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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1926
Page
4
The senator rejects the Bacon bill for Moro separation and opposes land law changes enabling peon labor on rubber plantations. He prefers delaying independence, arguing trade with the Orient grows and the Philippines serves as a commercial base, a stance likely to irk Filipino nationalists but align with traditional American principles.
A New York banker notes cries for charity appeals are fading as purely philanthropic drives fail to move markets. He argues sensible people respond to demand and prices, not pressure, and warns of the impracticality of semi charitable requests in normal times.
A civic manifesto argues that beauty of a city rivals schools and streets as an asset. It predicts future rejection of ugliness as architecture and design improve, with a shift away from the dollar as idol toward creating pleasant surroundings and enduring epic achievements.
The article notes about two million Americans suffer from heart disease in some form and that death rates have risen since the century began. It urges periodical exams, management of contributing illnesses, and expansion of heart clinics as part of a broad public health effort. It stresses proactive, indirect fight against heart disease through prevention and education.
Reports indicate Col. Carmi A. Thompson was sent to Manila to support Gov Gen Wood but instead critiques the military regime. He recommends transferring colonial authority from the War Department to a civil agency to reduce military influence and improve cooperation with Filipinos.
Two Harvard professors plan a forthcoming Asia expedition to study a Mount Sinai monastery library with Greek Arabic and Syriac manuscripts that could illuminate biblical texts. The essay notes Paul Haupt’s Polychrome Bible concept and argues the Bible’s status as a vast, multiwriter compilation whose inspiration yields humanity’s finest philosophy and morality.
German shoppers flocked to buy bright red Amerikaner apples from the United States with a standard price of 12 cents a pound. The Berlin US agricultural office aided growers by supplying data to match shipments to European demand, while Stresemann and his cartoonish image dominate the era’s caricatures and public notices.
Across New York crowds fill streets and cafes as midnight nears. Reports recount a man dying from heart strain after seven blocks, a New York woman fainting in a cafe and water delays, and a Broadway kiss spree thwarted by a prankster turned bankrupt by a cop.
Sir Robert Hadfield, eminent inventor and industrialist, proposes a national industrial council in Britain to settle labor disputes without work stoppages. He leads major steel firms, directed manganese steel used in Allied World War I tin hats, and has earned international honors including from the Franklin Institute in America.
Fifteen years ago Mr Travis Oliver arrived home yesterday from a week's business visit to Kansas City. Miss Lillian Moore returned from Columbia. Miss Fredie McCrary is the guest of the Misses Hardy on Pine street. L W Mobley went to Bastrop to spend New Year with friends. Miss Gladys Jefferson leaves for Bolivar to reenter school. Mrs Cecelia Lewis visiting her daughter in Bastrop. Olivia Scott visits Bastrop joining Natchitoches girls on return trip. L G Coon of the Steamer Florence back from Champagnville Arkansas. Mrs H G Sanders returns from Clarks. Eva Price visiting Mrs J Herbert Sanders en route to Gilbert to teach. Dr and Mrs Clarence Wood of Zwolle guests of Mrs W H DeGraffenreid. Alice Thurman returns from Ruston after visiting Lucile McLeod. Mrs H G Fields and Florence return home from stay with Mrs G H Meyer. Norma Stewart visits Marion en route to Eros to resume school.
S F Ingram Jr 27 formerly of Mer Rouge died from burns after an oil refinery explosion in Venturia California on December 23. He had moved to California with surviving parents Mr and Mrs S F Ingram Sr two sisters Mrs B J Willinsky Monroe and Willie May Ingram Mer Rouge and two brothers J C and Odonnell Mer Rouge. His body was due to arrive in Mer Rouge the following Sunday with funeral arrangements pending.
Today marks anniversaries for Emile Loubet born in Marseanne France 8 8 years ago William F Nickle born Kingston Ontario 57 years ago Harry S New born in Indianapolis Indiana 68 years ago George McLean Harper born Shippenburg Pennsylvania 63 years ago Dr Robert Grant Aitken born Jackson California 62 years ago These birthdays celebrate diverse leaders in politics academia and science across France Canada and the United States.
Baton Rouge dispatches report Governor Simpson asks for the resignations of all three State Highway Commission members effective December 31, with Wilson T. Peterman to be returned as chairman. Names of the other two commissioners were not published. The move aims to resolve controversies over the Chef-Rigolets project and align with federal demands for completion and bridges.
A Homer Guardian Journal writer urges Claiborne Parish to adopt Spanish peanuts as a supplementary cash crop. He notes a peanut factory at Minden and about seventy nearby buyers, with yields ranging widely and potential hay value. Claude W. Davis, County Agent, can provide details.
The article notes that in 1925 Louisiana had 13 establishments using Spanish moss in mattress production though not all made mattresses. It cites Census data showing moss as a recorded material among bedding components and highlights moss gathering by local workers and moss gins, with national figures around 1,017 establishments and substantial product values in 1926.
Governor Simpson hopes to establish a new highway board soon to relieve state and federal highway strain, improve relations with neighboring areas, and advance public service and interest as a positive start to the New Year.
The report notes total bedding values at 110,483,9238 with mattresses and bed springs increasing 4.1 percent from 94,217,396 in 1923, the prior census year.
Chestnut trees once lining Connecticut hillsides and supplying poles for wires have vanished, removing a native income source for farmers and the telegraph and telephone network.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a two fold medical discovery that soothes inflamed membranes and inhibits germs in persistent coughs and colds. It claims creosote stops irritation and supports recovery in bronchial conditions with a money back guarantee if relief is not found when used as directed.
Advertises S S S as a purely vegetable tonic to relieve rheumatism and joint pain. Cites a testimonial from Carl C. Campbell of Johnson City Tennessee praising the extract from medicinal plants. Claims over a century of use and availability in two sizes at drugstores.
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