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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1922
Page
4
A fragment from the newspaper’s business office shows bustling activity in handling telephonic and telegram communications. The text hints at editorial room operations and newsroom pressure evident in early masthead chatter.
A brief reflection on the Lord directing a good man’s path with continual watchfulness over each successive step, drawing on a Forbes Magazine stylistic warning about careful progress.
President Harding calls Education Week to spark public interest in schooling and youth training for citizenship. He cites 5,000,000 students not using free school benefits, urges universal compulsory instruction, defends American schools, and stresses education as the nation’s foundation for liberty and future governance.
Officials derive authority from voter ballots and majorities. Citizens must pay poll taxes by December 31 each year to maintain voting rights, with age based exemptions and residency rules. The notice stresses universal gender equality and warns nonpayment could bar participation in 1923 1924 elections.
Richard W. Child, American ambassador to Italy and unofficial observer, spoke at Lausanne on U S policy in the Near East. The expressed aim favors safeguarding non Moslem interests and minority protections while backing assurances in conformance with broader peace efforts.
The article debates how unofficial U S observers at Lausanne raise questions about the nation’s voice in the negotiations It questions whether officials or partisans control messages and urges full public information on how the United States is represented and its stance on open Straits and League of Nations involvement.
A column urges readers to start Christmas shopping now noting 139 days until Christmas and that early buyers gain attention and savings while late shoppers risk missed deals. Merchants invite customers to inspect offerings and shop early to avoid the last minute crowd, with emphasis on wives to act.
A. G. Cook, editor of the Monroe News-Star, plans a campaign for Secretary of State. He has forty years in newspapers and twenty-two years in the Louisiana Senate practice in Baton Rouge. He is a Democrat with broad familiarity among lawmakers and the public, and The Gazette endorses him.
A rural editorial argues that governors should not rely on Washington for state issues including the Ku Klux Klan fallout in Louisiana. It urges states to exercise sovereign powers, criticizes federal dependence, and warns the myth of strong central government.
The piece argues that utopias vanish in practice and that progress stems from individuals rather than governments or reform movements. It compares society to a brick structure, insisting the weakest link—each citizen—determines civilization’s strength and that reforms must start with the individual.
A chronological list notes events and figures such as Washington’s farewell at Praince’s Tavern in New York 1783 the birth of William W Loring in 1818 Frances Power Cobbe pioneer of women’s rights born in Dublin 1822 the Detroit Odd Fellows lodge 1848 a Maine insane asylum fire 1850 Lillian Russell born 1861 Calcutta international exhibition 1883 and the 1919 FTC action against the big five meat packers for anti trust violations.
Edwin Broussard born in Theria parish Louisiana 48 years ago today. Thomas Walker Page born in Cobham Virginia 55 years ago today. Frank J Gould born in New York City 45 years ago today. William J Sears born in Smithville Georgia 48 years ago today. Robert J Shawkey born in Brookfield Pennsylvania 32 years ago.
Leonor F Loree president of the Delaware and Hudson railway and director in 34 affiliated companies. He began with the Pennsylvania Railway in 1877 and later led the Baltimore and Ohio the Rock Island and other systems. Since 1906 he has chaired the Kansas City Southern while directing the Delaware and Hudson.
Today marks Frances Power Cobbe’s birth centenary and the tenth episcopate anniversary of Most Rev Edward J Hanna. Victory Week kicks off for the Farm Bureau Cotton Association as the Sixty seventh Congress ends. Municipal elections sweep US and Canada. Hoover to be honored with a statue. U S and Canadian postal officials plan closer cooperation. Cotton States Commission starts a three day Memphis conference. Five Canadian by elections linger. Impeachment hearings against Attorney General Daugherty begin in the House Judiciary Committee. Indiana dairy suit set for Indianapolis trial. Central American republics meet in Washington to discuss peace treaties armament limits and arbitration court.
The opening slate includes the New York American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the New York American Society of Refrigerating Engineers in New York. Cleveland hosts the American Warehousemen’s event while Nashville hosts the Southern Congress for Home Betterment. Detroit features the Radiological Society of America and Kansas City hosts the Presbyterian Laymen’s Conference.
One year ago today Sinn Fein rejected the British Government's offer. A San Francisco jury in the Arbuckle case failed to reach a verdict.
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