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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
4
A reflective meditation urges looking back at past efforts to fuel future success. It notes that failures sting yet teach, and memories shape morals and conduct. The essay warns against idealizing the past while recognizing its role in guiding present ambitions.
The article notes August A Busch urges strict state excise law enforcement and a German saloon system to limit sales of beer and temperance drinks. Brewers warn such reforms would disrupt business, while the piece compares failed fortifications in war to saloon defenses slipping away.
The passage urges honoring experience and wisdom from various sources while stressing the value of learning from the past. It invites readers to review the last year, identify mistakes, smooth rough spots, offer sympathy, and ease life’s burdens as a common cause moves forward.
The item lists birthdays of notable figures including George Sylvester Viereck age 32 born in Munich educated in New York, and Rudyard Kipling age 51 Simon Guggenheim 49 John Francis Anderson 68 John A Key 45 Rachel Foster Avery 58. It comments on Viereck’s pro German stance and cites New Orleans Daily States. It mentions Louisiana Gay-Shattuck law restricting serving intoxicating liquor across races and sexes in the same building.
A timeline of notable events from 1758 to 1915 includes a France Austria alliance treaty, the death of James Francis Edward Stuart the Old Pretender, Buffalo’s 1713 fire, a free negro procession to Liberia, Gadsden purchase, Alfonso XII’s proclamation, the Iroquois Theatre tragedy, Russia Britain talks, Baroness Burdett Coutts’ death, Fort Sill Musketry School opening, a Dunkirk air raid, and Austria Hungary’s note on the Ancona sinking plus the Persia disaster with McNeely.
Practical guidance on preventing colds through fresh air and vitality. Encourages open windows in all seasons, proper room ventilation, avoiding exposure to coughers, and regular dental care. Notes regional road-building rankings and states with Jewish governors as historical context.
Ramon Denegri, Carranza envoy at San Francisco, is en route to Mexico City to report on border conditions, friends here say. His brother Pablo, whom the consul visited, refused to disclose the consul's destination.
London dispatch notes Denmark and Sweden joining Norway in supporting President Wilsons peace note to belligerents. The ad promotes AT BED TIME as remedy for head ache sour stomach dizziness and tired tongue due to inactive liver and claims pills are superior to other products. Druggists carry the item.
When nervousness is caused by constipation you will get quick relief by taking Chamberlain's Tablets. These tablets also improve digestion and are obtainable everywhere.
The Russian steamer Kursk with 126 passengers was mined on November 2 near Kirkwall, Scotland while en route from Archangel to New York. One passenger and two sailors drowned. others drifted in open boats all night before rescue. Survivors arrived in Liverpool with the news.
A historical notice warns that calomel harms many, causing salivation and bone softening. It notes doctors avoid it and cites a new substitute, Lertolac, now advertised at Phoenix Drug Store and five nearby druggists.
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