Progress Emphasis Prompts Choice Between Modernization and Retrograde
A terse political slogan calls for a clear path forward with no middle ground. It contrasts progress with retrograde stances and urges decisive action toward advancement.
10 Feb 1910
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
1
A terse political slogan calls for a clear path forward with no middle ground. It contrasts progress with retrograde stances and urges decisive action toward advancement.
An optimistic feature extols Monroe and Ouachita parish as premier investment and homeseeker sites. It cites fertile lands, river transport on the Ouachita, three railroad systems, and abundant acreage. The piece urges unity and welcoming zeal to attract thousands of home builders and investors from across the nation.
Captain Alexander Sharp, president of the Naval Inspection Board and former commander of the battleship Virginia, died at the naval hospital in Washington after a monthlong battle with typhoid fever. He was born in Whitehaven Missouri in 1855.
Emergency teams pause rescue operations at the Cherry Mine after a steam pipe bursts causing dangerous conditions. Workers and equipment face renewed delays as officials assess safety and restore ventilation and access routes for rescued miners.
An expert recommends a plan labeled Tariff 15 to reduce soaring meat prices, outlining steps to ease costs. The proposal emphasizes market measures and potential policy changes to stabilize access to meat.
Explosion of boiler wrecks a building injuring none, as workers at a saw mill near Cherry Hill scramble after a four inch steam pipe bursts at the 350 foot vein. In New York discussions urge removing duties on staple imports to curb living costs with talk of southern and eastern stock sources and increased domestic cattle production.
A union service for men and boys over sixteen will be held Sunday at 3 pm at the First Baptist church with brief talks by Rev A G Shankle R A Steele and John Graham of Ruston supporting the Laymen Missionary Movement. Deputations to nearby towns will be sent for the Shreveport convention next week. Rev Wynn J A Smith and R W Germany speak in Rayville and Delhi tonight and Ruston on Sunday. An Electflour ad closes with bread promotion.
New York dates report Rev. Alexander Irvine denouncing American workers as a passive class. He claims the wealthy enjoy leisure from laborers, labels a hidden house of lords in America, and says voters support empty promises rather than actions despite oppression by the rich.
Bay City Mich Feb 10 six men were killed when the boiler exploded at Pricing s saw mill Crump Mich the mill was blown to pieces with fragments scattered about within a hundred yard radius
Washington February 10 The New York Cotton Exchange presented its side at the House Agriculture Committee hearing on proposed legislation to prohibit futures dealings. President S T Hubbard and other cotton speculators in New York voiced opposition to the bills.
Mobile Alabama February 10 Walter D Seed candidate for governor announced his withdrawal today leaving the contest between Emmet O Neal of Florence and H S D Mallory of Selma.
Washington reports President Taft has abandoned the federal incorporation portion of his program. He hopes Congress passes it but will not push the fight. The move aims to ease Republican embarrassment and avoid a clash with Roosevelt policies while doubts about constitutionality linger.
The article notes Judge L J Reeves of Pensacola retires from the U S senate race leaving the field to incumbent Senator Taliaferro and rivals Broward and Engle. It also discusses cattle exports to Britain Mexico and Argentina and suggested market moves to improve profitability and reduce spoilage.
Dr Hill of Dallas, Texas preached two sermons on The Sufficiency of Gods Grace at First Presbyterian Church. He outlined grace as essential for life and examined how to use Gods grace as Paul did, then discussed the three lost parables in Luke 15 and the causes of being lost. Services today at 3 30 and 7 30 p m invited community attendees.
A young boy confessed to fatally shooting his father to gain favor with his stepmother. Authorities say the motive centered on parental conflict and the boy admitted planning the act. The case proceeds to further investigation and possible charges.
Peter Brown on trial in Bartlesville admits to killing his father after his stepmother urged him. He describes dragging the body, burning it, and cooking breakfast nearby as Mrs. T. H. Brown faces complicity charges amid courtroom distress from onlookers.
Colonel Gabriel Conrad American chief of artillery for the Insurgent forces under General Mena arrived at Bluefields after a wound suffered in combat near Santa Clara north of Lake Managua. He is forced to inaction due to injuries.
Clark Howell editor of the Constitution in Atlanta is reported much better after an appendectomy performed yesterday. Surgeons express confidence in his early and complete recovery.
In New York on February 10 Rev Jos C Hartzell American bishop of Africa defended Methodist methods in Rome against Archbishop Ireland criticism tied to the Fairbanks incident. He said Ireland misrepresented the matter and stressed Rome’s limits on religious liberty under Italian law.
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