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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1909
Page
3
Mark Twain Challenged To Euchre Match On Christmas Day
Major Charles Gonter challenges Samuel Clemens and Mathias Dougherty of St. Louis to play a four year euchre match started in 1865. The 1865 club prize was gold mounted stag horns destroyed by fire in 1869. Twain played the last game as he rose to fame but was a poor player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles Gonter
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Mathias Dougherty
Gonter
Mr. Dougherty
Foley's Kidney Remedy Urges Early Use For Urinary Issues
German chemical named as a Foley ingredient noted as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic. Mentioned to take Foley's Kidney Remedy at first signs of irregularities to prevent serious illness. Sold by D. H. Key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Key
Holiday shopping rush grips greater New York stores
New York reports five shopping days remain before Christmas as retailers large and small see unusually strong holiday trade. Hotels are crowded with out of town buyers and shops plan evening hours to accommodate the crowds this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greater
Prefer Aristocracy to Democracy in San Mateo Annexation Vote
Wealthy residents of El Cerrito and Highland Park led a special election effort to block annexation into San Mateo. Prominent families such as the De Sabras Bowles and Templeton Crockers opposed joining East San Mateo and Hayward Park to preserve exclusivity amid a larger voter turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Mateo
Cal
el Cerrito
Highland Parks
Hayward Park
East San Mateo
California
de Sabras
Bowles
Templeton Crockers
San Francisco
East
Hay
Notaries Accused in Alleged Fake Marriages in Louisiana
A visitor to Hackley Washington Parish reports several notaries acted as ministers or justices of the peace in arranging fake marriages. The scheme allegedly left couples believing they were legally married in trial unions. The district attorney plans to pursue action against the notaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackley
Washington Parish
City of Monroe Registration Opens for January 6 Election
Public notice states a new registration will be made for Monroe due to the Special Tax Election on January 6, 1910. The City Hall registrar’s office is open until January 5, 1910, and all residents must register to vote. Dated December 4, 1909. City Registrar H. G. Prophit. Also ad for Christmas candies from Chase & Collens Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Huyler’s
Dolly Varden
Gunther’s
Jacobs
Chase & Collens CO
Boxing Cards and Chess Openings Across the Week
The calendar lists Johnny Coulon versus Earl Denning in Gary Indiana for 10 rounds, Charley White against Babe Cullen in Memphis for 8 rounds, Mantel versus McKinnon in Woonsocket for 12 rounds, and a Tuesday pool match between Hueston and Allen in Boston. Also scheduled are Sullivan versus Carrig in Pittsburg, Tickle against the News boy in Lymansville, a Columbia Yale Harvard Princeton chess tournament with Dougherty versus English in Sheridan, an Columbus auto show kickoff, and Dale versus Schoel in Victor, plus Ferns versus Fitzgerald in Fort Worth for 15 rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Coulon
Earl Denning
Gary
Ind
Charley White
Babe Cullen
Memphis
Frank Mantel
Bill McKinnon
Woonsocket
R. I
Thomas Hueston
Benjamin Allen
Boston
Mike
Twin) Sullivan
Jack Carrig
Pittsburg
Columbus
Monte Dale
Muggsy Schoel
Victor, Cole
Kid” Ferns
Frank Fitzgerald
Fort Worth
Texas
South Carolina Secession Anniversary Observed in State
The forty ninth anniversary of South Carolina secession was marked across the state with services under the United Confederate Veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy. Col. B A Thompson of Valhalla is the lone surviving signer, while signer Dr James R Carlisle of Wofford College recently died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
United Confederate Veterans
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
B. A. Thompson
Valhalla
James R. Carlisle
Wofford College
Walsh seeks Supreme Court review to delay banker's sentence
John R. Walsh former banker and railway magnate faces a five year term for misapplication of Chicago National Bank funds. His lawyers file for a writ of review with the U S Supreme Court hoping to avert immediate imprisonment. The high court’s ruling is expected after the January recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. Walsh
Leavenworth
Chicago National Bank
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Fortner Forgery Trial Opens in St Louis after Extradition
M Dwight Fortner once a St Louis business and social figure faces trial on a forgery charge for signing Henry C Tulley s name to an $11000 check tied to a real estate deal. He fled to Paris via New Orleans and Panama. Ten additional indictments accuse him of manipulating his wife s deeds of trust. Fortner moved to St Louis from Little Rock and linked by marriage to A H Handlan and the ex wife of W J Lemp Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
M. Dwight Fortner
France
Fortner
Henry C. Tulley
Paris
New Orleans
Panama
Forner
Little Rock
A. H. Handlan
William J. Lemp, Jr
Harvard and MIT to Host 61st AAAS Meeting
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will jointly host the sixty first meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. David Starr Jordan of Stanford University presides. Various affiliated societies will also meet in annual sessions at the event in Boston next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
America
American Association For the Advancement of Science
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Association
American Society of Zoologists
American Nature-Study Society
American Psychological Society
Geological Society of America
Association of American Geographers
American Physiological Society
American Mathematical Society
American Physical Society
American Anthropological Society
American Chemical Society
Botanical Society of America
Association of American Anatomists
American Folk-Lore Society
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Santa Claus
Palace
Ouachita-Monroe Gun & Bicycle Company
Bla Day
Quachita-Monroe Sun & Bicycle Co
Umb
Monroe, la
Grayling Lumber Company
Friend
H. G. Prophit
Bobby Tickle
Monk the Newsboy
Lymansville
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Jack Dougherty
Clarence English
Sheridan
Wyo
Walsh
Hub
J. E. Larkin
Sugar’s Theatre
Monroe Knights of Columbus
Grish
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