22 Aug 1913
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
1
Dr Dowling reports improvement in health indicators across the state yet warns that vital progress remains to be made. Emphasizing systemic gaps, the study urges targeted policy action and continued public health investments to sustain gains.
A Sanitary Survey of the state reports progress in cleanliness and sanitation. Dr. Oscar Dowling notes gains in markets bakeries and dairies with about 50 percent improving. He cautions about lax handling of food washing water supply and disposal of sewage. Continued on Page Three.
President Wilson's 1916 free sugar program wins in the Senate as Democrats back the tariff bill and defeat all sugar schedule amendments. Bristow's compromise duty Norris free sugar amendment Gallinger maple sugar amendment fall, Dutch standard color test for sugar is abolished immediately upon the tariff bill becoming law.
The nineteenth annual Lake Winona Bible conference began in Warsaw Indiana promising a historic session. Speakers include Secretary of State William J Bryan Dr G Campbell Morgan Gypsy Smith J Wilbur Chapman Bishop Hughes Bishop Bell Rev Dan Crawford and Rev Robert J Catch-My-Pal Patterson among others as the event runs through August.
Viscount Haldane British Lord Chancellor has booked passage on the Cunard liner Lusitania sailing from Liverpool for New York tomorrow. After a few days in New York he will proceed to Montreal to address the American Bar Association convention.
Governor Luther E. Hall arrived in New Orleans to push an $11,000,000 pond issue. If bonds cannot be floated he may call a special legislative session and pursue a constitutional convention to shore up state finances. He held a hotel caucus with advisers and bankers into the evening amid reports of limited options and potential radical action.
A state wide confrontation triggers an emergency order as health authorities declare FPRED EPRAL quarantine affecting Louisiana and parts of Mississippi. Officials say containment aims to curb spread while coordinating aid and restrictions.
The Department of Agriculture issued Sept 1 quarantines on Southern and Southwestern states to curb Texas fever in cattle. Louisiana is fully quarantined. Mississippi excludes several counties. Movement restrictions apply, with strict requirements for slaugh ter, dipping, inspection, and inspector issued ship ments.
An agrarian feature asks farmers to consider how they nurture their sons during the crop season. It prompts questions about leisure, participation in the Corn Club, ownership of a small farming patch, reading farm papers, attending Farmers' Institute, pursuing agricultural study, and caring for purebred livestock.
The article urges rural families to involve boys in farming using improved implements and labor saving machinery. It contrasts laborious single‑row cultivation with multi‑task methods, warns against sending boys to town to be clerks, and promotes partnership with sons to boost interest in better farming, stock, and farming tools for a brighter future.
Frank Edney the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Edney of 606 Breard street cut a deep gash across the back of his left hand while playing with a hatchet yesterday.
A joint meeting of two committees is scheduled at the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday to discuss reunion plans and related arrangements. The event aims to coordinate activities and finalize details for upcoming gatherings.
Chamber of Commerce committees met to organize entertainment for Veterans and Daughters at the annual Confederate reunion to be held October 1 to 3. A budget of about one thousand dollars was outlined with railroads offering low return rates September 30 and 31. A mass meeting for citizen approval is scheduled Friday September 5 at 8 o clock in the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Luther Ellison secretary invites all city merchants to the Retail Merchants' Association meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Monday night August 25 at 8 o'clock. Members and non members urged to attend for business and new propositions benefiting merchants.
The message suggests ongoing negotiation details and a preparation plan by Wilson regarding Bela and Orape on Miaxe. The fragment implies a coordinated effort and strategic communication between the parties about the situation.
President Wilson plans to read a comprehensive foreign policy message to Congress detailing negotiations with Huerta through John Lind. Republicans voice support, denying plans for troop deployment while Wilson notes no partisan motive and praises bipartisan cooperation.
Elaborate preparations are completed for the Ohio German American Alliance state convention to meet in Newark for a two day session starting tomorrow. Delegations are expected from Cincinnati Columbus Toledo Dayton Tiffin Akron Canton and other leading cities.
The first bale of this year’s cotton arrived in Ruston this morning raised by Bascom Russell on Ben C. Cargill’s farm. The 512 pound bale classed strict middling sold to the Ruston Board of Trade at 18 cents per pound netting $92.16. A second bale from James Boddie was also brought in and sold at a good price.
Secretary Bryan sent a curt warning through Consul Mietier at Chihuahua City to Huerta and Constitutionalist commanders at La Bouquilla that the United States would hold them responsible for violence by anyone claiming civil or military authority against Americans. President Wilson plans to read the Mexican message to Congress as he coordinates with his cabinet to influence the situation. Dispatches from Enjoy Lind suggest Huerta seeks to reopen talks and pursue new grounds to renew negotiations.
Sheriff Parker moved Charles Softly to Shreveport amid threats and mob talk after Softly killed Jim Kelly at Bon Air Parish to take $6. Kelly, about 40, was a white man. Kelly's father Jas H. Kelly from Ruston visited the scene. The case is described as one of the parish’s most brutal murders.
In New York on August 22 a dynamite device was discovered under a city hall window. The sticks appeared carefully arranged and the fuse had just failed before the detonator. Police are unsure if Mayor Gaynor was the target. A bright cambric wrapping is the sole clue.
The note outlines programs for river improvements linked to national defense aims. It focuses on infrastructure upgrades, flood control, and strategic waterway development to bolster regional security and military readiness.
Washington Aug 21 Julius Kahn outlines river and harbor improvements as vital to national defense. He argues deep draft battleships need accessible harbors and calls for a liberal, nationwide plan benefiting all regions. He cites the Panama Canal as the greatest waterway project and notes support spans the Mississippi Valley.
New Orleans reports predict 13.6 million bales for the season, a drop from last year and 1911 but still an abundant harvest. Three strong crop years in succession brighten Southern finances, with Louisiana facing sugar industry risks even as cotton, rice, and corn perform well.
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