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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1920
Page
4
Daily edition notice outlines subscription costs by mail and carrier for Monroe and West Monroe. Rates include one year five dollars, six months and additional postage for beyond zone. Special Thursday Edition offered with six months at seventy five cents. all must be prepaid.
The notice states AP is exclusively entitled to republication of AP credited dispatches and local news published in this paper. It asserts copyright control over the newspaper’s content and its local reporting.
The News Star announces W F Pipes as a candidate for District Attorney subject to Democratic Primary action on September 14 1920.
William B. Stuckey and David L. Garrett appear as candidates in the District Attorney primary on September 14, 1920. The item notes their candidacies in the election context and the date of the primary.
A critical column argues Taft cannot salvage Harding’s stance on the League. It contends Taft apologizes for Harding, still clings to “hope” the administration will ratify the League after March 4, and asserts Taft’s position reveals a lack of leadership on the pivotal issue. The piece urges every League supporter to vote Democratic.
The passage questions Mr. Hoover and his willingness to abandon his convictions, asking if he will also show a comparable softness or weakness in his stance, implying a lack of backbone.
The article explains the new primary system replacing the second primary with first and second choice voting. It details how first choice wins if a majority is reached, or how the top two are considered with combined first and second choice votes. Ballot format and spoiled-ballot rules are outlined, and voters are reminded that selecting a second choice is optional and may affect their first choice.
The text stresses birth certificates as essential for welfare work and health protection. It cites England’s 1915 notification act causing a surge in health visiting and calls for stronger U S birth registration laws, with tests for compliance and campaigns for better legislation where laws are weak.
Germany fulfills part of treaty duties by sending two stolen paintings and assorted manuscripts books and maps to Belgium to replace the burned Louvain library. It may also return the Sultan of Mkwawa skull as ordered though it holds little monetary value.
A traveller to the Marquesas jokes about spending in the tropics and puns on “founding fathers” becoming “found ling fathers” in prints. The quip hints some may lack distinguished ancestry while noting Mr. Harding’s odd phrase.
Hot times, and partisan strife are reported from Tennessee as factions nationwide press for or against the suffrage amendment. Harding urges Republicans to ratify while Cox notes Democratic operatives at work. Tennessee voters seem indifferent to their own state’s stance.
Ohio newspapers still call the state the mother of presidents while noting Virginia has produced more leaders. The tally shows Ohio with six soon to be seven presidents, contrasting Virginia’s eight as the count in the political reflection.
The text argues that alarm stems from fear of multiple "supermen" in the White House within a generation. It warns that the real danger lies in securing mediocrity, which could be a greater threat than rapid upheaval.
The National Dry Goods Association reports that average delivery to customers costs 12 cents per package. The customer ultimately pays this cost through higher prices on the goods purchased.
De Valera says he expects to spend about 15 million dollars to educate America for wartime support of Ireland against Britain. He argues that building majority sentiment for such a war would require more funds.
Vassar College students lead an extensive drive to secure Mrs Elon H Hooker as the Republican nominee for New York governor. The effort centers on garnering support within party ranks and mobilizing student activism.
A U S Children’s Bureau pamphlet urges birth registration as key evidence of age and citizenship. Only twenty three states plus DC meet standards, covering 58.4 percent of the population in 1919, leaving many children born in other states likely without birth certificates when proof of age is required.
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