Monroe Hosts Louisiana Bar Association Convention
Monroe extends heartfelt hospitality to the Louisiana Bar Association gathered in the Ouachita National Bank roof garden. Residents pledge sincere welcome and aim to entertain distinguished lawyers for two days before they return to the demanding work of shaping the state’s legal landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Louisiana Bar Association
Ouachita National Bank
Commonwealth
Ouachita
Louisiana
The Selling End and Post Graduation Paths
The article notes parents face choices after high school for their sons and suggests a definite path for success through training after graduation. It emphasizes that the period after a woman graduates should center on education guiding young men toward a chosen career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Johnnie
Young Men Should Master the Selling End of Life Work
A historical editorial urges youth to begin working for themselves, develop self reliance and courage, and master selling their services early. It argues that many graduates drift into jobs and fail to sell their value, noting leaders in law, medicine, and commerce succeed by selling themselves and their work. It stresses study of real men and adapting to world conditions.
Needs a Wife appears in Kansas newspaper
A Kansas newspaper prints a plea under the caption Needs a Wife describing a farm owner in his late forties with a paid-for home and good credit, noting the paper is not acting as a matrimonial agency but highlighting the man’s need and offering opportunity for interested women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
The
Herald
Women and a need for care in a five child home
A call to a woman under 43 to marry a respectable man with five children to provide a motherly role in his home. The piece contrasts such service with missionaries in Asia and notes a strict confidences policy. It also mentions the Reconstruction Hospital in New York City as the first facility for industrial workers injured on the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
India
Reconstruction
New York City
French Engineer Invents Underwater Flame Cutter
A French engineer has developed a powerful flame capable of burning under water and cutting a steel plate three quarters of an inch thick at twenty inches per minute, marking a notable advance in metalworking technology.
Plan to unite shoe workers into independent union in America
A proposal aims to amalgamate all shoe workers organizations into one large union independent of the American Federation of Labor. An Italian engineer has invented a three year self-sustaining electric lamp that requires no external power source. The lamp emits light from a tiny metallic candle of secret composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoe Workers
America
American Federation of Labor
Remarkable dye discovery yields two color selective bath
A new dye-stuff selects which material is dyed and which remains white. A white cotton artificial silk mix placed in the bath yields blue cotton threads and red yellow or orange silk fibers, depending on the dye used.
Spirit of place and people shapes colleges towns and offices
The piece argues spirit as a shared drive among college alumni office workers and townspeople that motivates sacrifice and loyalty. It compares this force to the pull of parks streets and homes and describes spirit as movement feeding the soul. The note ends noting America's first great merchandise fair in New York City next August by the National Retail Dry Goods Association.
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America
New York City
National Retail Dry Goods Association
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Monroe News-Star
Eets
B. Failkacy Treas
Ieee
Associated Press
Slagle-Johnson Lumber, Co., Inc
Geo
Matthew Adams
Sugar Bros. CO Wholesale Distributors
Monroe, la
Liat Slesbei
D. Masur & Son
Members OF
Ouacuitta National Bank OF
Monroe Capital
Monroe and
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Manning & Crowley Paint CO
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