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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1920
Page
4
The notice explains poll tax payment deadlines to preserve voting rights. Those who neglect paying by December 31, 1920 for 1921 and 1922 may lose the right to vote for two years. It notes exceptions for ages and explains the tax funds public education. Property owners must pay by December 31, 1921 to avoid losing voting privileges.
A Philippine Senate bill proposes mandatory trousers for Filipinos to boost independence credibility. The measure targets pantsless citizens amid criticism of self government readiness. The piece scrutinizes Filipino fashion as a metaphor for governance and American influence.
A Kansas City report describes Rev J Pullman a negro preacher invited to Brotherly Love Church who kissed each woman after sermons prompting elder Moses Phillips to toss a lamp and police to restore order. The piece then rails at African heritage, laments violence, and praises some Blacks in the South for improving citizenship while condemning others.
The text criticizes a policy, noting that affluent women insist on very warm homes in winter to wear minimal clothing. It argues the Sentos bill is incomplete as it focuses on Americanizing male Filipinos while neglecting wives and daughters in a climate suited to American fashion.
Retail candy dealers vent bitter about hard times and fault confectionary salesmen in Chicago for not passing manufacturer price reductions to customers. They argue prices remain high as sugar stays low and were set when sugar priced higher.
The article predicts 1921 will bring a three year business adjustment after a 1920 boom. Mercury will regulate prices as inventories are full and demand remains high. It urges moderation, notes labor disputes, and says high prices signal good times while low years follow.
A long forecast predicts a wet summer and Fall with early frosts, plenty of snow in winter, variable fruit yields, and widespread government help for agriculture. It notes mice will be numerous, worms scarce, and disease will spread slowly. The piece also highlights Samuel Matthews Vauclain, Baldin locomotive Works president, as a hands on leader familiar with engine work.
On a hot day months ago a Philadelphia to New York express halted amid a jolting stoppage. A tall whitehaired man, energetic despite age, left a chair car and approached the engine surrounded by curious passengers. He rolled up his sleeves and prepared to help diagnose the malfunction.
An advertisement proclaims 666 as a remedy for fever grippe and pneumonia, promising quick relief and preventing pneumonia using bold health claims. The terse line reflects vintage patent medicine rhetoric.
In New York on December 28 the twenty-eighth annual team chess event began in the Manhattan Chess Club with Columbia facing Harvard and Yale meeting Princeton. Rounds continue this afternoon and evening through tomorrow and Thursday.
Reports from dealers indicate SWAMP Chill Tonic is the best seller, touted as a reliable remedy for fever chills ague colds grippe influenza and winter emergencies. Physicians reportedly prescribe it, price 60 cents a bottle.
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