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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1925
Page
4
A comical piece from a tabloid column jokes about New York men dating Eskimo girls. It describes playful, absurd scenes of cold weather romance and exaggerated mishaps with frozen affection and Arctic imagery.
The great English novelist Thomas Hardy, living at his ivy clad home near the geasy downs, will receive goodwill messages from around the world for his eighty fifth birthday. Once chief of Victorian letters, he stands alone among his era’s masters as others have passed. Hardy began as an architect before turning to fiction, gaining world fame after Tess of the D'Urbervilles in 1891 and Jude the Obscure in 1895.
A column notes Thomas Hardy born in Dorset 85 years ago and Mrs. Taft born in Cincinnati 64 years ago, with brief mentions of Ruffin G. Ples and Highton, plus a reference to a London figure and a Northwestern Railway executive.
The incident, recounted by Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. in the Vicksburg Herald, describes being stopped by police in Meridian for a baggage search. The account highlights concerns over law enforcement overreach and the primacy of the Constitution's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
A theatre audience enjoyed The Goose Hangs High a simple realist drama about a family sacrificing for their children's college education. The film relies on ordinary characters, minimal spectacle, and a believable plot, drawing strong audience approval and hope for similar future productions.
Community readers contemplate summer goals and future plans for the city. They propose musical entertainment a strong football team lectures and a fall water carnival to boost cultural and civic life during the post summer season.
Congress directed internal revenue collectors to post income tax payment lists in a public place. The mandate aimed to make taxpayers’ payments accessible to the public and ensure transparency.
The author argues that street block parties unite neighbors, replacing isolation in cities with friendly mingling, music, and shared spaces. Comparing New York to France and Italy, the piece urges weekly communal gatherings and suggests starting by inviting a neighbor to host.
Hon Ivy IL Davis a prominent North Louisiana figure dies at 58 in Monroe after seven years of poor health from a runaway accident that cost him a foot. He was a major planter and once ran a large mercantile house in Monroe. The issue also lists Confederate Veterans entertainments and I O B E lodge events, with details of banquets and society meetings in Monroe.
The article notes how officials attempted to suppress publicity of income tax payments, leading to prosecutions of several papers. The Supreme Court now upholds the press right to publish what had been publicly made available, shifting responsibility to Congress to decide whether tax returns should stay secret or be disclosed.
A compact list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues including names, prepositions, abbreviations, and geographic terms. The puzzle covers many common and obscure entries such as 1-A girl's name 3-Existed 6-Consumed 9-A great prophet of Israel abbr and 12-Help.
An advertising notice touts BLUE STAR REMEDY for skin diseases including itch eczema and ringworm. It claims no stain on clothing and a pleasant scent, sold in Monroe by Collin's Pharmacy.
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