Local notes from Ruston and Monroe advertise events and goods
Mr E S Kidd attends poultry show in Ruston while Methodist Girls promote dinners at Bohemia Cafe. Oysters eggs and turkeys advertised at One Horse Cash Grocery. W V Taylor visits Monroe from Olla. Christmas dolls offered by dealers and a Methodist Girls Bazaar at Bohemia Cafe. Auto goods, holiday items, and tire repairs promoted by local businesses. Z L Everett visits Glading Mississippi for health concerns. Copeland’s Cash Grocery hawks fruit cakes and ingredients. Kern’s Horse Seeing Shop offers wagon making and repairs. White Belle Boarding House listed at Monroe address.
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Bohemia Cafe
One Horse Cash
Christmas Picture Framing at See Church
A church advertises Christmas framing while a note describes a railway accident on the Switch engine No 312 of the V 8 P road. Early morning 7:20 a piston rod failure split the left cylinder head and hurled fragments onto a cross piece and timber in front of the locomotive.
Christmas display and shop notices in local ads
Christmas display at Phoenix Drug Store offers dainty gifts and holiday items. Local businesses promote Christmas cards, fruit baskets, candies, nuts, and cigars with a focus on holiday purchases and gifts.
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Phoenix Drug Store
Gem Smoke House
Lyceum Theatre
DeSiard Street
Mullane
Louis Bauer, JR
Copeland's
Cash Grocery
Grand Street Theatre Opens Tonight in Monroe
Manager M B Sperling announces the Grand Street Theatre will open at 6 PM with four new reels nightly. The handsome new house uses Independent Film service offering high class pictures at 5 and 10 cents admission. The rival Lyceum remains, with both houses planning distinct displays for local moviegoers.
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M. EB. Sperling
Grand Street Theatre
Sperling
Monroe
Independent Film Service
Lyceum
Race For a Bride Sparks Quick Train and Auto Chase
In Monroe a brickmason Cyde Smith eloped from Pecos with Miss Bertha Lee Wilcox after a race between train and auto across about 150 miles. The bride’s father pursued by car as telegrams and a call to meet in Shreveport fueled the dash. Friends await word on the outcome.
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Cyde Smith
New Baptist Church
Bertha Lee Wilcox
Pecos
Texas
Shreveport
Monroe
Lone Star State
Gloss causes mild sensation at Lorimer inquiry
Washington December 7 George Gloss a witness before the Lorimer Senatorial Investigating Committee caused a mild sensation by testifying that Frank Seems a friend of Charles A White told him they planned to blackmail Senator Lorimer for 150 000 dollars or at least 75 000 dollars and that White said they would all take a trip.
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Washington
George Gloss
Lorimer
Frank Seems
Charles A. White
White
Seems
Postal Receipts Show Increase in Monroe Office
The News-Star reports postmaster Capt. J. C. Weaks presents a comparison of Monroe post office receipts. For year ending November 30, 1910, receipts were 21 616 18 dollars. for year ending November 20, 1911, receipts reached 36 746 90 dollars, a net rise of 5 130 72 dollars.
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The
News-Star
J. C. Weaks
Monroe
Murderer Sued Over Times Building Explosion Damages
James B McNamara, already serving a life term, was named as a defendant in a $50,000 damage suit filed by Louise M Sawyer, widow of Robert L Sawyer, a Los Angeles Times telegraph operator killed in the October 1 explosion that wrecked the paper's building.
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Los Angeles
James B McNamara
Louise M Sawyer
Robert L. Sawyer
Los Angeles Times
New Orleans Cotton Prices and Trading Summary 1911
December 7 1911 New Orleans cotton market shows Spot 9.02 8.96 9.01 8.99 price ranges alongside sales of 2545 bales. Nearby contracts display mixed results with highs and lows noted. New York spots quoted around 9.40 with related futures and regional price activity tracked.
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New Orleans
Liverpool market figures for December 7 1911 trade
Liverpool prices for December 7 1911 show 12 000 bales traded. January February figures listed at 4.91 and 4.87 withMATCN ADTE. Highs around 5. Hi5. 405 percent and 4.9444 90 quoted in market notes.
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Liverpool
Fragmentary OCR Notice From Local Page
Readable bits show partial text and numbers from a local page segment with unclear context and names missing. The fragmentary nature limits extraction of a clear event or identity for a fuller headline and summary.
