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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
9
A reflection on economic disparity among college students. A girl with more money feels aloof from peers, while years later a period of fiscal stress broadens her understanding and empathy, highlighting how money shapes judgment and growth.
The author reflects on how wealth and social status shape values and behavior. She notes envy and misaligned spending in private-school circles, warns against borrowing and poor repayment, and argues for saving enough to live among friends while thinking little about money. The piece condemns both excess and scarcity as destabilizing.
The author argues that avoiding envy of friends reduces burdens and suggests reading Thoreau’s Walden. It notes Walden’s $8.74 food cost for eight months as an example of contentment with simplicity and limited necessities.
The piece extols the St Bernard breed renowned for courage and lifesaving work at the hospice founded by St Menthon in 962. It details monk custodians, kennels, aging dogs saving numerous people, and even a wine-bearing rescue motif, noting a notable dog named Oliver who saved fifty six lives.
The article recounts Canadian-born officers who gained fame in wars linked to Britain. It highlights Sir William Fenwick Williams born December 16, 1800 in Nova Scotia, famed as the hero of Kars, and details the Crimean siege of Kars from June to November 1855 where Williams defended against a much larger Russian force before capitulating.
A collection of local classified notices including sales pitches for schoolboards, job seekers, housing needs, sewing services, and a large farm listing. Notable items include a salesman wanted for a novelty sales company in Norfolk and a 440 acre Seale plantation for sale north of Monroe with 270 acres upland.
A nostalgic piece traces Christmas cards from their 1846 England origins to modern times. It notes early prints, the Royal Academy design, evolving styles from embossed to multicolored private cards, and the social habit of sending cards to many acquaintances each holiday season.
Nearly 40 000 patients have been granted in the United States for car riages and wagons.
A Monroe resident recounts years of back pain and failed kidney function until Dora's Kidney Pills provided complete relief. He reports full recovery after using a little more than one box and has had no recurrence since. The testimonial appears in a local talk promoting the remedy.
A compact directory lists physicians by name with office hours and contact numbers. Dr Leo Van DeGare Dr Gray Dr Jas T Frencr Dr J B Vaughan Dr C H Hill Dr P M Gayle all appear with office locations and phone lines.
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