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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
4
A meeting in Ruston drew farmers and business leaders from Lincoln Union Bienville and Jackson parishes to back a milk plant. A 100000 dollar stock sale was sanctioned by the Ruston chamber to fund the project while noting tick eradication legislation as a potential hurdle.
At Cleveland a gyro-gyre plane demonstrating lifting by rotating blades drew attention. It took off in a short run, skimmed the grandstand for two minutes, then rose vertically to land on a ten foot bulls-eye in a 196 foot circle. It travels up to 50 miles per hour and can hover, promising safety and possible use as a private family craft airborne soon.
The article notes Dagenham in Essex rising from a 6000 population to a booming urban center aided by a Ford factory producing 200000 cars. A special village plans housing for 15009 workers at Europe’s largest car plant, signaling wider county prosperity and shifts in Britain’s unemployment landscape.
A Cambridge lecture attacks the frying pan as a cause of Britain's digestive troubles while Americans embrace it for quick meals before cinema. The piece notes reformers blame pans and cans for societal ills and that rising prices reduce meat intake, with beef consumption falling and tariffs likely to lift prices further.
A reflective meditation on peace and the misreadings of sacred text. The writer contrasts misused biblical phrases with the true message of peace and the impact of peaceful discourse across communities and nations.
Washington Day Book profiles Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, nicknamed the "Mississippi bearcat," as a sharp, witty critic of the Republicans. The piece notes his habit of lambasting the party yet greeting foes with smiles and friendship. It previews his key role as the Hawley Smoot tariff debate looms.
A memoir tone recounts Senator Harrison’s lineage and hardships from the Civil War era. His Confederate veteran father survived by support from his son while receiving 15 cents per ride to events, and his two mule teams earned income. Harrison worked in semi pro baseball and waited tables at LSU to fund education, taught locally, studied law at night, led a town school, and advanced from district attorney to Congress and finally to the Senate.
The Topeka State Journal notes Harrison's skill in debate and affable nature, contrasting harsh political rhetoric from Caraway and Williams with Harrison’s smooth approach. It adds a satirical line about voters in airplanes and mentions smaller new bills called baby grands, while Elizabethtown and Judge comment on clothing and diet trends.
A snappy tale from a California university professor describes finding a den with about a score of rattlers. The snakes were sluggish with buzzing rattles, and swarmed the professor’s feet like a school of mackerel.
A Colorado paper refused a syndicated comic where a girl fought a rattler, replacing snakes with a frog and altering the scene. The edits made the strip sillier, but the paper persisted in avoiding reptile imagery.
A diarist reports a return to work after illness described as the dread disease logoes and logees. The Cabin risks fever and chills as medical staff contemplate surgery while quinine floods the scene and optimism remains for daily renewal.
A letter from Monroe dated August 26 welcomes Ed of Cabin back, recalling daily passes and a reopened door. The writer jokingly envisions a brass band escort on DeSiard Street as sirens and crowds gather, then dismisses the crowd’s confusion and expresses gladness for the paper's return.
In mid Manhattan’s Murray Hill, the Morgans keep a private cluster of mansions on Madison and Thirty-sixth to Thirty-seventh streets. The elder J Pierpont Morgan’s house and library annex face Madison while siblings Ju lias Hamilton and Henry Sturgis Morgan occupy adjacent brick houses at Nos. 30 32 and 30 East 36th. The family maintains its own small community near the church precincts seen by former associations with Admiral Farragut and the Church of the Incarnation.
The Morgans maintain country estates and resist apartment and office development around their Long Island home. Father occupies a townhouse part of the year since his wife’s death, with Matinicock Point remaining a family focus. They seek to shield property near the Satterlee, Lyman Delano, and Osborn holdings, even extending to their Broad Street bank, where a tall annex now sits behind the original building as expansion proceeds.
A customer asks for a tablet to write a letter, and the druggist questions the need and tablet type. The exchange ends with the customer specifying a yellow tablet. Pathfinder
15 years ago Mr. and Mrs. W R Gordin visited in Columbia Tenn and planned trips to Phillips Wis. Mrs D J Hirsch anticipated Natchez visit. Mrs A W Keller returned from Shreveport. Mrs P M Atkins and daughter enjoyed Biloxi. Mrs W G Kelly and daughter visited relatives. Mrs Gon Smith and daughter returned from Knoxville. J T Cole returned from Signal Mount and Birmingham. J A Perry visited Monroe. The West Side Young Matrons Embroidery club, hosted by Mrs A F E Mitchell, featured guests including Mesdames Hopson Granberry Ellis Simonton Harper Benson Mitchell Brown, Thompson Grant Mitch ell Sepan Morris Hood. Rooms decor were golden glow. luncheon served.
Paris reports a warm August as Louvre visitors seek relief in its cool walls. Architects propose a subterranean gallery under the Square Court to expand display space without altering the exterior. Boulevards overflow with cafes, congestion and neon signs. new theatre aims for low nursery prices, while Champs Elysees fears crowding and changing amusements.
A dense listing details Central Time radio programs on August 29 featuring numerous stations in New York Chicago and other cities. It lists show titles such as Detectives Mysteries and Nighttime music hours with corresponding network affiliations and co‑broadcast stations.
A professor is found in front of a mirror for three hours attempting to recall his own identity. Neighbors report confusion and the incident is treated as a possible self-reflective episode rather than foul play. Authorities are investigating the context and mental state involved.
The shaded park puppet show near the Champs Elysees is to move to a year round theatre in Parc Montsouris. Paris city authorities oversee the new construction as the show gains popularity with audiences.
Two farmers meet in town after a cyclone with one asking Hank if his new barn was damaged. The other evasively says he hasn’t found it yet. The Outlook notes a Midlands brewery worker fell into a beer vat but was rescued by a busybody.
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