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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1925
Page
2
The piece satirically links urban deli culture to married life, arguing that convenience foods and street meat erode domestic happiness. It sketches bizarre scenes of wives repurposing home kitchens into dining rooms, parlor spaces, and even book cases, ending with a quip that delicatessens outlast marriages.
Miss Sarah Louise Arnold selected to succeed Mrs. Herbert Hoover as national president of the Girl Scouts. She has led a training school for teachers in Saratoga New York and held roles in St. Johnsbury Vermont Minneapolis and Boston. Arnold was first dean of Simmons College from 1902 to 1921 and directed the schools of Home Economics. She has lectured widely and authored textbooks on teaching and language used nationwide.
The list notes anniversaries and birthdays of several prominent individuals on this date. Duke of Norfolk and Earl Marshal born today. Rt Reverend William Lawrence, retiring Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, born in Boston 75 years ago. Rupert Blue, former U.S. Public Health Service surgeon general, born in Richmond County, N C, 58 years ago. Vice Admiral Josiah McKean, commander of the Scouting, born at Mount Hope Ohio. others mentioned with birth years and places.
A memorial day reflection recalls 1917 1918 World War I memories and the Fifth Marines charge at Soissons. Captain Thompson recounts dawn departures from Croutte sur Marne and a night march into zero hour, detailing gas shells vivid in the wet woods and the bayonet charges that followed. The piece urges reverence for veterans and for disabled survivors, tying patriotism to memory.
The case targets Doheny oil magnate Edward Doheny and ex interior secretary Albert Fall, condemning their actions as bold pilferage and urging public vigilance. The judge’s Thursday decision is highlighted as a lesson on safeguarding national interests through transparent governance and penalties for high officials.
A reader comment argues historians overemphasize faults of great men, making them human and less godlike. It cites H G Wells describing George Washington as indolent, noting such claims often rest on weak evidence. The piece notes Washington’s diaries will soon be published for fuller insight.
Brano Lessing ponders if drinking beer or wine is a sin versus a crime across nations and laws. A reader asks whether enjoying alcohol, where not prohibited by law, could affect heaven. The piece weighs commandments, national laws, and practical choices, noting a sin is not proven by legality.
The Monroe Progressive League held a lively meeting to form a transportation committee for cheap weekly excursion rates to reach salt water baths. They discussed an exhibit with Alexandria at the Farm Land Congress in Chicago, and Capt. James C. Weaks’s postmaster resignation withdrawal. The city will offer free bathing at Forsythe Park salt water natatorium, towels extra. Streetcar traffic shows park popularity with 3500 Saturday and 5000 Sunday riders. Free band concerts begin tomorrow night and Sunday afternoons, Hess’ band with fifteen players. Local notices: Elvie Sutcliff returns home for summer, David Garrett wins Tulane scholarship, Mrs. A. G. Cook and children to Amite City, and Mrs. E. Fudickar returns from Texas.
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The Mount Vernon Ladies Association finished plans to publish Washington diaries starting 1748 and continuing with few interruptions through 1799 containing his last words. The diaries, about one sixth published, promise readable revealing daily life, politics, and Virginia colonial life.
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