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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
6
Calendar notes an annual meeting of the American Association of Fairs and Expositions in Chicago. It also lists Saturday bicycle races at Madison Square Garden as a precursor to the six day event in New York.
New York shoppers see early Christmas cards along Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Designs illustrate aviation and North Pole themes with Santa arriving in an airship at the Pole to hand out gifts to Eskimo children. A Teddy bear carries a tiny 1910 calendar in another card.
Vienna marks the sixty first anniversary of Emperor Francis Joseph I gaining the throne with a general holiday and special church services. At Schoenbrunn the emperor received greetings from abroad as salutes rang out and hunting displays featured at naval and military centers.
Many suffer from blood poison and may not know it. Botanic Blood Balm B B B promises to purify blood and heal skin and joint issues. Sample offered free by Blood Balm Co. Atlanta. bottles sold $1. Monroe La. store listed.
United States Grand Jury indicts James C Maybray and eighty four associates on conspiracy to defraud through mail fraud in a scheme touching eighteen states Alaska and Canada Victims reportedly lost more than one million dollars with fake horse races prize fights wrestling matches and pedestrian contests as the ring spread from Little Rock to Davenport and beyond.
A compact date list recalls pivotal events from 1554 to 1908 spanning conquering Hernando Cortes in Seville to Lord Alexis fleeing Portau Prince. Notable entries include Pauls Cathedral opening in 1697, Napoleon I crowned in 1804, Monroe Doctrine in 1823, John Brown’s execution in 1859, and Francis Joseph’s semicentennial in 1898.
Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani born Honolulu December 2 1888 is a direct descendant of Kamehameha I. She became vice regent when Kalakaua left Hawaii and was proclaimed queen January 29 1891. Her bid to restore the monarchy failed and she was dethroned January 20 1892. She later toured the United States seeking compensation for crown lands, but without success.
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