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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1923
Page
4
A devotional note cites Isaiah 25 8 about God swallowing death in victory and wiping away tears from all faces The item also mentions Forbes Magazine with the line Floaters are lightweights preserving a period voice and tone.
Henry Ford argues railroads must be reorganized to end the fare plus surcharge system. The Interstate Commerce Commission discusses Ripley plan to group Eastern lines around New York Central, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore and Ohio, with mixed reactions from smaller roads like Delaware and Hudson.
The News-Star promotes civic loyalty through Bill Dollar, a traveling Monroe currency, urging residents to keep money in Monroe during Buy-at-Home week June 28 to 30. The scheme tracks spending locally to boost streets schools fire police and lighting with merchants backing expansion while a New York plasterers dispute is noted.
Surgeon General H Cumming advises summer vacation plans depend on winter work. Many work year round and take summer rest, farmers rest in winter. homes and schools push for active outdoor or mental refreshment. Exercise in the open air is emphasized, with mental health now as important as physical health. Vacations should provide a change of ideas and environments to prevent vegetating, with tailored plans for different occupations and households.
A historical meditation on contentment and gratitude, arguing that focusing on daily satisfactions and selfless service leads to happiness and success. It lauds family, employment, self-respect, good reputation, and gratitude for steady work and friends as foundations of a sunny disposition.
Letter from Robert W. Faulk of Monroe recounts delivering a woman in a Louisville basement and another in a West Monroe attic. He describes an obstetrical incident at the Iron Mountain depot with undertakers aiding burial and a plan to reach charity hospital in Shreveport with help from Dr. Clark and Metropolis attendants.
Voiture 168 of La Societ ie des 40 Hom mes et Chevaux and the American Legion Box Car Society hold a banquet on June 20 at the Monroe Hotel to finalize plans for the grande promenade of the Louisiana division in Monroe during the state convention. Ed Ivers of Seattle will attend as honor guest and national figure in the Legion.
Members of La Societe are urged to attend the banquet next Wednesday. It is hoped an interesting program will be drawn up for the occasion with the assistance of the Monroe Voiture.
A AP report from Sheffield Alabama notes Alabama Tennessee and Northern railroads plan to extend the line from Reform through Columbus Aberdeen Amory and Fulton in Mississippi to Muscle Shoals. The route passes lumber regions and gravel beds, with survey work already partially done and minor grading needed to lay ties and rails. Connections to the Southern and Mobile and Ohio at Columbus and to Illinois Central Mobile and Ohio and Frisco at Aberdeen would add transport advantages.
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