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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
5
Scores from Shreveport Galveston 2, Dallas hosting San Antonio, Fort Worth 2 Royston, and Oklahoma City 5 over Waco 2. Programs list results by city matchups with brief totals and order.
Sporadic results from yesterday include Nashville 10 over ? BotA 3 and New Orleans 6 0. Mobile beat Memphis 4 to 0 while Montgomery hosted Birmingham with Montgomery 2.
Baseball scores show Chicago beating Boston 8 to 0, Pittsburg defeating Brooklyn 1 to 0, and St Louis 4 to 0 over Philadelphia in the listed matchups.
A partial recap shows Washington losing 6 to 1 to Cleveland and Detroit defeating Boston 10 to 1 in early American League action with further results not readable.
Jack Johnson heavyweight title talk resumed as Jeffries, with wife and manager, prepares for a European tour to get into fighting shape. The veteran contender travels after a lengthy exhibition circuit seeking suitable terms for a match with Johnston.
J E Larkin the jeweler by trade aims Carlsbad Bohemia as a training base then will tour Germany France and England before likely returning to America by late October. He vows to meet Johnson for the title anywhere after that. Sam Berger remains available on this side to field offers from clubs or patrons seeking the championship bout.
In Jackson on August five an anti trust action against the retail lumber dealers association of Mississippi and Louisiana yields 15 of 73 defendants agreeing to pay 800 dollars to the state treasurer and withdraw appeals. The others 58 refuse any settlement and await the November chancery term in Holmes county
The Railroad Commission issued an order in the case against the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific and Arkansas Louisiana and Gulf railroads over reconcentration charges on cotton in Monroe. The Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific is ordered to eliminate the tariff in question.
The order states that refunds of concentration charges must be made to the shipper upon tender of freight bills without bond. Refunds apply to shipments of cotton where concentration charges were collected, with no time limit specified for repayment.
The piece portrays a tense critique of Speaker Cannon as President and the people, noting a shift in demeanor and a blunt message seen as a signal about the next House. House members interpret the line as a pointed jab at Cannon’s leadership style.
A long Virginia campaign narrative details the split in the Democratic party over state debt with funders and readjusters led by General William Mahone sweeping the state. It notes primary vote projections for Mann and Tucker and outlines contests for attorney general and agriculture commissioner. It also mentions potential impact on future congressional races and hints at machine politics.
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