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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
4
The Monroe Civic League is urged to start with home cleanup before wider campaigns. Focus on personal sanitation, backyards, and eliminating disease risks while waiting for spring to combat mosquitoes and flies. The piece urges residents to organize a sanitary Monroe at home first, then expand efforts.
Calls out efforts by some North Louisiana leaders to block Judge John R. Thornton for the U S Senate seat to fill McEnery’s term. Endorses Thornton as a gentleman and local favorite, urging Ouachita parish lawmakers to back him and resist South Louisiana political spite.
The passage argues against sectionalism in choosing the U S senator, urging a northern candidate to balance representation until 1915 and condemning forcing offices on one part of the state. It emphasizes fairness, competence, and avoiding a disproportionate south Louisiana concentration in the Senate.
The article argues sheriffs should let banks collect poll taxes and issue receipts to boost payment before December 31. paying one dollar annually funds public schools. It endorses Judge Thornton for U S Senate, ridicules Bobby Broussard, and criticizes Times-Democrat and New Orleans Item for opposition while noting some independents act as catspaws.
Congressmen Washington Gardner of Michigan and J H Elliot of Frisco railroads dispute James J Hill head of Great Northern claiming no coming depression. Gardner says crops good money easy and business improving. Elliot agrees, says Hill is incorrect and no large setback will occur.
A fashionable wedding in Washington united Eleanor Terry, daughter of Rear Admiral Silas W. Terry, with Lieutenant Filippo Camperio of the Italian navy attached to the Italian embassy. The ceremony occurred at St. Thomas Church at noon with a breakfast and reception at Rauscher's. The couple, accompanied by matron of honor Mrs. Cusachs and best man Marchesi Negrotto, plan to sail for Italy next week.
A compact timeline lists births and deaths of figures like Samuel Kirkland James Whitcomb Clark Mills and Henry M Hoyt. It notes events from 1741 to 1909 including Arnold and Montgomery on the St Lawrence and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition closing in St Louis.
The publicly released note by Rev. Dr. Warner outlines his desire for a simple, inexpensive burial if he dies in or near New Orleans. He asks for minimal funeral formalities, a brief service, and rapid burial to avoid waste. He emphasizes humility, family support, and no memorials or paid addresses, dated June 6, 1907.
Ex judge T Don Foster died in New Iberia Louisiana at his residence with funeral services conducted by Rev R R Diggs of the Episcopal church He was born in 1856 in St Mary parish and practiced law in Alexandria before moving to Iberia Parish where he formed a long partnership and later served as district attorney and judge He is survived by four brothers including U S Senator Murphy J Foster Warren Prescott and Dr Dixie Foster Additionally a local bakery ad is noted at the end.
McMillan offers a listing plan inviting buyers to view your property with no fee if the sale does not close. Prospective sellers are urged to contact McMillan for details and to arrange a showing.
The demonstration train halted in Tallulah delaying departure while William Donley and Dr. W. P. Perger guided crowds through exhibits. Inspections found conditions satisfactory. Dr Dowling and Supt Hughes praised the model schoolhouse and Miss Estelle McCook. Local leaders Maxwell and Verger boast 30000 acres along the V S & P line with thriving cotton and rice fields and a barrel hoop factory. An Italian colony is noted as a growing community asset. The train departed for further stops.
Authorized notice announcing candidacy for Clerk of Court. Details pending official filing and district election guidelines.
Dave W. Faulk seeks the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Sixth District Court in Ouachita Parish. The announcement notes party action as a prerequisite to his election bid.
Judge Charles Schulze is a candidate for the nominations parish assessor subject to the action of the Democratic primary. The outcome will determine the party's nominee for the parish assessor race.
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