14 Apr 1911
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
1
A larger congregation filled the Baptist Church as Dr. Palmer preached during revival services drawing increasing interest from area residents and visitors alike.
Dr. Palmer preached on The Starless Crown at First Baptist Monroe stressing personal soul winning. He urged church members and officers to talk daily with others, promising crowds as meetings move to the Methodist church and highlighting work over mere belief.
A weather report indicates unsettled showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. The forecast calls for lingering precipitation with possible thunderstorms across the period.
A church gathering invites all to a song and prayer service before a sermon titled No Man Cares for My Soul. Christian workers stay for an after service and a blessing is offered for the meeting and workers, aiming to save souls.
In St Paul a white bull named Dewey, belonging to Oscar Baum a meatcutter, escaped his new home after being brought from Lacrosse, Wisconsin. He wandered to Lacrosse, arriving tired and hungry, then returned to his old stomping ground behind the meat market stove with the market cat as a longtime friend.
A destructive wind and hail storm swept eastern Missouri on April 13 14 leaving nine dead and about a hundred injured. In St Louis three died and damages approach two million dollars. Hail caused extreme destruction while a tornado at Valles Mine killed four and injured many. Cadet Missouri reported two women dead and fifteen injured.
Denman Thompson of the Old Homestead company died in West Swansea New Hampshire today after a day in the town.
The Louisiana Railroad Commission schedules final hearings for April 27 1911. Cases include actions against St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Co and New Orleans & Northwestern Railroad Co. Aims cover depot orders passenger service freight service and depot sanitation standards. The session runs from April 25 in Baton Rouge with multiple express and classification issues before the commission.
Advertisements and notices push the Land Congress campaign across major papers to boost publicity for the movement.
The second annual Louisiana Land Show and Congress aims for wide publicity across the North East and Midwest with notices in major journals. Monroe hosts the event May 4 5 6 1911 with the Rock Island lines promoting the publicized details and a radio Salt Water Natatorium as a featured attraction.
Mexican revolutionists captured a town after a fierce border battle. Details remain scarce about casualties or exact location.
Rebels led by Red Lopez capture Agua Punta Mexico after a three hour clash. American casualty list includes one dead and eight wounded from the battle, while fifteen rebels are dead and sixty wounded. Two US officers and twenty nine soldiers flee across the border and are disarmed. Captain Gaujos crosses with a surrender message but fighting continues. Thousands of Americans witness the border engagement.
From Douglas Arizona on April 14, residents fear a new clash across the line at Agua Prieta Mexico. About three hundred rebels hold the town and its port remains closed. Mexican Federal troops are suspected to advance from the south with machine guns to attack the town.
Washington April 14 public anger over Lorimer's Senate action grows as supporters abandon him. Many Illinois and other senators express intent to back the La Follette inquiry resolution while pressuring Lorimer to quit. Deserters cite desire to end the controversy and avert further scandal.
Washington dispatch reports the Agua Punta customs house seized by Mexican Revolutionists as Juarez again faces a serious threat. The note outlines a volatile frontier situation with potential impact on trade and regional stability.
North Louisiana Agricultural Society holds its next regular meeting at the Calhoun Experiment Station on Thursday April 27 designated as Ladies Day. Miss Adell Muir Monroe and other speakers discuss domestic science home canning hygiene and club work for women. a basket dinner will be provided by local ladies. attendees from east of Monroe may ride the Cannon Ball train.
Observers note a change in political posture as longtime supporters show readiness to yield to La Follette, signaling strategic distress within their ranks during a difficult freeze up.
A telegram from Consul Edwards at Juarez says 3000 Revolutionists, outnumbering Federal defenders four to one, are within four hours march of Juarez. Many Mexicans are sending families to the American side as the State Department weighs recognition of Revolutionists as belligerents.
Rebels have cut six railroad bridges south of Ciudad Acuña Diaz, isolating Coahuila. The Laredo gateway is now the only railroad link from the United States to the Mexican interior.
Senator Rayner of Maryland spoke in the Senate about the Mexican border situation and US relations with Mexico and Japan. He indicated confidence in President Taft and suggested no war with either country, while Lodge and Cullom backed his view and dismissed press reports of Japan seeking a Pacific coaling station in Mexico.
Washington reports Ambassador David Jane Hill resigns as the United States envoy to Germany. President Taft accepts the resignation without stating a reason. Hill will stay in Berlin until July 1.
Arguments before the Interstate Commerce Commission focused on whether to preserve joint rate divisions for lumber shipments. Louisiana Texas and Mississippi reps led the case with rail interests and top lines arguing for continued divisions while shippers pressed to keep current terms.
Philadelphia congressman Hampton Moore proposes a law to halt U S and world sale of antiquated guns until destroyed. He links secondhand arms to Central American revolutions and race riots, arguing auction sales drain public funds and fuel unrest in the South.
Congressman Moore advocates halting all gun sales as a preventive measure amid rising Latin American conflict concerns. He urges immediate nationwide action to curb firearm availability and prevent potential violence spillover.
The House approved on final reading a drastic tuberculosis relief bill. It places all tuberculous patients under state health authority control and requires physicians and landlords to report cases to health officials.
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