Life updates and visits across Monroe and nearby towns
Local society notes report residents visiting relatives and friends in Monroe, West Side, Little Rock, New Orleans, and other areas. Mentions delays due to illness, travel plans, hospital stays, and a postponed Eastern Star meeting. Also notes a midweek wedding at the Reffin residence with Howard Livaudais officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Freeman
Oklahoma
J. D. Madden
West
Ida Rainbolt
J. A. Rainbolt
West Side
Robert Randel
New Orleans
R. C. Root
L. B. Fanck
Robert Guy
Angie
Josephine Meredith
Ann
Josephine
Helen Free
Natchitoches
Carrie Flournoy
R. C. Webb
Joe Gayne
Farmerville
Chas. Garvey
Blood Purifier Ad and Weddings Highlight Long Page
A jumble of advertisements and society items describes an elixir claiming blood purification, a Calhoun wedding with Miss Kathleen Livaudais and Mr. Howard Livaudais, and a large Scout Week barbecue hosted by J Parker at Bar Air plantation. The piece notes guests from Natchitoches, Mobile, Calhoun, and Bosco. Mr. Parker’s family and Scout Master Karl Uill are praised for hosting over a hundred attendees despite rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Alice
Bishop Pipes
Calhoun
Louise
Howard Livaudais
Valdegear
Mgr. Ford Pipes
Mrs. Pipes
V. 8. & P. Depot
New Orleans
Pipes
8. W. Pipes
Helen Freeman
Natchitoches
Sam Pipes
Marl Will
Bar Air
Cath
Cath and All. Yesterday Being the Birthday of Mr. Parker
Cora-Lene
Jack Parker
Jack
Epworth League Meeting at Methodist Church
Friday at 8 p.m. a business meeting of the Epworth League will be held at the Methodist church with full attendance desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Prohibition Enforcement Bills Split by House Judiciary
Washington June 26 The House Judiciary Committee decided to separate wartime prohibition enforcement from the constitutional measure allowing states to opt out of government warehousing. A companion amendment to bar most patent medicines with high alcohol content was approved. The committee plans to report the wartime bill first and the constitutional bill later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Walsh
Massachusetts
Prohibition
Stelle
Pennsylvania
Gard
Little Classics of Rev Hillis Sermon Exalts Common People
Rev Newell B D Hillis argues in London event inspired by wartime change that the old spirit of pride and wealth is burning away. He urges the best is not too good for ordinary people as a new spiritual crucible reshapes society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillis
Newell BD. Hillis
London
Rich and poor unite in a Whitechapel loan exhibition vision
Canon and Mrs. Barnett stage a loan exhibition to lift workers in London's East End while rich donors learn humility. A West End couple nearly resigns priceless gems but agrees to loan them, proving the two social extremes can meet to inspire a new spirit and social order amid war and upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Barnetts
Canon
Mrs. Barnett
West End
Rank
Whitechapel
Canon Barnett
France
Italy
United States
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Patterns
the Style Shop
Larche Dry Goods Co
Prop
West Monroe
J. D. Cason
Marguerite Williams
Wicksburges
St. Louis
Mary Faulk
Filbiol Breard
Mother Surginor
Arkansas Avenue
R.M. Breard
DeSiard Road
Thomas Gunby
A. A. Gunby
States
Camp Mills
Gunby
Oversea
Sam
Eastern Star
Pipes-Livaudais
W. M. Reffin
Jackson Street
Ris
Watson-Aven
Mis‘ Ribt
Monroe, la
Memphis
Tenn
J. M. Massengill
R. B. Blanks
J. P. Parker, Sr
Vali
Johnnie Smith
Masonic Building
Salata Monroe Grocery Co
Hasson
Laar Filagontlijamm
Dugan
Uw, UH
Parker
Hobo
Hobo Medicine Mfg. CO
Shreveport, la
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