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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1925
Page
4
A humorous sketch notes New York’s rich wintering in Florida and summering in Europe. It mocks a self made man who travels by limousine, parks fines, and sports silk pajamas while extensive travel and luxury highlight a wealthy lifestyle. The piece contrasts fortunes with Palm Beach and Juan Angeles as exotic settings.
O. O. McIntyre in New York mocks modern obsessions from skyscrapers to beauty contests and publicities. He praises ordinary joys like family life, faith, and honest labor, insisting many still live sane lives despite buzz about prohibition and cultural hype.
A Louisiana crossing stop rule is called a good safety idea but local readers warn it becomes a farce on country roads. Cars routinely halt at painted signs while a rusting flat car sits nearby, unused, as drivers grow weary of unnecessary delays and wasted time.
Brano Lessing argues youth clings to illusion and that life is found everywhere from Columbus Circle to busy streets. Observing a girl, a mother, an elderly man reveals humanity's breadth. what one makes of it depends on inner thought and discipline, or mental Bolsheviks derail reflection.
Mr F M Donohoe division passenger agent of the V S and P, visiting Monroe, wired his head office after learning of criticism over fair ads. A reply stated five thousand flyers were printed and distributed along the line. The U S and P loaded about 300 clay cars for the race track, charging twenty seven cents per car, then hauled them free of charge.
City officials stress Wood street paving as urgent to relieve congestion in the business district. Property-owners are urged to agree on the project to boost values and support growth as Ouachita capital compares well with similar cities. Continuous progress is needed to close gaps and extend linkages for future traffic needs.
A compact list of notable dates and events includes Sir Christopher Wren's birth in 1632, the first stage line in New England in 1788, Confederate General Mansfield Lovell's birth in 1822, Lovell's death in 1884, the 1851 opening of the American Wheatier in San Francisco, a 1870 Northern States earthquake, 1875 Hungary's Koloman Tisza becoming prime minister, 1890 Mississippi constitutional convention's stance, and Lloyd George's 1928 Louisville visit.
Dr. William L. Poteat, of Wake Forest College, enters his seventieth year after nearly fifty years on the Wake Forest faculty and twenty years as college president. A North Carolina native, he studied at Wake Forest, earned an A M in 1877, pursued biology at the Rhine Biological Laboratory and Berlin Zoological Institute, then became biology chair at Wake Forest and served on state commissions as a lecturer at colleges and seminaries.
The article notes the Dixie Highway’s completion coinciding with the Santa Fe Trail centennial. It recalls Thomas H. Benton pushing Congress in 1825 to fund the trail toward Santa Fe, promoting trade and manifest destiny, and how expansion soon followed as the old route waned in use.
The Dixie Highway, product of the motor car age, runs from Sault Ste Marie to Miami, linking North and tropical South. It spurs modern travel through virgin Southern Alleghanies and aligns with historic trails as it opens new terrain to the world’s advance, attracting drivers seeking speed and scenery.
A detailed schedule lists dozens of radio programs across North American stations. Evening concerts, talks, and dances feature ensembles from Chicago to Montreal, with orchestras, vocalists, and bands performing at multiple times from 6:00 PM to beyond midnight.
An advertisement urges readers to use Bond's Liver Pills to relieve headaches dizziness coated tongue bad breath and skin pimples by stimulating the liver. The pills are sold for 25c at drug stores and are marketed as helping nature remove bile and waste.
John Livingston, an elderly Ouachita Parish farmer living near Monroe, withdrew 140 dollars from a bank and handed it to a stranger claiming to be a U S government officer. The man delivered a blue package said to contain 1500 dollars, but after five days no officer appeared and police found only torn newspaper inside the package.
Have You Ever Thought of This claim highlights health tips and promotes O Neill’s Vegetable Remedy tablets as a safe herbal cure for constipation. The New South Drug Store at 1108 Grand St offers free samples and guarantees satisfaction to attract customers.
An OCR snippet recalls a man losing his life savings of 140 dollars and expresses a loss of faith in the United States Government. The quote underscores personal financial distress and trust erosion amid broader public concerns.
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