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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1909
Page
5
Baseball scores reported yesterday with several ties and decisive wins. Shreveport tied Dallas 6 all. Oklahoma City crushed Fort Worth 18 to 0. Galveston beat Waco 5 to 0. Houston defeated San Antonio 4 to 3 in a close game.
In Little Rock the Little Rock team defeated Nashville 38 to 2. In Mobile the Mobile team beat Atlanta 2 to 1. In New Orleans the New Orleans squad won 1 to 0 against Birmingham, while Birmingham trailed 9 to 0.
Results show New York beating Chicago 6 to 54 percent in New York. Philadelphia defeated St. Louis 8 to 3. Boston edged Cincinnati 5 to 4. Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh 5 to 4.
In Detroit the Tigers defeated the Yankees 17 to 2 as part of a doubleheader. At St Louis the Browns beat the Phillies 1 to 0. In Cleveland the Indians defeated the Red Sox 5 to 0.
A rundown of vaudeville items featuring The Hand of Justice about a millionaire’s wealth and a banker. The plot centers on rightful inheritance, a secret society, kidnapping, and a forced repayment. Also noted are True to Her First Husband and The Eyvil Spirit in a Girl's Boarding School with White and Jarmaine in a final vaudeville sketch tonight.
In the film plot a wife disguises as a man to spy on her husband’s lover. The deception leads to a fatal confrontation when the lover emerges. The husband is exposed and the audience learns of the grim deed. Other Sunday features include The New Cop and Which is Which. Tunisian Industries and Is Alabama Good Enough, Sue? are listed.
Last night a large crowd enjoyed Manager Grambling’s show at the Air dome with Mr and Mrs Bert Draper The Coon From Mobile top liners and Sydney Telcedo the Human Snake will close tonight The Drapers and Tyrolean Vocalists Rudolph and Lena perform new acts plus moving pictures Sunday brings a new program and continued high standards.
The port expects diamond and precious stone imports to reach 5 million dollars this month, doubling any prior monthly total. An importer links the surge to merchants traveling to Antwerp Amsterdam Paris and London and predicts a bright holiday trade and sustained prosperity after the 1907 panic.
Fire today in New Iberia Louisiana destroyed the New Eagle Hotel and damaged several nearby buildings including the Elks Theatre with about 500 in losses. Total property loss is estimated at 25000 with no cause yet determined. Potatoes onions cabbage and kraut advertised at Walker's Progressive Grocery.
A nostalgic plea showcases how The News-Star classified columns offer plain sailing for hiring help and buying goods. The letter to Mr Munnimaker touts hiring cooks nurses drivers clerks and more and notes a diamond ring sale via a Munnimaker ad. Cumberland 224 Home 119.
For sale 350 dollar Crown orchestral piano with instrument attachment slightly used serviceable as new. Address Chester C Heineman 27 Rayville La. For sale or rent five room house corner North Fourth and Pine streets has bath and electric lights Ring Cumberland phone 619 27 6t
A Monroe document discusses a proposed Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways trip with President Taft and a presidential flotilla down the Mississippi. The plan calls for chartering the Handy and taking at least fifty people, inviting delegates from various cities to join the river voyage for publicity and civic promotion.
The Fox Grocer Co announces Richelieu Brand canned goods as sole agents and invites customers to try them. An ad promises quick relief for corns nails and foot pain via H. R. Rayner Cumberland 632 phone line. Kern's new bugsy and carriage paint shop is also mentioned in the notice.
An advertisement for Capudine promotes relief from headaches caused by colds heat stomach or nervous troubles. The liquid preparation is advertised as pleasant to take and acts immediately with prices 15 25 and 50 cents at drug stores.
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