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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1926
Page
4
The United States Senate voted down a 500000 under cover spending plan for prohibition enforcement. The article condemns snoopy deceptive tactics used by officers and argues normal police methods should prevail, urging restraint and discouragement of broad scale trickery affecting citizens.
A large registration drive of over a thousand taxpayers supports the Monroe bond issue for water system expansion and filtration. The editorial argues passage is essential to relieve current water problems and position Monroe as a modern city, urging unity despite minor objections.
The article notes a hearty response to the Good Fellows fund and reports from the territory show abundant Christmas spirit this year. It argues that despite busy lives and modern distractions, the meaning of Christmas remains unchanged and charity preserves human warmth.
A quoted claim suggests the human race peaked in development long ago. Dr Erwin Grant, head of a Princeton University biology department, is linked to the remark. Dr Conklin references Galton and compares ancient Greek ability to modern English and African averages, implying a distant future with Socrates and Plato.
A critic contrasts modernists who claim literature began only after the Victorian era with a writer who sneers at classical Greece. The piece notes the irony of deeming Plato a bore and exposes the critic’s own intellectual limits.
A wealthy New Yorker funds a two year junior college for girls aiming to fit students for marriage. The piece questions if higher education serves marriage goals, noting many women marry without college, and ponders what subjects would truly prepare a wife, suggesting beauty, cooking, and housekeeping may matter more than advanced sciences. It calls the venture an interesting experiment.
In Berlin the American ambassador Jacob Gould Schurman arrived at the church for Thanksgiving only to find it locked and no service planned due to a notification lapse. The incident left several Americans outside shivering as the proclamation read in the U S did not occur in Germany for years.
A satirical column notes that average men spend half their income on women while wives get the rest. It jokes about free love warnings, spending on girlfriends, and legal tangles over engagements and gifts. It parodies finance, romance, and clever schemes to protect bank balances.
A compact notes list dates and figures: 1851 Viscount Palmerston resignation over differences with colleagues. 1855 Teresa Carreno birth in Caracas. 1883 Ralph Lowe Iowa governor death in Washington DC. 1888 Berryman Jennings first Iowa schoolmaster death in Oregon. 1890 hostile Indians surrender near Standing Rock Agency. 1906 Rt Rev James Davis consecrated Catholic bishop of Davenport. 1922 Wright Prohibition Enforcement law begins in California.
Selections note visits and travel among Monroe residents including Mr Morris Haas in New Orleans on business Mrs Charles Wolfson visiting Mrs E C Drew Miss Cecile Weil returning home for Christmas at Natchitoches and other relatives plan holiday gatherings Mrs Arthur Kern Miss Lucretia Kern Master Frank Kern and Mrs H Leibreich family guests also Mr Jonas Selig travels to New Orleans to join Mrs Selig for a ten day visit with relatives in town.
Today marks the birthdays of Frank B Kellogg former secretary of state born in Potsdam New York 70 years ago Bainbridge Colby former secretary of state born in St Louis 57 years ago Dr Laurence L Doggett president of the International Y M C A College born in Manchester Iowa 62 years ago Carroll Reece congressman born in Butler Tennessee 87 years ago Opie Read Chicago author and journalist born in Nashville Tennessee 74 years ago all observed in this notice
Doctors advise Calotabs to break up a cold or cut short grippe flu sore throat or tonsillitis. One or two Calotabs at bed time with water purges the system by morning the cold is gone and appetite returns. A family package with full directions costs 35 cents at any drug store.
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch column argues toys resist aging while children age. The author laments neglected plushes and dolls stored away, urging adults to release cherished playthings for renewed life and adventures.
A year ago today the eminent publisher and financier Frank A Munsey died in New York City. The report notes his prominence and impact on media with a concise remembrance. The piece contrasts his death with a factual note on Arizona state flora the Sahauro cactus blossom.
Baton Rouge reports Louisiana shares in rising automobile deaths per 100 000 with a 1925 rate of 12 7 up from 11 5 in 1924 and 5 5 in 1921 totaling 241 deaths in the registration area. National rate 17 per 100 000. total US deaths 17 571 excluding streetcar and train collisions. The Commerce Department seeks full state participation before 1930.
Madame Uzell now located in City Limits on DeSiard Street offers counsel on love affairs business and personal trouble. She invites consultation to improve luck and happiness and asks readers to call for guidance.
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