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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
2
Friday notes the Sunbeams meeting at 3.45 in the Baptist church with full attendance urged. Many visits and travels are recorded from Monroe to Ruston Little Rock Biloxi Abilene and Dallas with social plans and visits among local families and clubs.
Forksville Aug 9 1909 reports Mr S N Camp recovering from a slight indisposition. Mrs Sallie McClendon of West Monroe visits friends this week. James Butler and Miss Hunter wed on Aug 1. Mrs Jettie Hamilton and son Alva visit T M McClendon family. Gilliland Benoit men travel to Hot Spring Ark for health. Benoit joins to care for elders. Rainy spell noted with heavy downpours on Saturdays. Virginia Tooke recovers from illness and fever. Ladies Book Club meets at Mrs Gant with refined program and hostess decor. Reads include True Story by Mrs Sanford Thoughts Forces in the Home by Mrs Hamilton What is a Father by Mrs Pooser Very Ignoran People by Mrs Head Fourth of July by Miss Camp. Club plans to meet with Mrs Pooser on Aug 18.
Advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a twenty five year cure for primary secondary or tertiary blood poison and skin diseases. Claims include pain relief mouth patches sore throat boils and copper colored spots with blood becoming pure and healing sores.
Thomas Emmet Ellison born August 12 1852 at La Grange Indiana educated at Notre Dame College and the University of Michigan. Admitted to the bar in 1894 and began practice in Fort Wayne. Elected to the Indiana State Senate in 1894 he championed penal reform and helped enact changes to Indiana's imprisonment system.
Dr H F Ashford reports treating Mrs Dalton Costello 27 in August 1908 for acute Bright's disease with urine containing albumen. After three weeks on Robinson Spring water, she showed complete relief and became well. Tulane professor John B Elliott endorses the remedy.
In New York the steamer Mercedes Larrinaga arrived from Cienfuegos with 44 397 bags of raw Cuban sugar, the largest cargo here in years as tariff relief spurs a rush of vessels. Brokers note Cuban sugar outsells Java. many ships are being chartered to bring Cuban cargoes while Java sales languish. The crop is the island’s largest, and after tariff uncertainty refinements expect a flood of Cuban sugar into the port.
Mr Ellison helped create Indiana first reform school for youth and served as its president. He co founded the National Prison Congress and represented the United States at multiple International Prison Congress sessions.
East and West star athletes converge on Seattle for the Amateur Athletic Union national championships at the Exposition Stadium starting tomorrow and running through Saturday. Major clash expected between New York Chicago and Pacific coast clubs with Jas E Sutton as referee.
Members of the Wisconsin Ginseng Growers Association gathered in Wausau on August 12 and reported a promising outlook for this year’s crop. President H. G. Eberlein of Shaw presided as several score members attended.
A brief note announces that on October 31 the company has secured the item and designates T M Parker as chief operating officer. The statement confirms the acquisition and leadership appointment.
Spokane August 12 The fourth day of the National Irrigation Congress drew renewed interest and discussions as delegates tackled water rights funding and regional projects amid debates on federal support and state collaboration.
North Dakota Minot hosts the tenth annual State Bar Association gathering with large bench and bar attendance. W. T. Hughes of Chicago to deliver the annual address on jurisprudence and law reform. Officers to be elected tomorrow and a Ward County Bar Association banquet will conclude the event.
Realty men convene in Oakland for the California State Realty Federation two day session. President D W Carmichael of Sacramento calls gathering to order and Mayor Frank K Mott gives an address of welcome. Banquet and entertainment arranged by the local commercial club.
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