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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1925
Page
4
This humorous essay critiques how vacations divide families as women chase travel while men stay home to pay. It jokes that many men fund trips but receive little rest, arguing for a lighter, cheaper break and even suggesting leaving fathers at home to reduce costs and conflicts.
Seventy five years old today is the Duke of Connaught, surviving son of Queen Victoria and royal uncle to the present monarch. He was born on the day of the Duke of Wellington and named Arthur with a famed commander as godfather.
Today's birthdays mark the Duke of Connaught the late Queen Victoria's son born 75 years ago, Brig. Gen. Michael Cooney born in Ireland 88 years ago, Dr. Walter Dill Scott Northwestern University president born in Cooksville Illinois 56 years ago, David J. Lewis Federal Tariff Commission member born in Center County Pennsylvania 56 years ago, and Maud Allan the classical dancer born in Toronto 46 years ago.
A year ago today Greece formally inaugurated its republic with a grand ceremony in Athens. Separate reports noted sixty thousand boys participating in a Leysky Day parade in New York, underscoring commemorative nationwide events.
Italy braces for potential Communist strikes as police uncover a covert plan to mobilize labor and farming classes directed from Soviet Russia. Mussolini's regime touts stability and economic gains, highlighting budget balance, reduced debt, rail and export growth, and emigration outlets to colonies and South America.
The article outlines federal style guidelines for flag display on streets stages and caskets. It specifies orientation on streets platforms unveilings church displays half mast Memorial Day and proper destruction of tattered flags. It emphasizes reverence for the national emblem and proper handling.
A century ago England disciplined children with harsh methods as Lord Haldane’s mother recalls. She describes strict rules, severe punishments, and a rigorous literacy regime. Reading included Voltaire and classical histories, Milton and Dryden, shaping lifelong memory.
Yellowstone Park officials note bears have become a primary draw for visitors, with bears near tame and unafraid of people, while a roster lists animals now visible in the park including antelopes buffaloes elk deer caribou moose and sheep. The National Park Service credits parks with aiding game conservation and buffalo revival in the 19th century.
In Rayville two district meetings are expected to attract sizable crowds as good roads improve access. Delegations from Richland and Monroe are anticipated to attend, reflecting regional interest ahead of the upcoming events.
The Presbyterian congregation chose Rev. Robert Hill to pastor the First Presbyterian church, pending his acceptance. Ruston State Bank awarded a $12,550 bank building contract to Davis and Risk of Monroe, bond $18,720, architect J. W. Smith. Decision Day activities spanned Sunday Schools and church services with large attendance at a 3:30 tent meeting featuring J. E. Thacker.
The article argues that expanding highways past 1925 will connect isolated northeast areas to Monroe and central Louisiana. It compares road development to earlier railroad effects, noting increased neighborliness as residents travel to Urania for oil well news and predicting broader political and governmental benefits from a connected state.
A list of crossword clues with numbers and prompts for filling horizontal and vertical words. Clues include durations, objects, actions, and descriptive terms such as To pierce, Little child, Disputant over trifles, Culinary herb, Hereafter, Dawdyish woman, Midday, Two-masted vessel, and Swarm of young fish. The fragment invites solving by filling confidently known words to intersect others.
Historic anniversaries list key events and birthdays from 1557 to 1918. Notable items include EnglandRussia treaty, Dryden’s death, Wellington’s birth, Chatham Artillery formation, George Inness birth, whiskey fraud exposure, Dewey's Manila Bay victory, and Bishop Gorman's consecration in Boise.
The Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger notes a rumor that Henry Ford will grow rubber trees in Georgia to supply flivver metals timber and rubber and to train drivers. The Louisville Courier Journal adds a Kansas juvenile court judge recently spanked a delinquent boy with a copy of the Congressional Record.
Mrs. L Baur Jr of 514 Hall St Monroe reports lasting relief from back kidney pain dizziness and weakness after using Doan's Pills bought at New South Drug Store. Almost four years later she still relies on Doan's at the first sign of kidney trouble, price 60 cents at dealers.
A fragment notes a bus waiting room entry number 208 and a phone listing with 772 area code. The text appears as a clipped OCR line referencing a schedule or contact detail dated 4 25 with unclear context. No clear events or named entities beyond place hints.
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