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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1925
Page
4
A humorous 1925 King Features Syndicate piece jokes about ten thousand men in the United States never being kissed and the paradoxes of courting. It playful stretches prudish norms with quips about kissing etiquette, spousal spoons, and overzealous suitors.
The Rt. Rev. John T. McNichols will become Cincinnati archbishop, one of the youngest in the U S Roman Catholic hierarchy. He was ordained in 1901 after studies in Rome and taught at Dominican institutions. He led Holy Name Society work for eight years and is the only Dominican bishop in the United States allowed to wear pure white robes.
Today marks birthdays of Ulysses S. Grant Jr born Bethel Ohio 73 years ago Edward R Stitt born Charlotte North Carolina 58 years ago Thomas E Wilson prominent Chicago packing figure born London Ontario 57 years ago Joseph L Bristow former Kansas senator born Wolfe County Kentucky 64 years ago
A year ago the Federal Trade Commission ordered United States Steel Corporation to abandon its Pittsburgh area pricing method for steel. The action aimed to curb anticompetitive pricing practices and ensure fair market competition.
A gap from Sicily Island to Clayton on the Tensas river will be closed to create a direct improved highway linking Monroe to Natchez. Plans include a bridge at Clayton and finishing the unimproved road section, boosting trade with the southeast and expanding routes to Rayville Clayton Natchez Baton Rouge and New Orleans through first class highways.
The article highlights Fitchburg Massachusetts as the first US municipality to create a dedicated town forest for timber with 209 acres in four tracts begun in 1914. It notes annual maintenance costs of 4405 and returns of 3518, with potential net profit to follow as land is reforested and improved.
Ford sets a $100 minimum wage for the Oneida crew matching land wages. Other ships pay as low as $40 while first officers earn $225 on Ford ships versus $155 on rivals and $180 on Shipping Board vessels. The move may raise costs and stir labor market disturbance across the merchant marine.
Longtime lawmaker Senator Underwood announces retirement after 12 years in the Senate and 20 in the House. A conservative with wealth he opposed Klan influence and Federal prohibition and championed a tariff bearing his name while leading the House during the Wilson era.
A columnist defends enduring artistic standards against popularity driven taste. He notes female composers and performers who prove common songs can achieve huge sales while urging readers to study great works by Beethoven Bach and Mozart. He argues painting literature and music rise and fall in cycles and urges adherence to classic mastery. He cautions against modern trends and stresses learning the great works first.
The Monroe Investment Company owned by Sugar Brothers completes the New Star Hotel on Walnut street using the old Sugar building. Davis and Risk contractors finish by August 18 with forty bedrooms nine baths and modern sanitary features. A Methodist Church cantata Faith and Praise by West features Miss Gunby and others tomorrow evening. The North Louisiana Agricultural Society meets July 28 at Calhoun Experiment Station with a Home Canning paper by Miss Georgia Leary and President T. D. Boyd expected to attend.
A group of West Side horseback riders went to Mr Otie McCormicks last evening for a pleasant social ride. The party included Miss Sadie Free Miss Lillian Herron Miss Marjorie Haynes Miss Kate Flannigan and Messrs Scott Mitchell and F Mitchell.
The government of France declares women will be eligible for the highest posts in the postal and telegraph service. Women may become office chiefs managers inspectors and assume senior roles in a major government department.
Senora Calles wife of the President of Mexico reportedly spent $45,000 during a Los Angeles shopping tour.
A reported custom states that Chinese wives owe service to their parents in law comparable to their obligations to their own parents and includes assisting them with toileting as part of filial duties.
A dense schedule of radio station programs from KFI KNX KPO KYW WCAE WEAF WGR WHO WLS WLW WGN and other outlets. The lineup spans detective stories theater music orchestras jazz and variety shows with times from 9:15 p m to 1:00 a m and includes details like Midnight Revue Midnight frolic organ recitals vaudeville and special lectures.
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