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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
6
A historical note highlights waterway transportation as a cheaper option than rail, emphasizing cost savings for early commerce and regional trade. The statement underscores fixed routes and potential efficiency advantages in the era.
The waterways convention highlights Pittsburg’s 19th century cotton spin ning roots and Andrew Carnegie's early mill work as river improvements and canalization of the Ohio basin are seen as key to restoring upstream cotton and fuel flows. Analysts urge federal rail and dock reforms to enable water transport for finished goods and avoid rail dominance. Individual letters add local consumer endorsements for Foley's Kidney Remedy.
Baseball notes recap NL and AL schedules across Southern and Gulf states with teams in hot springs and New Orleans. It notes Bert Annis selling South Bend, Johnny Evers denying retirement, Al Orth signing bids from Cleveland and New York, Lou Criger possibly with the Highlanders, Connie Mack eyeing Rath as an outfielder, Jack Grim buying Portsmouth, George Bell joining the farmers’ league, and Ty Cobb’s Cleveland court fine tied to a $26,000 Georgia land purchase.
Philadelphia’s Young Pierce to meet English bantam Digger Stanley in London on February 8 as Benny Yanger considers a return to boxing. The piece notes growing demand for touring cars for Xmas and Billy Madden’s search for a world-class heavyweight challenger.
Monroe Drug Co advertises premium certificates with each purchase and promises an elegant Christmas gift free for savers.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as curing influenza and preventing pneumonia. It claims the medicine counters pneumonia risk and is sold by all druggists.
Taxpayers must pay all taxes by January 1 1910 at 2 percent monthly interest. B K Fluker is the 23rd City Tax Collector. Also advertising medical tonics Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy promise free samples and pneumonia protection. Hicks Capuchine fever relief advertised for Malaria, colds, or overheating with pricing.
In August 1908 Mrs. Caltor Costello, 27, suffered an acute Brights disease with heavy arsenic in urine. Despite remedies, condition was dangerous until Robinson Spring water was prescribed. Within three weeks she improved and is described as a well woman today by H F Ashford M D Pocahontas Mississippi.
Dr John B Elliott of Tulane University New Orleans la endorses Robinson Spring water for kidney troubles after ten years of usage and grants permission to reference his endorsement.
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