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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1923
Page
4
The Monroe News-Star outlines a program to improve drainage for lasting community development. It calls for river traffic expansion and year round navigation on the trade route, plus complete industrial growth in the Monroe district with permanent manufacturing enterprises and gas field development.
The piece argues that Soviet authorities ban obnoxious speculative individuals from major cities, forcing them to provinces or Siberia. It warns about who decides who is undesired and notes radicals vary in form but share the core trait across nations.
A Times-Picayune writer profiles a New Orleans shelter keeper who aids the needy without questions. She notes takeaways from the charitable effort, including a theft loss of fifteen double blankets by two boys, underscoring the need for practical oversight to help the deserving while denying opportunity for abuse.
The piece argues pedestrians deserve protection and regulation like cars. It notes Monroe’s growing traffic issues and urges walkers to follow rules while motorists deserve courtesy. It warns future legal enforcement may require pedestrians to observe standard conduct.
Government urges immediate poll tax payment warning of near deadline. Emphasizes that nonpayment can disenfranchise voters and strip civic voice, urging citizens to act now to exercise their franchise and advise in public affairs.
A group of authorities on dyeing claim silk takes and holds dye more effectively than other fabrics. The Dead Sea earns its name because its waters are saturated with salt, making life impossible for animals.
A brief note states that on the North American continent the British possessions exceed those of the United States by nearly 2 sea of WO square miles, reflecting a territorial comparison in the era.
A light column notes holiday humor and gift ideas for Christmas readers. It jokes about whiskbrooms from bootleg demand, 45 million who stumble over toys, and quirky gifts like manicure sets coal jokes and ash trays.
The report notes rumors of American cardinals to be created in Rome while marking Cardinal O Connell of Boston on his birthday. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, 64 years ago, he studied at Boston College and the American College in Rome, was ordained in 1884, served in Boston area parishes, led the American College as rector, became bishop of Portland in 1902, was sent to Japan on a Catholic interests mission, became Boston’s coadjutor archbishop in 1907, and was elevated to cardinal four years later.
The list marks Eli Whitney born 1765 in Massachusetts and died 1826 in Connecticut, August Belmont born 1816 in Prussia and died 1890 in New York, and Daniel Webster proposing an embassy to Greece in 1823. It also notes Thomas Bard born 1841 in Pennsylvania, the 1848 Vienna Ring Theatre fire, 1914 German cruisers sunk off the Falklands, and 1920 Canada addressing Europe and the League of Nations.
One year ago today President Harding sent a message to Congress calling for an anti strike law and a nationwide prohibition on alcohol. He urged swift action to curb labor unrest and promote a dry policy across the country.
Today marks birthdays of Charles Murphy former Postmasters General of Canada born Ottawa 60 years ago Cardinal OConnell of Boston born Low ell Massachusetts 64 years ago Rear Admiral Henry Mayo USN born Burlington Vermont 67 years ago Bishop Edward Blake born Gorham Maine 55 years ago and poet Harvey Allen born Pittsburgh 34 years ago These commemorations highlight diverse public service and literary achievement across North America.
One hundred years ago Dr. Robert Collyer was born, a blacksmith turned preacher. Trevor W. Park’s centennial is noted as a Vermont and California financier. Other items mark Davis Carter’s early California gold, Joel Chandler Harris’s birth anniversary, Cardinal O’Connell’s long service, Major General George Barnett’s retirement, episcopal jubilees of Drogsaerts and Jeanmard, and a farm bureau conference in Chicago ahead of the American Farm Bureau Federation convention.
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