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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1910
Page
4
A political notice warns men in Monroe and Ouachita parish to pay the one dollar poll tax before January 1, 1911 or be disenfranchised for two years. It explains age rules, election timelines from 1911 to 1912, and urges businessmen to settle taxes now to preserve voting rights. Procrastination is warned as a threat to the franchise.
North Louisiana Democrats in the Fourth and Fifth districts announce plans to force a United States senator race via a January 1912 primary. They state North Louisiana will field at least one candidate in the general state primary and insist the region be represented. The note warns South Louisiana factions to take heed.
The News-Star argues North Louisiana should back one man for the U.S. Senate and presses for a fair, unified regional push. It notes Jos E. Ransdell is a North Louisiana aspirant while South Louisiana will field multiple candidates, urging fair play and regional fairness.
A Louisiana farmer ends a day stocked with diverse goods from many states. He wakes to a Connecticut clock, wears Chicago suspenders with Detroit overalls, washes with Cincinnati soap, and eats Indiana hominy cooked on a St. Louis stove. He buys a Missouri mule, lives on an Ohio mortgage, and reads a Chicago printed Bible before sleeplessly ending his night in a New Jersey blanket.
The Senate unanimously confirmed White for the position after endorsement by Senate members Hornblower and Wheeler H. Peckham. Other figures mentioned include Gaines ville Fla register Henry S. Chubb and Shields Warren of Florida, both tied to public money handling in Gainesville.
Birth in 1845 in Lafourche parish Louisiana. son of a congressman. Roman Catholic educated at Mount St Marys Jesuit College New Orleans Georgetown. Served in the Confederacy. admitted to the bar at 23. State senator. helped overthrow Burke regime and Louisiana lottery. Appointed to Louisiana Supreme Court 1878. elected to U S Senate. fought Washburn anti option bill with a pivotal constitutional argument.
The article addresses the one horse farmer seeking suitable implements for land preparation. It acknowledges the impossibility of universally recommended single horse tools, stresses no fault lies with the farmer or paper, and notes the difficulty of breaking land with a 900 pound mule. The piece expresses sympathy and the desire to aid such farmers.
Starkville Progressive Farmer and Gazette expresses support for helping one-horse farmers. It argues two or more horses or mules are needed for economical land preparation and cultivation, and that the market lacks suitable implements for single-horse use. The piece outlines that growers should increase feed and livestock to enable two-horse setups, while offering limited guidance on possible one-horse equipment.
A. B. Graves reports the Chicago land show was the biggest in U S history and boosted Louisiana exposure. Louisiana exhibits from World’s Panama Exposition Company and partners drew wide North recognition, with investors arriving tonight to visit St Mary parish Paradise and Orange country sites, signaling strong future gains for New Orleans.
The report urges applying mercantile laws to criminal cases to shield witnesses. It notes 25 indictments for rebating and illegal discrimination against railroads and others, two convictions with fines, and extensive land and fencing prosecutions. bucket shop closures and 15,371 criminal cases yielding over $1.08 million in penalties are cited.
A Havana cable to the Herald reports the Maine’s wreck lies on clay beneath Havana harbor mud not coral rock. Engineers plan dredging and piling for a dam, using seventy four foot piles driven quickly. About 3000 piles per drum, filled with harbor mud, may bear 3000 pounds pressure per drum.
Paris observes the centenary of Alfred de Musset born December 11 1810 with literary club meetings and theatres reviving his tragical comedies amid a week of anniversary events across literary France in December 12 reporting.
J E Larkin offers a complete line of holiday goods inviting customers to visit and compare before buying elsewhere.
Col S Williamson, former Hot Springs hotel owner, files a disposition in St Louis to answer his second wife Mrs da L Williamson's separate maintenance suit. He cites that she darned the socks of their Japanese servant Saito and alleges she sold gold plate from the servant's mother's false teeth at his death.
Arthur Brisbane born in Buffalo New York on December 12 1868. He completed public school then studied in France and Germany before starting newspaper work with the New York Sun in 1883. He later edited the Evening Sun and served as managing editor of the New York World from 1890 to 1897. Since 1897 he has been chief editor of the New York Evening Journal.
Chicago Dec 12 Governors W R Stubbs of Kansas and Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey arrived to accept invitations to speak at the annual banquet of the Illinois Manufacturers Association in Chicago.
One of the Northwest’s largest good roads meetings opened in Portland under the Oregon Good Roads Association. County commissioners road supervisors and delegates from every county attended as the session began.
Webster A. Myatt announces candidacy for re election to the office of Clerk of the Sixth District Court for Ouachita Parish. The bid is presented as subject to the Democratic party action and approval. The notice signals an incumbent seeking continued county court administration.
Official notice declares Dave W. Faulk as a candidate for election to Ouachita Parish Court. The announcement names the candidate and states the election context without additional details.
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