Local notices and ads from Monroe area bulletin
Local notices list fresh country eggs at One Horse Cash Grocery and Kern’s Horseshoe Shop offering wagon orders. Monroe Dairy promotes dairy products by phone. Piano tickets must be turned in to count leaders. Fire department responds to cottage fire at 308 North Seventh Street. Poll taxes paid reach 2128. Sheriff Parker keeps office open late for last minute voters. Union Bank statement reprinted due to typographical errors. Special attention to the bank’s strong financial showing.
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North Seventh Street
Parker
Union Bank and Trust Company
News-Star
Monroe
Fowler Implement Company Dry Blocks for Wood
Dry blocks for wood advertised at $1.00 per load with prompt delivery. Fowler Implement Company offers both phones for contact.
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Fowler Implement Company
Thank You Note From J E Larkin Jeweler 1911
A 1911 patronage thanks note from J E Larkin Jeweler expresses gratitude for support during the year and holidays. It extends best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year.
Mr A A Cann Dies After Pneumonia in Ruston
Mr A A Cann longtime Ouachita parish planter and resident of Ruston died at 3 30 am from pneumonia while at his daughter Mrs B G Littlepage in Bosco He leaves a wife and six children with most present at his death Interment is planned in Ruston tomorrow with remains to Monroe tonight for transfer to Mr R L Prop hijt s home prior to an early morning train Friends may visit tonight at the Prophit home.
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A. A. Cann
Ouachita Parish
Ruston
B. G. Littlepage
Bosco
Mr. Cann
Monroe
Tron Mountain
R. L. Prophit
Mr. Prophit
Lost Gold Bar Pin Engraved B R M Recovered
Reward for the lost pin engraved with B R M has been returned to Masur Bros The Palace. No further action required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masur Bros
the Palace
Funeral services in Ruston by Rev J A Hi Wharton
Funeral services will be conducted at Ruston by Rev J A Hi Wharton pastor of the First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
J. A. Hi. Wharton
First Bapdat Church
Young Business Man Dead at 8 O'clock
John Knouse native of Slavonia and longtime J Y Covington & Co wholesale department employee died last night at 8 at his home 307 North Fourth street after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife and three children. Interment was in the city cemetery this afternoon at 8 with services led by Monroe Lodge No 454 B P O Elks, of which he was a member in good standing.
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John Knouse
Slavonia
J. Y. Covington & Co
North Fourth Street
Knouse
City
Monroe Lodge No. 454
B. P
Banks Close For Legal Holiday In Monro Area
Banks will be closed on Monday January 2 1911 in Monro and West Monro due to a legal holiday. The Woman's National Daily raises yearly subscription to 2.00 from January 1 1911, includes four magazines monthly. Subscriptions urged at Home phone 99 30 21 with a renewal offer of 1.00. Mrs. E. B. Ward is the contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monro
West Monrde
Woman's National Daily
E. B. Ward
City Court Fines Add Up in Morning Session
City Court heard Adam Dujune charged with carrying concealed weapons and drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon. Judge Schulze fined him $250. Robert Patterson was fined $30 after striking another man on the head with a weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Court News
Adam Dujune
Schulze
Robert Patterson
Thanking Readers for Loyal Year of 1910
A brief holiday note extends gratitude for liberal patronage during the past year and especially the holidays. The writer wishes readers a happy and prosperous year for 1911 and signs off with a courteous closing.
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J. E. Larkin
Faulk Bros. New Year Greeting From Local Grocers Headline
A holiday card from Faulk Bros. Grocers thanks customers for their business this year and invites continued patronage in the coming year. The note, signed from the same stand with the motto Honest Weight Right Goods Right Prices, wishes a prosperous New Year.
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Faulk Bros
Monroe City Registration Opens January 3 1911
Notice that Monroe Louisiana registration books open Tuesday January 3 1911 at City Hall Wood and St John streets for all legally entitled residents. Registrar Jas A Cason issues the oath and details from December 31 1910.
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Monroe
Corne, Wood and
St. John Streets
Jas. A. Cason
Cardui praised by Mrs Minnie Lamb for bad spells
Mrs Minnie Lamb of Lebanon Jct Kentucky says Cardui saved her from deadly spells. Cardui is described as a safe vegetable remedy used by weak women for over fifty years. Thousands credit it with health and happiness, urging trial.
