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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
4
A New York editor who spent a month teaching journalism at a western university argues that public schools neglect elementary subjects. He says students lack spelling and grammar, and too many specialized courses crowd out fundamentals like reading writing arithmetic. He urges strengthening elementary education to support higher learning.
The new three day notice and health certificate rule reduces Texas marriages. Dallas clerks issued 275 licenses June 14–30, 1928 but only 91 in 1929. July 1–31 yielded 360 licenses in 1928 versus 177 in 1929. The law filters impulsive marriages, with many applicants failing to appear after the waiting period.
Laurence J Keating writes of four men aboard the Mary Celeste and a hoax theory regarding the captain and wife with a baby piano, claiming crew deaths and salvage motives. The New York Times notes the author reopens but does not prove the mystery.
The American Federation of Labor says it has planted its flag in the South to organize 800,000 textile workers across 100 mills in the Carolinas Georgia Alabama and Tennessee. A proposed committee to Americanize southern conditions backs the drive while critics like Senator Cole Bleake denounce northern organizers and local editors urge resistance.
The piece muses on the patience of women crafting embroidered art and the futility of many strenuous pursuits. It weighs the value of effort against utility, noting performers and feats as both admirable and quixotic, urging a clear measure of sanity in activity.
A bronze statue of Frederick the Great stands 10 feet high in the Army War College plaza overlooking the Anacostia River. It was presented by Kaiser Wilhelm in 1994, removed in 1918, restored in 1927, and is one of twelve foreign hero statues in the capital’s park system.
The piece argues against the North's claimed superiority and notes the term is novel and potentially harmful. It critiques psychoanalytic focus on inferiority complexes and asserts humility as a moral safeguard, citing religious teachings.
In suburban train depots around New York, warnings urge travelers not to pick dogwood and other wild plants. Signs say removing branches harms future generations and warn that picking dogwood, lady’s slipper, trailing Arbutus is a crime in New York state as conservationists try to protect remaining natural beauty amid dense urban sprawl.
A piece recalls how flowers brightened bleak slums, from door sill plants to flower missions once run on the East Side. It notes the Flower Mission's rise and its fading as welfare agencies expanded, with Corlear’s Hook once a rough hub turning to color and life.
A waterfront figure known as Long Sal, a feared thief and fighter, is described as six feet tall and powerful. While in Tombs, a missionary visits with flowers, Sal waters and tends the geranium, showing unexpected gentleness. On release, she hints at no steady life as she exits with the plant and a cryptic look.
A health notice from the Gorgas Memorial Institute urges expectant mothers to stay in good health to ensure strong babies. It debunks myths of fright causing malformations, notes stress or starvation affect the child, and advises consulting a doctor for optimal maternal care.
August 22 1914 notes travelers and visits across Texas and nearby towns. Simeon Henniger joins Mrs Henniger in Fort Worth while C H Godwin tours Mer Rouge. Several residents report brief trips to Bastion Tennessee Virginia Amite City Mineral Wells Hearne Shreveport Monroe Ruston and Rayville with families and visitors.
Marilyn Miller names Alexander Gray as talkie partner for Sally after he fills in for a leading man in Philadelphia. Bernice Claire also lands a contract after a Desert Song scene test. Claire, once understudy to Margot, rises to lead opposite Gray in No No Nanette, aided by his guidance as she transitions from stage to screen.
A dense list of radio programming by hour and station, detailing shows such as Daguerreotypes, Detective Mysteries, Buffal o Symphony, and Voice of Columbia across networks WABC WGN WE AF WLS WMAQ WJZ and many others. The entries note alternate affiliates, show times, and orchestral and musical programs across cities including New York Chicago Detroit and Dallas.
A collection of humorous items from 1929 features brief quips about an absent minded aviator, a woman defending a shooting fiancé, a sprinkling cart miscue, fashion censure, a seasick passenger, and a thrifty tale of gas bills and mortgages.
Glimpse into vaudeville prestige at the Palace New York as silent film stars transition to talkies. Virginia Valli steps into The Lost Zeppelin remake with a new cast, Raymond Hatton enjoys fishing and hunting, Gale Henry shifts to a maid role in a talkie, and William Wellman eyes another aviation themed feature. Hot weather and talkie lighting noted. A Los Angeles doctor reportedly removed his own appendix.
S T Davis of Lynchburg Va climbed a fence at the National Zoo and was clawed by a lion, tearing his trousers. He left without medical aid after the incident, involving a lion gifted to Mr and Mrs Calvin Coolidge by Johannesburg citizens to the 7700.
A collection of humorous exchanges from student humor pages and faux quotes. Includes lines about tuxedo price tags and tag dances linked to Notre Dame Juggler, plus witticisms about college years and cave men.
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