Notice of unpaid accounts before consolidation
The Monroe News publishers Ouachita Printing Company Ltd and Star Printing Co Ltd warn that all accounts created before the June 1 1909 consolidation that are unpaid will be turned to an attorney for collection after July 1. Statements have been mailed and settlement before month’s end is appreciated.
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Ouachita Printing Company, Ltd
Monroe News
Star Printing Co., Ltd
Ouachita Prtg., Co., Ltd
Editor Bailey Questions Food Safety Promises
The Houston Post editor Bailey voices alarm over safety scares in food, quipping that typhoid in oysters tuberculosis in milk and meat and now cancer in fish suggest scientists becoming witnesses for the breakfast food trust. He raises doubt about regulatory assurances.
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Bailey
The
Houston Post
Breakfast Food Trust
Booster Spirit Promotes Town Development
A call to support constructive efforts that advance the town and aid fellow residents, denouncing naysayers who hinder progress and celebrate public benefit over petty criticism.
Cotton basket washtub hats awe at church crowd
The writer mocks cotton basket and pot shaped hats, noting their large, hideous shapes that obscure wearers in public. They describe a recent encounter behind such a hat, calling it a torturous fashion abomination that shields only the wearer’s form from sight.
Town advertising underpins claimed economic strength
The Minden Democrat argues a town cannot credibly claim financial prominence without substantial advertising support from local business men. A single boast by a promoter is unlikely to convince outsiders unless backed by broad local promotion and corroborating evidence.
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Minden Democrat
Forgetting neighbours faults for happier living
The passage urges forgetting neighbors faults and slander to improve happiness and longevity. It advises dismissing temptations quarrels and malice and to start fresh with a clean slate focusing only on positive memories and good points to remember.
Father Owes Son Honest Life and Duty
An article questions whether fathers owe sons full disclosure of deeds and inner life. It argues many men act unethically in business, notes the haste to advance conflicts with the Golden Rule, and urges fathers to set clean examples to protect posterity and raise moral standards.
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Iret
Ritchie An. Neue
Open Honest Fathering Shapes Strong Boys and State Growth
The piece argues for honest living to preserve family trust and suggests fathers teach responsibility through work and education. It urges healthy living, disciplined habits, and providing for mothers with life insurance while preparing sons to face life’s battles and contribute to a utopian rural future through emigrant settlement and practical farming.
Emigration visit highlights immigration stance in Louisiana
The News-Star reports Hon. J. L. Knoepffer secretary of the State Board of Immigration visited to gather data for upcoming bulletins. The piece endorses selective immigration favoring Germans French Hungarians and a few others while condemning some groups as unfit for citizenship and warns of crime.
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News-Star
J. L. Knoepffer
State Board of Immigration
Louisiana
Board of Immigration
America
North
Ouachita Parish
Knoepffer
Monroes Resolve to Grow Despite Critics
A historical note recalls how critics in Ben Franklin's era warned Philadelphia would fail and the city decline. Samuel Mickle, a wary observer, predicted ruin and high prices, yet development persisted. Monroe faces similar Croakers and Knocker figures who doubt progress but are seen as overrated.
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Ben Franklin
Ben
Hades
Monroe
Philadelphia
Samuel Mickle
No Cause for Complaint Found at Baptist Orphanage
The Baptist Orphanage board completed its investigation into the home for children and found no ground for criticism beyond last Saturday's incident. The writer notes the institution with about a hundred children from diverse backgrounds was thoroughly and humanely managed, deserving of an unprejudiced view.
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Baptist Orphanage Board
Home For
Lake Charles
The Virtue of Consistency in National Policy
An analysis of how nations, including the United States, must balance consistent rhetoric with practice in disarmament efforts. The Boston Herald and Houston Post are cited on how wavering policy undermines gains toward world peace and naval limitation following the second Hague conference.
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Boston Herald
Washington
United States
Russia
Houston Post
Wealth and justice in New York press opinions noted
The New York Globe argues wealth does not shield the rich from punishment while the New York Sun notes critics found a controversial play immoral dull and tiresome. The commentary links poor defendants to harsher outcomes and contrasts management sensitivity with pulpit or press pressure.
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Sarah Koren
Josephine Tarranova
Bertha Clarche
Abraham Hummel
Charles W. Morse
Harry Thaw
Flushing
New York Globe
New York Sun
Rep
Deadly Fourth of July Celebrations Warn Officials
The Buffalo Express cites a medical paper reporting 21 520 injuries and 1 153 deaths from July 1908 to 1907 inclusive. Firecrackers caused 1 489 injuries in 1907 and eight deaths plus eight more from lockjaw. The paper urges safer celebrations and greater protection for children.
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Buffalo Express
Schenectady Union
Correction to osteopathy course completion claim
Mrs Cecilia H Evans, senior student of A B O, writes to the News-Star to clarify she did not graduate from the three year osteopathy course. She states she will return in September and requests publication in an early issue.
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News-Star
Cecelia H. Evans
Private School Opening by Miss Parker at Parish High
On Monday June 14, Miss Orella Parker will open a private school in the cottage of Parish High School. Those wishing to enroll for one or two grades should call at 808 St John Street to consult Miss Parker.
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Orella Parker
St. John Street
Miss Parker
Foley's Kidney Remedy Aids Elderly Men
L. E. Morris of Dexter Kentucky reports his father, aged beyond fifty, found relief from kidney and bladder trouble after using Foley's Kidney Remedy. Physicians suspected prostate enlargement and recommended surgery, but after two bottles the elderly man was no longer troubled. D. H. Key.
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Foley
L. E. Morris
Dexter, Ky
D. H. Key
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