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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1925
Page
4
A famous judge declares a kiss legal if the woman does not resist. The piece jokes about private property rights in lips and the social power dynamics of flirtation. It lampoons lawyers and courts, noting that desire may outrun law and that a kiss remains appealing regardless of legality.
1564 John Calvin died in Geneva. 1742 General Nathaniel Greene born in Warwick Rhode Island. 1786 Greene died in Savannah Georgia. 1793 Eli Whitney born in Connecticut invented cotton gin in Georgia. 1850 Nauvoo temple ruins blown down by wind. 1863 General Banks failed Port Hudson assault. 1875 Holyoke Catholic church fire claimed many lives. 1887 Ethelbert Talbot consecrated missionary bishop Idaho Wyoming. 1896 Victor Barringer born in Concord North Carolina died in Washington.
President Castel named Dr. J Manuel Puig Casaurane as Secretary of Education to execute a sweeping plan for rural uplift. At 37 he is deemed capable, with prior roles in medicine politics media and reform campaigns including a year in Mexican penitentiaries during the revolution.
A discussion on college education from 1915 argues that earning power has been overstated and that many students attend college for money rather than genuine interest. It notes Princeton class of 1915 graduates earning high salaries due to wealth or exceptional ability, while warning that those seeking only high pay may be disappointed.
The piece praises Sheriff Milton Coverdale and deputies for enforcing prohibition in Monroe and Ouachita Parish. It notes his pledge to enforce impartially, acknowledges the uphill task against illicit trade, and argues penalties and arrests show the seriousness of enforcement. It urges public support to maintain orderly government and curb graft.
A 1910s overview notes rapid expansion of electric power and its impact on industry. It cites Chicago power station openings and Gulf Coast line talks, highlights the Southern Power Company expanding from 13 to 300 cotton mills, and explains super power lowers plant costs by shifting capital to machinery. It discusses public opinion on power trusts and the shift from fuel sourcing to widespread power availability.
A column extols spreading American values through Near East Relief, noting 13 826 children aided and emphasizing feeding, schooling, and self sufficiency. It highlights organization reliability, gives per child and meal costs, and urges supporting checks to Near East Relief, 151 Fifth Avenue New York City.
A list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues ranges from continents and weights to actions and objects. Readers fill in answers starting with certain sure words, using cross letters to unlock others across a broad grid.
May 27 1910 reports a North Louisiana Agricultural Society meeting at Calhoun where delegates toured a major dirt road built by state convicts. Guards accompanied striped workers drawing public interest. Mrs James L Nelson won refreshment privileges at the park as plans advance for a summer theatre tucked with cold drinks ice cream and lunches. Dr I Hirsch after extensive medical training will locate in Monroe forming a practice with Dr I J Newton.
The article argues that connected transmission networks improve efficiency and likens power systems to railroads in size as a key success factor. It notes that regional systems in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi will reach an equilibrium, and claims objections to a power trust are outdated given current cooperative actions by major power companies.
J W Register of Covin street West Monroe says he grew 37 tomatoes on a single vine in his rear garden and brought two fully ripe Early Stone tomatoes as evidence He suggests early planting and variety kept ripening ahead of the season in Ouachita parish News Star reported a prior county claim of 16 tomatoes on a vine in a truck garden east of the city on DeSiard road The item includes an advertisement for FOLEY PILLS kidney relief stating the pills flush and cleanse kidneys.
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