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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
1
Joan Moisant, noted aviator, died this morning during a Michelin Cup attempt at Harahan near New Orleans. His machine plunged from about 100 feet, throwing him forward and fatally injuring him as it wrecked. Earlier, San Francisco felt distant earthquakes at 4 am with no damage reported.
A speaker describes delaying responses about Mrs Eddy’s expected demonstration and notes reports of demoralization in Christian Science. He claims the delay harms the movement and rejects claims that Eddy is gone, arguing it contradicts her life and teachings.
New York police said Joseph G. Robin a bank director who swallowed poison as he faced yesterday’s indictment on grand larceny had an even chance of recovery. He remains a prisoner in a Bellevue hospital ward under constant watch to prevent further self harm.
Ellensburg Wash Dec 31 Joseph Hutchinson a telephone lineman buried in a snowslide yesterday near a telegraph pole at Cascade mountain pulled himself up the pole at daylight and talked by pocket telephone to Clecum a rescue party with a lineman swing seat reached him two linemen crawled a quarter mile to pull him free Hutchinson frozen to the pole was saved and sent to a hospital
New York on December 31 looks to a record New Year with over a million dollars in circulation mainly for champagne. Mayor Gaynor bans liquor sales after midnight Saturday night. Dining rooms across the city fill with patrons, many reservations made as early as August.
New York audiences heard Augusta E Stetson insist Mrs Mary Baker Eddy will manifest herself beyond death and reveal herself to believers and the world, likening the event to Jesus rising after burial. She cautioned it may take years or days yet every true Christian Scientist must expect a testament to life after death.
Tonight and Sunday bring unsettled weather with rain possible tonight or Sunday. Temperatures rise modestly, bringing milder conditions alongside the chance of showers.
In Pine Bluff on December 31 a 12 year old boy named Harry was severely wounded by a discharged pump gun held by his father Reverend W W Nelson pastor of Hawley Memorial church. Harry lies in Davis hospital with likely fatal injuries while his 10 year old brother Walter and their father mourn nearby.
In Olympia Virginia on December 31 Governor Marion Ehavy denied a petition from Sunnyside women asking to exempt women from jury duty. He noted state leaders favor jury service, citing women who served on a jury as earnest and praised by the court and said he would not recommend an exemption.
Chicago reports show fourteen million eight hundred twenty nine thousand two hundred head of livestock shipped in 1910 via Union Stock Yards Co. Cattle and calves rose while hogs and horses fell from 1909 totals.
New York December 31 an appraisal of the estate of John Stewart Kennedy banker who died last October shows nearly sixty six million dollars to be distributed to charitable and educational institutions through bequests totaling about sixty six million dollars
United States Steel Corporation announces a pension system effective with the new year. Two options exist: voluntary retirement at 60 after twenty years of service, and compulsory retirement at 71 with a pension for employees who have served twenty years.
Wheat prices remained steady with only a shade higher moves, while provisions held firm with gains up to 15 cents as year end trading closed in Chicago. Market notes show limited activity and cautious positioning by buyers and sellers.
Plans show a new Baptist church for Monroe to be built at Grammont and St. John streets on the current lot. Architects Smith and Barthel describe a 1000-seat house with two floor Sunday School rooms, galleries, a dome over the auditorium, and a rear lawn. Estimated cost about $20,000 with construction to begin next year.
Washington forecasts a busy first week of 1911 with Congress resuming sessions and White House plans. Supreme Court opens under White and new justices, postal savings banks launch trials, state legislatures meet including California to Tennessee, and governors sworn in in several states.
Public meeting at the court house on Saturday January 7 at 10 o’clock to discuss farm conditions and crop diversification. L A Markham Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain official and Cobb of American Refrigerator Transit Company will attend.
Reading list of upcoming events includes the Minnesota Republican gathering the National Woolgrowers Convention in Portland Oregon the National Automobile Show opening at Madison Square Garden New York and the trial of James J Gallagher for the attempted assassination of Mayor Gaynor set to begin Tuesday in Jersey City.
New Yorks automobile show season begins with the Eleventh Annual International Automobile Show at the Grand Central Palace opening to the public this afternoon at 2 oclock Displayed are independent manufacturers and accessories Meanwhile the Importers Automobile Salon starts Monday at the Hotel Astor and the National Automobile Show opens Saturday at Madison Square Garden under the licensed manufacturers association.
In Rogers Arkansas on December 30 an industrious Benton County woman is credited with raising 3000 bushels of corn 500 bushels of oats 300 barrels of apples ten wagonloads of pumpkins 200 bushels of potatoes 100 bushels of turnips nine children and 900 chickens on eighty acres demonstrating remarkable thrift.
New year brings an eight hour workday for lithographing trades nationwide affecting 20,000 to 30,000 men. The move, approved last May by the National Association of Employing Lithographers, ends a nine hour workday. A companion plan starts sick, accident and life insurance at no cost to workers.
Iron Mountain centers its officers and business in Monroe with shifts in management and local oversight. The move signals organizational realignment as key executives relocate and new roles are announced, impacting local operations and stakeholder relations.
Monroe gains major shifts in railroad jurisdiction as Iron Mountain restructures to begin January 1, 1911. Division Engineer R L Morris gains new territory including Arkansas and Southwestern routes. headquarters remain in Monroe. Roadmasters and supervisors shift from Dermott to Lake Charles and from Dermott to Dermott and Eudora with expanded duties across McGehee, Halley, Unity Junctions, and related branches in Louisiana and Arkansas.
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