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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1925
Page
4
Bootleggers raise Christmas prices and push scarce liquor before the holidays as authorities monitor crowds. Bootleggers dress as Santa, deliver via chimneys, and many husbands hide from firesides. Scant supply means weaker liquor and higher prices for Scotch, while some stock sock products spoof the season.
The Polish author Wladislaw Reymont, a Nobel Prize in Literature winner for Polish Peasants, has a diverse early career including clerk, telegrapher, actor, and monk seeker. Born 1868 in Russian Poland, he later wrote a sweeping history of Poland from partition to the eighteenth century.
Reader notes mark birthdays for Princess Maria Christina of Spain in Madrid born 14 years ago today. Charles S. MacFarland, Boston civic leader, turns 59. Arthur Brisbane, Buffalo editor and journalist, age 61. Richard Yates, former governor, born Jacksonville, age 65.
The St Petersburg convention scene faces scrutiny after arrests at a hotel raid uncover illicit liquor. Citizens fear reputational harm yet welcome convention business, while officials debate enforcement under the Volstead act and the balance between law and economic gain.
The article discusses new municipal traffic regulations in Alexandria and compares them to stricter controls in Rapides and Monroe. It argues that stop signs and lane positioning matter for safety, but emphasizes driver responsibility to interpret and follow rules for smoother traffic flow.
Secretary of Labor Davis notes forthcoming inquiry into the conditions of married women in industry. Census data show 2 million married women in gainful work in 1920 and a 53.7 percent rise from 1919 to 1920 in manufacturing and related fields. A four-city study found 33,446 female workers, with over 21,000 married, many mothers with young children. The report aims to guide reforms in America’s future.
New homes rise across twin cities signaling steady growth and prosperity. Builders report healthy pace with new structures enhancing beauty and community housing stock. Home ownership increases as residential development continues to expand city neighborhoods.
The Spectator profiles Williams Wallace Atterbury born 1866 in New Albany Indiana. He rose from a Pennsylv ania Railroad Company apprentice in Altoona to Vice President in charge of operations by 1912 and served as Director of Railroads for the American Expeditionary Forces in France during WWI. Awards include the Distinguished Service Medal and honors from England France and Belgium.
The 1910 Monroe fair features a white top cooking tournament with entrants from New York to California and spread across twelve contestants. The Progressive League discussed Monroe’s cotton market decline. a data committee was formed. The former Monroe Commercial College becomes Thummran Morris Business College with new departments and increased facilities led by Prof W L Morris and Prof William Thurman. Louis D. Smith, student at Rush Medical College, won a gold medal and honorary fraternity membership.
Restless Americans are urged to settle, with new homes offering anchored life in Monroe and West Monroe. Each house strengthens the community, fostering care for home life and signaling robust progress in the twin cities.
The record recalls 1745 birth of John Jay in New York City and 1829 death at Bedford New York. It notes 1776 reception of Franklin Dean and Lee by France and 1846 San Francisco public school reopening after gold turmoil.
J H Williams of Cullman Alabama reports a two year bronchitis recovery after taking Bronchotone. He gained from 123 to 159 pounds and can work as much as before. Bronchotone advertised as a remedy for coughs colds throat and lung troubles and hay fever at one dollar a bottle.
The 1888 formation of the American Sabbath Union in Washington D C and 1906 arbitration treaty signing between the United States and Great Britain in Washington are noted. Also mentioned are 1910 Joseph R Lamar of Georgia named associate justice of the U S Supreme Court and 1923 William G McAdoo launching his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination with a Los Angeles speech.
The Rayville Louisiana meeting reports one new member and names officers for the coming year. Jno C Calhoun presides, with E F Justice as vice president and I R Wilder as treasurer.
In Monroe Louisiana December 11 1925 CHAS SCHULZE writes to the Pardoing Board urging mercy for Howard Roberson condemned for Epstein murder. He argues no mitigating facts exist and appeals to uphold the majesty of the law after two trials and a state Supreme Court affirmation.
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