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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1925
Page
4
John P. Medbury humorously critiques automatic first aid cabinets on every street corner. He imagines cabinets selling bandages, crutches, ether, and chloroform, mocking their unreliability and the comical chaos of using them during everyday disputes and injuries.
A compiled list notes events and birthdays from 1565 to 1915. Among items: 1850 birth of Henry Cabot Lodge in Boston. 1663 Battle of Raymond, Mississippi. 1875 G A R encampment in Chicago. 1889 highwaymen looted army paymaster’s escort in Arizona. 1915 British dreadnought Goliath sunk at the Dardanelles. a 20 ton meteor near Bleakketone, Virginia.
Walter C. Murray president of the University of Saskatchewan born in Kings County New Brunswick 56 years ago today. Warren D. Smith head of the University of Oregon geology department born in Leipsic Germany 45 years ago today. Cleo Ridgely screen actress born in New York City 22 years ago today. Zebulon Weaver U S Representative born in Weaverville North Carolina 53 years ago today. Joseph A. Dugan third baseman for the New York American League baseball team born in Mahanoy City 28 years ago today.
A brief overview arguing Poland’s strategic importance, its geographic vulnerability between Germany and the Soviet Union, and how wider awareness of European nations might shift American attitudes about involvement in Europe and the League of Nations.
A column discusses rising regulation of personal behavior by law, arguing laws encroach on conscience. It cites ill manners such as public intoxication and smoking, noting norms differ from moral rules and urging daily observation to gauge the need for legislation.
A column argues defense of the modern girl praising her looks and health while criticizing cultural decline. It questions reformers and education, urging focus on improving schooling to shape better thinking, manners, and morals rather than attacking the modern girl.
Residents praise recent heavy rains that finally broke a ten month drought across North Louisiana. Farmers hope for a paying crop while tax burdens grow from road projects and education expansion. The editorial urges urban readers to consider agriculture’s central role in the region’s fortunes.
Early this morning two small houses on Wood and Eleventh streets were burned down and two more damaged. The structures were owned by Ike Dembinski and valued around 2000 dollars. The former housed a negro restaurant and the others were occupied by negro women.
A reader friendly list of crossword clues and word lengths spanning horizontal and vertical entries. It includes common terms from dish to tenderness with numbered positions and abbreviations for quick solving. The mixed clues cover colors parts of speech and everyday objects to guide puzzle construction.
American residents of the Isle of Pines decide against evacuating if the Hay Quesade treaty passes. They declare love for the isle, forecast a failed move, and note Cubans celebrate with a barbe cue of thirty pigs after the anticipated bolt. Mayor Don Ramon Llorca is praised as one of nature's noblemen.
The piece notes improvements in judiciary and police, better Havana roads, and improving business, while recalling that Washington had no true claim to the island. It contrasts manufacturing boasts with a warning that a reckless driver can ruin a car in seconds, and jokes about Calvin’s practical economy.
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