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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
10
A famed businessman questions whether immense success truly pays off. He notes losing time for family art and faith, while fame invites public scrutiny, accusations, and constant defense. The only apparent solace is the widespread belief that he is happy and envied by millions.
Federal Children’s Bureau chief Miss Julia C. Lathrop reports that infant mortality rises when fathers earn less and mothers work outside the home. In Manchester, deaths fall from one in four with low wages to one in sixteen at higher wages. Maternal deaths remain around 15,000 yearly, with preventable causes tied to maternity. She stresses mother’s instruction, supervision, proper care, and decent living conditions. The Bureau also tackles premature child labor and protections.
Miss Lathrop urges a national measure to study how children set free from labor are prepared for adult life. She notes great ignorance about dependency, cites Philadelphia data, and calls on Congress to direct a special inquiry by the Children's Bureau into conditions affecting children under the Federal law.
A fragment from a home scene shows the line What is Home Without a Mother over the parlor door and another brief reading God Bless Our Home. The passage ends with a trailing question about the latter phrase.
Poem reflecting on the father’s quiet labor at dawn from making weekly handouts to provisioning meals and defending the home. It contrasts father’s work with mother’s chores, ends with a tribute to a flawed but essential dad and a nod to absence.
A Louisiana ad touts Lemolac as a pleasant tasting substitute for calomel that does not gripe or upset the stomach. It guarantees satisfaction for all family members and offers a money back promise. Available at Phoenix Drug Store and Nyal's Drug Store in West Monroe and five other druggists. P. S. note: calomel backward reads lemolac.
1542 birth of Mary Stuart Queen of Scots. 1672 death of Richard Bellingham early Massachusetts governor. 1787 Delaware signs Constitution first state ratification. 1796 Washington meets Congress as President. 1835 first railroad from Nuremberg to Furth opened in Germany. 1863 Lincoln proclaims Thanksgiving as Union victories in Tennessee while Confederate Congress enacts mass conscription. 1880 Buenos Aires becomes capital of Argentina. 1891 engagement of Duke of Clarence and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck. later Queen Mary. 1910 Ballinger vindicated in Ballinger Pinchot case. 1914 Serbians break up Austrian army invasion. 1915 Wilson urges anti-plotter laws and stronger defense. Petrolite attacked by Austrian sub.
Judge William H. Wadhams, 43, leads a birth control debate after defending destitute families from criminal penalties. Also aging today are Rev. Edwin Holt Hughes, 50. author Willa Cather, 41. General Sir Bruce Hamilton, 59. Horace Hales, 89 ex-governor. Cale Youns Rice, 44. and runner Hannes Kolehmainen, 27, reflecting a cross-section of public figures and cultural icons.
An Anglo-French force in the Balkans withdraws toward the allied base at Selonica Greece as tensions remain high. The piece notes military movement and uneasy posture among allied troops in Serbia while an ad column promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for nervousness caused by constipation and improved digestion with availability advertised in News-Star want ads.
Mothers turn to Sloan's Liniment for children’s bumps sprains and pains. It penetrates and soothes without rubbing, claims to outdo old plasters and ointments and provides prompt relief for rheumatic and neuralgic pains. Handy bottle for outdoor workers. At all druggists 25 cents. Advt
The Standard Warehouse and Compress Co announces lost cotton compress receipts issued to J. Jamison and R. C. Webb have been reported lost with duplicate receipts issued. The company will not recognize or deliver cotton to holders of the original lost receipts, including No. 681 issued Sept 16, 1916 and No. 2225 issued Oct 19, 1916.
A fragmented listing shows various warrants and numbers for individuals such as Duke Hodge Jno T Cole and W R Brady with dates in October and November 1916. The entries mention issuance months, numbers, and a STANDARD WAREHOUSE PRESS CO supervisor.
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