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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1926
Page
2
A damaged AP dispatch fragment shows scattered agency contact details and subscription rates for various offices. The text appears as stray lines with addresses in New York Chicago San Francisco and other cities, plus rates and telephone references. No coherent event or story emerges from the legible snippets.
A letter criticizes Chicago reformers who oppose one piece bathing suits and seek limits on swimming. The writer mocks their moralizing, compares them to nosy watchdogs, and argues authority over personal freedom is invading everyday life from beach to lawn care.
The Day's News Small reports Winslow will head the new board formed under the Watson-Parker labor act. A former Massachusetts congressman and long-time Republican, he is noted as a major figure in the party and a prominent local industrial leader.
A fragment notes Lodge linked to the British throne and a figure of 82 years in age or tenure, with unclear context but suggesting a royal lineage or succession detail.
An argument from the London Economist, reprinted in Living Age, says widespread installment buying creates a fictitious prosperity with consumer debt, risking a severe trade downturn. It notes Americans pawn their future for present luxuries, while savings rise as a countervailing sign.
The Spectator notes Queen Marie of Romania urged viewing motherhood as a profession requiring training. A school in motherhood could equip women for raising citizens, with state support and pension ideas cited by Senator Copeland as protection against maternal want.
In Forum magazine July issue two college girls debate if youth has declined or retained core values. One argues youth rushes forward with little refinement and past norms, while the other defends freedom and enduring beauty, urging focus on positive progress rather than surface rebellion. The exchange ends with a humorous nod to changing times and youth’s future.
The Louisiana House passed a bill to ban teaching the theory of evolution in public schools. The editorial urges the Senate to reject it, arguing if evolution is true it cannot be stopped and if false it will fade away. Reference is made to Georgia where a similar measure failed after strong criticism.
The completion of paving on Eighth street will ease traffic crashes on DeSiard as motorists adapt to the new route. Through traffic between the north DeSiard area and points east of Five Points should use the route, avoiding stops and railroad delays and offering greater convenience for city drivers. The note invites consideration of future city planning trends seen in many American cities.
The June 23 1911 Monroe News-Star reports on Ferguson Dial company financing, a new venture for investor opportunities led by George A Parker and an upcoming mineral preparation Nuse Cure You Acid-Iron from Meridian soil. It covers church building fund subscriptions delayed by weather, plans for a $32000 pressed brick and Indiana brown stone church, removal work, and a May 1911 Queen and Crescent conference raising hourly wages by two cents for local workers, noting positive labor relations and payroll impact.
The News-Star urges Monroe's Junior board of the Chamber of Commerce to press forward with a civic planning program. It argues that easing the traffic situation is vital to the city's future growth and continued business prosperity.
Local farmers praise FE R Strahan and USDA officials in Tallulah for quick alertness against the cotton hopper. Dusting planes deploy reinforcements as the war on the pest progresses, with farmers urged to support the effort to defend cotton fields. Cancer is described as rare among uncivilized peoples.
Scientists long seek a method to restore the original luster of pearls that have lost their shine. A curative approach nicknamed Heavenly Flowers is described, linking the search to smallpox treatment concepts.
Special to The News Star Ruston June 22 President John R Coniff plans to hire a tree expert to treat each campus tree A preliminary survey counts 474 trees including oaks 238 hickory 28 gums 183 pines 29 ash 13 and elms 33 Many trees died last season from drought and disease A new irrigation system will be installed to water trees during future droughts speaking of tree watering
Doctors promote Kotex as a superior sanitary option replacing cotton pads. The ad touts five times the absorbency and deodorizing powers, promising discreet, laundry-free use with no embarrassment. It urges buyers to ask for Kotex at drug or department stores for a few cents.
President Coniff praises the college’s vast diversity of trees and vows preservation. He credits student beds and college traditions for protecting the arboreal wealth, suggesting it surpasses any other southern campus.
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