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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
5
Sugar's Theatre lists January attractions including My Cinderella Girl on Jan 10, House of a Thousand Candles on Jan 15, Graystark on Jan 16, Billy Clifford on Jan 17, and Three Weeks on Jan 31.
Clyde Fitch's The City opens tonight at Sugar's theatre in a three act drama. It follows an ambitious upstate family in New York City, defending the metropolis as the arena where character is tested and revealed. George Rand Jr. declares that the city exposes true nature, not its fault.
The narration portrays a banker as a prominent local figure and fatherly adviser while his progeny eagerly defy him to pursue metropolis life. The remaining two acts unfold in George Rand Jr.'s city home years later as he seeks state governor nomination.
The Clyde Fitch drama The City arrives by special train from Lake Charles and plays to a crowded Monroe house tonight. The Schubert Company, a strong troupe of well known actors, backs the production with its guarantee, promising one of the year's best dramas for Monroe audiences.
Manager Sperling offers The Maid of Niagara A Plain Song Wonderful Plates How Rastus Got His Turkey Elder Alden's Indian Ward Indian stories with vivid Niagara Falls scenes and festive humor to entertain Monroe residents Negro Christmas turkey tale likely to attract many viewers
In Rome on December 30 authorities feared a general strike by state railway workers. Employers tied up coal heavers cripple port business as railway men hold secret meetings, hoping to avert wider action.
In Chicago the Iroquois Memorial Emergency Hospital received by the city on the seventh anniversary of the Iroquois Theatre fire. Built with funds from the Iroquois Memorial Association, equipped and furnished by the city, the four story downtown facility will operate as an emergency hospital for downtown accident and emergency cases.
Weather bureau forecasts cold and storms across the country for the next forty eight hours with storm warnings from Florida to Maine. Temperatures fall from the Appalachians to the Rockies as Winnipeg reports 42 degrees below zero.
A yearend message from Faulk Bros grocers thanks customers for the year and asks for continued business next year. The note reaffirms the motto Honest Weight Right Goods Right Prices and extends New Year wishes from Faulk Bros.
Social department covers a Pro Bono Club Christmas event at Mrs. R. B. Blanks home led by entertainer Mr. Chas. M. Newcomb. Guests enjoyed a four course luncheon after a festive receiving line, with Newcomb performing scenes from Julius Caesar Les Miserables and southern dialect sketches.
J E Larkin Jeweler thanks customers for liberal patronage during the past year and holiday season and wishes all a happy prosperous year for 1911 in a brief handwritten note.
Quail on toast and plant oysters headline a menu at a public lunch stand. The ad touts country raised chickens and eggs, pure creamery butter, and genuine condiments with the claim of the cheapest prices. Open for public inspection at all times, cleanliness is the motto.
In Paris on December 30 a young woman alighting from a car slipped and fell. Her loosened hat pin pierced her head upon impact, causing fatal injuries. Authorities report a tragic accidental death with no signs of foul play.
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