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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1925
Page
4
A New York institute offers to replace your brain in under twelve weeks. For a dollar a day you can rent a temporary brain while yours is repaired. The ads promise new works, interior decorating of the skull, and payment in advance. Only rich people can afford brilliance.
A roster of anniversaries notes figures such as Alexander H. Bullock born 1816 and Heinrich Albers who died 1849. It recalls Samuel Spencer killed 1906, the 1875 metric conference in Paris, 1877 Hayes elected president, James H. Oliver’s 1908 death, 1928 US Canada halibut fishing accord.
Today marks birthdays for Dr. William E. Dunn formerly with the University of Texas now collecting internal revenue in Haiti born Sulphur Springs Texas 37 years ago. Dr. Alfred H. Upham president of the University of Idaho born Eaton Ohio 48 years ago. William J. Driver congressman from Arkansas born Osceola Arkansas 52. Samuel Untermeyer leading New York lawyer born Lynchburg Virginia 67.
A brief public notice notes bus waiting room 208 at So Grand and a telephone number 77 with an exchange. The fragment implies transit or access details but lacks clear action or date. Further readable context is needed to establish purpose or deadline.
A dense cross word puzzle clue set lists many entries by number and brief hints. The list includes definitions for small edible items, body parts, animals and objects, with abbreviations and archaic terms. It resembles a published puzzle page with horizontal clues and numerous entries.
The Missouri Supreme Court in the two years to February 1924 reversals and new trials often arose from errors of instruction or strict literal phrasing. Examples include indictments claiming window breaking instead of felonious burglary and deaths described outside a legal period. Reform in legal wording is urged by the American Bar Association committee.
A Monroe speaker urged lowering emphasis on the almighty dollar and boosting community welfare within business and civic life. He warned that sole profit focus leads to a government-only approach, advocating united effort by business and trade leaders to guide progress and express public ideals.
An article highlights Louisiana as the only U S state actually increasing in area over 25 years due to Mississippi River deposits. Aerial surveys show shoreline extension of 12 miles since 1900 with bays and lakes filled in and many bayous vanished as drainage and land clearing raise silt deposits.
A foreign observer notes small colleges with enrollments under five hundred emphasize character and democratic spirit over money. These “scratching colleges” foster cooperation, self-help, and honest work as students fund their education, while instructors pursue teaching for love, not pay.
City work shifts streetcar line from Adams to DeSiard under Fred Meyer supervision. Plans changed to avoid East End bawdy houses. Fourteenth Street now connects Adams to DeSiard. Ransdell offers 100 dollars in corn club premiums for Fifth district. state contest at the fair in October. Locals note guests, trips, and relatives visiting or traveling to St. Louis Jacksonville New York Alexandria and Baton Rouge.
The editorial condemns censorship in wartime policy as Foster Weeks and Gen. Mitchell face charges over disclosing air force plans. It argues secrecy harms democracy, urges public rebuke of officials who hide actions, and calls for leadership changes to end covert governance.
An ad offers a pound of Famous Jones Dairy Farm Sausage for home purchase at the Black at Sandwich Shop. Includes a telephone contact 772 and a likely price or deal window 28 to 31.
British author John Pachan after a stay in the United States notes more exponents of elegant leisure than ever before. The piece mentions a proposed constitutional amendment by the National Woman's Party for equal rights for women, while suggesting a men’s equal rights amendment is unlikely soon.
Chronic coughs and persistent colds lead to serious lung trouble. Creomulsion, a creosote based emulsion, soothes inflamed membranes and destroys germs. It is marketed with a money back guarantee if relief is not found following directions.
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