25 Nov 1915
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
1
A listing of plays and acts includes Mutual macerpiers in four acts with Signe Aven and Wallace Read, plus White Washing Whlllie one act, The Sacred Bracelet Latdhin drama in one act, and Hearts Ablaze. Also a Broadway Star Feature featuring Leo Delaney Zeena Keere and Julia Swayne Gordon, nine reels and two features listed at tt cents.
A collage of classified items includes wood and shingles for sale at $1.00 per rod, various service ads for insurance trusses and oysters, a Christmas fruit order offer, a bakery special, and a meeting notice for Monroe Lodge No. 654 with time and date details. Names include Chase Colens Co. Ltd, MRS ROSA L BENOIT, PETER PELINA, and D. W. FAULK. Advertising prices and contact numbers appear throughout.
Public notice from Carpenter & Calhoun warns hunters not to hunt McGowin brake and woods near Morehouse Parish land under penalty of prosecution. Published 16-1m.
A note promotes Griffin Studio for Christmas gifts with personal touches. It invites readers to save sittings early and call six for appointment at the Griffin Studio.
Documents piled for record include mortgage releases and notarized declarations. Names such as Cecilia J. Myans appear with mentions of mortgages and property instruments. The text outlines court actions and public filings in the parish and city courts.
An OCR fragment lists individuals including John Wolime Chortan Jennie Codosway and Elmore Wolnes with varied spellings. It mentions children having use of chow and a program this afternoon and evening. It notes a dinner change at Rio de Cri and a city project adding fire escapes for the school in compliance with state requirements.
Milton S Standifer secretary of Penick and Forge died after a second operation at Toure Infirmary. Born in Trenton he lived in Ruston Texarkana and Little Rock before moving to New Orleans. Body sent to Ruston for funeral upon arrival of his son from Lexington.
London reports the home office notified the United States embassy that alien sailors docking at British ports must possess passports to come ashore. The move followed arrests of several American crew members from the steamer New York after they left the ship without passports.
In old age Stephen son accuses Senator La Follette of diverting $500000 of his money to reform campaigns and then targeting his benefactor after Stephen spent $167000 on his own United States Senate bid, reported by a Springfield Republican.
Capt Fiske entertains a temporary organization called the Ouachita Improvement and Navigation Association and proposes Monroe as its headquarters due to its central location. He urges business delegates to attend the first meeting and push a united effort to persuade Congress and the board of engineers.
Washington observers note a quiet Thanksgiving as all government departments close. President Wilson has not finished his annual message but plans to complete it the next morning. Details of dinner arrangements surface as cabinet members, including Garrison and Daniels, spend the holiday in various cities. The president and cabinet members plan to attend the army and navy game in New York Saturday.
U S Commissioner Nathan issued warrants for the arrest of former Postmaster A Howard Fleming and 25 Fairmont post office employees who recently left their jobs and briefly tied up mail service in protest of the dismissal of W H Brand. The charge carries up to two years in jail and a $16000 fine.
A Russian ambassador mourns his son Count Peter killed in action. A prior police story tells how a lost pocketbook with a large sum was recovered within days. The owner later learns the money was secretly kept by police, not returned.
J E Morgan and Company advertise as wood coal blacksmith and domestic, concrete lime cement sand and gravel suppliers in Monroe Louisiana. The listing promotes all kinds of building material and provides a local contact number 332.
Paris reports the army committee of the chamber of deputies decided to call to the colors on December 15 the 1917 class conscripts. The 400,000-strong youth group, aged 18 and 19, will be sent to garrisons then trained and assigned to regiments and services.
Navy aviators from the Pensacola flying school located the destroyer Sterrett sixty miles out in the gulf as it attempted to reach port unseen. The search lasted one hour and five minutes before the Sterrett was found and the aircraft returned to base by compass.
Advertisements offer one or two first class Jersey milk cows must be young fresh in milk producing at least four gallons daily and cheap for cash. Provide full description and lowest cash price for shipment. Address E. A. Hamner Busaville Ark. 26-31 For rent attractive five room house 301 Pine street apply Mrs A B Tissington 26-61
Edna Mayo displays $10 000 in jewels as she stars in the Essanay photoplay iaustark while the Countess Dagmar wears a $5 000 coronet of diamonds and rubies. Graystark and Edison’s Vanity Fair with Mrs. Fiske are promised at Sugar's, with The Juggernaut rail disaster photoplay debuting at Vitagraph Theatre and Sugar's showing the film this Saturday.
Monroe audience greets the pretenso of the play Winning of Barbera Worth at Sugars theatre. The story follows eastern and western forces harmonizing into progress, presented in three acts and prologue with a desert scene.
The review notes Miss Gertrude Barker’s performance as Barbarsa Worth, the desert girl, with the company delivering mixed results. The scene shifts eighteen years forward and the overall effort meets varying audience expectations despite some actors underperforming.
Gwendolyn Stocking reviews a Vitagraph Company of America production at Supar's Saturday. A dramatic railroad wreck story unfolds on Broadway and Forty-fourth Street with the president’s daughter among the passengers as the bridge collapses and a dramatic rescue fails.
Hair specialist Myrtle Young offers permanent waving on the head to convert straight stringy hair into waves. Services include switching from combings, dye renovation, shampooing, and sale of hair goods with all work guaranteed. Located at 408 Calypso Street, phone 647.
Standish, an artist, uses Mary as the model for The Vadhonna. The Connoisseur and the Parishioner view the painting and realize Mary is the wife of a dear friend. The husband learns of her affair and, after a long accusation, casts wife and baby out. The Soul of a Woman shows at the Lyceum theatre today.
American actor Georg Fawcett appears Saturday at the Lyccutt theatre in The Majesty the Law produced by Bosworth. He is joined by Myrtle Stedman and Charles Juggles with William Desmond in supporting roles.
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