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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1920
Page
4
A brief note records a post office at Monroe in June under the Act of March 3 1879. The item notes the second close matter related to the postal service during that period.
The piece argues that the main hindrance to cutting cotton acreage next year is distrust among farmers toward merchants bankers and peers. It recalls historical Grange efforts in Louisiana where voluntary curtailment failed due to lack of organization and mutual trust, and stresses the need for cohesive action to shift planting toward corn and other crops.
The speaker urges determination and effort to carry the movement to success. They warn that education and organization work must begin promptly as the time to act is short.
The New York City superintendent directs teachers to mark November 30 as Mark Twain's birthday by engaging pupils with tales like Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn and The Prince and the Pauper. The piece discusses why young readers favor thrilling juvenile series over classic literature and notes Twain’s enduring relevance.
A meditation on perseverance in leadership, arguing major figures in finance and industry achieve greatness with time. It notes J. P. Morgan, Harriman, Hills, Woodrow Wilson, and Charles M. Schwab as examples who rose to prominence later in life or before thirty-five, illustrating delayed attainment and early impact.
A constitutional convention debate centers on choosing a simple constitution of principles over a detailed charter. Delegates argue the current instrument is effectively a volume of legislation, and the new draft should allow the General Assembly to handle specifics rather than embed them in constitutional text.
A letter argues that a true home requires more than a modern house and money. It hinges on family presence, with a grandfather’s query about a grandson asking Santa for his Daddy Home after his father’s death.
The Baton State Times comments on the constitutional convention debating whether to adopt a fundamental constitution or a detail driven instrument. It notes that delegates favoring specific pet schemes clash with the need for a coherent core. The piece urges clarity on the document’s essential nature.
An Air-Friction Carburetor Co advertisement touts a new carburetor that cuts gasoline use by one third to one half, increases engine power 30 to 50 percent, and aids cold starts. It claims 45 to 50 mpg with Ford models and offers 30 days trial plus potential local agent opportunities.
In Tokyo on December 11 police disrupted Japan wide Socialist mass meeting. About 500 attended with roughly half in plain clothes.
A conference today gathered state officials and college representatives from Tennessee Kentucky Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama with P P Claxton of the U S Commission of Education to discuss educational needs. An IL detachment of police attempted to clear a crowd in front of an agency building and, after being surrounded and attacked, authorities allege fired on the crowd wounding eighteen and seriously four. Government buildings are guarded by troops.
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