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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1925
Page
4
A 1925 King Features Syndicate item jokes about pet laundry mixups. Dogs and cats returned altered, mispaired, or shrunk as laundries press and sponge animals. Owners warned that pet travel through laundries yields odd results and may be hard on the animals.
Sir Henry Thornton will serve five more years as president of Canadian National Railways with a salary equal to the U S president. A Philadelphia native, he trained in the United States, earned fame for electrifying Long Island lines, led the Great Eastern Railway in England, and held army rank up to major general while serving as General of Transportation before moving to Canada.
A faded mention of the Pacific Christian Advocate outlines a firm’s prospectus and the pressures of current editorial controls. It notes a bee returning from a honey source performs a rapid dance to inform hive members of its find.
The South shows a real estate surge with Florida led by Miami Tampa and St Petersburg markets. Coral Gables draws buyers with large bus tours while Mississippi Gulf Coast from Gulfport to Biloxi boosts activity aided by Illinois Centrals Gulf & Ship Island line and a planned three million dollar hotel and sea wall development near Biloxi.
The city renews a campaign against jaywalking with cards urging pedestrians to cross only at crossings and wait for signals. The cards also urge drivers to stay back and start slowly after signals, noting the risk from taxis and trucks spilling from side streets.
The piece argues that air travel, though limited in the United States, is already safer than early rail travel. It cites 1921–1928 fixed base flying data with 27,510 flights and 11,146 passengers on 278,608 miles, a single fatality in 13,1000 flights, and one injury in 8,187 flights.
Critics argued prohibition spurred drug addiction, yet a Foreign Policy Association secretary cites federal reports claiming the drug habit has likely decreased under prohibition and notes no effect on overall drug use.
The article argues that famed figures rise not by being superhuman but by positions, collective effort, or events. It cites Lincoln and Goethe to challenge the idea of inherent superiority and urges ordinary people to study, prepare, and strive for their own opportunities rather than awaiting miracles.
Five inmates broke from the Monroe jail last night after prying open a brick cell wall with a crow bar and tools supplied by confederates outside. The escape involved three white prisoners Frank Davis Pink Refon George Cox and two colored prisoners Breard Henderson and others remain at large as sheriff Parker searches the area.
A quoted physician argues that alcohol prohibition reduced alcoholics at Bellevue Hospital yet questions whether drug addicts who are not alcoholics were accurately counted. The author calls for broader statistics to determine if the belief of no link between prohibition and drug abuse is well founded.
An extensive list of radio and broadcast entries outlines tonight and tomorrow’s programs. Stations include KDKA KTHS KNX WBAP WCEE WGBS WGN WHT WOAI KFI KGO KGW KHJ KPO WBAF WDAF WQJ CJCM KFRU WEBH WSB WFAA WHO WOC KJR KNX WEAF WHAR WJAR WGY WHK WLS WOAN WOWL WREO WREO WCEG and more. Entries cover talks, concerts, orchestras, organ recitals, vaudeville, dance music, and weather scores with times from 9:15 p m to 1 a m and beyond.
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