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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
4
A humorous piece from 1925 explains buying eggs via parcel post as a direct helpline from hens. It imagines hens copying names, delivering six hour porch arrivals, and even hens commuting in railway mail cars to meet train schedules while federal rules supposedly block improper items.
Major General Charles P Sum merall newly serving as commander of the 2nd Corps Area at Governor's Island is among Pershing's recommended officers for the permanent rank of lieutenant general. Born in Lake City Florida in 1888 he joined West Point from Florida and rose to colonel of artillery during World War I. He served in France as brigade division and corps commander and was part of the inter allied mission under the Supreme War Council. After the war he led the First Division at Camp Taylor and Camp Dix, later commanded the Hawaiian Department, and most recently led the Eighth Corps Area based in San Antonio.
Today marks anniversaries for Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson born in London 72 years ago and Dr William M Jardine born in Idaho 46 years ago. Also Elwood Mead born in Indiana 69 years ago and Ephriam F Morgan born in West Virginia 66 years ago. Battling Budd, a Virginia born lightweight, is listed as 0 years ago today.
The editorial warns that the Shoals project is tied up in Congress with an amended Underwood bill likely to delay action by a new session. It notes President Coolidge may push private operation as a possible path, offering farmers hope for cheaper fertilizer while fearing misallocation to power interests.
Louisiana cattle owners face hardship as interstate trade blocked by pests from the 1924 drought. Officials urge full eradication and a shift from scrub cattle to dairying, stressing diversification and scientific farming to keep agriculture viable and independent in the state.
Judge B Lindsay of Denver Juvenile Court warns liquor use rises among youths of high school age, noting many drinkers are not in school. He cites Ouachita parish dance halls as potential hot spots and calls for strong enforcement to stamp out underage drinking and protect impressionable youths.
A Springfield Republican columnist warns that banning satire and jests against public figures erodes democracy. He recalls Adams era seditions, Cooper and Lyon imprisonments, and the Federalist collapse, arguing the jester’s dart preserves free speech and press.
The piece notes price fixers pushing fares along the line and New York theatres charging up to 11 dollars, but warns there may be a ceiling the public will tolerate.
Four days of hunting in New Jersey yielded 1061 deer showing what conservation laws and their enforcement can accomplish even in a populous state not well supplied with inviting retreats for large wild animals.
A review highlights Rosenfeld’s book on mobilizing an army of volunteers to save people from destruction. It extols giving over getting, cites Hoover and a Japanese wharf funded by the US, and stresses immigrant optimism, Americanism, and religious unity as paths to peace and fuller human development.
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W E Monroe head of the interstate farm land congress movement announced plans for a February 16 17 and 18 convention in Shreveport delegates from Louisiana Mississippi Texas Arkansas and Oklahoma were invited and governors asked to appoint six delegates each Oklahoma had not. The Shreveport gathering will be the interstate farm land congress with nations farm body backing and Bishop Sessums to visit Monroe next Sunday. Local city council planned regular session tonight.
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