13 Oct 1919
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1919
Page
1
A poem by Henry David Thoreau opens with reflective lines on creative insight and endurance. Social and personal notices follow including church circle meetings in Monroe and Mer Rouge, guests visiting local families, and residents moving or convalescing.
Mrs W Eb Neel presided over the Saturday Bridge Club at 215 Walnut Street with pink and white rose décor. Prizes included Madeira embroidery won by Mrs D Y Smith. guest prizes awarded to Alys. Her bert Breard and Mrs W B King. guests Lotta and Anne Newhall of Albuquerque attended. Next meeting set for October 25 with Mrs R Wood. Inclement weather limited West Monroe Methodist Sunday school turnout. 57 members attended and $85.36 was raised for Ruston Orphanage.
Director General Hines announces railroads face unprecedented autumn demand with more serviceable cars than ever but wartime restrictions and prior advantages are fading. He notes 52,446 new serviceable cars since Aug 16 and 12,110 in the week to Oct 4, as coal delivery and freight capacity struggle to meet postwar needs. He links the shortage to high traffic, restricted car expansion, and loss of wartime efficiency, urging public patience.
The Railroad Commission of Louisiana urges shippers and freight receivers to maximize car utilization, load to full capacity, and cooperate with railroad managers to conserve cars. It notes wartime limits on expansion, postwar uncertainty, and ramps up plans with the grain and coal sectors, with a Chicago meeting to address wheat storage and rail moves to Galveston.
Mrs A H Kelly chairs Solders War Record drives in Quachita parish. Records to be mailed to Adjutant General Baton Rouge. AJL Green Ward 3 reports ready for disposal. All ward chairmen urged to finish quickly. Serious fighting reported in Petrograd between Soviet supporters and opponents per Helsingfors dispatch.
Mary Pickford stars in The Hoodlum at the Lyceum Theatre starting today. A rich wife moves to tenements to save her lover from family plots, discovering life among the poor differs from her previous society circle on Riverside Drive.
The Baptist 76 Million Campaign reports about 700 pastorless Baptist churches in Texas and similar ratios likely in other Southern states. The drive aims to recruit 5,000 volunteers to fill the缺 deficiency and support congregations in need.
A fragment notes an uncertain claim about a coast or coastline proximity to the sea in the British Isles. The sentence suggests a regional or geographic emphasis but lacks clear details or named entities.
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