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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1925
Page
4
A dated humor piece mocks clerks in women’s shoe shops and the masochistic shoe chase. It suggests women prefer uncomfortable footwear for social status and jokes about foot pain, price, and husbands’ suffering from high costs. Copyright 1925.
A critical journal note condemns a Manufacturers Record piece by Fred R. Marvin claiming the Teapot Dome affair was whitewashed. It mocks the article’s defense of Secretary Fall and Harry Sinclair as a misleading defense of national preparedness.
A dense list of crossword clues with numbers for across and down entries. Clues cover disbursement mail sent placement of a ball on a tee manners abbreviations and various wordplay hints, including biblical names and chemical symbols. The puzzle references many abbreviations foreign phrases and classic crossword conventions.
A tangential essay argues against rushing into radical policies. It uses a tale of a silk hat burned as salamander fur to illustrate how quick tests can mislead. It praises moderate progress and warns extremists may threaten social fabric and peace.
The Ouachita voters approved a five mill tax for five years to fund roads with wide support across wards. Ward 7 favored the tax, wards 8 and 9 tied, and several wards had no opposition. Also noted: marriage of C. C. Madden to Mary Thompson of Wilmot Ark and social events including the Five Hundred Club gathering hosted by Mrs. F G Hudson with prizes of cut glass.
Highway officials report motorists tend to hog the road by judging ditch distances poorly on gravel edges, causing accidents. In paved streets drivers often block traffic by staying too far left. Emphasizes courtesy and ethical driving to reduce hazards with no price tag on safe behavior.
A list of historical anniversaries notes 1775 Governor Dunmore moves gunpowder to a British ship, 1798 Britain suspends Habeas Corpus, 1825 Anson Stager born, 1892 Irwin resigns Arizona governorship, 1893 Bulgarian Prince wedding, 1894 Liberty Tree planted in San Francisco, 1900 Senate rejects Pettigrew resolution, 1915 RR goes into receivership, 1923 British prohibition measure defeated.
Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny Louis Mann John F. Hylan Charles H. Brand David J. Bancroft celebrate birthdays today. The list honors a veteran traveler, New York mayor, New York comedian, Georgia congressman, Boston club manager and Sioux City native, noting their birthplaces and ages.
The Philadelphia Record criticizes northern housing for blacks, citing overcrowding, unsanitary tenements, and disease. It urges philanthropists who fund southern Black education to address northern poverty and moral decline among the Black community.
The Dallas based editor explains his thirty year discipline and strict economy as the reason for amassing a $50,000 bank balance. He credits relentless application to duty and the death of an uncle who left him $49,990.50 as the key factors.
The Prince of Wales departed Portsmouth as the band played The Girl I Left Behind Me, a tune with no known names or origins. Report notes nobody, not even the Prince, identifies who the girl in the title might be.
Canada plans to admit several thousand immigrants mainly from Denmark to settle on western farmland under a selective immigration policy. The program prioritizes skilled entrants while restricting others, aligning with a controlled settlement strategy.
The World reports opposing views on a new New York stage jury with one side calling it an insult to artists while the other says it interferes too little. Also noted is a 5000 ton farm machinery shipment from New York to Russia, following two previous shipments of 900 tons, suggesting Russia may be saved from Bolshevik pressures.
Rheumatism 8. 8. 8. is sold at all good drug stores in two sizes. The larger size is more economical.
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