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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1925
Page
4
A lighthearted column jokes about Earthquakes in the nation. It suggests Americans fear quakes less than car trouble and even jokes that sleeping in a Ford with the engine running keeps tremors away. It notes residents in Detroit Japan and California respond differently.
Dr Francis E Clark founder and longtime head of the Christian Endeavor movement turns 75 today. Born in 1851 in Quebec he was orphaned at seven and trained at Dartmouth before studying theology at Andover. The organization grew into the world’s largest religious youth society with branches worldwide.
Today marks anniversaries for Earl of Oxford and Asquith born in Yorkshire 72 years ago. Dr Francis E Clark born in Aylmer Quebec 74 years ago. Nelson B Gaskill born Mt Holly New Jersey 50 years ago. Florence Kelley born Philadelphia 66 years ago. Henry J Allem born Warren County Pennsylvania 55 years ago.
In a historical note, the text compares Norse emigration, indicating unusually high outbound movement in 1720 compared to 1025, suggesting a wider pattern of Viking people leaving the United States during that era.
The PN-9 No. 1 and its crew were saved after nine days at sea, delivering a boost to American morale and highlighting heroism amid air defense policy debates. The piece lauds the crew and urges leaders to remember the defenders of the nation as they argue policy.
An editorial opinion warns that removing hats in Monroe elevators may vanish as a dated courtesy. It cites New York and other cities banning hat doffing, questions efficiency, and predicts fashion shifts toward knee pants and bloomers while noting evolving American manners.
Chaplin argues producers push sensational crime and luxury as the bank while the public seeks only evening entertainment. He says reform requires specific proposals and new ideas to spur experimental films with living characters unlike silent action alone. He notes Hamlet would fail as a film and novels reveal deeper truth than drama.
The article notes the growing view that the new youth movement fuels dangerous behavior and contributes most to recent societal unrest, urging authorities to address this trend with targeted measures.
Bruno Lessing reflects on Seneca's idea that a good mind holds a vast realm. He notes how science, history, religion, and human progress are all accessible to the thinker who dedicates time and effort to study. The piece urging self empowerment through knowledge spans centuries of philosophy.
A grand promise proclaims literature as a vast treasury of human thought. The speaker portrays books as a boundless realm, urging readers to enter and claim the mind’s riches. They claim unrivaled access to vast stores of knowledge across cultures and ages.
The piece reflects on lonely people drawn to dark cinema not for art but for shared human contact. It argues crowds offer contact and belonging over solitary grandeur, suggesting people prefer companionship with the masses to isolation in power.
The Home of the Good Samaritan opened with Rev. A J Vallery in charge. Rev R H Wynn led the opening prayer as Rev J A H Wharton and Rev Wynn spoke. Dr I Heinberg of Temple Sinai gave the principal address amid applause. Rev A J McDaniel of Grayson and other local clergy attended.
A sensational account describes Ho Kee a New York Chinatown Chinese man laid in his coffin with his right hand poised to grip a revolver and a blood soaked cloth over the left hand. The text frames traditional afterlife preparation across cultures and notes tong war violence extending beyond the grave, urging restraint for law officers in major cities.
The report says Florida has staked out enough building lots to supply homes for about 25 percent of the U S population. Most buyers are flipping properties for profit and many eventual holders may wait long for tenants after the boom.
England sells historic castles due to taxes and death duties amid family fortunes reshaped by estate economies. The piece notes Gwydyr Castle sale and Oxford swan branding history, plus a recent swan census and tourism draw to Wales and Scotland. It also details paper size standardization and France’s health and political notes mentioning Clemenceau and Caillaux.
Paris reports that high mortality and low birth rates drive France’s dwindling population. Associations form to combat depopulation while noting France’s birth rate is similar to that of other nations.
In a tense scene near the ministry of finance M Caillaux faced reporters while a large wolfhound, his constant companion, snapped at a journalist. Caillaux joked that the dog bites his friends, prompting a sharp quip from a journalist in the rear ranks.
Berlin reports 74 year old Christof Von Drecoll, leader of a premier fashion house, cannot serve clients and faces bankruptcy though creditors seek lenient terms. He catered to German princesses and even London and New York shops, with a noted flair for personal attention.
Local drugstore Phoenix Drug Co announces back to school supplies and discounts for students. 盛
A physician advises that perfect health comes from an active liver and avoiding constipation. A torpid liver can cause headaches dizziness and fevers. Take one Bond's Pill at bedtime to stimulate the liver and cleanse bile and poisons. They are small mild and 25c at drug stores.
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