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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1925
Page
4
Satirical piece by John P. Medbury on parking woes in cities. It humorously contrasts easy car buying with parking scarcity, noting one must buy car and real estate, navigate one way streets, and fear tickets and detours as they try to park downtown. It ends by joking that theft shifts trouble to insurers.
A list recalls events tied to anniversaries: Edmund Andros seized in Boston 1669, English gifts to Georgia 1783, Paul Revere ride 1775, Cornwallis in Charleston 1780, Cincinnati war fund 1861, Illinois liquor licensing 1883, Carpathia survivors reach New York 1912, Florida flogging ban 1923.
Charlies M Schwab born Williamsburg Pa 68 years ago Clarence S Dervow Chicago bar leader born Kinsman Ohio 68 years ago Mrs Sidney Drew famed writer actor born Sedalia Mo 85 years ago Edward B Almon congressman Eighth Alabama born Lawrence County 65 years ago Johnny Kilbane former featherweight champion born Cleveland 3 cents years ago
Two American soldiers in Honolulu received forty and twenty six years hard labor for contempt toward the President and flag and for alleged Bolshevik talk. The sentences, criticized as cruel and unusual, are expected to be reviewed and likely reduced, though they reflect wartime paranoia about disloyal talk.
A public report shows Louisiana March building contracts totaling 8 732 400 dollars, up 103 percent from February and 30 percent from March 1924. Public works and utilities account for 29 percent of new construction. residences 28 percent. industrial 28 percent. commercial 14 percent. educational 3 percent. Ouachita parish notes its new courthouse as a community asset amid cautious 1925 prospects.
A survey of six months under the new immigration law shows 88 948 aliens entered from Canada and Mexico while 6 898 returned. Eastern hemisphere entries total 79 741 with 59 916 returning. net increase 104 875, down 78.3 percent from 1923. Smuggling may distort origins. law's permanence hinges on labor needs.
Local frustration rises over the temporary closure of the Sicard road for hard surfacing. Residents must follow a short detour that disrupts routine while acknowledging highway improvements require taxpayer funding and sacrifice for lasting public assets.
Brand Blanching argues for thorough English instruction in schools. He urges rigorous study of language and classical roots, claiming it sharpens thinking, taste, and character, and contends current teaching is superficial and wasteful despite Latin and Greek aids.
In Monroe there will be no professional baseball this season unless an amateur league forms. West Monroe, W. S. P. shop workers, Iron Mountain employees, and the Y M C A may supply teams. Jack Auslet, former Monroe manager, now leads the W I Swain Show company touring next month. Book Club met with Mrs. A A Gunby presiding and outlined next year’s reading sources.
Louisiana Department of Conservation urges fishermen to learn regulations to preserve fish and game. It cites a district supervisor noting a shipper sending large fish shipments out of state despite labels, arguing education reduces enforcement costs and taxpayer burden.
A fragmented crossword puzzle listing across and down clues with numerous misspellings and garbled text, including references to a large international syndicate and a long list of definitions and abbreviations. The page blends puzzles with stray letters and unclear entries.
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