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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
2
Social department lists Thursday Euchre at 2 30 pm and Friday church events for Sunday School families, including a winter picnic and Christmas program across several churches. It notes guests visiting from Bastrop Cairo and Desoto Missouri as well as local club gatherings, benevolence, and charitable ball plans at the Elks.
Washington Dee reports Miss Carol Duncan daughter of Col and Mrs William Duncan will wed Lieutenant R P Palmer of the Sixth Infantry at St Margarets Church this evening The couple will live in Kay Gallie Florida where Palmer serves as a military instructor with the Kentucky Military Institute during its Florida winter residence.
A woman has been chosen town clerk of Elizabeth Pennsylvania. Senator Gore of Oklahoma will speak at the Michigan Democrats banquet in Grand Rapids early in January. Judge Peter S Grosscup of Chicago believes another political party is needed in the United States. Joseph E Ransdell, long serving representative of Louisiana's Fifth District, has been re elected president of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress.
Patrick J Boyle of New port R L begins his fourteenth consecutive mayoral term at the start of 1911. A local option measure faces a strong bid as the Pennsylvania General Assembly convenes, with pledges sought from legislative candidates. Walter S Dickey is floated as a Missouri GOP potential for U S Senate. Alfalfa Bill Murray may run for Oklahoma governor in the Democratic primary.
Citizens react to the Minnesota State Supreme Court decision holding the local option law applies to towns and villages but not to cities, leaving urban controls unsettled and prompting debate among residents and authorities.
Democratic minority leader in the U S Senate Hernando DeSoto Money has represented Mississippi since 1897 and will retire at the expiration of his term due to defective eyesight. Indiana Democrats prepare for a fight to win the next legislature and replace Senator Beveridge with several candidates including Major Menzies, Jno Lamb, E Slack, and Judge Shea.
The note indicates an extension of the incumbent term by one year ending in March, affecting the current term schedule. No further context or names are provided in the fragment.
Premium certificates accompany each purchase at Monroe Drug Co with a free elegant Christmas gift promotion for shoppers.
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