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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
3
The narrator describes Havana as perpetually noisy, with constant street bustle, venders, and tram cars that outpace speed. Hotels lack quiet, churches are loud, and even moved to Vedado pensions the din persists. After a week the writer notes a rare calm upon ferrying to Cabana Fortress shore.
The gasoline boat and barge of the Ouachita Navigation Company will depart for Columbia Harrisonburg and Jonesville and all landings on Tuesday August 1 and will receive freight at the foot of Pine Street. Communications to J R B McClung Box 269 Monroe La. St seed.
A jumble of small ads lists lost glasses a second hand bird cage rent rooms for rent sale items including a Jersey mare a wicker baby buggy and a progressive incubator plus lumber yard jobs and requests for lumber buggies all from local listings with dates and contact details.
Governor Parker appoints a nine member state taxing commission to study taxes and propose a modern system for Louisiana. Appointees include Thos Milling, Howard Warren, M C Carver, FE Merrick, A R Johnson, S Mc C Lawrason, J H Heinen, and J R Perez. They will compare systems in other states and report to the constitutional convention.
Atlantic City August 5 Samuel Gompers AFL president dismissed Marion's report that T W O Connor chief of the International Longshoremen's Union pledged aid to Senator Harding as inaccurate unless he spoke personally He said O Connor knows Federation views on pledges but has no official authority to promise political assistance.
In a Western state the locals joke about trains never meeting schedules. When No. 3 supposedly arrived on time a crowd gathered and fired red fire along the track. The conductor declares the train actually on time, telling the crowd to put out the fires. The anecdote appears in Weaker and Harper's Magazine.
Marie Marguerite De Brinvilliers born 1651 Paris married Marquis of Brinvilliers. She and lover Goden St Croix plotted to poison her father sister and two brothers. St Croix died by fume while mixing poison leading to both their guilt and execution.
Renewed cars priced at 690 dollars for an Oldsmobile with 10 month balance, 690 dollars for a Cadillac with 10 month balance, 555 dollars buys a Paige Big 6, and a Willys Knight option. All cars are in good shape and can be test driven. Each renewed car includes a guarantee.
A Roger W. Babson article recounts a child who floods others with love, winning friends through selfless trust. The piece urges readers to abandon resentment, embrace love, and practice daily kindness to transform relationships and yield personal gains.
Prohibition advocate "Pussyfoot" Johnson discusses overseas experience and predicts U.S. style restrictions proliferating. He notes varied British rules, likening them to divorce laws, while recounting a London actor stranded by Edinburgh bar hours, illustrating how closures create temptations and delays.
News brief reports Provisional Government representatives demand Governor Cantu surrender. If he ceases actions now he may be restored to Federal army officership he previously held. Local political uncertainty follows the call.
Telegrams from Harding to Republican and suffrage leaders in Nashville signal further influence for ratifying the women suffrage amendment by the Tennessee legislature, expected to move forward today.
A posse of about several hundred farmers and county officers armed with guns ropes and pitch forks searched three counties this morning for Buford Monday charged with assaulting a young white woman.
An official from a near Boston town warns a cow keeper his license has lapsed. The reply lampoons the notice with a humorous letter claiming the cow already expired weeks ago, signed by Pete and ending with respectful civility.
Fragmentary dialogue references a wagon wheel and an automobile in a humorous exchange. The odd paraphrase mentions a Chessia remark to a front wheel about fatigue, suggesting a light street corner quip or cartoon caption. The text reads like a stray, playful vignette.
Colonel Green, heir to Hetty Green, bought a sheet of 100 air post stamps printed in May 1918 with the airplane upside down. He sold some inverted examples at 250 dollars each, sparking debate over value. A recent auction sale of one inverted stamp brought 675 dollars.
A brief verse-like note captures a passerby noting a stocking and a dainty symbol on a woman's foot. The observer recalls an arrow and a clocking moment, emphasizing a startling, delicate detail that provokes a reaction.
The first volume of poetry published in America was written by Anne Bradstreet. She was the daughter of Massachusetts Governor Thomas Dudley and wife of Simon Bradstreet. Her book appeared in 1842, and a biographer places her at the head of American poets of her time. She died in 1872 at sixty.
In a Baltimore note the social pages describe Mrs Millyans as highly sought after for bridge parties though she is regarded as a poor player. She reportedly loses money yet remains prominent in local gatherings.
Miss Ricka Ott a 21 year old Pittsburgh coal miner operates trucks farms and runs a small hillside pit in Mt Oliver a suburban area. She is proud of her work and is described as a jack of all trades involved in mining and related tasks.
The Manchester Guardian reports Bernard Shaw declares himself a “work de bauchee” and an extreme drunkard of a drinking family. He details headaches from excess and ongoing struggle with the work craving, saying he dreads holidays more than anything.
Jewish women engaged in agriculture colonization and other work toward restoring the Holy Land's lost industrial and commercial life are mostly from well educated families in Eastern Europe.
Japan becomes the first nation to end the postwar immigration ban on Hungarians, allowing entry as the war closes. The move signals a shift in policy toward refugees and reconciliation in the region.
In Joplin Missouri the girls found white cloth from sugar sacks can be cleaned dyed and made into waist garments smocks and other items. A stenographer even stitched wool embroidery on a sugar-sack waist.
A two story frame house in Jersey City New Jersey will be cut in two and moved to Belmar New Jersey sixty three miles down the coast via the Hackensack river due to high building material costs.
A French made motor plow features mirrors allowing the driver to view the ground ahead while monitoring the work being done.
A historic note asserts music education in Japan has been led by women or by blind men. The claim reflects traditional teaching roles and gender expectations in cultural arts.
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