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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1925
Page
2
Member of the Associated Press notes the paper uses AP dispatches and local news. It reminds readers the AP holds exclusive rights to publish AP stories and local items within the paper.
A humorous Medbury piece mocks ambitious piano pupils and overconfident teachers. It riffs on families, advertisements, and the comic extremes of practice, suggesting even a deaf and dumb asylum visit as a cure.
Silas H Strawn a longtime Western and corporate lawyer is chosen as special commissioner representing the United States at the upcoming tariff conference in Peking He has led major bar associations in Illinois and Chicago and chaired the ABA Education Committee He began practice in Ottawa Illinois in 1889 and later moved to Chicago at age fifty seven he also serves as director of a major Chicago bank and chief executive of a large mail order firm.
Today marks birthdays for Luigi Cadorna the Italian commander born 75 years ago. Archbishop Fumason a Biondi the apostolic delegate born in Rome 53 years ago. Rt Rev Thomas E Molloy bishop of Brooklyn born in New Hampshire 40 years ago. Also mentions Slemp and a Tate private to President Coolidge with unclear details.
The Shenandoah airship disaster of 1924 killed fourteen crew members, ending a key U S air defense asset and prompting national reflection on the sacrifices of those who served in air experiments and the World War era. The piece mourns brave, ordinary crew as Americans recall loss and obligation.
The essay argues public sentiment toward wealth has shifted from outright condemning riches to valuing open business practices. It credits wealth creators who fund medicine and education, offer steady employment, and improve common conveniences like the automobile. It notes improved public trust when wealth is well administered by capable leaders.
Monroe and West Monroe readers are urged to donate to the Labor Day celebration as finance chair D A Breard notes funds are needed to fill the war chest. Officials say crowd-pleasing events require quick contributions by mail or wire to support committees.
The British Association for the Advancement of Science at Southampton foresees a future ice age as polar ice shifts toward the tropics and temperate zones are glaciered again. General Jan Smuts echoes the idea, predicting tropical freezing about ten thousand years hence and a new human species thriving in polar regions. The piece carries a light, humorous tone about enduring heat today for tomorrow’s distant ice.
Paris cables report 27 French brides of American soldiers deserted within a month with 1000 of 5000 wartime marriages ending in shipwreck after Armistice. French authorities seek action but Washington says marriage law falls to U.S. states, leaving Paris disappointed.
The News-Star notes City High School opens with Prof. E L Neville in charge and full faculty present. Classifications begin immediately as regular work starts tomorrow. custodian Tom Stuart ensures cleanliness, new water coolers installed, and $1200 was set for new lab apparatus.
A dense list shows a variety of stations and programs from 9:00 p m to 12:09 p m including KFKX KPO KYW WBCN WAP WEAF WGR WIL WJAR WLS Fod and Glenn WOAN WOAW WOR WOWL WPG WJ J Skylarks WREO WAHG WCCO CNRE CNRT WGSS WHN WHT WIT WJJD KFI KHJ KNX KLX KPO WLS CJCM EBH WSB KFI KFRU KGW WHO WMC KLX WODAF Cocoanut Grove orchestra and more reflecting a bustling radio entertainment slate.
The list shows radio programs and times including CJCM vaudeville WHT Jambouree WEBH KJR music WSB orchestra KFI At Home KOA program WFAA orchestra WOAW organ WOC orchestra baritone Your Hour League KFI Radio club KGO music KHJ orchestra KNX orchestra KPO Cabirians KFI frolic KENX Hollywood Night Constance Talmadge hostess KHJ Lost Angels.
A brief fragment extols choosing Angelene ice cream over inferior brands. It emphasizes simplicity of opting for a higher quality product.
The text discusses American husbands seeking divorces for abandonment and suggests French wives may welcome separations if their young husbands’ economic or social status in the United States disappoints them. It notes surprisingly few marriages end in disaster and references “war weddings” amid these trends.
A compact air listing shows multiple stations and programs including KFI KFRU KOA WEAF WKRC WLS WOAW WOC WOK WQJ WPG KNX WCEE WGES WGN JAZZ and others. It notes 9 15 p m 9 36 p m and 9 p m time slots with music orchestra barn dance recital sports and night program features.
A fragment lists three times 11 80 am and 5 40 pm and 8 10 pm suggesting a railway timetable. No places or train names are provided.
A garbled list recalls events tied to anniversaries: 1901 birth of John R. Rogers noted. 1884 Edwin Booth return to San Francisco stage after 30 years. 1818 death of Charles J. Folger in Nantucket. 1915 Allan Line steamship Hei mans sinking near Ireland. 1922 League of Nations Third Assembly opens in Geneva.
A year ago today Seymour Parker Jacey Annesleyn accepted appointment as ren agent general of Reparations, marking a key bureaucratic milestone.
Repair shop ad states damaged fenders and auto bodies brought to J. Sheet Metal Works at 410 Walane street with promise no charge if not finished like new. Item references 31 35.
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