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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1922
Page
4
Post Office at Monroe Missouri lists subscription terms for mail and carrier delivery. Rates shown include five dollars in advance, two seventy five cents for six months, and one dollar fifty for yearly editions. Additional postage charges apply beyond specified postal areas.
A Washington dispatch reports the Republican Party plans spending 500000 to advertise the Harding administration’s so called real achievements. The piece argues voters will judge record merit without advertising and warns against propaganda that pretends outcomes have occurred.
Monroe women urge a $100,000 appropriation from the legislature to establish a home for errant women and girls. Support is broad across state organizations and leaders expect action before the legislature. The Monroe News-Star endorses the measure, praising its aim and public value.
The Hardings depart Washington to mark the Fourth with a traditional front porch gathering in Marion. Readers sense a restrained, homespun mood as officials and guests reflect on national pride and simple pleasures.
The article notes the Harding family will arrive in Marion on July 2 for a five day stay. It emphasizes the Hardings as ordinary people and that political discussions will be set aside to enjoy time with home folk, promising a joyful and neighborly visit.
In a Popular Science Monthly interview Ford calls power the key to tomorrow. He argues farms will prosper with tractors electric and gas powered devices, and that rural industrial centers will rise along rivers and streams with factories where power and labor meet.
The president of Wittenberg College advocates an eight hour day for students to enforce higher scholarship standards through daily outside work. He argues mental tasks require sustained effort and that many hours are spent on routine notes and recitations. Alexandria Town Talk supports the view that students can endure eight hours if needed.
A fragmentary 1920s letter from James K. Warner to Louisiana readers proclaims loyalty to the Ku Klux Klan and urges White unity and patriotic duty in a nationwide democracy context, reflecting period extremist rhetoric.
A speech extols Lanier University and the Ku Klux Klan pledge to preserve white supremacy in Louisiana. It praises Americanism as historic guiding force behind U S wars and urges young men to join the movement and lead the state, promising education and devotion to a white America.
A stark statement declares that duty will bind boys and girls who stand by you until death, underscoring a call to steadfast loyalty and sacrifice across generations.
Claiborne organizers named by the community for the October fair. Finance members include Walter Moore Lena Cloyd and Louise Fran tom. Booths will be run by Courtland Frantom Robert Muse and Delma Carter. A riot occurred at the funeral of ex President Gomez in Havana. Two aviators died in a plane crash at Troy New York.
Earl of Bemersyde and Field Marshal Haig, a Scottish WWI commander, is celebrated 61 years since birth. William A Brady, San Francisco born theatre manager, marks 59 years. Icelandic poet Johann Sigurjonsson turns 42. Edward T. Taylor, Colorado Republican congressman, 64. Lindley H. Hadley, Washington congressman, 61.
The New South Wales Educational Department has appointed W A Thompson a state school teacher to tell stories to child patients in hospitals. Thompson began visiting weekly about 18 months ago and his work led to a permanent appointment. Mahometans consider silk unclean as it is produced by a worm.
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A crowded schedule including Queens County Jockey Club at Aqueduct and Kentucky Racing Association at Latonia. Also Dorval Jockey Club in Montreal, major golf Opens in Sandwich and Hamilton, and multiple championship tournaments across Minnesota Ohio New Jersey Maryland Pittsburgh and Boston venues. Boxing cards feature Greb Walker Malone Walker Smith Moha and Lewis Burns with various 10 and 20 round bouts.
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