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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1925
Page
4
A Brooklyn woman jokes that her husband buys two washing machines to speed her chores so she can rest. He hides collectors’ money, jokes about payment plans, and the piece lampoons marital laundry duties with humorous lines about licenses, love, and domestic life.
Dr Jeremiah D M Ford who has been honored by King Victor Emmanuel as an officer of the Crown of Italy holds the Smith professorship of French and Spanish at Harvard. A Cambridge native, he earned A M A B and Ph D at Harvard, studied in France, taught French and Romance languages, and since 1907 has led the Smith professorship. He is currently in Paris on leave as director of the American University Union in Europe.
Today marks anniversaries for Charlies P. Taft publisher born in Cincinnati and brother of Chief Justice Taft, and other prominent figures including Lynn J. Frazier senator born in Steele County Minnesota, Herbert Pratt Standard Oil NY president born in Brooklyn, David A. Reed congressman from Pennsylvania born in Pittsburgh, and William Church Osborn lawyer and railroad executive born in Chicago, with ages ranging from 45 to 63 years.
Chicago recorded a surge with one hundred five incidents in a single twenty four hour period marking a notable spike in local activity a year ago today.
The Internal Revenue Bureau report on personal income taxes for 1084 shows 74 returns of one million dollars or more, unchanged from the prior year, suggesting wealthier taxpayers shift to non taxable securities. It also notes a tax total increase of over 825000 despite a 25 percent cut and other reductions, with hints of wider evasion indicating fewer returns.
The Spectator urges that a healthy moral life rests on abundant oxygen from pure environments. It likens home to an art gallery and church, praising good books music and cheerfulness while condemning gossip and cynicism. Regular prayer, Bible reading, and grace are cited as key atmospheric forces for children’s growth.
The report discusses pipeline work to carry natural gas to Natches and possibly Baton Rouge, highlighting how extending the Monroe gas field service to other cities broadens regulation and stabilizes conservation. It argues that more communities linked to the field will favor steady policy and informed, measured control over consumption.
The Louisiana Pardon Board rejects commuting Howard Robersons death sentence. The two trials showed a brutal crime at Epstein store with a motive described as sordid and the assault beastly. The paper urges clemency not, noting Robersons hardened criminal record and stressing need to protect innocent families.
Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore of the Republican Women’s National Executive Committee urged Women’s National Club members to develop seasoned judgment and distinguish fact from phantom. She urged study of the Constitution and warned against tolerating partisan politics, recalling past League of Nations controversy.
News from Monroe in 1910 reports T J Murphy, Detroit ground keeper, praising Forsythe park as a spring training diamond rivaling Detroit venues. Dr. W M Baker to hold Masonic lodge sessions and The Famous store features a standout Christmas window display with a six-lion team doll. A man armed with pistols and a shotgun caused a scene, was disarmed, and left at home. Iron Mountain offices to move to DeSiard and Third streets with new layout planned.
Washington scientists argue sleep is a form of intoxication, suggesting the Volstead act cannot be enforced to stop it. The remark implies broad challenges in regulating sleep as a controlled substance.
The reference links Tyre and Sidon to a contemporary base for motor tricks noting Sidon’s modern role. The article hints at historic names shaping current performances and venues.
Baton Rouge reports a rise in cooperative fertilizer orders as the Louisiana Bureau purchases 7.1 tons of titrate of soda for farmers, 638 tons of acid phosphate plus mixed goods, and Irish potato seed cars, with benefits of lower prices and timing advantages for planting. Missouri noted for large lead mines and limestone marble deposits.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a two fold remedy for persistent coughs colds and risk of pneumonia. It claims creosote soothes inflamed membranes heals irritation and inhibits germ growth with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
The Stewart Warner Safety Council reports Chicago last year had 11 785 auto accidents with five to six p.m. as the peak congestion period and only 47 fatal. Four p.m. is labeled children's zero hour with 33 of 182 child deaths at that hour. Seven to nine p.m. marks dangerous time for adults with 86 of 553 deaths near theater hours.
Washington D C December 19 The annual report by Dr Charles A Mobler head of the Bureau of Animal Industry details three major livestock outbreaks during the last fiscal year Foot and mouth disease in California and Texas and the Baronese fowl pest affecting nine states The year saw more than 7 000 909 head of livestock tested for tuberculosis with 3 1 percent condemned and destroyed
Report notes years with unusually low hog cholera prevalence and a drop in cased animals from recent levels, signaling a healthier period for hog herds and potential shifts in farm disease management strategies.
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