Confectionery Luncheon Served Sugar Coated Dates
Hostess served sugar coated dates and a confectionery luncheon. Guests included Misses Ella Polk Henrietta Carolyn Charlotte and Satchie Sholars Lilly Blanks Clarke Pauline Allen Emily Trousdale Emma Louise Beidenham Anna Wooten Julia Francis Stubbs Louise Grisham Genevra Washburn. Mrs Milner assisted by Mrs Tom Crichton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly
Henrietta
Carolyn Shelars
Charlotte and
Satchie Tholars
Ella Polk
Emma _ Louise Neidenharn
Pauline Allen
Anna Wooten
Mary and Louise Jouvenat
Louise Littlepage
Genevra Washburn
Martha Stroud
Francis Ferguson
Mary Smith
Francis Stubbs
J Louise Gresham
Penelope Smith
Mary Elizabeth Davis
Wilson
Alma Summer Potts
Mary Munholland
Vauline Clarke
Lavinia McCuire
Carolyn Charlotte
Satchie Sholars
Lilly Blanks Clarke
Emily Trousdale
Emma Louise Beidenham
Julia Francis Stubbs
Louise Grisham
Milner
Tom Crichton
Vive La France and Heroes Passed: Holmes Poem and Keenan Story
A Holmes poem praises France and calls back a past captain as the nation’s needs. The second item recounts Oliver Keen an aiding a fretful baby on a transcontinental train, calming the car by offering comfort to the mother and child.
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France
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mraik Weenan
Frank Keenan
Picture Garden
Mr. Keenan
Storm Center
Monroe Methodist District Schedule for Pacific Outreach
The Monroe Methodist District releases its third round calendar led by Rev. Albert S. Lutz. Encampments and church visits span from June 23 at Bonita Bartholomew to September 29 at Midway Bayou Macon with many stops including West Monroe Sea Shore Camp Grounds Bastrop Farmerville Eros Girard Calhoun Waterproof Tallulah Rayville Sicily Island and more.
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Monroe
Albert S. Lutz
Bonita
Bartholomew Church
West Monroe
Sea Shore
Bastrop
Beekman
Farmerville
Mariom
Eros
Choudrant
Secretaries Stand At Posts Under Fire With French Troops
Paris dispatch notes Y M C A secretaries in the Aisne drive staying at posts under shellfire. Thirty remained as runners delivering food and supplies while crews were evacuated. Several named workers including Miss Marie Carlton, Miss Jane Bowler, Carl Little, William Wright, Eric Mayer, and William Hastie aided wounded, refugees, and villagers amid bombardment and burning villages.
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Paris
Aisne
Marie C, Tlerton
Taft
Jane Bowler
Cincinnati
Carl Little
Brookfield
Mass
William Edward Wright
Toledo
Ohio
Eric Mayer
Nyne
N. Y
William Irving Hastie
Centerdale
R. 1
Hastie
Red Cross
Y M C A Secretaries Die in Aisne Drive Front Line Heroism
Paris report notes American YMCA secretaries sacrificed lives with French troops in the Aisne battle. Halliday Smith of Nyac New York and Rev Hadley H Cooper of Piedmont New York are named among those killed. They served as messengers, supplied troops, aided the wounded, and endured gas and shellfire. A casualty list for YMCA service with the French is not yet available.
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Paris
Aisne
Halliday Smith
Nyac
N. Y
Hadley H Cooper
Piedmont
Smith
Cooper
Red headed girl heads to France for YMCA service
Rose Glass, a Seattle University graduate and leading West Coast history teacher, sails to France as YMCA educational secretary. She describes rugged readiness from elk-trailing to canoeing and vows to help fill the 250 monthly need for women overseas.
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Seattle
Rose Glass
Washington
University of Washington
New York
France
Y. M. C. A. Work
Columbia
University of California
Miss Glass
Marion Crandall
Baseball scores from major leagues and cities
Baseball results list shows Southern League games such as San Antonio 4 Houston 9 and Fort Worth 5 Dallas 2, plus Birmingham 4 Little Rock 3 and Mobile 10 Chattanooga 1 in the National League era. American League results include Boston 12 Philadelphia 0 and Chicago 1 Cleveland 3 with New York 2 Washington 5. Rain affected St Louis Detroit.
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San Antonio
Houston
Waco
Fort Worth
Dallas
Shreveport
Birmingham
Little Rock
New Orleans
Nashville
Atlanta
Memphis
Mobile
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Wloston
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Richland Parish Leads Red Cross Support With Original Plan
Richland Parish shows originality in Red Cross funding with a $600 yearly police jury grant. Judge W. L. Limerick donates all marriage fees and his mayoral salary to the Red Cross, and his office will advertise this program. May draws 500 new Red Cross members in Richland Parish.
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New Orleans
Richland Parish
Red Cross
American Red Cross
W. L. Limerie
Judge Limerick
The
Family Visitors From St Louis In City
Albert Kern and his son Master, of St. Louis, are visiting Mr. Kern's father L Kern and sister Mrs. S D Weil at 510 Pine St. Mr Kern works with the Western Union Telegraph Co in St. Louis. Corporal Laurin Manchard left Thursday for Detroit to join the army motor division.
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Lucile McLeod
Alexandria
UO. W.cosby
Oswald
Brewer Johnston
White Sulphur Springs
Jeanette Schuitt
Shreveport
Dr. Schuitt
King
Annie Powel
Sinope
Charles Garvey
Mount Eagle
Tena
Angy
Josephine Meredith
West Side
C. E -Faulk
J. Lb. Filhiol
Logtown
Monroe
Louis Cohn
Bastrop
E. C. Rozzelle
Vi. H. DeGraffenreid
Charles Rozzelie
Detraffenreid
Cantonment
Major Young
Monres
Albert Kern
Master Rank
St. Louis
Kern
L. Kern
Laurin Manchard
Detroit
Motor Division
The
Army
High heeled shoes ban eased for two months in Britain
Women in England may buy shoes with leather tops over seven inches for two months from June 1 after an Army Council concession urged by shopkeepers. After July 31 the ban resumes indefinitely and the new policy mirrors public demand for fashion against wartime restrictions. The London notice contrasts with Allied fashion and includes a Vienna newspaper critique of Prussian violence and Junker rule.
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London
England
Army Council
Haugland
America
Fashion Trends Signal Shift in Women’s Attire
The piece notes a shift in consumer taste with English women favoring sensible wear and lighter options. It suggests a move away from heavy fashion, indicating high prices will limit access to ultra couture.
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Ladies’ Specialty Store
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Red Cross Chapter
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