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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1920
Page
6
Vitagraph star Kiam Duncan stunned doctors by holding his breath fifteen minutes during filming for The Silent Avenger episode at the Picture Garden. He later claimed capacity for longer holds using breath control via Hatha Yoga, not physical suspension.
Bastrop August meeting at the courthouse featured Donelson Caffery candidate for the United States Senate addressing locals. Hon. H Flood Madison chaired and praised Caffery while he spoke on economic policy and critiqued the machine system ruling the country.
The speaker attacks opponent Mr Sanders for inaction in Congress on profiteering and the high cost of living while defending his own proposals. He accuses Sanders of shifting positions on the state wide ring issue and laments New Orleans political influence throttling Louisiana.
The article contrasts Harding’s front porch campaign with Sanders adopting a back porch approach. It suggests voters faced two campaign styles and hints Sanders did not reach some voters in January.
Lively Aug 10 coverage from Little Rock outlines a bitter contest for the U S Senate between Senator William F Kirby and Congressman T H Caraway. It notes nine gubernatorial aspirants, multiple congressional contests, and party nominees including Wallace Townsend, J H Blount, and Sam W Duesler. It also discusses international tensions and Bolshevik propaganda linked to Poland relief, urging Allied intervention.
The American Philatelic Society holds its annual convention in Providence R I with stamp collectors and dealers from across the country. Over four days the event features dinners tours lectures and outings plus an elaborate stamp display including rare postwar issues.
Governor Coolidge will address the national campaign at a Massachusetts Republican Club dinner at the Hotel Somerset in Boston on Thursday evening. Judge Wallace McCament of Portland and Mrs Alexandra Carlisle Pfeiffer will also speak, with George H Ellis presiding.
Today's sports calendar shows racing at Saratoga Association in Saratoga New York trotting events at North Randall Ohio and La Harpe Illinois with the Great Western Circuit, golf open championship begins in Toledo Ohio motorboat Harnsworth Trophy race off Isle of Wight boxing Frank Carbone versus Young Fisher ten rounds in Syracuse New York.
Baton Rouge notices demonstrate budding on pecan seedlings to speed fruiting. LSU horticulturist B Szymoniak will lead state wide sessions with farm and parish agents, noting Madison Parish progress where a farmer already budded 35 to 40 trees onto Schley and Stuart varieties. Budded trees begin bearing in 3 4 years versus 10 20 for Seedlings.
In collusion, Germany loses its masks as it allegedly allows Reds to overrun Poland. Poland would be stripped of means to defend itself and held as slaves. Germany claims neutrality but seeks to derive gain.
Joseph Lo of Shanghai, famed charity worker, becomes the first Chinese recipient of the Knight of St. Gregory the Great by the current Pope. The article notes Erse was once Ireland’s common tongue, now spoken by only a few thousand.
A health note asserts baked potatoes provide more nourishment than potatoes cooked by other methods and that fried potatoes are the hardest to digest, highlighting preparation impacts on nutrition and ease of digestion.
An ad urging safer digestion care through Nature's Remedy NR Tablets. It claims the stomach liver and bowels function together and promotes cleansing, relief from biliousness and constipation, and says one tablet periodically maintains health. Written by CHASE AMMAN DRUG CO and distributed by druggists.
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