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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
4
At a Monroe meeting several committees were appointed including a publicity committee to raise funds for a vigorous campaign and for a Monroe exhibit at the Chicago Land Congress. The group estimates about 1500 dollars needed for the exhibit and related literature and plans to seek support from local business leaders.
The piece argues clerical labor is overabundant in major cities from New York onward while skilled trades pay better and offer advancement. It urges practical technical training alongside liberal study, claiming many graduates lack market-ready skills and higher education should be balanced with hands on expertise.
The New York World views the White House conference railroad stance as a surrender and expects new freight rates will be abandoned after the railroad bill goes into effect. Taft’s duty to enforce laws is praised while Roosevelt’s elevator hat remark is noted as sensible etiquette. A North Carolina legislature bill may tax licenses for outside drummers aiding city merchants.
An editorial argues for technical training as a path to skilled work and independent life, criticizing indeterminate clerkships. It contrasts industrial youth in early stages with real jobs and condemns selective moral crusades, noting officials use reform as public relations while blaming outcast women.
The text warns Pollock’s young men to reform or face similar fates as two comrades recently. It adds a caution that the local young women in the area appear dangerous.
New Orleans doctors report a condition they call straw itch likely to affect hay rides. They warn certain itch forms are common but straw itch could worsen skin irritation.
A reflective adage notes that weakness uses circumstances as failure, while strength leverages them to forge success, suggesting resilience and strategic adaptation drive achievement.
A concise reflection contrasts dreaming with planning, underscoring that decisive steps convert vague goals into actionable outcomes. It emphasizes discipline and concrete steps over mere hopeful thinking in pursuing success.
A collection of quips and light dialogue from period cartoon captions and scraps. Jests range from a warden prisoner exchange to train station barbs and a social clash of heiress dust with aristocracy.
Mrs Helen C Eagle of Lansdowne pa died after drinking poison in the Media Pennsylvania sidewalk event witnessed by her nineteen year old son Louis He had ridden with her from Lansdowne on a trolley car and after her request to fetch a soda at a drug store she drank poison in his view This act followed concern over a daughter's illness and her husband is noted as a Lansdowne resident
Gen George B Loud, chairman of the memorial committee for forty seven local posts, says Civil War veterans were denied representation on the Roosevelt reception committee. He states veterans were ignored and not given seats on the grand stand.
In Dodson on June 23 farmers truckers and local businesspeople report improved conditions after a light but beneficial rain. Crops look healthier amid warm weather and ample moisture. Miss Etta Odum of Logansport died at her brother Will Odum's home in Pyburn after a two week typhoid illness, her body to be shipped back to Logansport for burial. Prof. George A. Hoye of the Dodson High Agricultural Department may leave for Oklahoma City to consider a better offer before deciding on his future at Dodson schools.
During a heavy rain wind and hail storm at 530 PM lightning struck the Methodist church in Pollock Louisiana starting a fire that reduced the building to ashes.
Monroe La June 22 1910 readers note Forsythe Park's salt water baths attract large crowds and Texas Carlsbad water bottles empties as a medical remedy praised for headache digestion malaria rheumatism bladder and kidney issues. A grocery company signs the endorsement.
The committee announces Judge A. D. Land of Shreveport as a candidate for re election to Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, subject to Democratic party action.
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