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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1925
Page
2
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A humor sketch by John P. Medbury lampoons the six o clock caller a social pest who eats at dinner then leaves without paying or gratitude. He jokes about his bean pocket watch and timing, describing the chronic dinning room intruder who never joins conversations yet always finds a meal.
Roland W. Boyden, named as a potential successor to the late Edgar E. Bancroft as U S ambassador to Japan, is a former Harvard athlete who began law practice in Boston and rose in New England finance. He served as unofficial State Department observer in German Reparations talks and held early roles with the Food Administration under Hoover. He lived in Beverly, Massachusetts.
A year ago today French troops began evacuating Dortmund in the Ruhr. The Prince of Wales joined a fox hunt on Long Island. A Yale professor advocates beginning public education for children at age two.
A century apart reflection on Vicksburg milestones cites the 1825 first newspaper, a 1855 Thirty Years Ago note, and a Whig editorial praising press liberty and city development. It contrasts scattered 1800s shops with modern busy wharves and thriving trade in the Hill City.
The Ouachita police jury says gravel roads can no longer handle heavy traffic on main arteries like the Columbia road and Dixie Overland. They urge study of hard surfacing, noting maintenance costs and dust issues, with federal investigation to determine which highways merit expenditure.
The article argues public dance halls in Monroe require regulation to protect public welfare. It calls for constant supervision by a police matron in each public hall, noting costs are small compared with peace of mind and proper oversight for these amusement centers.
The article argues there are many sides in religious debates but only one true test: a creed’s effect on lives. It favors Christianity for producing better men, with example over argument as the silent proof, and stresses that the world asks for transformed character, not just beliefs.
Healing claim highlights Purification of the system as foundation of health. Advises a regular Calotabs regimen for several weeks with family and trial package options priced at 35 cents and 10 cents respectively, available at drug stores.
An advertising claim touts Doan's Pills as kidney stimulant relief for backache and rheumatic pains. A testimonial from W. G. Matty of Bottling Works describes improved kidney function and reduced back pain after using the product, priced 60 cents at dealers, by Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, N. Y.
A Monroe city council special meeting unanimously approved increasing the salt water natatorium size for the next season. Additions will be north of the current facility with a center wall cut and an arch over the opening, men’s dressing rooms moved to ladies and new bath houses for men above existing ones.
Radio listings show a dense slate across stations KFKX KPO KYW WECN W.CAP WE AF WGR WIL JAR WLS WOAN WOAW WOR WOWL WORD WQJ WREO WAHG WCCO KTHS WHAR CNRE CNRT WGES WGN WHN WHT WLIT WJJD 9 30 p m to midnight featuring orchestras quarts and solos. Programs include weather scores sports falsettos and a Mikado production on KEFRU and KHJ with many vaudeville acts and decedent studio pieces.
A detailed schedule lists radio programs across stations such as KFI KFRU KOA WABC WEAF WLS WOAW WOC WOK and more. Entries include music orchestras organ programs vaudeville piano choirs and late night frolics with stations specifying times from 9:00 p m to 1:30 a m and locations noted in Los Angeles and across the country.
The list recalls Pierre de Ronsard born 1524 and Felix Grundy born 1777 among notable figures. It notes Drogheda stormed in 1649, Newfound nature hurricane in 1847, California senator Gwin in 1850, oil discovery near Fresno in 1891, a 1897 coal miners strike end, and the Shenandoah dirigible trial over New York in 1923.
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