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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
5
A landslide of sand from a mountain end of street in Monroe buries a wagon and man. Elisha Whittington is freed after about forty minutes with the help of several men. The incident follows heavy rains hindering farm work and driving up fuel stock activity in the area.
A compilation of scattered notes on women in Nova Scotia seeking a minimum wage and women teachers. Mentions Bertha V. Thomson as Oshkosh health inspector and a New York designer earning over 5 000 annually. Includes brief biographical and cultural curiosities about Latin America, jockeys, police bureaus, and porters in the Americas and Europe.
An old advertisement claims Gude's Pepto Mangan quickly eases tiredness and weakness in cold weather. It says the medicine increases blood supply and restores health and vigor for men and women when no deep disease is present. Sold in pill and liquid forms with the Red Blood Wilder nickname.
Dr R J Pirkey says a committee of ten Baptist leaders will decide the orphanage location by ballot in Shreveport Thursday after final rounds in Monroe. The state orphanage, costing 276000 dollars, will be built in a North Louisiana town with Monroe favored but undecided until the vote.
The State Baptist Convention committee tasked with locating a new site for the orphanage outlines a tour. They will inspect Lake Charles on Tuesday morning then Camp Beauregard in Alexandria, Monroe Reston Mansfield stops, and conclude with a Shreveport meeting to finalize the location. De Ridder Clarks Oakdale offer land options.
Berlin March 22 Ebert returns from Stuttgart as the cabinet sits in Berlin. The siege state was raised. Trade unions urge resumption of work while modern Berlin leans toward democratic rule. Anti Semitic agitation persists though subsiding with Baltic troops departed. British and Copenhagen reports note quiet diplomacy and continued troop unrest.
Mrs. Stanley B. Ford of Fort Madison Iowa joined H. F. Fawcett of Wabash Indiana for a Sunday sky trip. Mrs. Ford, wife of Stanley Ford of the Thomas Cusack Co Chicago, will visit Monse for ten days with Ernest E. B. Jones of Ray, Arkansas, to participate in a display for Cusack Company. The journey includes a stay at the Alexander Hotel on Defiadl Street.
London papers condemn the U S Senate for rejecting the Versailles treaty while warning about American politics. Paris papers note little surprise and question ratification of related agreements as editors discuss Wilson’s influence and party politics shaping the fate of the League of Nations.
Mrs. C. A. Smith and her sister Miss Doris Austin returned from Farmerville after being summoned by the death of their brother-in-law Gilford L. Ward. The death occurred there last Wednesday.
The Market Summary notes steady activity with 551 sales and notable levels in May and October positions. Prices show mixed gains and declines across contracts with cautious demand and average daily movement reflected in close figures and spot activity.
Prices rose after an initial drop as better political advice from Germany supported the option. Weather in the belt showed little rain over the weekend with unsettled conditions possible later in the southwest, while the South Atlantic was forecast to stay dry. Timely precipitation in Texas was deemed necessary to soften soil for plowing.
Steam er W W departs Tuesday for Ouachita river near Jonesville. Wanted 70 rent furnished house apply H c care News Star. For sale dining room set and heaters 804 St John. Wanted high class salesman for well known equipment. Apply J M B care News Star Sunday 22 31. Two gentlemen for room and board near post office West Monroe Mrs J A Spence. Man's bicycle in first class condition 611 North Fifth. Lost pass book Ouachita National Bank Vernon Williamson reward 400 Seventh Street. For rent three light housekeeping rooms 215 North Eighth Farm er Line 3304. Lost tan suitcase with name C R Godfrey tag reward J C Theus 527.
Weather prospects favor eastern regions to resume farm labor. Cotton markets show bearish spot advice in South and North Texas while South Atlantic reports easier basis. Exports to Europe expected large with 90,000 units versus 16,000 last year, signaling heavy future shipments. New York dry goods demand expands through September. Pall River mills strike looms, railroad workers seek wage rise near 1 100.80 000. Berlin notes Ebert government pressured by organized labor. potential two to three month dictatorship. Market outlook uncertain due to weather and labor tensions.
The supreme court appointed Samuel Gan nett of Washington Charles H Miller of Little Rock and Stephen Archer of Greenville Miss to decide the boundary between Mississippi and Arkansas under the May decision. Helen Hamilton Gardner of Washington is nominated for the civil service commission to replace Charles Galloway who was ousted in the reorganization.
Henry Mason was arrested by Policeman Eads on a fighting charge and jailed in the local lockup. Lillian Kelly was also arrested by Policeman Eads for fighting without lawful cause.
A reflective essay tracing Ivan IV and Russia’s image, juxtaposed with Leon Trotzky born Leber Braunstein. It notes Trotzky’s ascent from a Bronx flat to influence world politics, and links 17th century Muscovy with modern power struggles. The piece recalls April 1684 as Ivan IV’s death and cites historical context.
Mrs. M. E. Ropac of Lynchburg Virginia praises Tanlac claiming it cured years of indigestion rheumatism headaches and kidney and liver problems. She says the first bottle improved her condition and further doses kept her well. Tanlac is sold in Monroe by Collens Pharmacy and in West Reuse by the Nyai Store.
The passage traces Ivan IV’s ascent from brutal upbringing to the coronation as Tsar, his consolidation of power by exiling nobles, and his expansion into Siberia and Kazan. It recounts public confessions, brutal campaigns against Novgorod, the murder of his son, and his eventual life as a remorseful monk called Jondb before his death.
A historical recount of the 1837 Caroline incident and the 1841 McLeod trial in New York. The piece tracks tensions between the United States and Britain, political uproar in Congress, and the eventual release of McLeod that averted wider conflict.
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