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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1927
Page
2
A fragmented editorial reflects on westward expansion and frontier life, praising a firm’s policy of preventing unruly talk. It lauds clean speech as essential to character and cites pioneers, isolation, and the pull of prosperity shaping early American life.
A National War Veterans group protests a New York Board of Education decision to allow the Civil Liberties Union to use a high school auditorium. The piece argues that many unions push radical or pacifist aims and warns that government should heed the will of its electorate rather than be steered by diverse ideological forces. It reflects on patriotism, censorship, and the balance between free assembly and public order.
The News-Star Publishing Company lists officers and Associated Press affiliation with standard service details and representative offices across major cities. It notes subscription rates and contact telephones though the text is fragmentary and includes stray names and addresses.
During the high water period we have had a chance to see the important part played in our lives by highway communication. Closed roads paralyze business.
Detroit News laments national humiliation due to recurring floods. Editorial urges federal action to impound floodwaters and fund engineering, criticizing leadership and spending. Mentions road plans, New York travel, and trivia notes on history and biology.
Medburg quips that hundreds of New York night clubs have closed leaving burglars in dress clothes. He jokes only three liquor cases remain for anti saloon league and mocks prohibition era excesses as venues misspend money on cover charges.
The fragment lists dates and events from 1881 to 1925, including territorial changes in Georgia, cadet prohibitions, military orders, independence declarations, and the death of Thomas R. Marshall. It threads a timeline of anniversaries and organizational milestones across multiple states and nations.
A fragmented Baltimore report describes oysters and whisky, with mentions of liquor lifting, a conservation lie, and a four year effort involving Maryland officials and Swepson Earle, commissioner, as part of an unclear event or scandal.
The piece notes Amanulla Khan of Afghanistan as a remaining absolute monarch at age thirty five while pursuing Western progress. It praises his education efforts and openness to Europe, contrasting with advisory opposition and mass sentiment. The article also includes a health letter advising floodwater purification, disease prevention, and basic wartime camp hygiene.
Miss Irene Sharp of Bastrop visits friends. J C Theus returns from Chicago on legal business. Eula B Anders of Calhoun visits Beth Harper. Mrs N H Hamilton of West Side visits Forks ville and Calhoun. Mrs T M Simonton and children return from Sibley. R E Mowen visits Bastrop guests of Tom McCreight. James Bennett and children visit A R Taylor at Dr R W Faulk. B D Douglass Bastrop visits mother Eleanor Douglass. Sallie Ashley of Ruston visits Miss Sarah Gunby. John Foster and wife room with B N Duff. Creary sisters host two cousins from Corinth Miss Julia and Mary Creary. Prof T O Brown and family leave for Denver for summer. W R Gordon returns from Asheville to Shreveport to reach home Thursday. E G Calvert takes Virginia Tooke and mother to Mt. Lebanon for relatives. Agatha Faulk arrives from New Orleans Sophie Newcomb. Harry Oliver leases first floor of E L Neville residence on Hudson Lane. Rebecca Gray visits relatives in Bastrop.
The article explains that kidney trouble often lacks symptoms and stresses urinalysis for detection. It advises consulting an experienced M D, getting a thorough health examination annually, and maintaining fitness to catch issues before pain or serious signs appear.
London June 1 The bitter clash over the Government trade union bill pits Labour with the unions against Tory leaders. The bill bans general strikes and curtails union rights, provoking warnings from the Trades Union Congress of a dangerous attack on workers organizations. An appeal to Prime Minister Baldwin from the National Industrial Alliance urges delay and a conference to seek industrial peace, while Sir Henry Slesser labels the measure a bid to reintroduce serfdom in Britain.
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