Notice to collect old Monroe News accounts
All old accounts of the Star Printing Company and the Ouachita Printing Company publishers of The Monroe News will be pushed for collection. Ample warning has been given and no surprise should be felt when stringent methods are adopted to collect these accounts. Make remittances payable to the News-Star Publishing Co., Ltd. 28-tf.
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Star Printing Company
Ouachita Printing Company
Monroe News
News-Star Publishing Co., Ltd
Progressive League Meeting Tonight at Sugar Theatre
An important meeting of the Progressive League will be held at the league rooms in the Sugar Theatre building tonight at o oclock sharp. Directors and members are urged to attend and participate in its deliberations. Matters of utmost importance are to be discussed and disposed of.
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Progressive League
League
Sugar Theatre
Cowardice or insantity death by own action debated
An article contends that death by own action by sane individuals is wrong citing a couple who killed themselves over incurable illness. It recalls a banker who killed himself after his wife’s death, leaving a life-insurance and bank accounts intact, raising questions of bravery versus cowardice and the moral implications.
Self-imposed death sentence carried out at bank
A man executed his own death sentence at a bank with calm demeanor, while questions arise about his and a woman's mental state after a two year wait. Were they insane or merely cowards?
Monroe Urged to Advertise and Build for Greater Future
A civic editorial urges Monroe business people to seize opportunities and promote the city to the world. It highlights Monroe’s river location, railroad access, and rich surrounding lands while noting pending gas and oil development as a growth catalyst. The piece calls for unity among citizens to pursue a broader Monroe.
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Monroe
Negro servant girl topic sparks strong editorial debate
J. E. Bush of this city attended the National Negro Business Men's League in Louisville and presented a paper on the negro servant girl that drew a lengthy Courier Journal editorial. He circulated criticism to gauge sentiment, finding strongest support in communities with many Negro residents and Northern settlers influence. The Courier Journal disputes the extinction of the mammy role, while the Arkansas Gazette notes a fraternal South master servant bond unlike the North.
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J. E. Bush
National Negro Business Men's League
Louisville
Courier- Journal
Bush
Courier-Journal
South
North
Arkansas Gazette
Hidden Motive Behind Monroe Bloody Crime Examined
The article analyzes the motive and responsibility for a violent act in Monroe. It cites the “negro desperado” and urges thorough local investigation, arguing fear of black violence stems from perceived white injuries and calls for stricter Southern racial discipline to prevent further killings.
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Monroe
South
Democratic primary gossip mocks New Orleans slate
The Shreveport Journal reports a tongue in cheek list from New Orleans bosses proposing names for governor lieutenant governor congress mayor and senator. Only Philip Werlein among the listed figures appears plausible for mayor while the rest are dismissed as joke.
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Albert Ostopinal
Congress
H. Garland Dupre
House
Estopinal
Martin Behrman
New Orleans
Philip Werlein
Tthe Progressive Union
United States
Foster
Jared Y. Sanders
Louisiana
Crescent City
Shreveport Journal
WISE AND OTHERWISE Gossipy Lines From 19th Century Papers
Witty exchanges on manners and marriage appear in the Tribune and Inquirer quotings. The pieces mock gate speed, ministers of pleasure, and a Merry Widow joke about mourning attire. A future son-in-law teases about cooking prowess amid educated daughters.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Workaday grind drives worker to dawn to dusk
A terse exchange reveals a laborer exhausted by nonstop workload. He says he begins anew tomorrow after a single hour of rest, illustrating a cycle of fatigue and relentless labor. The dialogue conveys strain and determination without embellishment.
Advice Column Hopeful Seeks Start at Courier Journal
A hopeful applicant with no journalism experience proposes offering advice as a fitting role at the Louisville Courier Journal. The exchange highlights an appetite for guidance oriented content within a newspaper setting.
The Learned Cabby Explains Edinburgh Icons
A humorous Punch caption shows a Scottish cabby lecturing a tourist about John Knox and Edinburgh landmarks. The cabby debates Knox as the American tourist asks who he was and if the Bible is read, blending history with sectarian humor.
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Edinburgh
John Knox
How To Be Happy though Married Joke Gag
Dialogue joke exchange shows Mrs Naggs and Naggs debating happiness in marriage. A punch line suggests divorce as a shortcut to happiness. The piece reflects cynical humor about marriage and personal relationships.
Hungry hobo given sandwich by kind lady in city streets
A Chicago Daily News fragment shows a hungry hobo receiving a sandwich and pie from a compassionate woman. He explains his plight by saying he has an "united look" from being chased from place to place by the police, highlighting hardship and sympathy.
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Chicago Daily News
Lionel Brough Humorous Turn At North ern Lunatic Asylum
Lionel Brough entertained at a North ern lunatic asylum where he spent his waiting hour playing billiards with a harmless old gentleman patient. He offered the odds of 40 to 100 and was easily beaten, the patient quipping that such odds would land him there with Brough.
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Lionel Brough
Labor union activity spans continents and cities
Notes from the Labor World cover unions organizing in England and the United States, planned receptions for Samuel Gompers, proposed international co operation bureaus, and efforts from Brooklyn to San Francisco. The report highlights strikes at Spring Hill colliery, consolidation plans, and calls for conventions in Boston and Chicago.
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Spring Hill
Cape Breton
Richelieu Brand Canned Goods Promoted by Fox Grocer Co
Advertisement for Richelieu Brand canned foods via Fox Grocer Co The Leaders. Claims relief for foot corn and nail problems with H. R. Rayner contact Cumberland 632 and promises speedy relief in minutes.
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Richelieu
Thema Fox Grocer CO
H. R. Rayner
Cumberland
Zeppelin III Over Ulm on 700 Mile Flight
Airship Zeppelin III passed Ulm, Germany, about seven this morning during a 700 mile flight. Crews buzzed like hornets as a weighted envelope dropped outside the town bore a message from Chief Engineer Duerr stating that everything is in good condition.
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Ulm
Germany
Duerr
Market Prices for Produce in Cumberland
Creole onions sound and dry at 75 cents per bushel and green matoes for piessing at 75 cents per bushel delivered. Cumberland phone 59. 17-2w
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Cumberland Phone
Walker's Progressive Grocery Advertises Oats
Royal Sealed rolled oats in two pound cans offered by Walk er's Progressive Grocery. Guaranteed not to be buggy. Phone your orders. 9-tf
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Walker’s
Progressive Grocery
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