Louisiana newspapers and state debt refunding politics
The Louisiana press wrestles with the question of what happened to newspapers that aimed to capitalize politically on the state's debt refunding.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1913
Page
4
The Louisiana press wrestles with the question of what happened to newspapers that aimed to capitalize politically on the state's debt refunding.
A Christmas celebration for striking copper miners in Calumet Michigan ends in disaster when a “big bearded man” yells Fire causing a stampede. Seventy four people die and many more are injured as the crowd scatters into the snow amid grief and anger toward an unidentified murderer or fool.
The Port Arthur News notes Mr Col quitt weighs appointing a chicken inspector in Texas and discusses expertise in digohanous silt plumage, implying strong scrutiny and expert concern. The column reads as a cautious, tongue in cheek take on poultry oversight and local governance.
A fragment notes that to produce pork profitably hogs must feed and graze continuously on pastures and crops specifically grown for them, presenting this as the chosen method from an unidentified source.
Creditors and interested parties are urged to show cause within ten days why the final account of executrices Mrs. C L Tomas Mrs Crissie Moore and Mrs Cornelia Moore for J L Moore deceased should not be approved homologated and funds distributed as presented by order of the Sixth District Court dated December 26 1913 with A L Green clerk and Robert M Breard Jr attorney listed.
When a sick father read an advertisement in the papers six years ago he bought a box of Chamberlains Tablets and has not been sick since. The sister had stomach trouble and was also helped. For sale by all dealers.
Washington residents express grievance as President Wilson cancels the long standing New Year’s Day White House reception. The ritual dating to the city’s founding will be missed by older inhabitants who queued for hours to greet the President.
The Quaker Girl a renowned musical with music by Lionel Monckton, book by James Tanner, lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenback, returns to Sugar's Theatre and New York after long London and Paris runs. It features a sincere love plot with clever twists, dramatic climaxes, and wholesome entertainment.
Victor Morely leads eighty six players in the No.1 company presenting The Quaker Girl a London Paris success now in New York. The score features Come to the Ball in a farce with melodramatic moments and a Paris setting near its original New York venue. Officer 666 opens tomorrow night at Sugar's Theatre.
A testimonial from Lewis Chamberlain of Manchester Ohio praises Dr Kings New Discovery for croup coughs and colds in children. The ad claims rapid relief and urges readers to keep a bottle at home, offered in 50 cents and 1.00 at druggists H E Bucklen Co. Philadelphia and St Louis.
Explosion of fireworks permitted within city limits on December 24 after 6 p m and on December 25 and January 1 1914 except within one block of DeSiard street and within one block of Grand street between the court to enforce safety restrictions.
The city bans firing sky rockets and Roman candles within two blocks of Gulf and Planters' compresses and allows other fireworks within one block on Juvenile Days. Mayor Forsythe approves the ordinance dated December 22 1913 to December 31 and turns the city over to children under restrictions. A reader from Point Blank Texas praises Chamberlain's Tablets for liver trouble and recovery. For sale by all dealers.
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