Recognition of Admiral Semmes by Confederate Veterans
Gen Clement A Evans issues orders calling camps of the United Confederate Veterans to honor Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes on Sept 27 1909. The Memphis convention urged public services to commemorate the centennial, praising Semmes for shaping Confederate naval memory. The report notes welcome addresses by Mayor Hawkins Col A E Osborne and remarks by Julius Carr Walter Clark T J Jarvis and other veterans. The annual reunion parade led by Captain S. H. Hilton will occur tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Wheras
Raphael Semmes
South
Hawkins
A. E. Osborne
Julius S. Carr
Walter Clark
T. J. Jarvis
8S. H. Hilton
Hall's Catarrh Cure Deemed Constitutional Remedy
An editorial note extols Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional cure for catarrh claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a one hundred dollar reward for cures not achieved and urges orders from druggists at 75 cents. A Vienna note adds a noiseless typewriter innovation and promotional lines for Foley's Urine Laxative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
George Fawcett Virginia born actor and stage pioneer
George Fawcett born in Virginia on August 25, 1860. He first appeared on stage in 1866 and in New York at Niblo's Garden in 1887. He acted with Tomasso Salvini in 1890 and with Maude Adams in The Minister in 1897, later founding his Fawcett stock company in Baltimore in 1900 and headlining titles such as Calel West and The Squaw Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fawcett
Virginia
New York
Niblo’s Garden
Tomasso Salvini
North Carolina Hosts Confederate Veteran Reunion
Charlotte scenes blaze with Veterans groups including the Confederate Veterans and Daughters as the annual state reunion opens today with a morning program of exercises and continues through tomorrow drawing visitors from across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Notable historical dates and figures list
A compact chronology hits major events and personages from 1680 to 1908. Included are Iroquois capture of Montreal in 1680, Hume’s death in 1776, Lick Observatory founder James Lick born in 1796, Cadiz siege relief in 1812, British evacuation of Washington in 1814, Herschel’s death in 1822, Lafayette’s Boston reception in 1824, cholera in Rome in 1837, free mail delivery in Chicago in 1864, Uruguayan President Borda assassinated in 1894, and John W Kern's 1908 Democratic nomination notice.
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Montreal
David Hume
James Lick
The
Lick Observatory
Fredericksburg
San Francisco
Cadiz
Washington, D. C
William Herschel
Borg
Marquis Lafayette
Boston
Rome
Chicago
Borda
Uruguay
John W. Kern
Cottolene Promoted as Cheaper Lard Alternative
Ad urges readers to use Cottolene as a cheaper lard substitute and healthier option. Encourages phone orders to Walker's Progressive Grocery at 9- tf, highlighting price advantage and health claim.
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Walker
Progressive Grocery
Walker’s
Oklahoma Confederate veterans hold state reunion in Chickasha
Chickasha hosts a three day Oklahoma Confederate veterans state reunion with large statewide attendance and an engaging program. Governor Haskell delivers the opening day address as Volan Coffee is advertised and local merchants promote produce and kraut offerings.
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Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma Confederate Veterans
Haskell
Griffin seeks appointment as administrator of Lewis Griffin estate
William H. Griffin of Ouachita Parish files for appointment as Administrator of the Succession of Lewis Griffin deceased. Citizens are notified to show cause within ten days why to grant said administration should not be made, per August 23, 1969, Clerk Wik Mate. Dawkins & Dawkins, Attorneys.
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William H. Griffin
Ouachita
Louisiana
Lewis Griffin
Wik Mate
Sixth District Court
Dawkins & Dawkins
Sheriff Sale in Monroe Louisiana Sixth District Court
A sheriff sale in Monroe Louisiana is scheduled for September 18 1909 at the courthouse front door. The property listed is a corner lot on South Grand street fronting 55 feet with river frontage and bounded by J E Peters Ed Mounger and the Ouachita river. The sale is to satisfy a writ of fi fa with cash terms and appraisement.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Grand Street
Ouachita River
J. E. Peters
Ed. Mounger
JNO
P. Parker, Jr
Sheriff Sale Notice for Slack Place Property West Monroe
Legal notice of sale of Improvements and part of Slack place in West Monroe described as 75 feet riverfront and 200 feet deep. Includes half of a quarter in section 9 township 18 north range 2 east. Sale to satisfy writ of Fi Fa. Cash terms. JOHN P. PARKER Jr., Sheriff Monroe La July 30 1909.
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Slack Place
West Monroe
Township 18
North Range
Seizure and Sale Notices in Ouachita Parish Louisiana
Public auction notices issued by the Sixth Judicial District Court detail seizure of property for Security Trust Company v Cheney Lumber Company Limited and State case Monroe Building and Loan Association v William Drago. Listings describe land holdings on Cheniere Brake parcels and Lot No 40 in Layton's Second addition Monroe Louisiana with sale dates September 4 and September 25 1909. Terms include cash with appraisement and credit on related notes. Locations include Monroe Ouachita Parish and the courthouse front door. Sheriff MO Panker Jr. announces these actions August 1909.
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Sixth Judicial District Court
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Ouachita
North Range
Juan Filh
I. T. Burnham
H. LaBaum
Cheniere Land and Lumber Company
H. T. Benoit
J. C. Theus
Banking Trust Company
Cheney Lumber Company, Limited
Security Trust Company
Detroit
Michigan
Allan Scholars Notary Public
John P. Parker, Jr
la. Monroe
Layton
Texas Avenue
Thirteenth Street
MO. P. Panker, Jr
News-Star
Doctor Treats Bright's Disease With Robinson Spring Water
A physician recalls treating Mrs. Dalton Costello in August 1908 for acute Bright's Disease. She was in dangerous condition with air in the urine but improved after three weeks on Robinson Spring water and is described as a well woman today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Costello
Bright
Robinson
H. F. Ashford
Doctor endorses Robinson Spring water for kidney troubles
Dr. John B. Elliott of Tulane University in New Orleans endorses Robinson Spring water after ten years of use and grants permission to refer to him. The statement highlights perceived kidney benefits and authorizes attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnb. Elliott
Tulane University
New Orleans
Pare Receiving Vault and Funeral Furniture Company
J. £. Pare operates a cemetery vault service to house deceased remains until burial. The firm manufactures and sells furniture and burial related items including window shades, children’s carriages, wagons, velocipedes, metallic burial caskets, wooden casings, trimmings, and acts as agents for fretlass sewing machines, pianos, and organs.
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I. W. Harper Rye
Thar
Old Hentuck
Old Harper
Grayling Lumber Company
YALE
R. B. Ireland
DeSiard Street
Columbia
Ouachita-Monroe Gunk Bicycle Co
Monroe, la
Admiral Semmes
Clement A. Evans
United Confederate Veterans
Great Sea
Tain
Army
Confederacy
Sumpter
Alabama
Federation
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederated Southern Memorial Association
Vienna
Foley
D. H. Key
North Carolina Veterans
FOX Grocer Coo
Parish of Ouachita
State of Louisiana
Sheriff's
J. W. Wright
J. #. Tilley
A. Walker
Susan W. Whyte
Monroe Building and Loan Association
William Drago
Robinson Springs
Undertaker
Globe-Wernicke Book
Minnow
G. W. Zeigin Gunsmith
H. L. Gregg & Co
London
S. L. Scola
Merchant Tailor
DeSiard St. Monroe, la
Ouachita Valley Bottling Works
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