Windes Daily Cotton Letter Signals Shifts in Market
Monroe La Dec 7 1911 New Orleans wires say big buying by prominent bulls in mid day trading and New York purchases by long side operators suggest reduced short interest and growing long contracts. Government and census estimates hint at a crop around 14.5 to 15.9 million bales with potential temporary rallies unlikely to sustain gains. ginning data to Dec rest will influence the market.
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Windes
Monroe
New Orleans
New York
Washington
Census Bureau
Government crop estimate and pardon notice amid theater update
The report notes a possible drop in prices if crop figures show about 14.5 million grown, excluding linters. A pardon application for John Whitfield will be heard at the next Louisiana Board of Pardons meeting for concubinage. The Williams Stock Company arrives from Shreveport with crowds at the Grand Opera house. tonight’s show is Thorns and Roses with 10c 20c and 30c admissions and free entry for one accompanying lady.
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Bureau
Board of Pardons of
State of
Louisiana
John Whitfield
Sixth District Court of
D. C. Dawkins
Williams Stock Company
Shreveport
Grand Opera House
Williams Company
Tutos Sale of Minors Elizabeth and Madeline Groves
Public auction in Monroe Louisiana for the tutorship minors Elizabeth and Madeline Groves. Court sale at the Sixth District Court house front on Jackson street January 13 1912. Property includes parcel at Jackson street Bry avenue corner 75 feet front and 150 feet deep with improvements. Cash terms or 1000 cash plus six promissory notes.
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Tuto
Elizabeth
Madeine Groves
Sixth District Court
Ouachita Parish
Sixth District Court of
Louisiana
W. S.wright
Madeline Groves
Court House
Monroe
Jackson Street
Bry Avenue
Parrellel
Mortgage and Vendor's Privilege Notice
Notice issued in Monroe Louisiana on December 7 1911 by O B Morton tutor and O C Dawkins attorney regarding property liens and interest on notes to be paid annually.
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O. B. Morton
O. C. Dawkins
Monroe
Anti Liquor League Set to Open In Washington
Washington December 7 King Booze will face strong speakers during the next week as the Anti Slan League of America holds pre conference talks at Metropolitan M E Church. The biennial convention opens Monday night with a mass meeting at Calvary Baptist Church and runs four days followed by a national conference on inter state liquor traffic.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League of America
M. EB
Calvary Baptist Church
Manager Clarke Griffith Works to Bolster Washington Team
Clarke Griffith is actively shaping the Washington club, pushing for stronger personnel and strategic updates to improve performance this season. He oversees player acquisitions, coaching decisions, and roster balance as the team builds toward competitive success.
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Clarke Griffith
Washington
Boxers Gibbons Knocks Out Lewis in New York Bouts
Mike Gibbons defeats Willie Lewis in a recent New York welterweight clash. Brown of Chicago and Fritz Holland expected to meet in Oakland on December 20 after Holland’s knockout of Joe Thomas.
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Mike Gibbons
Willie Lewis
New York
Brown
Chicago
Fritz Holland
Oakland
Cal
Holland
Joe Thomas
Debating Ship Subsidy Question Backs Federal Policy
In Lincoln Nebraska Dee 7 students anticipate the annual Central Debating league contests tomorrow night. The league includes the University of Nebraska University of Minnesota and University of Iowa. Each school fields two teams one at home and one away. The issue is whether the Federal Government should establish a policy of ship subsidies.
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Lincoln
Neb
Dee. 7
Central Debating League
University of Nebraska
University of Minnesota
University of Iowa
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J. E.s Larkin Jeweler
E. S. Kidd
Ruston
Pr. W. V. Taylor
Olla
Methodist Girls’ Bazaar
Vollmer-Apgar Auto CO
Morrison's Stable
Z. L. Everett
Mr. Everett
Copeland’s Cash Grocery
Kern's Horse- S
Joe Kern
Ouachita Valley
White Belle
Grammont Street
Just
Sheraton Design Fifty Year Guarantee
Monroe Hardware Co., Ltd
Church
Sig. Haas & Sons
Jos. L. Mayes
Ella Skipperd
W. H. Clark
Ida McFarland
Jennie Thompson
R. Clive Windes
Marie Apgar
W. H. Houston
H. H. French
Copeland's Cash Grocery
New Yorks
Jan Eenes
ST. Louis
the New Grand Theatre
Dec
Patterson’s
J.e.morgan & Bro
Gulf Refining Co
West Monroe
Consolidated Ice Co
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