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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1920
Page
4
A local newspaper reproduces the Associated Press copyright statement noting exclusive republication rights for AP dispatches and locally published news as credited or not credited in the paper.
The writer journeys through Mississippi Alabama Tennessee Virginia Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey New York and DC noting thrift progress and decay. He argues Louisiana leads as a farming state with a longer growing season and abundant natural resources while northern states excel in manufacturing but cannot match climate advantages.
Present indications show no suffrage bills will pass the Louisiana General Assembly this session. Proponents of both federal and state amendments admit the issue is snarled beyond smoothing, likely to be killed at final action amid bitter factional fight and unwillingness to concede.
The piece surveys a five week clash between factions over suffrage amendments. It notes bitterness, calls for unity between Senate and House proponent committees, and argues that federal ratification or state constitutional change both face opposition from those defending traditional rights and the memory of early American founders.
Miss Lillian Meyer of this city presents a pamphlet to the Louisiana General Assembly urging adoption of the federal constitutional amendment granting women suffrage. She outlines the movement’s history and presents arguments she deems among the strongest for passage.
The plant will be closed all day Saturday June 19 in observance of Emancipation Day. All calls received up to 10 a.m. Friday will be returned. Selig & Russell.
West Virginia and eastern Kentucky moonshiners installed a wireless warning system to alert illicit stills when internal revenue officers used airplanes to scout the region. The remote operation shows a rapid escalation of contraband networks and law enforcement countermeasures.
A traditional Korean practice determines marriage day by the sage who combines the bride and groom ages and assigns a star to govern their united ages. The wedding is then set on the day sacred to that star.
A collection of miscellaneous notes includes Bilbao opening Spain s first Children s Court and reports on color blindness, Elizabethan beef prices, U S diamond ownership, Jewish population near New York, Russian newspaper headings, a Turkish sultan s nights, asbestos as a fiber, long spun string, Korean wedding customs, Kashmir pork pie ban, New Guinea tribal tattooing, German pay weddings, and a note that a News-Star classified ad can find room renters.
William Duncan of Vitagraph unknowingly helped film a scene on a real wharf that depicted opium seizures valued at an estimated 100000 dollars. Police and criminals clash in the plot of the serial The Silent Avenger as a detective chief authorizes the location shoot with prop opera boxes.
The Bog of Allen is described as Ireland’s greatest bog covering about 240000 acres and stretching into four counties.
The City of Monroe invites bids to tear down and remove the old city market or car barn on DeSiard street with receipt by noon Thursday the 17th inst. from the Mayor and Commission Council.
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