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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
3
Ruth Cameron discusses the maternal instinct and why women resist or embrace outlets for it. She cites examples of childless women who criticize mothers and the impact of husbands and social expectations on women seeking work or civic causes. The article argues outlets for maternal energy improve happiness and health for women and marriages.
A digest of quirky claims and local notes includes English surnames starting with W leading lists, Chicago planning a 20 story hotel owned by Chinese interests, Dallas library and Tegna issuing phonograph records, ancient cures using asparagus and wine, brain cell counts with individual consciousness, a London hatter on head sizes by nationality, Freeland Pa miners ferried by employer taxis, a flower-filled conservatory for Atlantic liners, Kansas plan to broadcast farmer weather via wireless, and a London sergeant retiring after 40,000 miles in the Black Maria with prison transport duties.
Caldwell parish farmers resist the tick eradication law arguing it disrupts farming time and forces costly dipping ops. They urge local reform including parish commission oversight and self managed dipping vats. Governor threatens impeachment over enforcement. An American Cotton Association envoy pursues local farmers to organize a Caldwell chapter.
Paris reports describe a near total destruction of Bolshevik arms as Polish forces drive eastward. Polish advances have captured tens of thousands of prisoners and seized heavy artillery and matériel while Bolshevik reserves dwindle and reorganize near oscillating front lines. General Budenny retreated after a failed dash toward Lemberg as Reds press into Galicia.
Washington reports a U S position opposing Polish forces crossing ethnographic borders to chase Soviet troops. Warsaw is told this via an American charge. Paris notes allied unity and plans for a supreme council meeting to draft a note urging Poland to limit operations within its ethnographic frontiers.
The world averages 39 pounds of meat per person annually while Australians and Americans consume about 180 pounds per person. This highlights stark dietary differences between regions with high meat consumption and global norms.
A domestic scene unfolds as Ma urges Pa to replace worn home goods during a visit from the Williamsons. Pa resists at first but finally agrees to buy new items, echoing a rift over aging belongings and changing tastes.
T Jefferson Coolidge a Boston financier and former US minister to France is 89. Gideon D Robertson Canada labor minister is 46. Lee De Forest inventor is 47. Joseph T Robinson Arkansas senator is 48. Robert T Moton Tuskegee principal is 53. Joe Jeannette black heavyweight boxer from New Jersey is 41.
A brief roundup notes Kitchener Ontario naming its first policewoman and Maine naming a deputy sheriff as the first in America. It covers varied items from domestic service for Chinese girls to a tiny Bronte writing style, Mary Pickford’s letter volume, a 9 year old Winchester descendant claim, Eva Hotzenpiller’s Eagles role, teachers’ Southern trek, a Hayes memorial tablet, California wage laws, advice on powder for photographs, and a Victoria Cross anecdote linked to 1869 nurses in Ireland.
A list of affordable cars includes a 1919 Ford Roadster for 375 dollars a 1920 Little Overland Four at 725 dollars a Chevrolet Sedan near new 1125 dollars an Overland Roadster with motor and tires first class 225 dollars a Haynes Six in perfect condition 1050 dollars and an Overland 90 at 725 dollars All cars available for viewing and on terms from Rayner's Garage and Repair Shop 412 Walnut St Phone 79 26-31.
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