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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
4
Old accounts of the Star Printing Company and Ouachita Printing Company, publishers of The Monroe News, will be pushed for collection. Ample warning has been given and stringent methods may be adopted. Remittances should be made payable to the News-Star Publishing Co., Ltd. 28-tf.
An enraged man wrecks a saloon to spite its owner but attacks the wrong building as police restrain him. The tale argues revenge harms the doer more than the target, urging restraint and reflection to avoid self destruction and moral decline.
An editorial argues that legitimate newspaper advertising is a science and the best path to reach readers at low cost. It cites John Wanamaker as a prime example of persistent newspaper ads and asserts that handbills and billboards reach fewer people and yield poorer results.
The article urges cities to advertise to draw business, notes Dallas merchants planning a nationwide print campaign, and mentions Baton Rouge Lake Charles and Alexandria exploring similar efforts. It stresses Monroe must join the push, as natural resources and advantages exist but remain unknown without publicity.
A plea urges Monroe and Quachita parish to launch a systematic newspaper advertising push to highlight regional advantages. The piece argues broad dissemination will attract capital and residents, noting the area’s natural resources and fertile lands as key assets to promote.
The Montorsville Republic argues mail-order firms drain money from the town and compare costs with local shops. It cites lawsuits in the West over misrepresentation, noting high solicitation expenses. The piece asks if Chicago mail-order dominance harms local retailers and suggests locals can get equal quality at savings.
The passage argues mail order houses offer savings and have driven out others in Chicago. It notes these firms study merchandising methods and that consumer enlightenment has deprived traditional dealers of business as mail-order firms expand their reach.
The Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association in Chicago endorses two-step cutting of yellow pine with 15 to 20 year intervals leaving 2 500 to 3 000 feet of standing timber per acre. The plan aims to boost regrowth and future timber gains and calls for a new committee to cooperate with the Forest Service on education fires and taxation.
Helena World quotes a speaker vowing pride in hometown cheer and bold public address urging the crowd at Paragould to roar for their nine. The piece preserves colorful old headline tone and regional sentiment.
A quip notes that some men stay honest when temptations loom but falter at the sight of an unattached lead pencil. The wry observation suggests vanity and fear can override virtue in small, ordinary pressures.
The Dodson Times cites twelve years of Irish potato farming in Stonewall and De Soto parish urging large fall plantings to supply mills, logging camps, and Winnfield market. The Winnfield Sentinel notes rising interest in convict-labor road work as Louisiana moves toward modern highway methods. The Journal speculates Gov. Sanders may seek the U S Senate, without taking a side.
The Mansfield Journal argues that Gov. Sanders could gain a Senatorial toga if he convinces Louisiana to adopt good roads, noting the political payoff and implying a journey from Baton Rouge to Washington through improved highways.
The Washington Star argues that a public figure’s success hinges on chance as much as ability, with the private secretary's tact often placing leaders in favorable light. It warns against harsh punitive overreach toward ambitious secretaries who can ruin the men they serve.
The hearing before the public service commission on the Third Avenue railway reorganization is publicly debated to thoroughly test the plan. Whitridge stated a prior reorganization raised 37 million to pay a 21 million debt, with 16 million unaccounted for, suggesting a public commission would curb such losses.
A comic poem recounts a shopper who brings home a massive hay stuffed shade that overwhelms her room and traps her. In the final gag a judge cures a similar impulse to order excess and a prisoner gets the last word.
A line from Meg Gendorfer Blatter echoes in the audience as she tells a listener to hear the remark about opportunity. The Ohio State Journal references a man noting trouble stems from wrong house number, highlighting a social miscue at a public event.
A brief dialogue shows Staylight requesting to visit Miss Wobbins who hesitates, saying it is not possible unless he travels this time. The exchange hints at possible future meeting in a domestic setting.
The lawyer argues that keeping a man in an asylum violates human rights and liberty. The court retorts that his prior trial proved he was a raving lunatic, while the lawyer counters the court’s intellect.
Frank A. Leach marks his sixty third birthday while stepping down from the directorship of the United organization. The resignation follows years of service and leadership roles within the group.
States mint to accept the presidency of the People's Water Company of Oakland Cal was born in Auburn New York August 19 1846 and educated in public schools. He began as a newspaper publisher in Napa later starting the Vallejo Evening Chronicle and the Oakland Enquirer which he sold. In 1897 he became superintendent of the U S mint at San Francisco and in 1907 after ten years there he was moved to Washington as director of the United States mint.
Advertisement touts Cottolene as a cheaper, healthier alternative to lard. Customers are urged to phone Walker's Progressive Grocery with orders and mystery nine t f indicates a typographic quirk in the notice.
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