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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1921
Page
4
The News-Star explains that Monday December 26 will be a legal holiday since Christmas falls on Sunday. Law directs the day after a Sunday holiday to be observed to preserve the holiday benefit for all, including government agencies and businesses.
A call to shoppers to buy early and avoid last minute crowds. The note urges everyone to start before six o’clock in the evening and not delay to the final hour, praising sales staff and encouraging considerate service during the holiday rush.
A reviewer denounces pacifist and pro German antiwar books that portray the World War in abstract terms. It condemns a text depicting Doughboys as debauched machines and condemns U S military discipline. The piece labels it German propaganda aimed at undermining American defenders.
A reflection on society’s love of amusement and celebrity. King Albert notes Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford as leading figures while sports and prize fights draw intense summer attention.
The piece argues modern life overvalues amusement and athletic heroes while education gains ground through enrollments and correspondence courses. It notes political and civic debates, praises independent voters in New Orleans, and endorses Judge St Paul over Rosen, citing local press support and recent political shifts.
Voters in New Orleans and three adjacent parishes backed Judge St Paul for the supreme bench and Edward J Ryan over Charles G Gill for the Criminal District Court bench. The piece condemns machine politics and honors the late Judge Luther Egbert Hall, suggesting he would approve the rebuke of power grasping figures in Louisiana politics.
1790 the U S Government moved from New York to Philadelphia. 1796 Ohio Congregational church formed. 1800 Northwest Territory liquor sale law. 1814 Don Juan Prim born in Catalonia assassinated 1870. 1864 Lincoln fourth annual message to Congress. 1882 Anthony Trollope died. 1889 Jefferson Davis died in New Orleans. 1995 French Senate passed Church and State separation bill.
Clab Hancock faced rain misfortune after wearing new gaiter shoes last Sunday. Sidney Hocks jokes Clab must add washers to his ankles to tighten fit. The rat cat of Tobe Moseley died this week prompting quiet feelings. The Wild Onion schoolteacher notes people seem smarter when others’ lack of sense is exposed.
One year ago today President elect Harding addressed the Senate briefly while a major earthquake left fifteen thousand people homeless in Albania.
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