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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
4
The Cleveland Plaindealer questions modern readership after noting a June 5 1851 issue containing early chapters of a famed past tale. The piece highlights a long forgotten narrative resurfacing in book form.
The Philadelphia Record notes three million copies sold and translations in nineteen languages. It critiques the outdated style and deliberate artificial Southern atmosphere, arguing the book unjustly shaped white attitudes toward the South and its Black population.
The readable fragment attacks a Black man as ignorant and unable to distinguish real sympathy from contrived sentiment. It condemns northern condescension and emotional display in a prejudiced voice.
The article recalls Caesar's ten day Rhine crossing and notes the American Army of Occupation bridged the Rhine in 49 minutes near Coblenz Andernach. It claims the Americans aimed to impress Germans with engineering prowess and indicate potential for forceful entry into Germany if peace fails.
The Galt House in Louisville Kentucky ends its run as a hotel and becomes a warehouse. It was the last Dickens era hotel still standing aside from the West Point Hotel. Dickens praised it in American Notes noting the travelers were well lodged, as if in Paris.
The record notes that American troops in France smoked about 426 million cigarettes monthly during service. Despite this, doughboys still found time to win the fight, with an average of roughly seven cigarettes per day per man.
Excerpt highlights German air power and civilian resistance, contrasting with American doughboy presence. It frames Junkers as hostile to Woodrow Wilson and portrays strong civilian sentiment amid the war context.
A compact timeline notes events from 1798 Napoleon leaving Malta for Egypt to 1917 the Russian War Mission led by Makhmeteiff arriving in Washington. It also marks 1844 McCalla birth and 1849 the Richard Dart wreck, 1867 Maximilian’s execution, 1895 Baltic Canal opening, 1902 King Albert of Saxony death, 1915 Arras trench advances, and 1916 Russian offensives.
The article weighs Austrian crowns in cents and notes the kingly headwear’s value dropping. It criticizes Senator Reed for attacking the President’s policies and personal integrity, arguing such methods reveal weakness. It praises the sportsman’s etiquette and upholds clean politics and fair combat.
Admiral Kolchak may fail to force Bolshevik pirates to walk the plank yet shows strong prospects of ejecting them from the seats of power across Russia.
A Danish ship and an American vessel rescued the Hawker seaplane crew after the plane was damaged by waves. England praises the aviator as Britannia Rules the Waves is deemed unsuitable for the moment.
Hiawker, once the sporting idol, made a slurring reference to the trans Atlantic passage of American aviators. His English listeners reacted with dead silence, revealing their sporting blood in the moment.
The army examining board has passed George A. Saxton Jr. as 100 percent perfect in mental and physical fitness for West Point. No measure of moral perfection is announced, as there was no means to determine it.
The leading German club in Reading Pennsylvania celebrated the Twenty-eighth division’s return with a German day. As the 193? presidential race nears, German Americans are courted by candidates seeking their votes.
Today features the Festival of Corpus Christi observances and centennial commemorations. Maine’s separation from Massachusetts is noted as a century old act. The American Physical Education Society holds its Western convention in Salt Lake City. Dr. John Finley of the University of New York State speaks at Minnesota. Cornell opens commencement with semi centennial celebrations. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood attends George Washington University graduation.
Opening events span multiple groups in cities including Chicago Northfield St. Paul Louisville Portland Oregon Colorado Springs Oneonta Onega with themes from music education sunday schools and optimists clubs. The roster lists the Minnesota Minnesota and Oregon associations among others.
German assault on Rheims from three fronts repulsed with heavy losses. Italian counteroffensive drives Austrians to retreat across the Piave.
General Sir Douglas Haig born in Scotland 58 years ago today. Lt Hon Dr Christopher Addison born 50 years ago today. Max Pemberton born in Birmingham 56 years ago. Dr Charles W Dabney born Hampden Sydney 64 years ago. Mrs William K Dick born New York City 28 years ago. William A Urady born San Francisco 56 years ago.
Summer meeting of Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica Long Island and Kentucky Jockey Club at Latonia. Golf invitation at Fox Hills Stapleton. Boxing bouts include Billy Miske vs Tom Gibbons ten rounds in Minneapolis Harry Greb vs Bartley Madden twelve rounds in Canton Mickey Sheridan vs Mel Stevenson ten rounds in Aurora.
Williard Saulsbury, formerly United States Senator from Delaware, chosen as ambassador to Italy. A longtime Democratic loyalist from a prominent Delaware family, he practiced law after 1882 and held state bar roles before entering Senate elections. He had not sought public office until his Senate election.
Mr Saulsbury served in Wilson’s circles and led Democratic campaigns in 1912 and 1916. Following Nicholas II’s fall Russian revolutionaries allegedly sent large sums to Sweden, with one bank said to hold fifty million dollars in Russian gold, refusing to return it to supposed original depositors.
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