27 Aug 1913
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1913
Page
1
A report highlights improvements to roads benefiting the country and city. Authors emphasize better transportation, reduced travel times, and boosted commerce as key outcomes of the road projects.
Agricultural advocates argue good country roads cut costs, speed markets for perishable farm produce, and improve schools churches and health by reducing isolation. They urge national state and local support for interstate and parish road networks with graded ditches culverts and bridges to extend ten mile increments.
Earl Grey opens the Congress of the International Co operative Alliance in Glasgow with a call for cooperation to unite labor and capital. Six hundred delegates from America and Europe represent 20 million members and endorse cooperative buying distribution and power sharing to cut living costs and raise workers wages. The speaker envisions a new social order under cooperative fraternity with the motto Each for all and all for each.
A brief, graphic OCR fragment reports a fatal assault involving a Black person and a White man. It mentions a desperate act and an injury to a man’s head by a tool. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear context or location.
In Sabine parish near Fisher Louisiana a posse hunts Sadie Hines for killing D M Nolen with an axe after a dispute with a laborer. Kinney, a fireman, was mistakenly shot by Elmer Smith in Zwolle while others describe the sequence of events and current morgue attendance.
A notable editorial notes that the Grand Army of the Republic will convene in Chattanooga on September 15 for its forty seventh national encampment marking the first in the real South. It argues time has healed Northern Southern rifts and fostered unity through shared history and World War acts.
Washington hosts a packed debate on the Democratic tariff bill as Senators Borah Bristow Cummins lead a failed bid to lift the income tax to five percent on incomes over 100 000. Senator Williams defends a cautious approach while Root argues against taxing undivided corporate gains.
The Ouachita police jury is praised for highway improvements as the Chamber of Commerce supports expanding the county road network. A burglary at the Breard residence on Second Street and Louisville Avenue left belongings scattered while the owners are away. The Boston store is enlarging show windows to showcase its merchandise line.
A man identified as Smith shot Mack after asking who wanted to know. The shooting occurred at close range with powder burned skin noted around the wound. Smith was arrested and detained at Many for safety. The Bricklayers Union issues a public notice indicating an error in a recent circular and states all matters have been resolved to the satisfaction of Sug ar Bros. Co. and others.
A report notes a rise in incidents tied to a local party faction. Officials cite ongoing investigations and increased enforcement to address the uptick in targeted events and public concerns.
The article blames the State for failing to provide proper maintenance for the reformatory. It notes local residents disagree with this assessment and mentions various regional figures and a violent incident where a black man named James Comean was lynched for assaulting an Italian merchant, with several arrests reported.
President Wilson told a joint session that the United States will not intervene militarily in Mexico and will prohibit arms exports to any Mexican faction. He urged Americans to leave Mexico, promised accountability for suffering, and opened negotiations for mediation with Huerta rejecting the plan.
Major Burke returns home amid ongoing preparations as he faces charges. Reports say he has never prepared to face trial and will stand in court to answer the accs. Community awaits updates on the case’s progression and potential outcomes.
In Puerto Cortez Honduras Majin Burke former Louisiana state treasurer and fugitive for 25 years gives his first official statement on returning home. He cites health concerns for his wife and insists charges against him were malice while promising to explain misinterpretations and defend his name when he returns.
Governor Hall proposes moving the State Reform School from Monroe to another point in the state. Citizens plan a strong fight, with a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday night to outline actions against the removal.
In Coushatta Louisiana on August 26 Professor J W Faulk has resigned from the principalship of Coushatta High School to accept a State agent post for a Chicago book firm paying 1500 dollars. His successor has not yet been chosen. Mr Patt held the job for four years and was elected for a fifth year.
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