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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1925
Page
4
A quirky piece recalls New Yorkers renting wild animals from Central Park for home use. Lions cost 25 dollars a day while hyenas and bears are sought as odd household props. A few attempts end with damaged fur, chewed tails, and panicked returns.
Day's News reports Robert McNutt McElroy accepted the Harmsworth professorship of American history at Oxford University. He has headed Princeton's politics and history department, studied in Europe and Asia, and lectured in China on government theory to aid republican reform. He served as educational director for the National Security League during World War I. McElroy is Kentucky born of Scotch Irish stock.
The item notes several figures born on this date, including Earl of Bemersyde Field Marsha Haig who sails for Canada, novelist ax Pemberton from Birmingham, and Vance McCormick former NDC chair born in Harrisburg. Also listed are William A Brady from San Francisco and Ley H Hadley congressman born in Indiana.
The obituary honors Robert M. La Follette as a fervent liberal with virile character and relentless effort for the farm and labor movements. It notes his pro German stance during World War I, later shift to farm labor support, and denouncement of capitalists, while stressing his sincerity and lack of malice despite errors.
The new weekly National Democrat seeks harmony for the Democratic party and to aid policy formation for a return to power. It critiques Republican methods, calls for tax and tariff changes, and hopes to knit together scattered Democrats after the Madison Square Garden setback.
Reported decision by Tennessee educational authorities approves a new biology text that aligns with Genesis while acknowledging ape human similarities. The article contrasts this with Darwin and notes the book argues humans did not come from any existing animal, a point challenged by some evolutionists.
A compact list of horizontal and vertical clue prompts for a crossword puzzle. The reader begins with confident fills to cross and solve other entries, with clues covering topics from anatomy to geography and language.
The speaker argues that actions yield results only with time. Progress keeps the boat ahead of its waves. nature and divine timing govern growth from seed to fruit. Patience, belief in immortality, and trust in cosmic laws strengthen morality while impatience breeds haste and error.
The Monroe Fair Association offers a record list of stakes up to 406 dollars with many horses expected this fall. Monroe celebrates July 4 with Red Men events and a dirigible airship display plus the performance of In Dreamland to draw crowds. West Monroe plays Clarks in Forsythe park baseball, while a social club Merry Ten debuts with ten popular girls including Clara Hall and Inez Mangham among its members.
Dr Paul R Hey of the Bureau of Standards in Washington uses a 35 foot deep lab to determine the earths exact weight. The effort aims to move beyond rough estimates of six quintillion tons and may enable calculating the universe’s weight.
The text argues that knowing the universe’s weight is needed to define precise pound weight through Einstein relativity. It notes few people fully understand Einstein’s theory and references Japan’s humiliation day as tied to the anniversary of an exclusion act, hinting at national sentiment.
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