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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1910
Page
4
A long editorial criticizes the expansion of public offices and high salaries in city and state government, condemning dual office holding and wasteful boards. It cites The Times-Democrat’s lists of New Orleans city employees, warns taxpayers face higher taxes, and urges reform before more offices are created. The piece juxtaposes pessimism and optimism to illustrate how attitude shapes perception and life.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin lampoons the idea of relocating Northern settlers to the South arguing that adding fifty to one hundred thousand sturdy farmers yearly would boost national welfare. It notes the South’s progress and its smiling welcome to migrants while highlighting high Northern farm land prices and food needs in cities. It stresses the American character of Southern sentiment and unity with the Republic.
In a small town two neighbors named Bill Smith and Bill Jones symbolize opposite temperaments. Smith, ever the optimist, brightens the mood while Jones, a known eccentric, anchors the chatter. Rain triggers Jones’s grumbles about mud as Smith stays sunny and steadfast.
A prominent Western New York politician, famed for long walks, shares a ride with a farmer who questions his trade. When asked his profession the politician reveals politics as his work, prompting the farmer to declare politics is a disease.
A Walt Mason verse warns of home tyrants who abuse wives and children. It urges men to leave office burdens at work and be a gentler husband and father rather than a despot at home. Domestic fear and the Bluebeard figure are used to illustrate the harm of domestic tyranny.
A collage of witty quips and cartoons from several papers. A teacher questions a student about kindness to animals while a punning answer about a poodle surfaces amid light humor. Other clips include a policeman misinterpreting a name and a missionary retelling Jonah.
Baton Rouge June 28 thirty bills have been passed by the General Assembly signed by the governor and became laws Act No 1 through Act No 30 cover appropriations taxes school prohibitions river surveys city charters drainage parishes golf. The list includes acts on road tax Evangeline parish creation of parishes police and liquor law amendments and paroled offices.
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