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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
4
In Claiborne parish voters reject a G G L push after Emmett Thomas speeches. Rayville crowds fail to form as Richland speakers stay away. Marksville and Monroe show weak organization as North Louisiana Democrats prefer local leaders over Parker. Delegates faced top-down voting dictates, stirring discontent with one man power.
Millard W. Atkins of Claiborne parish announces candidacy for either State Senate or House seat. He has run before and is described as a strong farmer and determined political hopeful. The piece recounts a cautionary Arkansas tale of a would‑be candidate who survived a suicide attempt and later won a legislature seat.
A conservative look at infant mortality argues that nearly a quarter of U S babies die before age one. Most deaths stem from preventable diseases, reflecting neglect and ignorance. The piece cites Taft on reducing infant mortality and calls for organized society to accelerate improvements.
The Illinois Legislature passed a bill barring newspapers from printing complete crime details. Critics call it unenforceable and harmful, arguing publicity deters crime and informs public justice. The New Orleans Picayune voices opposition, urging repeal and full disclosure.
The president urges conservation of the nation through infant mortality reduction as paramount, arguing we spare no expense to protect livestock and crops while neglecting human disease prevention. He notes funds flow to chickens and cattle safeguards, yet millions die annually of preventable illnesses.
The Dodson Times editor Joel T. Payne and his newspaper are praised for a reproduction of the Times front page in the National Printer Journalist of Chicago. Payne had previously won first premium at Lake Charles for the best edited and printed country paper in the state. Hon. O C Dawkins of Monroe spoke here Sunday to the W O W and is a notable potential congressional candidate.
The Round-Up notes whimsical nature headlines about hens cats and rabbits. It then cites a Chicago policeman fined fifteen dollars for kissing a restaurant cashier with a quip about it being worth it. It mentions Illinois legislators and a wealthy young woman accusing a state senator of jilting her.
A humorous Chicago Tribune snippet recalls a wife testing her husband with a barometer repurposed as a thermometer. She offered beer when it read very dry and notes he has still gone to work despite the heat.
Robbers obtained about nine thousand dollars from a Utah bank in a theft described as one of the few routes to illicit funds for banks reportedly vulnerable to heists.
Dr. Harvey Wiley asserts beefsteak is safe to eat in hot weather and offers tips on how to obtain quality steak. Separately, Nat Goodwin faces a high stakes bond case as Edna Goodrich seeks to recover $250 000 in bonds he allegedly holds.
An elderly Union veteran at a Little Rock Confederate reunion quips that winning the war only required brass bands and loud cheers rather than sacrificing many Yankee soldiers or wasting property. The jab reflects postwar humor about reconciliation and memories of the conflict.
A proposal to erect a monument to Dr S A Knapp should not die. Though born north, he is praised for advancing and improving the South through his deeds.
In Chicago the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association argues for better men behind bars. A Kansas City monument to John Brown provokes controversy, labeling him a murderer and fire bug, while a London opinion questions women and pain.
Dr. Oscar Dowling reports on a chaotic trip along the New Orleans and Great Northern to Bogalusa with passengers smoking, bottles hidden, pistols fired, and passengers sleeping amid a scene of disorder. Old Fisher recalls a jail episode with calomel that ends with a dummy tooth, while jokes touch on the New Hampshire legislature, Stokes Patterson cases, and a Kansas temperance incident near Atchison where a rifle was used at a picnic.
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