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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1909
Page
3
The South has moved beyond cotton to become a growing center of commerce and manufacturing. Railways and ports expand shipment, attracting outside capital into iron and timber, with Cleveland investors prominent in timber lands. Experts say the South’s industrial surge has only begun and warrants close attention for the next decade.
Delegates from France Spain Belgium Russia India Austria Holland New Zealand and Britain discuss adding color to men's attire at the International Union of Foremen Tailors meeting in London. Chairman Thornton urges varied, subdued colors for frock coats morning suits and evening wear and favors breeches over trousers and white top hats with brown and green bowler options.
A fragment describes elevating costume design to enhance artistic impact. It suggests attention to fabric, silhouette, and color to achieve a stronger stage presence. The text hints at a designer or performer considering changes to visual presentation.
Delegates and visitors arrive in large numbers for the annual Sons of Veterans of the United States encampment in Washington. Commander-in-chief Edgar Allan Jr. will open the session. A key topic is plans for a peace monument in Washington by the allied veteran groups commemorating post Civil War peace.
Several hundred teachers in the employ of the United States government gather in Seattle Washington for the annual meeting. The event showcases issues of education and administration for federal schools and includes professional sessions and speeches by dignitaries.
Professional card listing Dawkins brothers Posey C and B T Dawkins as attorneys at law with office upstairs in Ouachita National Bank Building. Includes addresses Cumberland 1985 Home 79 remaining Cumberland 215 and Home 310. Louisiana reference.
Four day event by the Indian Teachers Association gathering about 8 000 educators from reservations nationwide The convention features demonstrations by Indian pupils from Tulalip Puyallup and Neal reservations with boys showing tailoring harness making shoe repairing and lumbering while girls display cooking sewing and home skills
Winnipeg hosts the annual Canadian Medical Association convention as doctors from across Canada and American experts assemble. The opening program includes a welcome by Mayor Evans and the presidential address by Dr. P. J. Blanchard. Sessions run for three days with addresses in medicine by Professor Adams and in surgery by Dr. James Bell, both of Montreal.
A. S. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana describes relief from a three month summer cold and hay fever after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He reports his wife also benefited from the remedy and notes a doctor's prescription had failed to help.
A compact list of historical milestones from 1813 to 1908 including Perry’s squadron sailing from Sandusky to Put-in-Bay in 1813, Bayley’s birth in 1814, Perkins’s birth in 1839, Santa Fe’s taking in 1846, Douglass’s Charleston convention in 1860, Fort Morgan’s fall in 1864, the Irish National Congress in 1870, Northern Pacific completion in 1883, Cleveland’s expo telegraph in 1886, Ericson’s burial in 1890, and Baron Speck von Sternberg’s death in 1908.
Harsh fragment lists asparagus sale price thirty cents per 2 1 2 pound can and a general grocery ad many items. also an entry for the Twelfth Annual Session of the American Mining Congress with travel rate 67.50 and sale dates September 20 to 25 plus return limits and stop overs, followed by other store notices and a gold bond giveaway. The fragmentary text mixes retail promotions with an unrelated conference notice and transport details.
Hicks' Capudine treats sick headache nervous headache traveler's headache and aches from grip stomach troubles or female troubles. Try Capudine its aid effects immediately. Sold by druggists. ad 10.
A brief ad notes a $25 free offer and invites readers to our store for particulars. It highlights a choice line of 1 titled pickles and olives at Walker's Progressive Grocery.
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