Platinum romance and global race for a noble metal
Washington June 19. An article traces platinum from discovery in 1735 to modern demand as a strategic resource. It notes wartime government action seizing unknown platinum in the United States, price movements to 105 dollars an ounce, and the worldwide struggle to control supplies amid Allied and German interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
United States
United Tes
Rus
Columbia
New South Wales
Tasania
Calinia
Oregon
Ineo
Sumartra
Russia
Columbia Congress
Fion
Hli
Engir
Don Antonio de Alboa
Black and White Ointment promised to lighten dark skin
A mailed advertisement touts Black and White Ointment as a skin lightener for dark or sallow complexions. It claims to remove tan freckles wrinkles and pimples and targets colored folks with promises of a light smooth complexion for 25 cents sent to Plough Chemical Co. Memphis Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plough Chemical Co
Dept
Memphis
Tenn
Amusements Lion Tack to the Blue Shirt in Farnum Drama
William Farnum returns to town in The Heart of a Lion at the Lyceum Theatre starting Thursday. The screenplay from Ralph Connor’s The Doctor follows brothers Farney Kemper and Dick with romance, faith, and backwoods drama as Dick reforms and Barney, now a physician, cares for him. Mary Martin and Wanda Petit are among the leading women in this popular photoplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Farnum
Willem Foxstar
Lyceum Theatre
Ralph Connor
Doctor
Mr. Connor
Charles W. Gordon
Canadian Highlanders
Farney Kemper
Mary Martin
Wanda Petit
Mr. Farnum
German Alien Female Registration Ordered Across District
Police officials announce a German alien female registration under the April 1918 proclamation. Women 14 and older from the German Empire must register June 17 to June 26 with four photos and proof of peaceful intent. Penalties include restraint or imprisonment for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jord
Lyls
Ipik
Shreveport
Alexandria
Lake Charlee
Monroe
Crowley
Lafayette
Chiefs of Police
United States
Trapshooting, Wrestling, and Tennis Tournaments Across States
Fragmentary notes list events including the Maryland trapshooting tournament in Baltimore and a wrestling match featuring Art Caddock and "Strangler" Lewis in Des Moines. Also noted are the Northwestern trapshooting tournament in Seattle, Latonia Derby in Latonia Kentucky, a Chicago auto derby, a Westchester tennis championship in White Plains, and a Pittsburgh tennis championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Ovens
Baltimore
Art Caddock
Lewis
Des Moines
Seattle
Latonia
Speedway Park
Chicago
White Plains
Pittsburgh
Whooping Cough Relief Called a Charm
Mrs. P. H. Martin of Peru Indiana notes her two daughters recovered quickly from whooping cough after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The remedy is recommended to keep the cough loose and provide easier expectoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
P. H. Martin
Peru
Ind
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Adverts Internal Cure
Catarrh is a constitutional issue not cured by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Marketed by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, with testimonials offered and pills for constipation sold separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Halls
Danderine Hair Growth Ad Promises Dandruff Cure
An advertisement touts Danderine as the solution for heavy soft hair, claiming quick gloss and dandruff elimination. It asserts new hair will sprout after about two weeks and promotes easy at home use with a small bottle from drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
Advt
Tenants Fight Profiteering Landlords in New York
The Tenants' League of Greater New York with 10 000 members vows to oppose wartime rent hikes. A mass meeting is planned to chart action and a delegation may go to Washington to urge President Wilson to curb exorbitant rentals amid wartime wages lag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tenants’ League of
Greater New York
Tenants’ League
Washington
Wilson
Sour Stomach Advice and Relief Directions
A mild indigestion note explains causes such as rapid eating and overloading the stomach. Tips include eating slowly chewing thoroughly and eating little meat or none at supper. It suggests Chamberlains Tablets to aid digestion if sour stomach occurs.
