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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
4
A Kansas City inventor touts a humane bumper that brakes for pedestrians and supposedly cleans, presses, and even chats with the driver. The device may mend coats, measure pity, and has critics fearing it could lead to more dangerous interactions on the street.
The list recalls events and people from 1735 to 1892 including Queen Carolina at a levee on the King's birthday, Morse the telegraph inventor, the Mills Tariff Bill introduced in Texas, a Pittsburg landslide, moonshine raids in Kentucky, and Benjamin Harrison’s Stanford lecture on national development. Robert Cecil spoke in New York at the League of Nations.
A brief from a historical page notes that about 40 000 coal miners gathered in the Harlan region a year ago today. It also mentions YF Stone of New York being appointed attorney general and lists prices from Bell's Tin Shop on Walnut Street including tin valley and galvanized valley items with per foot costs.
A reader argues that a calm rule to live long is useless unless life is spent on righting wrongs. A writer counters that conscientious people must worry about issues that are wrong, noting long reformers acted from worry, while cautioning against fretful, futile anxiety over minor, unchangeable troubles.
The piece argues for zoning to control Monroe's expansion amid a mix of business and residential areas. It warns against unplanned greenery and calls for directing development along streets like Lover’s Lane and Dixie Overland highway to protect beauty, home life, and citizens' rights while guiding growth.
Brano Lessing argues that a perfect radio and ideal programs could bring families home each night, but questions whether this will improve civility and happiness. He urges readers to fix their sets and demand better programming, insisting a better radio is vital for the country.
Henry E. Hardtner II, Louisiana figure in lumber and reforestation, statesmanly in tone, invites Monroe to participate in prospective La Salle parish oil field business. He pledges fair treatment to all firms and aims to benefit the wider region beyond Alexandria and Monroe, citing highway, forestry leadership and economic progress.
At Mitchel Field two aviators Sergeant R L Bose and Corporal Arthur Bergele leaped from a plane at 3000 feet and did not open parachutes until after a thousand feet of free fall proving they did not lose consciousness. They then opened chutes and landed safely. They repeated the stunt a second time, but opened parachutes higher than before.
Preparations for a large union revival meeting in Monroe begin April 20 with a big tent on the post office lot leased by Southern Building Co. A large chorus will be led by Mrs. G A Fisher as cottage prayer meetings spread citywide. The North Louisiana Agricultural Society met at Calhoun with Governor J Y Sanders and the Boy's Corn Club forming in Ouachita parish.
The article argues that while pilots can fall a thousand feet without losing consciousness thanks to training and parachutes, a laborer falling from a church or high building may lose consciousness and accept doom. It notes the mental state differs between the trained aviator and the doomed laborer.
A dense set of crossword hints with horizontal and vertical entries seeks letter placements for common short to medium words. Clues include familiar names, abbreviations, animals, and general terms across a long puzzle grid.
An advertisement from Monroe by Collin's Pharmacy promotes BLUE STAR REMEDY for itching and skin ailments. It claims a stain free formula with a pleasant scent and guarantees satisfaction.
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