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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1925
Page
4
A humorous 1925 King Features Syndicate piece by John P. Medbury mocks proposals requiring wedding rings for married men. It argues rings are unnecessary, can mislead or provoke flirtations, and that true commitment shows beyond a band.
Dr Warren K. Lewis, head of MIT's chemical engineering department since its founding, was named an honorary member of the British Institution of Chemical Engineers. He graduated from MIT in 1905 and earned a PhD from Yale in 1908, later serving as a wartime expert in the U S car warfare service.
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association meets in Atlanta to protest new second class mail increases. They argue the deficit claim is inflated, urge keeping rates stable, and warn higher costs would raise newspaper prices, harming access to education and daily papers for many Americans.
Judge Crane of the Shreveport juvenile court produced a motion picture “Louisiana How Can You” to urge Louisiana legislators to fund and establish a state owned delinquent girls home. The film aims to awaken public support across parishes and promoters in Monroe and beyond, highlighting urgent need and social welfare efforts.
The dispatches say the Coast Guard will commence an offensive it prepared months ago and readers have believed it already concluded a related push. The question remains why the public thought a triumphant finale had occurred given the stated plan to start now.
A New York street meditation questions beggars and beggary in daily life. The author links begging in religion business love and even powerful figures like Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller to human frailty and the urge to seek favors. He urges readers to acknowledge habitual beggars and address the problem without contempt.
In Monroe the Progressive League met to consider Mississippi Valley Transportation Company plans to run river service and cut freight rates if $25,000 in stock is raised. The meeting followed prior endorsement and Iron Mountain train through-traffic prospects between Lake Charles Alexandria and Monroe. L. E. Averette to be ordained as gospel minister at First Baptist.
Mr. Phillip Chauvin arranged a Pine Top outing in honor of Miss Renaud of New Orleans, with Miss Katherine Green as host. Mrs. G B Cooley serves as chaperone. Departed yesterday afternoon were Miss Renaud, Miss Green, Miss Louella Russell, Mr. Chauvin, and Mrs. Cooley.
Program schedule shows KFI Packard Radio club at noon with KGO KGW KHJ KNX orchestras. At 1 00 a m KFI Midnight frolic KNX Hollywood Nite and at 1 30 a m KHJ Lost Angels.
A Mobile dispatch notes the Rum Row remains active after wrecks off New York and New Jersey. Runners operate nightly, selling liquor in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina ports. The piece suggests a future dry navy and wider tax debates.
Miss Kate O Flanigan, daughter of Irish and Scotch parents, educated in a convent and noted for a gentle burr, is named assistant secretary and the first woman executive of a leading American telegraph company with global operations.
A long list of radio stations and programs scheduled through the night including KOA KJR KPO KYW WEAR WHAR WJAR WGY WHK WLS WBAF and more offering concerts dances orchestras organ recitals weather sports and variety acts with times from 9 p m to 11 45 p m and beyond highlighting jazz musicae and special programs such as Mississippi Composers and Writers Judge Static Court and Lest We Forget playlets and nighthawk features across multiple markets.
Monroe residents report backache relief from kidney issues after taking Doan's Pills. Mrs. Annie Crowell of 826 North 6th Street credits Doan's with restoring kidney function and easing persistent back pain. The advertisement notes the product costs 60 cents and is sold at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as the maker.
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