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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1913

Page

4

Monroe News Star masthead details and office lines

The Monroe News Star presents its publication note including the publisher The News Star Publishing Co. Ltd and office designations. It lists admission as a second class matter dated June 1, 1909 and notes subscription terms and contact areas for business, editorial, and social news.

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Subscriptions for Christmas Fund Raised by Local Appeal

Citizens are invited to subscribe to a fund aiding the Christmas season for those neglected. Money will be handed to the King's Daughters for distribution. Listed subscriptions include a $5.00 donation.

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Wealth and the soil in Boys Corn Clubs rise

A 1910s editorial extols the link between soil wealth and agricultural progress. It notes that while industry and science spurred factory and office growth, farming lagged until improved machinery, seed selection, and study began to awaken farmers to new methods and opportunities. The piece predicts strong southward corn club expansion and wealth from soil-based efforts.

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Louisiana's Corn Clubs Drive Smarter Farming Across State

The piece highlights the shift to diversified farming and scientific methods in Louisiana. It notes rising youth participation in boys' Corn Clubs, improved corn yields, and a trend toward training the next generation to farm intelligently, boosting state wealth from the ground up.

Christmas Word Dignity Advocates Keep Tradition

A reader urges care in spelling the holiday name as Christmas not Xmas, arguing the term should honor its sacred origin and remain respectful in all writings and public uses. The note emphasizes preserving the word's traditional form and meaning.

Christmas Wishes Across the Year Card Message

A nostalgic verse recalling Fourth of July Thanksgiving and Christmas greetings. The speaker imagines sending a full sized pack of wishes, suggesting a fair exchange of good wishes across the year to a friend.

Autumn Winter Flower Tribute in Silent City of the Dead

A reflective line of verse praises a favored autumn flower as a radiant emblem of poetry and beauty. Its petals are likened to a morning star shining on a hillside and within the Silent City of the Dead among dear dead violets.

Remembering Zach Chandler 100th Birthday Observed Across Michigan

Michigan commemorates the birth centennial of Zach Chandler with school exercises and statewide tributes. Born in Bedford New Hampshire December 10 1813 Chandler moved to Detroit built a fortune in dry goods helped organize the Republican Party and served eighteen years in the Senate. He promoted anti slavery causes chaired the interior under Grant and died in Chicago while delivering a political speech.

Detroit Mich Michigan Zach” Chandler Interior Grant Senate Chandler Chicago

Calendar of Sports for the Week

A concise weekly calendar highlights upcoming sports events. Includes dates, venues, and participating teams for local and regional competitions across multiple sports. Highlights key matchups and times for readers planning attendance or follow along.

Boxing Cards and Events Across North America this Week

The schedule lists Willie Ritchie versus Tommy Murphy in a 20 round bout in San Francisco and Wildcat Ferns against Mike Gibbon in New Orleans. Also on the bill are Joe Mendez vs Patsy Drouillard in Windsor Ontario and Benny Leonard against Danny Ridge in New York. A six day bicycle race ends at Madison Square Garden with other events including a Clinton Iowa powwow and Montreal indoor swimming championships.

Willie Ritchie Tommy Murphy San Francisco Wildcat’ Ferns Mike Gibbon New Orleans Joe Mendez Patsy Drouillard Windsor Ont Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association Clinton Iowa Canada Montreal Joe Avanni Dick Marshall Great Falls Mont Madison Square Garden New York Delaware Valley Kennel Club Princeton N. J Benny Leonard Danny Ridge Young Rector Johnny Roth Brooklyn N. Y

Daisy Garden Echoes Autumn Dreams

The passage contrasts daisies and humans as seasons change. It speaks of summer brightness, autumn and winter hardships, and the lasting inner color that grows with time. It hints at renewal and hope for spring beyond aging and loss.

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This Date in History Highlights Early American Milestones

A readable timeline presents events from 1672 to 1904 including a monthly post between New York and Boston, Washingtons army at Valley Forge, Thomas Gallaudet born in Philadelphia, the Kingdom of Etruria dissolving, Zachariah Chandler’s birth, Mississippi’s statehood, US Mexico treaty resolution, and Earl Grey becoming Governor General of Canada.

Washington Valley Forge Thomas H. Gallaudet Philadelphia Hartford Conn Kingdom of Etruria France Zachariah Chandler U.S Michigan Grant Beaford N. H Chicago

Everett Colby Birthday Sketch Highlights Public Career

His Thirty-ninth Birthday marks a profile of Everett Colby born in Milwaukee December 10, 1874. A Brown University graduate of 1897, he studied law and has practiced in New York and New Jersey since 1900. He entered politics in 1903 as a Republican, later splitting with the party to lead the Progressive movement in New Jersey.

Everett Colby Progressive Party New Jersey Milwaukee Wis Brown University New York Colby Chicago Rodolphe Forget Countess of Warwick William F. Tuttle, Jr Congress

Vocational Education Topic at Indiana Trustees Meeting

The Indiana State Trustees Association opened in Indianapolis with focus on vocational education and county agricultural extension agents. President I. I. Moore led the session, W. Gard read the annual report, and W. F. Book directed the afternoon discussion on vocational education.

Indianapolis Ind Pec Indiana State Trustees’ Association I. I. Moore Frankfort W. 3S. Gard Cory Association W. F. Book

Reincarnation Lecture Explores Many Earthly Lives

Dr. B. W. Lindberg a theosophist and Star in the East lecturer spoke at City Hall on reincarnation asserting humans live multiple lives to reach perfection. He denied animal transmigration and explained four worlds interpenetrate daily life, with the ego persisting beyond the bodies and varying reincarnation intervals by soul age.

B. W. Lindberg Order of the Star In the East Earth Hermes

Aldrich praised for accurate factual knowledge

The article credits Mr. Aldrich with success due to his precise grasp of facts. It highlights his careful handling of information and reliance on verifiable details.

Htas Aldrich

Reincarnation Advocated Across Faiths in Public Talk

A lecture argued reincarnation as a complete explanation for life’s inequalities, challenging materialism and theology. The speaker cited the Bible Josephus and Gibbon, noting early church fathers and the Constantinople council as historical touchpoints, urging personal testing of the idea.

Josephus Gibbon

States to Set Express Rates Conference in Chicago

A conference of state railroad and warehouse commissioners, express company representatives, and major shippers from across the country opened in Chicago to seek a coherent method for intrastate express rate regulation guided by principles similar to those used by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The meeting, arranged by the National Association of Railway Commissioners, aims to harmonize state rate practices with federal standards.

Chicago National Association of Railway Commissioners Washington Interstate Commerce Commission

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