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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
4
General Pershing lauds American Expeditionary Forces officers and soldiers for heroism and endurance. He notes nerves of steel, pre determined purpose, and the hard fought path to victory with many sacrifices in France and Belgium. Some fallen heroes lie in sacred soil while survivors return to public praise.
A Monroe resident recounts two years of back pain and kidney trouble. After trying various remedies she used Deans Kidney Pills and says they cured her and stopped new issues. The ad notes a 60 cent price and directs readers to ask for Domes Kidney Pills by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
The article weighs possible fate of ex Kaiser William II versus Allied plans and cites US Bureau of Naturalization efforts to Americanize foreigners. It notes many aliens lack English skills and highlights government schooling, evening classes, and certificates of graduation to foster citizenship, with thousands of immigrants already enrolled.
A Leipzig report claims the ex-kaiser fled with his own goods plus gold silver and securities of Germany. It suggests he aimed to own German soldiers body and soul and argues he retains a first mortgage on German property, not merely a thief.
The U S Department of Labor Bureau of Naturalization launches its largest campaign to unite 17 5 million alien born residents into one nation. The effort aims to cement diverse races into a homogeneous American society as peace returns and wartime pressures ease.
Highlights include 1851 British Parliament funding Wellington funeral, 1855 Rothschild died in Frankfurt, 1889 Jefferson Davis death in New Orleans, 1890 Gladstone Irish policy stance, 1893 Shields statue unveiling, 1893 German Reichstag scene, 1914 French offensive near Arras, 1915 Wilson note on Ancona sinking, 1916 Bucharest capture by Austro Germans.
Memorial exercises are held in Halifax to honor those who died in the powder-ship explosion a year ago. An after the war conference of the National Federation of Building Industries convenes at Atlantic City. Vice President Marshall cancels speaking engagement in Omaha. MIT hosts a conference to boost Britain United States engineering education cooperation. Taft Schwab and Wilson headline the 38th Academy of Political Science meeting in New York on the industrial victory and labor capital relations debate.
One third of Kansas county treasurers are women, reflecting broader shifts in local governance and gender representation across the state. The finding highlights progress in political participation and public service leadership among female officials.
The item lists notable birthdays on this date including General August von Mackensen born in Saxony 69 years ago, Dr Henry J Cody born Embro Ontario 50 years ago, Howard Elliott born New York City 58 years ago, Prof Olin Templin born Camden Indiana 57 years ago, and actor William S Hart born Newburg New York 42 years ago.
Dr Henry John Cody, turning fifty today, is named Minister of Education for Ontario. A Toronto Anglican clergyman and prominent educator, he hails from Colorado and studied at the University of Toronto where he later served as a senate member. He has served on church boards and civic bodies and was part of the province's unemployment commission. As minister he backs higher teacher wages and stronger technical and vocational training.
The U S Food Administration hails a six month effort by farmers and threshermen to cut harvest losses. Reports from 33 grain states show 16 million bushels of wheat saved plus reductions in barley oats rye and other grains.
A piece extols voluntary food saving in America praising self denial as improving health and morale. It credits food control with steady breadstuffs prices, preventing speculation, and maintaining domestic tranquillity. It claims America leads in voluntary sacrifice during abstinence from wheat.
The passage praises American response to German famine and war fear. It urges increased wheat and pork supplies and sugar savings, framing U S generosity as uniting the world through shared food and goodwill.
Food policy maintained supply sufficiency amid shortages and kept price levels steady, reinforcing national resilience and economic stability.
The article notes global famine threats posed by Germany and highlights American food conservation efforts as a response to the crisis.
The piece credits individual devotion to the national food conservation cause as a major American achievement. It stresses citizen effort and moral duty in preserving resources for wartime or peacetime needs.
One year ago today Russo German armistice announced. Berlin claimed 11 000 prisoners in Northern Italy offensive. U boat sank USS Jacob Jones with 69 missing. Winter sports schedule includes Jefferson Park New Orleans racing and Cuba American Jockey Club Havana. International six day NY cycling and boxing Brady vs Margolis in Syracuse N Y.
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