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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1925
Page
4
A humorous piece lampoons plumbers with tales of wasted hours and overtime fees. It mocks memory courses for tradespeople and jokes about costly repairs and odd bargaining, including a plumber charging himself seven dollars and a wife deducting seventy five cents from her purse.
Notes of anniversaries include Dabney Carr born and died 1773 in Virginia. Thomas Johnson of Maryland died 1732 born. A Jackson statue unveiled 1875 in Richmond. 1890 Oregon Pacific railroad placed under receiver. 1891 US demanded reparations from Chile for Baltimore incident. 1901 Arizona statehood convention held in Phoenix. 1919 Senator Burton spoke in Peking. 1923 Italy enacts liquor laws.
Today honors Dr. Max Mason president of the University of Chicago born in Madison Wisconsin 48 years ago and Jackie Coogan the famous juvenile film star born in Los Angeles 11 years ago. Rear Admiral Charles Pond USN retired born in Windham County Connecticut 69 years ago and Ellsworth M Statler head of the Statler hotel chain born in Somerset County Pennsylvania 62 years ago.
A Forum writer argues food supply drives wars and global ailments. He foresees population growth reaching saturation in a century unless birth rates fall or food supply rises, with potential tropical land expansion or chemical food transformation as uncertain remedies.
President Coolidge spoke before a Y M C A gathering reiterating the need to restore home influence in guiding youth. The observer notes public indifference to social issues and the value of public emphasis in prompting self examination and real change.
Opinion splits among motorists on dimming headlights on country roads with official view that lamp type controls glare. Cities like Monroe may extend dimming rules to paved streets as bright lights hinder safety, while few drivers misuse high beams.
A Review of reviews finds college students showing surprising gaps in current events and public figures. Some cannot identify President Coolidge, Babe Ruth, or Governor Ferguson, while others misidentify Cain as a laborer and confuse biblical characters with modern figures.
A light feature traces the Ladybug Cocinella Septem Punctuata from humble orchard helper to celebrated insect. It notes its work controlling aphids, growing recognition, and a famed "Ladybug King" in Wenatchee who supplies thousands to orchards, amid a spring bug shortage.
The hog demonstration train of the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific road toured Monroe drawing crowds to view prize hogs and hear talks. Morehouse parish concluded its first agricultural and livestock fair at Bastrop after a three day event. Organizers and supporters celebrate the success despite skeptics.
In Dodson on Saturday afternoon Mr. C. E. Maroney faced a fatal racing tragedy when his fine young race horse was killed after a sudden bolt by a competing horse. The rider sustained serious injuries, and the collision caused Maroney’s horse to collapse.
British naval officer Lieut Commander J M Kenworthy argues that Zeppelin type airships are costly, vulnerable, and futile. He cites Shenandoah losses and warns larger ships increase danger, urging reconsideration of continued aerial experiments.
The report notes students mix up locations Muscle Shoals as Italy or the Pacific, Teapot Dome as a Washington building, Mussolini as Billy Sunday, and claims the U S bought Japan. It questions whether serious classroom study keeps pace with headline style and movie news, and cites widespread interest in magazines and newspapers.
Chicago observers report the 38th annual exhibition of American paintings and sculpture with 1,200 entries. A jury finds American art standards high, cubism fading, few modern works, and two posthumous pieces by John Singer Sargent and William Metcalf among the selections.
A brief notice lists a bus waiting room contact with telephone 772 and an address 208 So Grand. The fragment outlines a transit related public notice or listing for location services.
Bay Shore Park Md Oct 26 Great Britain's Schneider cup challengers were reduced to one when pilot Bert Hinkler in Britain's reserve Gloster Napier III failed to qualify after crashing during landing on the Chesapeake in the third attempt. The plane was towed to its hangar with under-rigging torn loose.
A Porccons aircraft belly landed after a wing bent and a propeller blade damaged in water. The pilot, rescued by a gig from the U S S Shawmut, escaped injury and noted rough water. Britain's entry with Herbert Broad remains the only other plane to enter this afternoon.
The Bell shop on Walnut Street in Monroe handles dented fenders and damaged car bodies with each customer receiving a fresh repair. Fine automobiles from various places arrive daily as repairs proceed at Shop 410. Phone 132.
Notice under Louisiana law that Missouri Pacific Railway will auction unclaimed freight at Monroe station on November 7 1925 between legal hours. Items include one can sale tickets shipped from F D Grane Co Sturgis Michigan to Olive Street area Monroe. A F Stovall, Agent.
A young married man pursues home ownership through investing earnings in Monroe real estate. The piece touts property as the indestructible investment, urges contacting News-Star Want Ad listings for local and suburban opportunities, and invites readers to place their own ads if needed.
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