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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1923
Page
4
A discussion on discipline and saving, arguing early saving yields future wealth. It notes self-control is hard for the young, that habits form by forty, and that saving twenty to forty promotes self improvement and prosperity. Ends with a shift to evaluating candidates for a future focus.
Baton Rouge reports about 3800 boys and girls graduated from Louisiana schools and universities, an increase of over 500 from prior years. The piece frames graduates as essential to America’s future, urging duty, citizenship, and effort in a rising world order led by modern nations and innovations.
Melek Hanoun becomes a member of Constantinople's education board after women voters prevail. The election shows women hold the majority and steer local policy, while men refrain from countering their choice. The piece notes Turkey’s early expansion of suffrage as a milestone.
The article traces historic views on women from Milton to Rousseau and Charles Fox, noting past denial of suffrage and the shift toward recognizing women’s rights. It warns that without visible activism women’s socialist voices may not be heard and cautions Germany against future prepayment for wars.
In Columbus Ohio a bronze statue of President McKinley fronts the State House with quotes on peace and brotherhood. The piece recalls his wartime leadership and postwar economic roles, noting shifts in American views toward the League of Nations and imperialism debates.
A Beaumont Enterprise fragment quotes Yale president Angell on respect versus obedience to law, warning that disrespect signals the end of free government. It discusses making laws that command genuine respect, the limits of reform laws, and the prohibition era debate with examples of personal liberty versus public good.
Today at the University of Wisconsin 1200 degrees will be considered at the 70th commencement. Hearings resume in Chicago on the Morris meat packing industry acquisition by Armour Co. The Interstate Commerce Commission holds a rail facilities hearing on the Pacific Coast in Pocatello Idaho. A Washington wedding unites Miss Louisa Hoar and Christopher La Farge. Fifteen hundred dancing teachers gather in New York for the American Conclave of Dancing Teachers Societies. In Minnesota nine Republicans, three Farmer-Labor standard-beaters and two Democrats contest a senatorial primary. Mrs. John Creighton and husband face trial in Newark on arsenic death charges. The International Rotary convention opens in St. Louis with 16 000 delegates debating ethics codes.
The Hon Arthur Ponsonby introduces in the British House of Commons a bill to abolish hereditary titles. Though he is linked to England’s titled families his background spans military and political circles. His father was General Sir Henry Ponsonby and his grandmother a descendant of Earl Grey.
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