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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1920
Page
3
Gov. Cox faults the Republican platform as reactionary and warns against war profiteering and doughnut politics. He defends democracy, praises President Wilson, and calls for clear labor capital rules, fair profits, and a decisive public opinion role in labor disputes.
The speech covers agricultural development including cooperative selling, municipal markets, irrigation, and state rural school codes. It calls for government regulation of cold storage, tax cuts, and reform of federal agencies while praising American youth and stressing compensation for losses. It also discusses the Mexican situation and railway policy with a push for private ownership under regulation.
Reports from Johannisberg and official dispatches in Washington disclose Bolshevik forces nearing Warsaw after Polish government fled to Posen. Simultaneously Soviet troops push south and west of the Caspian toward Teheran, complicating European and Near Eastern issues as Allied powers weigh future moves.
Jonathan Wild earned the nickname Machiavel of Thieves for trafficking with both crime and reform. He boasted as Thief Catcher General, claimed profits of about 50000 pounds plus other ill gains, and ran a bold jewel and metal fraud ring with Holland ties before London menaced him. Tyburn ended his double life as thief and thief catcher, with Fielding’s sharp irony framing his boastful corruption.
Henry Campbell a negro under arrest in Washington admits to attacking four women last June triggering race riots that lasted days until regular army troops intervened. He claimed theft of valuables and a paltry hireling commission, describing himself as the court's servant amid the turmoil.
Oil pipe lines in Louisiana are now designated as common carriers under a law from the recent general assembly. The move places these lines under the oversight of the state railroad commission, ending a prolonged dispute between Standard Oil of Louisiana and independent North Louisiana producers over whether the lines are private property or common carriers.
Classified ad offers a five room bungalow for sale valued at 4800 dollars on the townside. Includes address coded as D and contact through News-Star. Also advertises two furnished rooms for rent by Mrs. E M Hudson at 906 River Front with phone 1224.
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