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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
4
The article argues for planning and funding better public highways as essential to farmers merchants and schools. It notes Ouachita parish is building a sixteen mile model road from West Monroe to Calhoun and predicts more projects if costs prove manageable without high taxes.
A Kansas City utility faces scrutiny as it pledges a fuel gas supply while critics question the feasibility and cost. Residents await concrete timelines and impact on rates as officials weigh the promises against current shortages.
The Brooklyn Life recalls William Preston, famed Baltimore criminal lawyer nicknamed Billy, clashing with a bullying county attorney. The county pursues jests on Preston's size, and Preston fires back that swallowing him would yield more law in the stomach than in the head.
The writer crafted measured pieces about a man said to have consumed large quantities of alcohol, portraying sobriety amid heavy drinking rumors.
The saying highlights that individuals with vigor and intellect command higher value in professional and economic life. It notes that energy combined with smart use of resources yields superior outcomes and rewards.
A newspaper piece praises swift law enforcement after the execution of Bud Davis for a September 9, 1909 crime. It urges vigorous, prompt action in future cases to uphold obedience to law and deter crime.
A speech extols prompt punishment as essential and argues that the national government spends 67 percent of revenue on war. It suggests reallocating funds to improve roadways and waterways, noting a push at a Topeka congress for national scope reforms.
Detroit News notes a Mexican inventor Felix Gallo of Pueblo demonstrates an aeroplane that rises to sixteen meters and cannot be brought down without help as a child’s balloon rope rescues him. The piece lauds a new solution to stable flight.
A district paper recalls Elizabeth Akers Allen’s poem Rock Me to Sleep Mother. The excerpt meditates on yearning for maternal comfort and childhood simplicity in a weary world, evoking memory, loss, and enduring motherly love.
Nicaragua tightens borders while Zelaya’s supporters loom. the Dixie heads home to Philadelphia to mobilize further troops as the Prairie sails with 700 marines amid U S uncertainty over intervention. Madriz’s claim seen as Zelaya ally’s tool, Mexico's effort to curb Cabrera and Guatemalan rival adds pressure. King Leopold dies prompting talk of reforms in Africa and a shift in Brussels Paris relations.
Rome December reports the Vatican confirming the marriage of King Leopold to Baroness Vaughan in San Remo Italy last year. Vaughan, found by Leopold in Paris, was a daughter of a janitor and had become a noticeable figure in Paris theatrical circles.
The article reports a possible bitter contest for Belgium's throne after King Leopold II's death. It mentions a claimed marriage to a woman called Baroness Vaughan in Italy, with two alleged Leopold children, including five year old Lucien, and Prince Albert as heir presumptive. Uncertainty surrounds the marriage date.
Four people died and several others were injured in a morning collision between a Central of Georgia passenger train and a Macon and Birmingham train at Harris City Georgia. The Macon and Birmingham train had cleared its riders when struck at the crossing, killing H C Rawls H A Williams W A McHarge all of Harris City and Jack Holt an M B employee.
Ottawa December 17 the Dominion Parliament adjourned for the Christmas recess. January 10 has been set for reconvening.
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