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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1925
Page
4
A 1925 King Features humor piece argues divorce binds more couples than marriage, with wry anecdotes on alimony, remarriage, and postdivorce courtship. It notes separations and decrees affect relationships, including humorous lines about former spouses and financial entanglements.
Miss Martha Berry, Roosevelt Medal recipient, founded Berry School in Georgia to educate children from poor mountain families. From a log cabin, the school grew to a 500 plus student campus attracting graduates who became leaders, with southern agricultural colleges modeled after Berry. Roosevelt praised the work as a great act of American citizenship.
Frederick William former Crown Prince born at Potsdam 43 years ago today. Georges Adolph Hue French operatic composer born at Versailles 67 years ago today. Oscar W Underwood U S senator from Alabama born at Louisville Ky 63 years ago today. John T McCutcheon noted cartoonist born in Tippecanoe county Ind 55 years ago today.
Congressman Riley J. Wilson returns from Washington with minor view changes to his anti pollution bill which could pass next session. An Outdoor America feature on Oil on the Waters highlights Ouachita oil pollution near Monroe and urges renewed local and national action for river cleanliness. Monroe authorities and civic groups are urged to sustain effort to back Wilson’s legislation and extend pollution controls.
In Monroe two child pedestrian collisions, one fatal, prompt calls for drivers and parents to act. The piece notes drivers kept within law and blames street play by children between intersections. It urges families to adopt strict safety codes like Look before you step and stay off streets between corners.
Immigration limits push ships to boost third class for middle class travel. Students and teachers can now cross the Atlantic for a fraction of prior costs, turning Europe into reachable holiday ground. Despite missing immigrant traffic, lines hope to recoup losses as cheap fares broaden educational travel.
The article contemplates mortality and a hostile universe, citing fires, floods, collapses, and disease. It argues nations waste effort on war while nature poses broader threats, yet ends with a note of human resilience and hopeful spirit that sustains civilization.
Arrangements are set for the Dollar Dinner at Monroe Hotel at 8 30 Saturday night under the auspices of Louisiana State University alumni in the Fifth Congressional District. The aim is to strengthen ties among former LSU students. A daring arson attempt occurred at A H Bernhardt residence at Third and Jefferson, with oil saturated beds and matting threatening the home. The twelfth grade of City High plans a Pine Top weekend outing chaperoned by Mrs. Minnie Ruffin and Messrs. Anthony Blanks and Harrie with several students listed.
An editorial in the Hammond Vindicator lauds the Illinois Central for its rail service aiding Hammond area truck farmers. It cites ability to move nearly 900 strawberry cars and vegetables to northern, eastern and western markets in under forty days, stressing the railroad’s key role in regional agricultural prosperity.
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