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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
4
The piece reflects on Christmas anticipation fueled by ads and the value of thoughtful giving over expensive purchases. It emphasizes prudent budgets, considers children's happiness with stockings, and notes the lasting joy of remembering helpers and service providers during the festive season.
The passage urges generosity beyond costly gifts and accuses turning Christmas into a business. It emphasizes serving the needy as central to the holiday, recalling Christ's teaching to care for the least and calling for remembrance, joy, and shelter for the imprisoned and ill.
Five oak mudsills from an 1861 grist mill at Whitesburg Genesee county were found during demolition. The 40 foot timbers, sized 37 by 26 inches, were hewn by William Mead and later purchased by the Genesee Coal Mining Company. The mill yielded fine cork pine lumber now prized for its flaw free surface.
A Chicago company invents a process to convert sawmill waste into wrapping paper and fibre board. It has contracted with Great Southern Yellow Pine Lumber to supply Bogalusa waste, plans a $500000 plant on 35 acres, and targets 50 tons daily with potential to 100. A box factory will operate with the plant.
A Natchitoches Times slogan questions whether people and press are chloroformed by politicians while noting citizens' apathy and low voter registration. The item adds a short Idaho marriage on a speeding train as a contrasting anecdote.
An old Winnsboro Rising Star item warns visitors that peeking at proofs or reading type is as ill mannered as peeking into pots for dinner in the kitchen, reflecting period newsroom etiquette.
The Nagel department report shows 2,664 Japanese applicants for U S admission with 2,432 passports valid and 212 debarred. Aliens applying for citizenship rose to 143,212, imports exceed 1.3 billion dollars, exports 1.6 billion. Shipyards produced 1,247 vessels in 1909. wireless telegraphy expands sea communications.
An examination will be held for Teacher's Certificates on December 22 23 and 24 1909. T O Brown 14th Parish Superintendent.
An OCR fragment lists Real Estate, Furniture and TERROR totaling 760 455.08 with suspense and various accounts. It shows cash and exchange items, Surplus and Profits 79 847.83, Undivided Dividends 16.00, and other entries including 100 000.00 and 514 561.37, ending with incomplete names.
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