Big Monroe Barbecue Planned At Forsythe Park
The City plans a large community barbecue with 1000 fried chickens 1000 cakes and 1000 pies plus watermelons at Forsythe Park on a date soon to be set The event aims to draw national interest with a War Department flying display and platters served in rows to feed a hungry crowd starting around 1 PM with weather contingency and a declared local holiday within 50 miles.
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West Monroe
Monroe
Germany
Forsythe Park
Washington
War Department
America
Barkbe Enes
Gur
Largest War Celebration Aims To Lasting Remembrance
The plan describes the biggest war celebration in North Louisiana to honor those involved. Officials insist it will not fade like a nine days wonder and will become a lasting source of pride and memory for the region.
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Louisiana
Masonic Lodge Instruction Visit Announces Western Star Lodge
The state grand lecturer will visit Western Star Lodge No 24 to conduct a lodge of Instruction. All Master Masons are requested to attend on Sunday Tune 29 and Monday June 20. J D Oakley is secretary.
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Western Star Lodge
Sipes Victory Claim Clouds Beer Case Ruling
In New York on June 27 both brewers and the federal government hailed a court of appeals ruling that modifies Judge Mayer’s injunction on 2.75 percent beer. The decision keeps the injunction against Richard McElligott but lifts it for the U S Attorney, allowing prosecution where appropriate.
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SIPES
New York
United States Court of Appeals
Mayer
Richard J. McElligott
United States
F. G. Caffey
McElligott
Collector
Internal Revenue
Emery R. Buckner
Cornelius J. Smyth
Tnit- 4 Ttates
Mough
Internal Revenue Department of the Treasury
Strayed or Stolen Mare Report in Same Town
Light bay mare about years old with a wire cut mark on the right shoulder. No shoes. Reward for return. Contact A Jones at 191 Stone Ave. 27.
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A Jones
Stone Ave
New Advertisements and Classifieds Note
For sale full household furnishings at 1112 Jackson Layton home. Krex Co department store seeks four salesladies. W J Jarrell room 30 Hotel Monroe seeks four demonstrators. Lost silk parasol with girl Stella Courtney name. red and white necklace with initials EB. reward offered. Call taxes 53 or 500 Hall Street.
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Jackson
Layton
Jack Frost
W. J. Jarrell
Hotel Monroe
Stella Courtney
EB. C
Cal
Hall Street
Will Nation Go Day July 1 War Time Prohibition Debate
Editorial weighs wartime prohibition versus constitutional ban as saloons face January 16 1920 shutdown. Dealers fear revenue loss and stock disposal issues if liquor remains taxable after demobilization. A local dealer urges fair treatment and hints at continued stock turnover and cautious sales ahead of a possible lid. Delicatessen pun added to illustrate broader theme.
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Monroe
Ideal Beauty Shop Ad at Hipp Marks Store Upstairs
An advertisement invites customers to Ideal Beauty Shop offering first class shampooing hairdressing facial massaging manicure and scalp treatments. Located upstairs at Hipp Marks Store at address 27 6t.
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Hipp .Marks Store
Delicatessen warfare and the fate of the invader
A humorous column discusses delicatessens as a symbol of American life and even as a mock defense idea. The piece imagines maps hung on balloons guiding invaders to local delis, snipers puncturing balloons, and invaders consuming too much food before being captured, all to comic effect.
Worthless hog cholera cures debunked by Indiana bulletin
The Indiana Experiment Station report No 223 from LaFayette tests 20 so called hog cholera cures showing none are effective. The Progressive Farmer notes such remedies harm by delaying proper treatment and urges reliance on anti cholera serum, sanitation, and good care to save hogs.
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Indiana Experiment Station
LaFayette
Ind
World Notes On Cities And Regions In A Global Snapshot
A survey highlights linguistic diversity in Africa, Brussels reception for Wilson, harsh cold in Siberia is Verhoyansk January averages, El Paso as a prospective U.S. gateway to Mexico, Buenos Aires strikes paralyzing its metropolis, and Denmark celebrating the Danish flag's 10th anniversary. Also noted are Weimar as the Athens of Germany linked to Goethe and Schiller, and rising Korean resistance to Japan with renewed revolutionary activity and public discontent.