Women Wage Earners to Confer at Wellesley
Women delegates from New England and the East arrive at Wellesley College for a National League of Women Workers convention. War work, munition plants, and farm labor are key topics as clubs report last year’s work and plan future activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
New England
Eest
National League of Women Workers
League
Mary G. Wiggin
National Consumers' League
Felix Frankfurter
National Labor Board
Eva W. White
Beston
Maury E. Drier
Women’s Trade Union League
Henry Oltehheimer
Jean Hamilton
Henry Muir
New York Association
Cardui praised by Marksville woman for back and side relief
Mrs. Alice Johnson of Marksville reports long lasting back and side pain relieved after taking Cardui. She says one year of misery ended with the entire bottle and regained strength. The ad encourages other women with female complaints to try Cardui. NC-133
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marksville
Alice Johnson
Cardus
Cardui
Cholera Morbus Warning Prompts Home Remedy Use
A Huntington Indiana mother recommends Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy after her two children fell ill with cholera morbus. She notes immediate relief when treatment was used at home during the busy summer of 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Chares Enycart
Huntington
Ind
Official directory of national and state officials
The list enumerates national leaders including Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marshall and a full slate of federal secretaries. It then details United States Supreme Court justices and a broad roll of senators and state officers across districts, governors, educators, bank examiners, and health and hospital officials in Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
Robert Lansing
William G. McAdoo
Treasury
Newton D. Baker
Josephus Daniels
Navy
T. W. Gregory
Alberts. Burleson
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
David B. Houston
Agriculture
William €. Redfield
Commerce
William B. Wilson
Rufin G. Pleasant
Fernand Mouton
James J. Bailey
Cocu
Henry Munsicker
Aul Capdievielle
T. Uy Harris
Harry D. Wilson
Fred J Grace
W. N. McFarland
KK. N
State Supreme Court Justices Named
The roster lists Frank A. Monroe as Chief Justice with Charles A. O Neal 0 C Provosty and W B Somerville as Associate Justices. The record shows multiple associate seatholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Monroe
Charles A. O'Neal
0. C. Provosty
W. B. Somerville
Heads of State Schools and City Officials Listed
A long roster names leaders and officials across state schools including Thos. D. Boyd and V. L. Roy, plus district judges, sheriffs, clerks, ward representatives, and city departments led by Mayor H. J. Apgar. Also cites attorneys, tax collectors, engineers, and department heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. D. Boyd
Louisiana State University
V. L. Roy
State Normal School
J. B. Keeney
Louisiana Industrial Insti
Counc
Apgar
Will Atkinson
L. St. Powers
Sam Kaplan
Arnold Bernstein
T. Austin
W. A. Walker
Oo. Slack
Tve
W. S. Culpepper
P. A. Pong
J. K. Tidwell
Stubia
Theus & Gresham
Charles Schulze
Hugh Biggar
KR. Morrison
N. E. Heap
Frank J. Roddy
Win. Sebulse
Rail Schedule Lists Southbound and Eastbound Trains
The notice lists Southbound trains No 18 3 and 5 30 p m plus freight services from Little Rock and New Orleans with arrival and departure times. It also shows Eastbound through trains from Atlanta to New Orleans with several local passenger trains and through sleepers to Atlanta Chattanooga and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
L. N Et M
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific
Atlanta
Chattanooga
New Orleana
Money to lend on farm and city property at six percent
Advertises six percent loans on improved farm and city business property and eight percent on city residence property. Commissions reasonable. Contact k. b. Blanks, Box 660, Monroe, Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. B. Blanks
Monroe
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Quibbo
Aperie
Quachita
Dragzists
Evans Chemical Con
Cincinnati
Tan
Lyceum Theatre Tomorrow
William Farnum In
Lion
Olive St
Heap
Bryant
Vv. H. Gosman
U. Kirkpatrick
U. S
Dardrake
Bullet Joe'' Bush
Red Sox
White Sox
Caron
Autojet
Eureka Auto Products Corp
Liberty St. N. Y. City
News-Star
G. Surginor
Louisiana
J. L. Adams
J. Q. Graves
Drs. Adams & Graves Physicians and Surgeons
Chase & Collena Oy
Brag
F. Collins
M. D
Mouroe Veterinary Infirmary
North 6Th St
Mouroe, Ju
Thomas E. Wrig
Allen
Julia B. Maisler
Grammont St Louis
W. Cosby
Red Cross
Gibson-Douglass & Gray
Monro
Lino
Edna Bourland
South Sid
City
News- Star
Stella Ross
West Monroe
Monroe Steam Laundry
Care News-Star
M. B. Gill
Ruston
Duroe Jersey
Col. Grand Master
Okla
Texas
S. L. Fuller
Jackson Street
L. N. Larche
McGuire Cattle Co., Inc
Luber
Bres Avenue
Fourth Street
Breard
J R. Sharpe
EB. K. Catlett
Pines
North Seventh Street
J. Ll. Kaliski
Tony Battgla
Adams Street
Orange Street
Liberty
J. J. Cook
Web Planting Co
Motor Stoute A
North Monroe
John Gallagher
F. B. Tressey
Richmond
Official Directory
United States Supreme Court
Edward Douglass White
Joseph McKenna
Oliver Wendall Holmes
William KR. Day
James C. McReynolds
Willis van deVanter
Mahion Vitney
Louis D. Brandies
Clark
Joseph K. Ransdell
Robert F. Broussard
Albert Estopical
Garlaud Dupree
Whit L. Martin
John T. Watkins
Kiley J. Wilson
Jared Y. Sanders
L. Lazaro
James B. Aswell
Dr. Stafford
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Clarence Pierson
Hospital For the Insane
Jackson
John N. Thomas
State Supreme Court
Tute
K. L. Stephens
Southwest Louisiana Industrial Institute
Wade Bynum
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Institute For the Blind
H. W. Moore
Louisiana Training Institute
Court of Appeals
Dr. N. Thompson
Charles V. Porter
Robert B. Dakwins
Fifth District Court
Ben C. Dawkins
Y. M. Odem
Parish Omcers
T. A. Grant
A. L. Geeen
Joe Hanna
C. I. Gray
Varish
Dr. B. Brown
T. Webb
W. F. Pipes
A. L. Smith
W. A. Tarver
G. W. Copeland
W. M. Ruffin
J. B Filhiel
W. i. Mitchell
J. O. Wininger
L. A. Coon
W. B. Inabnet
J .M. Head
J. MW. Trousdale
Joe Renwick
C. Brown
C. W. Phillips
T. KE. Edwards
F. ¢. Peters
Arkansas & Louisiana Midland RY
URI Pacific Railroad
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