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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1926
Page
4
A call argues that economic pressures force a radical shift in farming. It urges open discussion of new cropping problems, intelligent solutions, and progress toward stable incomes, accepting temporary setbacks in pursuit of higher profits.
A Forum feature collects varied definitions of the term highbrow and two contrasting views. Readers describe a highbrow as a cultured premier in taste while critics warn that pretended superiority fuels offense more than genuine superiority. The piece cites examples from jazz lovers to opera goers and Browning readers, noting intolerance as the core dispute.
The News-Star urges open governance, arguing that public business should be transparent except in clear emergencies. It notes past muffled proceedings, rejects secrecy as a mask for inefficiency, and asserts the people have a right to know what officials are doing. If information is denied, drastic action is needed.
Indications show first quarter 1927 start on church buildings in the Twin Cities, with costs around a quarter of a million dollars. The article argues ongoing religious growth in Monroe and West Monroe signals strength and community vitality, urging continued projects and faith’s role in shaping national character.
The South widens beyond cotton as corn, wheat, barley and sweet potato output rise sharply. Corn next year rises by nearly 200 million bushels from last year, wheat doubles from 92 to 174 million, barley climbs from 4.56 to 14.60 million. Apples and sweet potatoes show large gains, signaling sustained growth across multiple crops. The overall agricultural yield remains high despite past reliance on cotton.
A young man proposes six reasons middle age can be the best era. He cites readiness to act, mastery of tools, tempered disillusionment, settled religion work and marriage, reconciling life with reality, and the ballast of experience guiding foresight. He notes optimism may change with time but current view favors productivity.
Paris notes describe a traveling bus service formed to follow Rambouillet’s stag hunt affecting the St Hubert mass. The ceremony proceeds but strangers disrupt the traditional aura as visitors observe. Also covered are dance trends, Josephine debts, and a centennial bromide discovery by Balard with later renaming.
The statement outlines the distribution of Christmas Day weekdays: Fridays and Saturdays happen fifty seven occurrences, while Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Mondays, and Wednesdays appear in other cycles.
A humorous item notes new publications of a complete set of road maps for somnambulists. It jokes about sleep walkers touring the country, slipping from Illinois to Ohio, and planning trips to Europe while in bed. It quips about insomnia prayers and reckless slumbering.
G Howard Ferguson, Ontario premier aged 56 and a lawyer by training, has built a Dominion-wide reputation during his years in office. His political career began in 1905 after early studies in Kemptville and Toronto.
Six years of worsening digestion left a reader skin and bone on a starvation diet until advised by a druggist to try Mayr's. The product is claimed to clear intestinal catarrhal thickings and inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments. The letter concludes with the user reporting full recovery.
Fifteen years ago City High football team posted its fifth straight win, crowning them as champions of North Louisiana high schools. A luncheon for Monroe City High School players hosted by Miss Annie Wyndes featured elegant dining, toasts, and a parade of local guests and supporters, with reports of various visitors to Monroe.
In the present election Mr. Ferguson appeals to voters on government control of liquor sales, mirroring Quebec and four western provinces. Ontario remains a dry province with liquor sales banned except on prescription.
Grandmother favored mustard for chest ailments but mustard plasters caused burns. Musterole offers relief like plasters without the blister, a clean ointment with oil of mustard. Rub in for sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup and other pains.
Sixteen Minnesota and North Dakota master farmers are honored at a St. Paul Athletic Club dinner hosted by The Farmer. The profile celebrates diverse, science-based farming practices and community involvement, highlighting leaders who rotate crops, diversify, and apply executive farm management.
A year has passed since seven nations gathered in London to sign the Locarno security pacts and pledge mutual defenses and peaceful arbitration.
The piece notes Bahamas labor at one dollar fifty a day for J E Williamson's undersea movie, exotic props like a three iguana baby incubator, and claims motion pictures foster peace. It recounts kittens failing to cooperate, a Long Island estate used for dual location shoots, and a Villon cathedral replica for a John Barrymore film with Notre Dame’s famed steps fading over centuries.
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