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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1909
Page
8
Local advertisements list illness recoveries and home confinements. Grocery items include New Catch Mackerel, interest in Kitchen potatoes, nuts, cheeses, prunes, onions, tomatoes and Richelieu spices. Shipping notes mention King J Gibbs and L Meyer, and a move to recruit a New Orleans china stock buyer.
Maj. W. B Breeze former president of the First National Bank of Asheville testifies for the defense recounting loans to himself and others tied to bank deposits. The proceedings outline Breeze and Dickerson stock transfers and collateral arrangements as the case unfolds in federal court. Newport tennis fans gather for the United States Lawn Tennis Association national championship opening at the Newport Casino with doubles featuring McLoughlin Jones versus Hackett Alexander.
Advise trying Rexall 93 Hair Tonic to relieve scalp irritation dandruff and falling hair and prevent baldness. Two sizes 5cc and 1.00. For sale by Monroe Drug Co.
The amount in gold bond certificates given away every Monday. Inquire at our store for particulars at Monroe Drug Company.
A Waterloo Illinois special reports an earthquake shock felt in Waterloo and nearby Columbia and Red Bud late yesterday with no damage reported.
The New Orleans cotton market shows firm prices for Tuesday August 17 1909 with 150 bales traded. Values listed as High Low and Close show slight fluctuations, alongside New York quotes indicating steady to firm levels across reported prices.
Liverpool market report lists August 17 1909 figures with 6.65 price for 6,500 bales traded and forward curves for August-September at 6.48 6.39 and September-October at 6.44 6.36, outlining active sales and forward pricing.
The Windes' Daily Cotton Letter reports extreme heat across Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas with 100 to 108 degree highs and no rain. Crops suffer under scorching winds as forecasts predict a cool spell may reach northeastern areas while western plains expect a warm break tonight and a fall in temperature midweek. Receipts at Houston show lower compared with last year and prior periods.
General Bingham, NY Police Commissioner, attacks magistrates and politicians, calls the judiciary the root of police trouble, and reveals offers of bribes and leniency practices. He discusses potential bribe money and cash handouts, urging readers to consider his inside account.
Hampton's Magazine presents a suite of notable pieces including Dr. Thomas E. Green on the Japanese question and Reginald Wright Kaufman on fashion's impact on farmers. Also featured are Mrs. John Van Vorst in Confessions of an American Heiress and Charles Edward Russell on Prison Reform, plus a story by Alice Hogan Rice.
State of Louisiana Ouachita Parish notes the formation on August 17 1909 of The Louisiana Pecan Company Limited a Monroe based corporation with 99 year succession. It empowers real estate dealings bonds and business in farming poultry truck farming and related properties and activities including a pleasure resort and sale of mineral water products. Officials named include Allan Scholars as notary and corporate officers to be designated.
The document sets up a Louisiana corporation with fifteen thousand shares at one dollar each, to conduct a general store and commissary. It covers capital, stock voting, board composition, dissolution rules, stockholder liability, and required notices, with names of subscribers and official attestations dated August 17, 1909 in Monroe Ouachita Parish.
Business notice from A Walker inviting customers to compare prices for all feedstuffs to save money. Address or contact not provided.
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