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Africa
Brussels
Wilson
Europe
Lang
Siberia
Verhoyansk
el Paso
Texas
Rio Grande
United States
Mexico
Great Southwest
Buenos Aires
Thea Plata
Denmark
Valdemar
Dannebrog
Weimar
Athens
Germany
Goethe
Schiller
Herder
Wieland
Liszt
Far East
Korea
Japan
Pecord Chosen to Referee Wilder Dempsey Fight
Toledo June 27 Ollie Pecord official referee of the Toledo Boxing Commission has been selected to referee the Wilder Dempsey bout.
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Pecord
Toledo
Ollie Pecord
Toledo Boxing Commission
Wildard-Dempsey
A Want Ad in the News-Star Delivers Quick Results
A brief classified notice in the News-Star yields fast responses for readers seeking goods or services. The ad format proves effective for local buyers and sellers seeking timely exchanges.
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News-Star
New Orleans Spot Prices with Mixed Trade
Spot quotes for New Orleans show 33.00 steady with 3,084 shares traded. Prices moved between 33.25 and 33.90, with the high near 33.75 and low around 33.25. Vesty FOS vecates 4.40, DCR at 33.38 with 6 p.m. activity and 9 ninths noted.
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Ane
New York Markets Show Mixed Movements Amid Narrow Trading
Trading on New York exchanges saw modest gains and losses with prices for key metals and commodities fluctuating. Notable figures include varied readings in October and December contracts, reflecting cautious investor sentiment and erratic demand through the session.
Liverpool Firm Sells 3000 Units at 260.59
Unclear OCR report notes a Liverpool sale with 3000 units and a price around 260.59. Details are fragmented but indicate a firm completion and quantities.
Faces of Passersby A Poem and Reflections By Edgar A Guest
A long prose piece reflects on the faces of people seen in trains and streets. It contrasts cheerful and sorrowful expressions and ponders causes of aging and pain, urging kindness and responsibility for others as time passes.
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Edgar A. Guest
Dukes and Bishops Face Abolition in England Crisis
A London financial writer notes a rising upheaval against the monarchy and church elites. Dukes and bishops lose power as labor unions grow, with calls for a republic and the disestablishment of the state church and the house of lords.
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England
House of Lords
Canterbury
York
Gore
Oxford
Duke of Norfolk
Wunions
Industrial Commission
George
Herbert N. Casson
London
Prince of Wales
Man's Measures Shortest to Longest in Light and Space
Garrett P. Serviss explains human measuring ideas from violet light to the siriometer used for interstellar distances. He contrasts the astronomer’s vast titration of space with the physicist’s tiny, precise scale, noting the vast inside reach of measurement as it compares to cosmic size.
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Garrett P. Serviss
Measuring celestial distances across the cosmos
The text explains the limits of miles and feet for vast distances and introduces light years, parsecs, and siriometers. It notes Alpha Centauri at about 4.6 light-years away, defines the light year as the distance light travels in one year, and describes parsecs as based on stellar parallax with 206 265 times Earth's sun distance. It also mentions siriometers for enormous stellar groupings and the Milky Way.
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New York
Chicago
Sirius
Miles
Alpha Centauri
Nus
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Boosts Strength in Heat
An old warning praises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for strengthening the feeble elderly and the weak younger, helping them endure summer heat. It claims to purify and enrich the blood and build up the whole system, noting visible energizing effects.
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GROVE
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Dandru
Lerolin
Eaicr
Herolin Medicine
Atlanta
Bellas Digestion
Bellans
Bellan
J“ To Meus
J. D. Oakley, Sec’y
Krex Co
Dorsey Land & Lumber Company
Artex
Ark
Bath
Sessen
Essen
Tenorant Fissays
J. P. McEvoy
Delicatessen
Ps Atte Ewe
Aed
Eet
Around
L.L. Smith Cotton Broker
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
Liverpool
Beauty
Goison
Monroe Auto Co
Studebaker
Central Tire and Service Station
Lee
New South Drug Store
C. B. Lee
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