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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
4
Opinion essay argues that corporations like Standard Oil incur criminal liability rather than mere errors in judgment. It contrasts fraud and bribery with personal responsibility, urging individuals to blame themselves for misfortunes and to avoid overreacting to corporate punishment. It also critiques social neglect and child supervision.
In Letters From the People a writer signed Taxpayer argues property owners should grant more time to collect the tax for the Arkansas Louisiana & Gulf Railroad. The piece contends extended time honors prior voters and promotes fair play, noting the line’s partial completion and wartime delays. It stresses unity among Monroe taxpayers and urges support for both north and south extensions.
A Kansas City girl playing in a box car was locked inside and taken to Denver. The incident sparked parental outrage over brakeman carelessness and potential criminal responsibility of the train crew and railroad company from the president downward.
The editor responds to Virginia O. H. with a timeless defense of belief. The piece affirms that Santa Claus exists as surely as love and generosity, a comforting note that childhood faith sustains beauty and joy in life.
Editorial note mocks a crank seeking a writing job and jokes about an opening created by a carpenter. It includes a quip about turning a doorknob and a brief aside about a child braving snow and a political jab from Lake Charles American.
The text condemns placing a girl alive in a trunk during shipping. It notes radium price at 9 million dollars per pound and compares it to flour, while mentioning cheaper white paper.
In Monroe residents question renewal of a 105000 tax to fund Arkansas end of the A L G R R. They note prior subsidies earned for Hamburg to Pine Bluff and urge taxpayers to understand the petition before voting. The writer suggests applying funds to southward extension if lined up.
J. W. King of Vixen Louisiana outlines a farming method to combat boll weevils. He advocates early land preparation high fertilizer use early planting side-harrowing and weekly weevil removal. He reports three acres under his plan yielded 1100 pounds of lint on April 15 seed and over 159 dollars profit.
Invitations issued for the wedding of Robert Harcourt and Margery Cunard in London next week after illness postponed earlier plans. The American colony follows the event, noting Harcourt is half brother of Lewis Harcourt who married Ethel Burns of New York, niece of J Pierpont Morgan, and Cunard comes from a prominent steamship family.
Senators and representatives depart the capital after Congress adjourns for the holiday. Most homebound lawmakers come from nearby states while distant West and South members stay fewer trips due to fewer railroad passes. Chase Collens Co lists Christmas cards and seals.
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