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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
8
Local ads list fresh eggs at Faulk Bros 11 31 and 20 cent per dozen. Green apples and new sweet potatoes also offered. Fox Grocer Co. promotes potatoes nuts oatmeal oats and assorted kitchen goods with several price notes and train travel ads.
Monroe patrons welcomed Bobby Burgess at the Grand for the balance of the week after a late booking change. Manager Lamon booked two Biograph pictures for tonight, The Way of Man and The Taming of the Shrew, and Jeannie Davis drew applause with I Want Some One to Play With.
A large Thursday crowd at the Air dome enjoyed the program change and applauded the five nightly acts. Cannon and Company form a standout trio with singing and dancing ease and notable dialogue and repartee, showing strong dramatic ability and helping draw bigger, more demonstrative crowds than before.
The Dunbars present a charming sketch with clever acting and new songs. Mr Dunbar proves a natural comedian and keeps the audience in good humor with witty lines and imitations. The same bill returns tonight offering fresh moving pictures combined with vaudeville for an evening of unmatched amusement.
William McCauley a twelve year old negro boy held for weeks on an arson charge against R C Tooke Cheniere appeared before Judge Madison. New law forbids confinement of under seventeen in prisons and requires guardian care until trial but the judge remanded McCauley to parish jail after review.
Angelo Caprie awaiting murder trial was shot and killed by a fellow jailer after he attacked two keepers in the Newark jail. A third keeper intervened to rescue his colleagues.
The Fuller prohibition bill as amended passed the House today by 45 to 31. It is described as the most drastic prohibition measure ever framed.
The inter provincial cricket game between eastern and western Canada began in Toronto on Aug 13 and will continue tomorrow. It will help select players for Canada’s international match with the United States, with games set to be played in Montreal later this month.
Travel offer promotes lowest rates via Iron Mountain on Saturday August 14 with sleeper connections to St. Louis and onward to Chicago Louisville Cincinnati or Detroit by Monday morning. Read advertisement for rates. Also an ad for Cottolene from Walker's Progressive Grocery.
TOE markets New Orleans shows firm prices for 450 bales with highs and lows listed. Closing figures reflect steady activity with bid levels around 12 12 to 12 23 and daily variations in the 12.09 to 12.20 range.
The note records August 13 1909 in Liverpool with price ranges 6.72 for sales 4000 units and August to September ranges 6.43 6.45 and September to October 6.40 6.42. It is a compact ledger style update of commodity prices and volumes.
News from Monroe on August 13 1909 notes exaggerated rain reports depressed New Orleans market with 20 point declines after 1584 bales arrived in Houston. Texas crops are described as very poor amid drought and heat while Oklahoma sees continuing drought with high temperatures. Meanwhile Monroe prepares a large fair with attractive grounds grandstand rest rooms generous premiums and extensive poultry exhibits led by superintendent Myatt McClendon and special ribbons from national clubs.
Workmen started on the large merchants display and agricultural hall measuring 60 by 160 feet for 9600 square feet. The ladies exhibit and music hall spans 0 by 150 feet for 7500 square feet. The poultry building covers 30 by 120 feet with 3600 square feet and will house a large poultry display. Ground space is expanded by moving the fence out about 160 feet. A cattle barn and hog pens are provided along with horse stalls.
The Parker road subscription committee reached its $100,000 goal as plans advance to move Parker offices to Pine Bluff from Monroe La. The Arkansas Louisiana and Gulf line will run from Hamburg Ashley County to Pine Bluff and on to DeVall's Bluff or Mesa linking with the Rock Island road. Officials seek $50,000 more to secure depot site and terminal rights, with local residents offering 40 acres for railroad shops.
Judge Madison concluded the petitioners John P. Parker A. A. Gunby L. L. Leiber and Mrs. Moore seek a temporary injunction to halt Ca lipso street drainage work. He indicated a ruling likely for petitioners and the injunction to be signed tomorrow with further hearings to decide permanency.
The State Board of Medical Examiners case against Dr. B. L. Hodge of Calhoun ends as Judge Madison dissolves the temporary injunction, allowing him to resume practice. Hodge qualified under the 1882 act, not the 1894 act, and possessed a Health Board certificate disputed by the Examiners. Percy Sandal for the Examiners plans an appeal. Hodge was represented by Hudson Potts Bernstein.
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