. It claims the product cleanses mucous surfaces and combines ingredients with blood purifiers to improve catarrhal conditions. Testimonials are promised and the Toledo Ohio company is named.
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Clive
Saorten Malls
J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Otte
Steel Plate Prices Cut For Shipping Board Contracts
Washington June 18 the back price of 354.20 per ton was fixed for steel plates under contracts signed by Chairman Durman of the Shipping Board. Future contracts will be let at that price rather than 996 for steel in prior contracts.
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Washington
Durman
Shipping Board
Labor Minders Work For Ouachita Plant Pipe Line
Laborers must lay a temporary pipe to the power plant due to labor shortages. Efforts to recruit men have failed and delays threaten coal fuel supplies as prices rise. City authorities urge swift completion while several sections report loafing. the company claims crews are available to work.
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Ouachita Natural Cas & Comparmy i
Anxi Ue
Ecompany
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