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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
10
The News-Star defends John T. Michel against long standing accusations tied to the McEnery Script Lands syndicate. Captain Fisher’s letter asserts Michel withdrew from the partnership early, challenging charges of hidden motives or silent involvement.
The piece rebuts claims that 10,000 voters were stricken from New Orleans rolls. It states fewer than six thousand not found, with fewer than two hundred tied to fraud. Many removals occurred due to moves within the city, causing re registrations and precinct or ward changes.
The Good Government League will feature Donaldson Caffrey on its platform, stirring memories of his 1908 Wilkinson support that hurt the Plaque mines candidate in North and Central Louisiana. The Winnfield Comrade notes voter resentment and regrets for Democratic supremacy challenged by Caffrey.
A gossiping report notes poor attendance at Goo Goo campaign rallies in Farmerville Columbia Grayson Delhi and Rayville with 3175 at Farmerville 49 at Delhi and 75 at Rayville while Gueydan and Pujo speak with little enthusiasm amid bad weather and waning interest.
The speaker concedes Candidate Hall’s statewide majority will be small and all but certain to lose. He argues Hall cannot win any Congressional district except possibly the Fifth, and now seems doomed in the gubernatorial race.
Chicago last week saw a protest against a doctors trust by the National League for Medical Freedom. The Chicago Daily News denounced the American Medical Association plan as a disgraceful bid to legislate for one school and suppress others. The News argued for all medical schools to stand on merit and warned that state control would trespass on public health and liberty.
The News-Star theater column lists upcoming shows with dates from December 3 to December 26. Included are The White Sister Alias Jimmy Valentine Wulman Stock Co The Common Law Man on the Box Gov J Y Sanders and Girl in the Taxi.
Lillian Rhodes stars in The White Sister on Sunday at Sugar's Theatre with a strong supporting cast. The drama drew record box office across New York Chicago and major cities last season and is praised for its faithful stage adaptation of F Marion Crawford's novel and its uplifting moral theme.
A week long carnival on DeSiard Street opposite the city cemetery features Nigro and Loos with Senora Garcia performing The Triple Whirl of Death. The stunt drops 50 feet in an automobile, then vaults 25 more feet as she somersaults three times landing on a distant platform. Shows run nightly with a brass band concerts. ten cent admissions at night, children free with parents, afternoons free.
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