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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1925
Page
4
A Brooklyn man hires his stenographer to help his wife with housework in a humorous piece. The tale features breakfast, office dictation, and kitchen chores performed by a busy assistant who signs letters with a spoon and mails knives and forks. The punchline: the office staff effectively becomes home help.
Brief notes mark key dates in Missouri and U S history including the first Missouri general assembly in St Louis 1812 the Illinois governor appointment 1835 the Brooklyn philanthropist Henry W Maxwell born 1850 a Tacoma Olympia stage line 1873 Grant education push 1875 Crisp nomination 1891 Ferdinand de Lesseps death 1894 and Oklahoma curbing Klan masking 1923.
Vice Admiral Roger Welles born in Newington Connecticut 63 years ago today. Dr. William G. Spencer Hillsdale College president born in San Francisco 39 years ago today. Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman former First Sea Lord born 77 years ago today. Bishop Edwin Hot Hughes born Moundsville West Virginia 59 years ago today. William C. Lankford Georgia Eleventh District congressman born Clinch County Georgia 48 years ago today.
The Louisiana Supreme Court upholds New Orleans zoning laws as proper police power. The case supports careful zoning to guide development and protect beauty along Lovers Lane, a key riverfront boulevard, urging Monroe to adopt a similar program. The Monroe public urged timely, well planned zoning.
A discussion on the blend of religion and politics argues that church and state should be absolute separate. It posits equal accountability for all faiths in political influence and urges open minded study free from past prejudice.
The piece argues New York and other northern states must reassess the race question in light of the Rhinelander trial. It claims southern policy emerges from emergency truths and warns that northern sentiment risks disaster if it ignores the hard realities of racial divisions. It predicts a northern reaction and potential vindication of the South.
The piece notes wartime submarine terror turning to dread after disasters. It cites the loss of the British M-1 with 65 officers and men, reviving calls in England to abolish this class of warship discussed at the Washington conference four years earlier.
The essay argues heredity provides the locomotive while environment supplies the track. It cites examples from Caesar’s era and Leo Lecy to show how age and society determine which virtues thrive. Talent needs compatible circumstances. without a fitting era, even strong genius may fail to reveal its full power.
The Weaks Supp io company takes over J G Sanders machine shop and foundry to form Weaks Iron Works and Supply. Officers are George G Weaks president J G Sanders vice president J Clayton Johnson secretary treasurer. Capital stock up by 10000, operations moved to North Third street. Colonel Mose Mayer of New Orleans in Monroe amid rumors about his widowhood.
The annual election of officers for Western Star Lodge No. 24 F and A M was held last night with a large turnout. Elected were Percy Sandel as worshipful master J E Mason senior warden M M Munholland junior warden J D Oakley secretary Sig Haas treasurer E G Courtney senior deacon Bradley Waelder junior deacon J J Jones tyler C C Hartsage master of ceremonies W Clark Faulk steward.
The News Star notes a 1911 advertising calendar from Mr. W S Levens. The plate centers a radium salt water natatorium with bathers in a pool and riders on slides. The novelty plate reflects Levens interest in Monroe and serves as promotional material.
The article notes strong objections by French Italian and Japanese delegates to banning submarines as weapons. Secretary Hughes calls Britain’s stance nearly unanswerable for world peace. Submarines, blamed for sinking twelve million tons of merchant ships in WWI, are described as a legitimate weapon, despite renewed British agitation and hopes for future changes.
The Associated Press dispatch notes judges found South American dancers blend North American rhythm with English deportment, while English dancers appear stiff and U S performers, though strong, show excess vigor in movement.
Paris reports American and British tourists spent 10 000 000 000 francs in June July August as France’s summer season drew dollars and pounds to Riviera banks. Le Figaro calls the rebound a bright ray for France’s finances amid a broad cultural and theater scene noted by fashion shifts and modern melodramas.
London notes Marlborough House, long the late Queen Mother Alexandra’s residence, likely to be taken over by the Prince of Wales. The estate holds the famed treasure room with gold silver and jewels valued over 1.5 million pounds.
Siegfred Wagner son of Richard Wagner protests jazz invasion in Germany. He argues national dignity requires youths waltzing to Johann Strauss melodies rather than dancing to black tunes, citing resentment over French use of black rhythms.
Berlin remains a beer hub with over ten thousand dispensaries and a network of breweries, while consolidation shifts the industry. The piece notes imports from Munich, changing variety, and a historical view of per capita beer use. It also covers President von Hindenburg’s personal greetings, calls for pen and ink in German drama, and the Cologne carnival’s revival plans amid postwar withdrawal of troops.
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