Meet the Methodist Girls at the Bohemia Cafe for dinner
Fr iday menu at Bohemia Cafe features turkey dinner and oysters with fried items. Methodist Girls Bazaar offers plum puddings for Christmas dinner on Friday. Auto and hardware ads promote Vollmer Apgar Auto Co Phoenix Drug Store and Kern’s horse shoeing. Dr G B Couch departs Monroe sells practice to Dr D H McAbee of Indiana. Blue Bess Poultry Show cited and DeCanta Poultry Farm hen with eight eggs in five days noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia Cafe
One Horse Cash
Methodist Girls’ Bazaar
Vollmer-Apgar Auto CO
G. B. Couch
Monroe
Central Savings Bank
D. H. McAbeee
Indiana
Conch
Phoenix
Ariz
DeCanta Poultry Farm
Cope
S Cash Grocery
Phoenix Drug Store
Copeland’s Cash Grocery
Grand Street Theatre Opens With New Seats Tomorrow
The New Grand Street Theatre greets an immense crowd for its formal opening tonight. Manager Sperling reports the seating installation is complete and a handsome, showy interior enhances the debut program featuring leading photographer displays and a festive atmosphere.
Local Nuptials and Yuletide Notices Appear in Daily Reads
Mrs. H. H. French of Mississippi wed W. H. Houston of Rapides parish after a license and ceremony by Rev. J. A. H. Wharton at Myatt's private office. They depart for Tioga La. Christmas displays and shopping ads from Phoenix Drug Store Bohemian Cafe and Copeland's Cash Grocery accompany the brief notices. A switch engine visit to Trav eler's Best Stock Farm marks railroad development with gravel pits leased by Monroe Sand and Gravel Company awaiting sand and gravel shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. French
Mississippi
W. H. Houston
Rapides Parish
Mr. Myatt
J. A. H. Wharton
Iron Mountain
Tioga
Monroe Sand and Gravel Company
Phoenix Drug Store
Copeland's Cash Grocery
Little & Burch apply for saloon license in Monroe
Notice is given that Little and Burch a commercial partnership of N T Little and W N Burch have applied to the City of Monroe Louisiana for conduct of a saloon and bar room at 112 DeSiard street in the Keller Building for wholesale and retail liquor business this the 4th day of December 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little & Burch
N. T. Little
W. N. Burch
Monroe
Louisiana
DeSiard Street
Keller Building
Masons Elect Officers at Western Star Lodge Meeting
Western Star Lodge No. 24 F and A M held a large meeting for its annual officer election. Elected: J E Mason worshipful master M M Munholland senior warden R H Oliver junior warden Sig Haas treasurer J D Oakley secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Star Lodge No. 24
A. M
J. E. Mason
M. M. Munholland
R. H. Oliver
Sig Haas
J. D. Oakley
C. C. Hartzog
Bradley Waelder
Clark Faulk Tyler
Adoph Wolff
Henry Haas
Paul Fudickar
H. R. Carson
Mr. Oakley
Lodge
Regent and father of child emperor abdicates
Pekin reports Prince Chun regent abdicated today. Guardians of the throne named jointly are Ship Hsu, a Manchu prince and former National Assembly president, and Hsu Ship Chang, vice president of the privy council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Prince Chun
Ship Hsu
National Assembly
Hsu Ship Chang
Privy Council
Carnival Gets Crowd at Monroe Show
The Whirl of Death thrill act drew a big Monroe crowd last night along with Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, and other attractions. Senora Garcia’s automobile stunt tops the program, with Aeroplane Girl, Beauties in the Deep, Dixie minstrel acts, and wheel games also featured. Grounds stay open each afternoon and night through Sunday with bright night lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nigro & Loos
Monroe
Senora Garcia
Dixie Minstrels
Congress of National Business League to discuss merchant marine
Chicago announces completion of all arrangements for a three day congress next week. Several hundred leading industrial and commercial organizations will send representatives. A major topic is the creation of an American merchant marine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iil
National Business League of America
Market Report from New Orleans and New York Cotton Prices
The New Orleans market shows spot prices near 9.1 cents with 7300 bales traded and recent highs near 9.16. New York spots quoted around 9.55 cents while Liverpool reports 5.06 with 10000 bales sold. forward quotes include January February around 4.90 to 4.92.
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New Orleans
New York
Liverpool
Pagsonab
Eli de Eta Ss
Windes' Daily Cotton Letter from Monroe 1911
The New Orleans market shows decline with futures down about 1.5 points and spot demand weak. Private cables cite America’s ample offerings and looming census estimates on ginned cotton as factors, while Texas and Georgia ginning tallies are forecast to rise before the next government report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windes
Monroe
New Orleans
Liverpool
America
Dee
Texas
Georgia
E. D. Windes
Southern vaudeville declines as managers cite improving morals
In Memphis a drop in cheap Southern vaudeville circuits is noted with closures including Garden theater and Birmingham houses. Miss Rose Darling of Cleveland dies after an appendicitis operation. J S Williams says travel cast to Cleveland will bury her remains. New Orleans Picayune reports.
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Memphis
Birmingham
Mobile
Jacksonville
Houston
St. Louis
Chicago
John Persia
Persia
Miss Rose Darling
Cleveland
Ohio
Miss Darling
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Touro
Ursery sues Rock Island railroad for overcharge
F Ursery sues the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway in circuit court for 300 dollars claiming the agent charged 63 cents for a Danville to Birta ticket, a 16 mile distance at 3 cents per mile would be 48 cents, and seeks court relief plus a reasonable attorney fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Danville
Birta
F. Ursery
Little Rock
Chorus Girl Dies in Crescent Theatre Show
Rose Darling, star of "Jeff and Mutt," dies from appendicitis after a performance. The Crescent Theatre audience witnessed the strain on the cast as the play went on yesterday, marking a somber end to a crowded show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Darling
Jeff and
Mutt
Crescent Theatre
Alto man visits Monroe on business
Mr. J. H. Guill of Alto traveled to Monroe yesterday on a business visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Guill of
Alto
Monroe
Twins Noted Father Faces Court Over Nonsupport
Jacob Cohen of New York with seven children born to his wife in London and New York recounts twin births from 10 years of marriage. He is haled to court for nonsupport as the family grows with Emmanuel Addie Samuel Bella Minnie and Sophie. The story portrays a chaotic, humorous tug of Fatherhood and legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Cohen
New York
East Side
Cohen
London
Emanuel
Addie Cohen
Stork
Samuel
Bella Cohen
Minnie
Sophie
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J. E. Larkin Jeweler
Morrison's Stable
Kern
Joe Kern
Ouachita Valley
White Belle Boarding House
Grammany Street
Just
Sheraton Design
Sian Ladys AR Guarantee Mor Hardware Co., Ltd
Sig. Haas & Sons
Masons
Grain and Provisions
Mieh Low
Vork
Jan Ore Ee
Jan Ee
the New Grand Theatre
Dec
Rock Island Railroad
Bottling Works
Patterson’s
J.e.morgan & Bro
Gulf Refining Co
West Monroe
Consolidated Ice Co
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