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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1925
Page
2
Terms outline annual and short term rates by mail and carrier service. Daily subscriptions in Louisiana and Mississippi vary by duration with prepaid payments. special Thursday editions offered. Carrier delivery in Monroe and West Monroe is 15 cents weekly or 65 cents monthly, prepaid. Contact numbers for business and editorial offices are listed.
A humorous meditation by John P Medbury on marriage roles and wifely control. Vignettes describe how wives tighten authority, train husbands, and rule the household with clever, if extreme, comparisons and lines about rings licenses and footed power.
New York rabbi Dr Stephen S Wise selected by the Zionist Organization of America as its representative to the World Zionist Congress in Vienna next month. A Hungarian native who studied at Columbia, he led Madison Avenue Synagogue before founding the Free Synagogue with volunteer service. He spent war years in a shipyard to support essential industry labor.
Births and deaths highlighted include Captain Jameslexander Seddon born in Fmouth Virginia and died in Goochland Virginia August 19 1880. Also noted are Duke of Orleans killed in 1842 John Jacob Astor fourth of the name Titanic fatality 1912 James N Tyner 1876 Postmaster General of Indiana 1892 steamer capsizing at Peoria 1899 bishop Funston 1900 Prescott Arizona fire 1923 Harding Gateway dedication Alaska.
Dayton Tennessee hosts the Scopes trial on teaching evolution in public schools. The event attracts 150 newspaper correspondents, telegraph operators, and an expected crowd of 30,000 as supporters and detractors debate Christianity versus scientific theory and the limits of public education. The outcome may test free speech and the role of education, or simply settle one teacher’s case with a small fine.
The piece contrasts Senator Underwood’s push for a 13 percent top income tax with Mellon’s tax reduction theory. It notes administration hesitance, political split within Democrats, and similar republican tensions while citing the New York Journal of Commerce on July interest and dividend payments.
The passage argues that each person faces life as a personal monologue. Individuals must decide and act alone, with only inner strength and self-help guiding them. External help may assist, but ultimate duty and responsibility lie with the individual.
In a July 11 1925 letter to the News Star the writer urges the U S and P Railroad Missouri Pacific and Arkansas and Louisiana Midland to unite and construct a modern union passenger depot at Monroe crossing the trunk lines. The piece calls for city aid in paving and support from local clubs to promote the project as a booster effort.
A Monroe Brick Company employee rescues Deputy Sheriff Sam Puckett during a tense chase after a suspected arrestee. The suspect lunges for the pistol as the officer struggles and the mule kicks, enabling the deputy to regain control. The wounded suspect is taken to the sanitarium. Also noted are sermons by Dr. W. B. Godbey and a social Bunco gathering for Miss Camille Credelle and Miss Carrie Dunn with various guests.
Captain C S McAllister proposes sinking about 75 laid up Shipping Board vessels at Cape Canaveral to form a five mile surface breakwater. The plan aims to shield a harbor of refuge along Florida's east coast, reducing wrecks and protecting life and property.
Society items and brief notes from staff writers detailing happenings, chatter, and front page intrigue from cities at home and abroad. Includes reflections on fashionable events, social circles, and notable gatherings among readers and communities.
Paris review notes the third season of Jehanne d Arcs on the billboards with Eva Le Gallienne as the Saint and Norman Bel Geddes innovating the set design. Mercedes de Acosta presents the American version with Mary Lewis gaining acclaim as Plain Mary in The Merry Widow while Paris lauds her simple charm and singing.
Today marks birthdays for Sidney Webb in London born 66 years ago. Hoffman Philip new US minister to Persia born Washington DC 53 years ago. Mary E Woolley Mt Holyoke College president born South Norwalk Conn 62 years ago. Carl E Milliken former Maine governor born Pittsfield Maine 48 years ago. George L Omwake Ursinus College president born Greenscastle Pa 54 years ago.
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