Music Hath Harms
A humorous column notes the nuisance of loud apartment music and jokes about banning instruments. It recounts neighbors waking cops, voices judged as crime, and absurd measures like chlorophorming musicians to sleep.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1925
Page
4
Henry Hall Named Leader of American Delegation
Henry Hall has been chosen to head the American delegation to the International Railway Congress meeting in London next month. A lawyer by trade, he has over eleven years on the Interstate Commerce Commission, joined the consular service in 1888, and later held influential posts in Colorado. He served as mayor of Colorado Springs in 1905 and represented Colorado on a Federal commission in 1912. He joined the ICC in 1914 and has chaired the commission multiple times.
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Henry ©. Hall
International Railway Congress
London
Interstate Commerce Commission of the
United States
New York
Paris
United States Consular Service
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Federal Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hall
Birthdays Today for Notable Figures Span Four States
Lady Astor the first woman in British Parliament was born in Denville Virginia 46 years ago today. Clemson College president Dr Enoch W Sikes was born in Union County North Carolina 57 years ago today. Maniey Hudson Harvard Secretariat of the League of Nations born at Peters Missouri 39 years ago today. John F Hayford renowned U S geographer born at Rousse Point New York 67 years ago today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Astor
Denville
Enoch W. Sikes
Clemson College
Union County
N. C
Maniey
Hudson
Harvard
Secretariat
League of Nations
J. Peters
John F. Hayford
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Rouse’s Point
N. Y
Title hunting Americans and foreign titles spark warning
The Living Age cites Le Quotidien satire on American heiresses and fathers buying French noble titles for daughters. It notes surging 1909 40 diplomats lacking documentary proof and warns Republicans against vanity finagling reactionary monarchist intrigues in France.
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le Quotidien
Paris
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Marmalade
Limonade
Marquis de Trou-Bonbon
le Caouidien
French Republic
Louis XVI
Foreign Office
le Quoticien
France
America
Appetite for Travel Drives U.S. Overseas Interest
The piece argues Americans will increasingly view European travel as common by a new decade while knowledge of South America and Mexico grows. It cites falling travel costs, suggests air competition may reshape schedules, and notes a growing travel appetite could surpass price effects in expanding overseas trips.
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South America
Mexico
Life Saving Lesson urges swimming with a buddy and trusted friends
The Life Saving Lesson in the News-Star sports page advocates taking a buddy for inexperienced swimmers and extends the idea to life beyond swimming. It argues exclusivity is fine but a friend who would shout for help or offer a hand in sickness, trouble, or poor choices is invaluable.
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Safety on Sabbath: Auto Fatalities Reach Twenty Across Nation
The report aggregates 1924 street and highway deaths from coast to coast showing a Sunday with abnormally high crashes. It notes one third of 1924 fatalities were children and calls for stronger safety measures through parental guidance, school programs, and stricter enforcement of traffic laws.
Advertising and Showy Teaching Contrasted
Bruno Lessing argues that public boasts by teachers and leaders undermine real learning and progress. He laments language skewed toward loudness over quiet usefulness and urges modest, unseen work as more impactful than promotional shout.
Monroe Seeks National and American League Teams for Spring
Secretary Anderson of the Monroe Progressive League mailed letters to all league managers seeking a team from each league to train in Monroe next spring. The city backs the effort with hotel expansion and new facilities including two baseball diamonds and a 3000-seat grandstand. Local team led by James Grief will travel to Winnfield for a three-game series, with a doubleheader tomorrow and one game Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Anderson
Monroe
Progressive League
James Grief
Winnfield
Grief
MecQuiller
McCaleb
Newton
Mitchell
Browning
Gregg
Breard
Fluker
Moore
Averette
Bradford
Readjusting to the car era spurs highway safety concern
The passage argues that rapid transportation has transformed material life and that society lags in readjustment. It highlights the growing toll of highway accidents and calls for greater attention to road safety and responsible behavior.
Crossword Puzzle Suggestions From A Puzzle Page
This item lists horizontal clues for a crossword puzzle with many entries such as a rock that splits into slabs a shaped term and a stringed instrument among others. It presents clues covering verbs nouns and adjectives across varied topics including travel and mechanics.
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