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A 1925 column warns of reckless drivers who speed toward trains and mock safety rules. It lampoons motorists who think cheap cars justify dangerous stunts and argues the public will self-correct through accidents.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1925
Page
4
A 1925 column warns of reckless drivers who speed toward trains and mock safety rules. It lampoons motorists who think cheap cars justify dangerous stunts and argues the public will self-correct through accidents.
The Religious Education Association begins its annual convention today in Milwaukee with Dr. Donald J. Cowling presiding. Cowling, a prominent theologian and educator, has led Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota for over fifteen years after rising from Baker University. Born in Cornwall England, he moved to America in infancy and built a career in philosophy and biblical studies.
A public address in New York a year ago reports President Coolidge calling for a new arms parley if the Dawes plan succeeds. The Scottish kilt is claimed by some as the national dress but is primarily worn in the Highlands and not popular in the Lowlands.
The Springfield Republican argues public indifference to heavy losses stems from wartime exposure to organized destruction. It notes tornado and flood horrors differ by sensational impact, cites global population loss, and links quicker news spread to a numbness despite ongoing catastrophes.
Analysis argues front page crime reporting mirrors public interest and moral instincts. Editor defends newsworthiness, warns against censorship and external attempts to sanitize journalism while stressing that true morality comes from within individuals.
The piece notes a desperate need for rainfall across Ouachita Parish and surrounding areas as crops suffer. It reflects on shared concern among townsfolk and farmers, the communal hope for rain, and the prayers offered for relief. The author urges united gratitude if rain arrives and prayers are fulfilled.
A Colorado case draws the line on religious liberty amid controversy over tribal dances and alleged child burial. The coroner’s jury found a medicine man’s act of burying an 18 day old infant, as part of a ritual, to be an atrocity that cannot be tolerated in a civilized state.
In a Johns Hopkins address Owen D Young argued there is a science of war but no science of peace. He urged studying peace as a deliberate national goal, suggesting a Secretary of Peace and mobilizing scientific insights to prevent war. He warned preparedness harms nations and called for education and policy based on facts.
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The News-Star notes April 22 1910 Monroe events about cinema and community clubs. Pathe subjects headline the Grand Street Theatre program with Tobacco Culture Uncle's Money Wild Birds in Their Haunts and A Willful Dame. Local social scenes include Mrs F G Hudson hosting Afternoon Five Hundred, Jersey stock exhibition by Travellers Rest manager Major J Shaw Jones, and Book Club meeting with A A Gunby presiding.
A medicine man called Mormon Joe was jailed after a fatal killing. He later murdered a cellmate who had denounced him for murdering a baby in the name of religion. The incident sparks debate on official interference and whether Indians should be free to practice old customs.
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