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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
7
Five crew members from the tramp ship Alsop used oars to fend off a twelve foot devil fish threatening Alex Jansen a salmon trap lifter. They chased it with blows until the creature loosened its grip. Jansen sustained cuts to hands arms and face but was not seriously hurt.
I S Mason of Beaver Dam Ky suffered years of intense colicky pains with no relief. A friend recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and after a few doses the symptoms vanished four years ago and never returned. Sold by Allen's Pharmacy and New South Drug Store.
World renowned medical men and scientists arrive in Pergen for the second international conference on leprosy to be held over the first three days of the coming week. G Armauer Hansen will preside. topics include geographical distribution forms diagnosis causes propagation pathology and treatment of leprosy.
We have this day bought all merchandise stock and fixtures of W. H. Elliott of Olla Louisiana. All parties holding legal claims against the estate will present them to the Olla State Bank at Olla Louisiana by August thirty first 1909 and they will be paid. 10 1w C C Jarrell and Co.
The ad promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy as a cure to strengthen kidneys and remove impurities from the blood, stabilizing nerves and relieving exhaustion backache rheumatism and urinary irregularities. It urges immediate use with a personal endorsement by D. H. Key.
Mare Island navy yard readies the cruiser squadron led by Rear Admiral Sebree for a voyage to the Orient. The ships Colorado Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia South Dakota Washington California and Tennessee sail to the Philippines China and Japan, with stops at Honolulu Nares Harbor Admiralty Island and Ho ng Kong before Yokohama and a later return via Honolulu.
Travel ad promotes the TRON MOUNTAIN route offering sleeper connections from Monroe to St. Louis then on to Chicago Detroit Louisville or Cincinnati arriving Monday morning. Advertises lowest rates via sleeper with direct connections through Iron Mountain and cites the National Motorcycle Meet in Indianapolis with a nod to L A W meets and cycling crowds.
The Federation of American Motorcyclists hosts a two day racing program in Indianapolis with riders from New York and California. The new speedway is 50 feet wide on straights and 60 feet on turns, banked to 21 feet with the final outer edge angled to deter riders.
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional remedy. It claims the medicine works through the blood and mucous surfaces, offers 100 dollar reward for any failure, and lists dosage from 10 drops to a teaspoonful with a 75 cent price. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Spokane Washington August 13 The National Irrigation Congress focuses on deep waterways with papers by United States Senator Heyburn Idaho W K Kavanaugh Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways Association Prof W D Lyman Whitman College and Congressman Joseph E Ransdell Louisiana Also governors Gilchrist Florida Brady Idaho attend with addresses as the congress plans its concluding session tomorrow.
Highlights include an unsuccessful 1775 British naval attack on Gloucester Massachusetts, 1808 French siege relief at Zaragoza, 1881 Mohawk and Hudson railroad opening, 1838 US banks resuming specie payments, and 1863 the first Black regiment leaving Pennsylvania for the South. Also notes 1867 Emma James born in Shanghai, 1868 Arequipa earthquake, 1893 Minneapolis fire 2 million in losses, 1897 Papal audience with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 1903 Northcote becomes Australia’s governor-general, and 1908 liquidation of the Panama Canal Company.
By order of Judge J P Madison the movable property of W A Swim interdict will be sold at public auction at the western front door of the courthouse in Monroe Louisiana between legal hours. The sale is cash with appraisement. Curator 80 141 H A Moore.
Headache Hicks promotes Capudine claiming quick relief from colds heat and stomach or nervous troubles with a pleasant liquid dose available at 15 25 and 50 cents. The ad also notes a choice line of bottled pickles and olives at Walker's Progressive Grocery.
Brief notice reiterates advertising rates with a directive to proceed without delay and a clear call for timely placement of advertisements.
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