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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1913
Page
4
Sec Treas entered as second class matter June 1 1909 at Monroe Louisiana Post Office under the Act of March 3 1879 Terms of Subscription five dollars two sixty sixty Business Office Editorial Room ween fFecial News tee eee 224 317 404
Citizens are invited to subscribe to a fund to assist the Christmas season for those neglected. Funds will be given to the Kings Daughters for distribution. Subscriptions listed include several donors though many names are incomplete or unreadable.
Ware county Georgia Judge T A Parker urges a crackdown on concealed weapons arguing armed individuals seek superiority and trigger fatal outcomes. He cites taxpayer burdens from crime investigations jails and trials and warns firearms corrupt state morale drawing comparisons to England and Canada where gun-toting is less tolerated.
The author argues that habitual weapon importers face personal criminal punishment and that reducing intercession and influence will curb violent acts. While not advocating a full transplant of the English system, the piece suggests adapting elements to America to diminish a jungle-type urban violence.
A trade publication voice extends sincere Christmas greetings from The News-Star and its staff. It hopes the season brings joy, goodwill, and profits, wishing readers luck, courage, and good business, and even a forgiving sponge for the year’s troubles.
Evry time Christmas comes I think of you and your cheerful nature. May the season bring you half the joy you spread daily to your friends.
A Fort Smith Times Record note jokes that if the new tariff fails to hit the beef trust it will be blamed on a flaw in its design or a misstep in construction. The quip lands in a Stuttgart Arkansas chronicle voice.
A woman sends her son to fetch a neighbor’s newspaper but chaos ensues. The boy spills a four dollar stand of bees, distressing cries bring the father who crashes a barbed wire fence and tears his pants. A cow enters the cornfield and dies after eating corn. The mother, rushing, overturns a churn of cream, drowning the kittens.
All hope of mending a twenty five dollar set of false teeth to save fifty cents ends as the baby crawls through spilled cream and ruins a twenty dollar carpet. The eldest daughter runs away with the hired man, the dog ruins eleven setting hens, and calves chew tails off four shirts.
The article argues the pure food law raises food values not prices. It cites spice costs rising from 15 to 25 cents per pound and maple syrup from 60 cents to 1.25 dollars per gallon, with flavoring extracts increasing from 10 to 25 cents, noting the consumer does not pay more due to the law.
The article argues buying pure spices at 25 cents per pound saves money over cheaper blends with olive stones and sawdust. Genuine maple syrup at 1.25 dollars per gallon offers better satisfaction than artificial versions. It also notes vanilla at 25 cents per bottle beats a 10 cent imitation. Flour rice corn beef and sugar prices depend on supply and transport rather than pure food laws.
The promotion argues that strong nerves and healthy blood are essential for wellness. Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion is described as a medicine that tones and strengthens nerves while nourishing the blood, aiding overall vitality.
Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion is advertised as non-alcoholic and free of habit-forming drugs. It aims to strengthen the whole system, with effects appearing in days. the maker offers money back if not helpful. Sold at The Rexall Store in Monroe, Louisiana, part of Chase & Collens Co. Ltd.
Monroe La December 13 1913 stockholders are called to the annual meeting at the bank on Tuesday January 13 1914 to elect officers and conduct other business as needed prior to the meeting.
Washington reporters note the Republican national committee convenes in the capital for the first formal assemblage since the election. A call for a Republican national convention is anticipated to revise party rules to reflect a Southern representation shift and changes in method of electing state delegates from primaries.
The national committee weighs early summer versus March for the convention to restart unity. Chicago is seen as the leading host city, with Cincinnati Philadelphia Detroit Indianapolis Washington and others under consideration. In a separate note, Miss Edith Wormser and Manhattan Goudchaux wed in New York with family present in the city.
If you are constipated your entire system is poisoned by waste. Take Dr King’s New Life Pills to relieve constipation and headaches. 25 cents at druggists or by mail. Buesen & Co Philadelphia and St Louis.
A brief union notice warns that buildings built by negro and unskilled labor increase fire danger. It claims higher costs and urges bids for repair work on tile and brick mantels, promising fire ordinance conformity and pay only if work is best. Send card to W Hatch, Secretary, Monroe Messenger Service, Box 634.
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