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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
4
The News-Star announces Allan Sholars and Carl H. McHenry as candidates for delegates to the Constitutional Convention from Ouachita parish.
The News-Star argues for a salary based system replacing the fee structure for state parish and municipal officials. It cites sheriffs and clerks earning up to thousands yearly, far above governors or justices, and claims fees burden taxpayers while underpaying elected leaders. The piece contends fairness requires uniform compensation and respects the governor’s and supreme court’s roles.
The News Star argues for fair, adequate pay for all officials and urges voters to discuss moving sheriffs clerks and other officers to a salary base. Taxpayers should know which delegates advocate salary for all officials before the Constitutional Convention election.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports the South imports about 1,505,000 tons of hay annually valued at 17,626,000 dollars while producing about four fifths of its consumption. The Farmers' Bulletin No. 677 notes market hay is profitable on suitable soils and drained bottomland, but difficult in heavy clay and coastal sands without proper equipment and market access.
The piece discusses the high initial costs of hay making gear and the breakeven point for bale presses. It surveys grasses and legumes such as lespedera, Johnson grass, Bermuda grass, Arlington mix, and Sudan grass for market hay, noting market prejudices and regional suitability for horses and city livery stables.
The sixth annual special edition called Country Building Edition is praised for its seven sections of fifty pages, rich illustrations, and coverage of Calcasieu and neighboring parishes. Editor W. E. Krebs and associates receive credit for a notable issue with strong local business advertising.
Vintage ad touts 36 sugar coated white pills in glass bottles for 25 cents. Claims include ease of use and relief from constipation by taking one pill with water before bed, with results by morning. Available from all druggists.
Four day American Academy of Medicine session starts in San Francisco. New Jersey Association of Medical Inspection and Hygiene holds a two day meeting in Newark. South Dakota Bankers Association convenes for two days in Deadwood. New Jersey Press Association meets for four days in Williamstown Massachusetts.
Advertisement notes daily pains and nocturnal bladder weakness and urges treatment. Foley Kidney Pills are promoted to restore kidney health, strength and regular action, with New South Drug Store highlighted as the source.
Monroe Louisiana adopts sanitary ordinance requiring all city premises to have surface closets cleaned by a city contractor. Occupants pay 75 cents per quarter in advance at City Hall. Inquiries directed to the Sanitary Inspector, City Hall, during business hours. June 21, 1915.
The Lake Charles American Press reports on public concerns over executive driven political machines, notes editorials from the Madison Journal and Whynice Star, and discusses Robert Edeson’s rumored inheritance. It also covers Louisiana training school for incorrigible youths in Monroe and recent juvenile crime incidents prompting judicial action.
1672 King of France nears Amsterdam. Dutch flood dikes but later rebuild. 1788 Virginia adopts federal constitution with nine to seven percent. 1807 French and Russian emperors meet on a raft to arrange peace terms. 1815 Napoleon bids farewell to his soldiers. 1867 North German constitution issued in Berlin. 1868 South Carolina readmitted to the Union. 1868 eight hour pay bill for federal workers enacted. 1876 Telephone debuted at Philadelphia Centennial. 1876 Custer and his troops massed by Indians. 1890 Kaiser Wilhelm I opens Reichstag. 1914 Claflin & Co fails. Salem Mass buried large area of homes and plants.
The Women’s Peace Party leader and lawyer Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict, 34, advocates against vast defense spending, criticizing defense contractors amid wartime policies. Born June 25, 1881 in Massachusetts, she studied at Vassar and Columbia, earned a NYU law degree, and led women’s suffrage efforts in Wisconsin. She and Wallace J. Benedict married in 1911, and she joined state investigations under Governor Hughes.
Slight inflammation of the bronchial tubes causes a distressing cough and makes sleep impossible. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound stops that tickling and relieves the racking cough. Good for all coughs, colds, croup and bronchial affections. New South Drug Store. T&F.
The posthumous child John Jacob Astor now three lives on $50 000 a year but his mother Mrs Madeline Force Astor says this allowance does not meet the boy’s needs. The note appears in the South Mansfield Star. Prospective Calcasieu candidates announce intent to run for office. Local press is seen as essential to reach voters. AUA junior and senior track tryouts begin in Boston with Midwest events, leading to the San Francisco nationals.
An OCR fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable cases. It cites F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and the National Bank of Commerce as supporters. The text claims the cure works internally on blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials, pricing 75 cents per bottle, plus mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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