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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1925
Page
4
A jobless man promotes wars as a business renting battlefields to nations for fights. He uses second hand armies and cheap ammo to charge five hundred gollars a day, stopping wars if payments lag. He claims profits from Mexico and seeks further battles at cut rates.
Dr. Walter Simons heads the German government as interim leader after Ebert’s death. A lawyer and classical scholar, he served as state advocate and industrial Westphalia judge. He focused on civilian property in war and advised the foreign office. He attended The Hague and Vienna as a German delegate and helped draft notes for Versailles. He is about sixty, native of Elberfeld in the Black Country.
The passage notes several anniversaries: Herbert A L Fisher born in London sixty years ago, George E Vincent born at Rockford sixty one years ago, Andrew L Somers born in the Sixth New York district thirty years ago, Maj. Gen Hunter Liggett born in Reading Pennsylvania sixty eight years ago, and Ziegfeld born in Germany sixty seven years ago, highlighting their prominence in education, philanthropy, politics, military command, and theater.
Ouachita parish prepares a cornerstone ceremony for the new courthouse with dignitaries from parish and state, a solemn ritual by a local organization, and vows of enduring civic spirit tied to the oaks and river that symbolize local history and loyalty.
Bruno Lessing quotes Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University on New York as a center of spiritual and intellectual effort. He argues that the national light now shifts outside Gotham and that other regions are building foundations for the country.
The second Pope Julius urged Michael Angelo to finish the Sistine Chapel work, even climbing the scaffold and striking him to force completion. Angelo left for Florence, returned after a letter promising no anger, and completed the masterpiece. The Villager recounts this contrast with modern figures at Stone Mountain.
The Baton Rouge meeting endorses Wood street as the preferred landing, with state and federal authorities expected to cooperate. Opposing Breard street and distant northern landings are noted, while DeSiard street's width in the past is recalled and future regret hinted.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler in Madison Square Garden argues New York bears Western burdens through service to the poor and immigrant masses. He contrasts city life with Athens and Rome, urging a foundation built on spiritual aspiration, learning, religion, and service to sustain lasting fame beyond wealth. The piece ends noting a rich man’s fortune fades, his foundation poor.
A Louisiana Mississippi fair representatives conference met in Jackson to explore creating a circuit of dates for major fairs. Victor Barringer traveled from Monroe to represent the Monroe Fair and assess impacts on event scheduling including the Shreveport State Fair. The piece notes preparations at Monroe city hall and ongoing local civic affairs, from census work to charity events.
The piece urges prompt civic planning in Monroe to improve street and building arrangements. It stresses the parish’s frequent overlook and calls for united constructive steps to prevent future intolerable situations.
A dense list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues with numbers and definitions ranging from Recede to Conflict and many misprints. The fragment reads like instructions for solving crosswords and includes items such as A large bird, Native metal, A meadow, and A sign, alongside numerous incomplete clues and garbled entries.
Advertisement claims Bond's Pills cure colds by keeping bowels open to drive out germs. Proposes bedtime use to feel well tomorrow and prevent neuralgia la grippe influenza. Urges purchase at drug stores for 25 cents.
A compact retrospective lists key anniversaries: 1776 canal linking Ai pool and Manchester completed. 1825 Fitzedward Hall born. 1856 Tucson's first American store opened by Solomon Warner. 1863 Mount Sterling, Ky. seized by Confederates. 1916 Russian advances near Vilna. 1917 Wilson asks Congress for emergency session on grave policy questions. 1921 Washington Governor Hart signs law classifying baseball as a crime and finable offense.
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