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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1910
Page
5
Amusement note reports disruption by a couple talking loudly during the second presentation of Going Some. Their behavior forced several patrons, including young gentlemen, to relocate, disturbing the performance and drawing strong audience reprimand.
The Wizard of Wiseland will be seen at Sugar's Theatre with the same Chicago cast. Cast includes performers formerly with Klaw & Erlanger, Weber & Fields, Anna Held, and B. C. Whitney companies. Members come from Leipzig Opera and London musical groups. praises from Chicago and other cities. The chorus is lively and well polished with strong singing and dancing.
The Pleasing Show The Wizard of Wiseland drew strong matinee and night crowds in Jackson. The musical comedy impressed with snappy humor and tuneful melodies, aided by capable performers including Shannon as Margare Doolittle Nilson as Rosebelle, Fuller as Sylvia Furmen, Phil as Ikey Goldenburg, Cuneo as L Walker Runn, and Barrett as Ham Sloe.
A Lyceum program features four dramatic pieces including The Vampire a Kipling inspired fantasy from famous painter Sir Edward Burne Jones. For a Woman's Honor portrays a South story set around 1860 in Virginia with charming staging. The Fishing Smack tells a fisherman's stormy love tale with realistic scenes. The Stolen Claim follows a Canadian Northwest tale with lush scenery and a hunt for votes across Louisiana districts.
Readers see splendid representations of the great games between Philadelphia and Chicago in the world championship series. The images capture key moments and players amid the tense play and historic rivalry.
Governor Sanders argues that the Legislature acted for constituents when voting for Judge Thornton. Analyzing the vote shows Thornton carried North and South Louisiana, country parishes, and the city, suggesting a majority even if some delegates abstained. He contends the winner reflected widespread support across regions.
Bazaar notice invites shoppers to a Thursday December 15 event featuring a fine turkey dinner for 50c and oysters prepared in any style. Ongoing sale items and event details remain limited in the readable fragment.
The item lists New York spots and Liverpool bale sales with prices and ranges for several commodities. It notes quiet trading in New York and provides mixed closing figures and monthly quotations such as May and December readings.
Market opened easier with Liverpool futures down about 31-2 points, spot sales strong at 12 000. Receipts heavy at many ports with 71 840 today and 140 593 since Friday, but sentiment remains bullish. Rumors of a National Ginners Association report show under 600 000 gin ned in the period. if true, total ginned by December 13 could be under 10.74 million, vs 9.36 million last year. Weather cloudy with little rain, expect more rain soon. demand for spot cotton likely hand to mouth from spinners.
Officials of the State Board of Health ordered reinspection of all sites visited by the health train. In many towns improvements followed as merchants cleaned unlawful drugs from stock. Florence and Mangham reported insanitary conditions and dirty restaurants, while Winnsboro sites were largely clean. A citizen in Mangham offered to fund part of a microscope for physicians.
The event featured crystal candelabras and merriment over witty responses in a piece titled How to Keep a Husband, including the line Chloroform him and preserve him in alcohol. An antebellum era mammy figure delivered a basket of kitchen utensils, followed by an afternoon dining room luncheon with crimson tapers and bambo decor. Guests listed include Misses Gladys Broadway Edith Gundy Olivette Broadway Sarah Robinette Bernice Renwick Bertie Moore Jane Gibbs Edith Hudson Myrtis Igo and Mesdames B C Dawkins Andrews P S McClurg Verna Watt J C Johnson H D Briggs Ford Vance Gleaves H Bernstein.
Any subscriber failing to receive the New Orleans Item will confer a favor by phoning W. F. Latham, Cumberland phone 348. 8-6t.
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