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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1925
Page
4
A New York tuxedo rental business caters to somnambulists. The piece lampoons well dressed sleepers who change outfits at night and even hire an insomnia prone valet. It notes a Chicago case of a man sleeping with his hat on and references etiquette on walking barefoot.
A dated page lists anniversaries from 1803 to 1911, noting Gen Mansfield birth and Civil War role, Franz Abt birth and death, Higginson Cambridge link, a 1834 Oregon pioneers gathering, 1862 Boston city hall cornerstone, ship Southern Empire wreck, Baron Kemeny death, and a Supreme Court income tax case initiation.
Frank B Kellogg born Potsdam New York today aged 69. Charles L Kagey born New Market Virginia today aged 49. Bainbridge Colby born St Louis today aged 56. Opie Read born Nashville Tennessee today aged 98. Johnny Curtin born today aged 26.
The piece celebrates college students returning home for Christmas and the area’s development. It notes Grace church, a new Ouachita courthouse, traffic-bridge repainting, a Cumberland Telephone building, an ice plant foundation at DeSiard, a zoo renovation including buffalo Chester Gump, and plans for Bayou DeSiard, paving, mills, and a new school.
The piece argues the Christmas spirit fades under cold logic and money. It emphasizes spontaneous kindness over gifts and bills, urging open hearts and souls to let the season’s true joy enter and transform our little worlds.
A discussion on whether English title houses should limit American made films to protect domestic production. The piece notes English government aims to foster home cinema, while American images influence global tastes. It argues American films spread culture and shaping tastes, with debate over benefits and drawbacks.
The text describes diplomatic friction over allowing Saklatvala to attend an international congress amid socialist ties and a Countess Karolyi case. It notes initial admission, later illness, and a State Department move to permit the Countess while restricting the Count, with unspecified reasons and incomplete details.
Brano Lessing argues Indiana’s bone dry statute unfairly bars jewelers from displaying pocket flasks and related items. He mocks the zeal of Anti-Saloon League advocates and warns of overreach while urging a Supreme Court challenge.
Old News-Star item from December 22, 1910 notes public complaint over the New Orleans and Northwestern schedule starting January 1. Trains will enter Natchez in the morning and depart in the afternoon, limiting Monroe travelers to a single day trip with about four hours in Natchez. It also mentions crops along the N C and N W south of Rayville and regional rival Natchez set to gain. Raburn Webb is seriously wounded by an accidental shotgun discharge while hunting with Luther Reed at a West Monroe home. B K Fluker returns from Hamburg Ark where he attended funeral of his brother in law A E Evans aged 55.
The text discusses Countess Karolyn's banishment from the United States under anti anarchist law and the State Department's vague explanations. Kellogg is quoted defending the action, framing it as protecting liberty and the Republic, amid broader concerns of fuel shortages and the coal strike.
A Stewart-Warner Safety Council parody imagines Shakespeare’s seven ages of man ending in traffic deaths. It lists a nurse infant and schoolboy, lover, young blood, banker, family man, and aged figure felled by speed, urging safer driving and thought.
Principal Miss Myrtle Rodgers sent twenty four boxes of groceries and supplies to Near East sufferers in Greece as part of Christmas activities and will donate more to Monroe's needy. A former Monroe boy A Q Overby, crippled by infantile paralysis, was helped by Red Cross funds and operations in Memphis. his mother reports he is now improving and may walk like other children.
A brief insertion lists Miss Irene Simms as a notary public at the Monroe News Star office with a contact phone number 224.
A letter from Rev R. R. Abbott of the Wesleyan Mission in Winnebah West Africa advocates Chillifuge as invaluable for households. He notes current price unknown, mentions Cape Coast sourcing, and urges readers to keep a bottle for protection against disease.
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