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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1925
Page
4
The brief shows the Mexia Daily News masthead along with publisher details and a patriotic American Creed emphasizing democracy, consent of the governed, and national unity. The content frames local identity in Mexia Texas as a civic-minded community.
An opinion piece laments contempt for constitutional law spreading among Americans, led by big business and promoters who allegedly evade federal laws. It accuses groups of using foreign propaganda to distract from domestic misdeeds while urging national safety and loyalty.
Herbert Spencer praised billiards as education while a St. Louis bank president mocked golf scores under 80 as neglect of business. A contemporary called the man a liar for hewing to 10 or 15 strokes over par. The piece attacks hobbies and cheap love as distortions of values and notes European war debt totals. The text also cites a 30 billion dollar US war debt repayment estimate, tied to a 12 billion annual base over 62 years under a British funding plan.
The Methodist Episcopal Church reports that over 90 percent of new lawmakers belong to Christian denominations. It lists 90 Methodists and 27 Senators in the House and Senate respectively, plus Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Catholics, Hebrews, and other groups. The piece also advertises Radley’s Mattress Factory in Mexico.
North East Pennsylvania June 22 In a novelty move fashion spurred higher education a fox breeding school opened on a 75 acre ranch near North East The Rusch School of Fox Breeding founded by Louis Edward Rusch of Washington DC trains a national class of students in zoology heredity inbreeding and the commercial fox industry The program includes eight weeks of study plus lectures on financing advertising and shipping and is said to be non profit funded by voluntary contributions and already part of a multi million dollar industry
London June 22 The British Empire Exhibition opens and crowds return as exhibitors and visitors make their way to Wembley for the second year of the event.
Crowds gather for a new exhibition opening featuring a gigantic stage three times wider than Drury Lane with 2,000 footlights. Attendance surpasses last year as Americans retreat to Lugano lakeside spots.
The article notes Lugano gaining a reputation as a year round sun spot in Europe with tropical vegetation and Alpine landscape. It highlights American tourism praising the resort and mentions lush hillsides and fragrant orange groves as fireflies appear among the flora. Mark Every Grave. Mexia Marbie & Granite Works
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