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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1918

Page

2

Circle and missionary society meetings in Monroe area

Circles No 6 and others meet Tuesday at 4 p m with Mrs Anders Grammont street and Mrs Collinge on Grammont. Baptist Woman's Missionary Society circles meet on Louisville Harrisoon West Monroe. West Side Methodist Missionary Society meets at 3:30 p m. Local visits include Miss Hawthorne Langford and Miss Croper guests in Monroe.

Young Woman's Methodist Auxiliary John Robert Anders Second Street Methodist Woman's Missionary Society Collinge Grammont Street Hughes F. C. Bennett Lawrence Jackson Street Baptist Woman's Missionary Society I. J. Newton Louisville G. F. Hollo Harrisoon Street IC. L. Drew West Monroe Church of the West Side Methodist Missionary Society Alice Hawthorne Alexandria Katherine Langford Ray- Ville Bastrop Myrtis Croper Murray Hudson Ann Arbor College el Paso Texas F. D. Gibbs Francis Lindsey Portlard Ark G. F. Holloway E. D. Windes Gregg Kate Brigham Elizabeth Perkins Seth Harper West Side Anna Sutcliff Shreveport Eleanor Burch Delaidder Fred Grant Bell Downes Polk E'a Polk Thomas Crichton A. &. Rabin F. A. Coon Shrevepoort

S S S the Great Blood Purifier and Strengthener Ad

An advertisement promotes S S S as a blood purifier to cleanse the blood and strengthen the body when health flags. It claims sluggish circulation shows through poor appetite and lassitude and urges readers to obtain bottles from druggists. The Swift Specific Co offers free information by mail from Atlanta, Georgia.

Swift Swift Laboratory Atlanta, Ga

May Recruit Irishmen For The American Army

Dublin reports a proposal to run a nationwide Ireland recruiting campaign to enlist young men for the American army. P. J. Mc Andrew, Dublin committee chairman, says the plan aims to organize recruitment across towns and villages. He cites inquiries from Irish youths and letters from relatives in America urging support for the war.

Dublin Associated Press Ireland P. J. McAndrew America

Blanket authority to raise wheat price authorized

The Food Administration grain corporation in New York gains blanket power to lift wheat prices above the $2.20 per bushel minimum with Hoover approval. An executive order increases the corporation’s capital stock from 50 million to 150 million dollars, all government owned, to execute the plan.

Washington Hoover Food Administration Grain Corporation New York

Partial Eclipse of the Moon Seen Tonight in Washington

The Moon will undergo a brief eclipse visible in the western United States and across the Pacific, with observers in Washington and nearby regions able to view the event. The earth’s shadow will cover only a small portion of the lunar disc, making it of minor interest.

Washington, D. C North South America Pacific Ocean Australia

Masses urged for contact with German leaders

Deputy von Kardorff told the Prussian Diet that large German city populations endure severe want and privations. He urged enactment of equal suffrage and warned conservative parties to engage more with the masses to ease political tensions.

Germany New York von Kardorff

Hand of HUN Eyes Control of Russian Shipping Line

Germany seeks economic dominance over the Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company based in Odessa. It already controls vessels and aims to seize the fleet of sixty nine steamers and ninety two sailing ships, plus coal mines, shipyards and docks, and even targets Pacific trade by planning to buy the Russian Haltic Mercantile marine to compete with Japanese and American ships.

Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company Odessa Germany Pacific Ocean Haltic Mercantile Marine Pacific

The Perfect Baby Of The Future

A vintage advertisement touts Mother's Friend as a time tested pregnancy aid. It claims the external preparation relaxes muscles and tissues to ease expansion, reduce pain, and improve comfort during pregnancy. The product, from Bradfield Regulator Co. of Atlanta, promises a motherhood book with instructions.

Bradfield Regulator Co Lamar Bldg Atlanta

Mile-A-Minute Kendall at Lyceum Theatre Tomorrow

Paramount’s Mile-A-Minute Kendall starring Jack Pickford and Louise Huff arrives at the Lyceum Theatre tomorrow. Based on Owen Davis’s play and filmed by C Gardner Hunting, the story traces a young idle-rich man whose life risks collapse through excess and a troubling romance.

Kendall Paramount Jack Pickford Louise Huff Lyceum Owen Davis C. Gardner Hunting

The Primitive Woman unfolds Miss Fisher’s comic charm

Miss Maragrita Fisher, famed for tomboy roles, appears as Nan Graythorpe in The Primitive Woman. An orphan heiress deceives a stern anthropology professor by posing as a wild mountain maiden, drawing his scholarly interest and eventual romance tonight.

Nan

Expect 3 000 Workmen at Camp Beauregard

Camp Beauregard reports Captain J. J. McConnell says about 3 000 men will be at work on the Camp Beauregard system soon. Skilled workers including plumbers and fitters will be sourced without crippling local mills. Wages will match city and mill levels.

Camp Beauregard J. J. McConnell U. S&s McConnell

Banks urged to divert deposits into National War Bonds

London report says negotiations involve using large city bank deposits for buying National War Bonds. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and bankers seek an agreement to reduce high deposit rates and channel funds into war bonds.

London

Roy Thomas Held for Shooting Mangham Man

Rayville reports R L Cade a Mangham carpenter died at 1 0 0 am Sunday from four gunshots received Saturday night about 7 30. Roy Thomas is held on the charge of shooting Cade. Cade leaves behind relatives in Alabama and will be shipped there.

Rayville R. L. Cade Mangham Roy Thomas Cade Mr. Cade Alabama

No Big Danger of Tobacco Shortage Report

Washington reports a Census Bureau study showing no imminent tobacco shortage despite large exports to the army. 1917 production reached 1,196,451,000 pounds with Kentucky and North Carolina leading yields, and the White House notes strong export values and shifting regional production patterns.

Washington Bureau of the Census Paducah Kentucky North Carolina Virginia Ohio Tenessee Pennsylvania South Carolina Wisconsin Connecticut Maryland Sizars United States Lancaster Hrtford Conn Pitsylvania Dana Wis Halifax Darke Daviess Montgomery Robertson Continental British India China European Russia Dutch East Indies Austria- Hungary Japan Philippines Brazil Bureau of Crop Estimates Department of Agriculture

Mule Conference at Texas A and M studies rural welfare

A June 24 statewide conference at Texas A M College Station aims to mobilize rural social forces in Texas for united wartime effort. Attendees include teachers ministers health officials and county defense councils to focus on schools and churches and to craft programs for war support.

College Station Texas United States Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas

Weak Run Down Woman Found Strength With Vinci

A Kaukauna Wisconsin woman describes recovery from fatigue and asthma after using Vinci. The testimonial claims Vinol provides beef and cod liver peptones iron and glycerophosphates to build appetite, digestion and blood strength, sold by Allen's Pharmacy and druggists nationwide.

Vinci Kaukauna Wis Jay Parker Vincl Allen’s Pharmacy, Ltd

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