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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1925
Page
4
John P. Medbury lampoons strict etiquette as impractical and overly pretentious. He argues politeness can hinder comfort and freedom at home and in social life, citing absurd habits like tipping a toupee and forced seating that favors guests over hosts.
Viscount Cave serves as Lord Chancellor after a swift rise from merchant school to Master of the Bench. He held roles as Standing Counsel to Oxford University and Attorney General to the Prince of Wales, then Solicitor General and Home Secretary in Lloyd George's coalition government. A Londoner by birth, he enjoys rowing and riding in his leisure.
A year ago today the resignation of the attorney general Aarty is noted. Twenty six people died in a coal mine explosion at Yukon West Virginia.
Today marks birthdays of Aristide Briand the French statesman born in Nantes years ago. Imer E Cooley longtime dean at the University of Michigan born in Canan North Carolina years ago. C Box Texas representative born in Houston County Texas years ago. Dr William A Neilson president of a college born in Scotland years ago.
A Bombay kidnapping murder case involving a dancing girl and her uncle Alla Buz Wazir dominates a foreign desk note. The author muses on global life, education, and the value of seeing humanity beyond borders to curb prejudice and superstition.
A small lumber town store operated by a longtime quiet proprietor attracts a $15,000 offer for the business and adjoining land from mercantile interests based north of Monroe. The piece notes the oil boom potential and urges watching moves of experienced players, warning that action beats inaction.
The court yesterday imposed a heavy fine for possession of prescription whiskey for beverage use. The judge urged clear enforcement of prohibition, arguing that those who dodge the law via permits undermine public obedience and should face tougher, riskier penalties.
The Condor steamer wreck off Vancouver Island ends with Indian chief surrendering a life boat to Commander Tozier who traded his own sword. King Edward later gifts a British sword but Congress delays consent until 1920. In Baltimore the ambassador returns the gift to a frail eighty year old Tozier. Congress finally approves, but the sword arrives long after the event.
The piece argues that genuine education requires hard work and self discipline not superficial guidance. It claims many seek to be educated rather than to learn, and urges choosing a field, studying it deeply, and developing logic through mathematics and astronomy to gain independent understanding. It emphasizes thinking for oneself and the lifelong process of learning.
The News-Star notes large congregations at Grace Episcopal Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian churches with special sermons baptisms and holy communion. Easter events included John H Sparks World Famous Shows arriving April 9 with acts like Riding Mayas and Mizerno Troupe plus a large train of sixty cars. A Horseshoe club outing featured Arnold Bernstein Leiber Briggs Oliver Trousdale Chastain Barringer Haas Nelson Zeigin among attendees.
R O Marsh cites government experts weighing whether the white Indians found in the Darien jungle are biological mutations from brown Indians or descendants of early Norse explorers. A Scotch colony led by William Paterson in 1898 at New Edinburgh and New St Andrews may explain the fair skins and yellow hair observed among natives.
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