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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1920
Page
2
Mr and Mrs J P Naff plan to move to Ruston with daughter Evelyn. Mr and Mrs Charles Stewart host Mrs L Lawrence of McComb City and granddaughter Velma Lawrence visiting. Riverside Club names committees to serve during June and July.
The June committee will co operate with the July committee and jointly they will be in charge of club entertainments during July. Miss Camille Madden hosted the K FE Ys at her West Side home for a dancing evening with fruit punch and a salad course during intermission. Guests included Frances Wright Patricia Kaplan Rosalind Leiber and others. Mrs Sol Masur returned to New York after weeks in the city and Mrs S Heinberg arrived home from travel including Pensacola and Donaldsonville.
Mr. E. M. Grayson of Jonesville is in the city visiting relatives and staying as the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Boatner Grayson.
Mrs Walter Jones hosted a delightful picnic for Aubrey Green who leaves for Jackson to reside. Guests from the Jones home traveled to MecHenry's Woods for a sumptuous lunch with Miss Emelie Stelling Edith Olive Gunn Lily Green Mary Faulk and George Gunby and David Garrett.
A vintage home cooking list featuring Escalloped Cabbage and Currey of Vegetables using leftovers, plus Baked Banana Pudding and Whipped Fruit Jelly. Also describes Squaw Dish with potatoes onions carrots and peas, bacon fat and milk for a hearty meal. Recipes emphasize fresh vegetables and simple sauces.
Government scientists warn high food prices kill thousands and erode health as families shift to cheaper foods. Acidosis from excess starches harms children, with bread and cakes limiting to half the menu while vegetables and fruit should fill the rest. Garden plots can lower costs and improve nutrition.
The article urges a modest diet centered on beans with butter or milk and notes longar is a luxury to avoid. It stresses summer abundance of fresh vegetables fruits and milk at regular intervals and highlights adhesive plaster as a handy household remedy for sore fingers corns and callouses.
Will Rogers appears in The Strange Boarder at the Lyceum tomorrow. The film shows boarding house scenes and Rogers jokes about appetite noting eating is a strong suit and he favors exercise as a remedy for languid interest in food.
An aunt described as a social pretender, always hard up and pursuing a wealthy match for her niece, is the subject of the readable fragment. The figure is portrayed as eager to secure a prosperous alliance through social climbing and matchmaking.
Elaine Hammerstein stars in Whispers a social drama filmed largely in Washington D C The production boasts elaborate sets and a strong performance by Miss Hammerstein as Daphne Morton who has lived her life in seclusion
A Georgia legislature session proposal seeks to formally admit women to the University of Georgia in all branches and grant them the same degrees now conferred upon men. The text references a niece with wealth and a candidate for Daphne's hand, and notes a new Alpha Delta Epsilon organization by Arkansas Law School graduates.
Among Queen Victoria’s granddaughters three hold royal marriages as Queen Consorts. One serves in Spain, another in Norway, and a third in Roumania, reflecting widespread European ties of the era.
Miss Elizabeth Marbury, a prominent New York play broker, engages in politics. Seattle reports a 78 member women life-saving corps at bathing resorts. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, once a village teacher, married the Massachusetts governor and current Republican VP candidate. Prices listed for shoe sale and tire promotions at local stores.
Local notice advertises a room rental opportunity in the News-Star. It invites interested individuals to contact the advertiser for details on room availability, pricing, and location.
Letters from Buffalo Franklin and Canada praise Peterson's Ointment for itching eczema piles and old sores claiming rapid relief. Buyers can mail order for 60 cents from Peterson Ointment Co Inc Buffalo and Chas Amman Drug or Colling Pharmacy for supply.
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