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Lebanon Jct
Minnie Lamb
Cardus
Report Of Mexican Fighting Death Toll Unconfirmed
El Paso Texas December 31 reports from Chihuahua remain unconfirmed regarding the claim that Federal troops suffered about 600 killed in recent clashes with the insurgents near Casa Colorado.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Casa Coorado
Pictures of Brigham Young on Utah silver service
New York December 31 report that engravings of Brigham Young and the Mormon temple on the silver service to the battleship Utah would not alarm the government. A complaint from New York women’s Republican clubs was rejected by President Taft.
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Brigham Young
Mormon Temple
New York
Utah
United States
Women’s Republican Clubs
Taft
Texas City Populations Reported in New Statistics
Washington reports Texas city populations as of today with figures for Beaumont 20,640 Denison 13,632 Palestine 10,482 Paris 11,269 Sherman 12,412 and Tyler 10,400.
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Texas
Washington
Beaumont
Denison
Palestine
Paris
Sherman
Tyler
Free Bibles for Hotel Guests In Chicago Parade
Chicago reports a unique procession on the last day of 1910 showcasing an unprecedented parade through the city. The feature highlights an initiative offering free Bibles to hotel guests, reflecting a civic or charitable display in the year’s final hours.
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Chicago
Ill
Gideons Bible Giveaway Parade Sends 6000 Bibles to Hotels
One thousand young men from city churches and religious groups marched from the Central Y M C A building through downtown to major hotels. They distributed six thousand Bibles donated by the Gideons to hotel bedrooms to encourage Bible reading.
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Association of Gideons
United States
Up-to-date robbers blow Waterville bank safe
Beatrice Nebraska December 31 robbers dynamited the Citizens and State Banks at Waterville Kansas early today and escaped with 800 dollars. The buildings were wrecked and five men were in the gang. They fled in an automobile.
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Beatrice, Neb
Waterville
Kansas
Explosion in Tenement Kills Man and Injures Women Child
An explosion in a Patterson New Jersey tenement, blamed on the Black Hand, killed one man and seriously injured two women and a child today. Police believe the blast was caused by extortionist activity.
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Patterson, N. J
Painters of Future: Austrian Teacher Predicts Women Rise
Vienna December 31. Fran Tietze-Conrat, chair of art history at the University of Vienna, in a lecture on Women and Art, prophesies that women will soon lead in art, especially painting. She argues women lacked opportunity but now study intensively, surpass men in technique and will develop originality. urges women to pursue painting extensively as destined artists of the future, notably in Germany.
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Vienna
Fran Tietze- Conrat
University of Vienna
Fran Conrat
Germany
Harvard Law School Versus All Southern Team in Ideal Weather
In Memphis Tennessee on December 31 students from Harvard Law School were set to play the All Southern selection. The game, postponed from last Wednesday due to bad weather, is expected to feature clear conditions and ideal football weather for the afternoon clash.
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Memphis
Harvard
Tenn
Harvard Law School
Tony
Severe winter brings avalanches across Northern Italy
In Turin on December 31 a severe winter with heavy snow causes many disasters in Northern Italy. Avalanches are reported including one that buried a house near Tenda in the Alps killing four people. Other victims feared and travel suspended in Cuneo province.
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Turin
Italy
Tenda
Alps
Cuneo
Death of an Old Indian Squaw in Michigan
Calumet Michigan December 31 Mrs Mary Beniche widow of the late Chef Beniche of the Chippewa tribe dies at 115 years old Believed to be the oldest woman in Michigan and a notable elder of the Chippewa community.
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Calumet
Mich
Mary Beniche
Chef Beniche
Michigan
General Lee Christman Sails With Revolutionaries
Washington dispatch reports General Lee Christman an American soldier of fortune and several revolutionists boarded the Mozambique bound for the Honduran coast. The State Department confirmed receipt of the message detailing the voyage and destination.
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Lee Christman
Washington
State Department
Guatemala
Mozambique
Honduran
Fifty-First Birthday of Max Fiedler Conductor
Max Fiedler born December 31, 1859 in Zittau Germany. A leading conductor, he came to America this year to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He previously conducted the Hamburg Orchestra and Opera House, and has guest conducted in Berlin St Petersburg London Paris and New York. He joined the Hamburg conservatory faculty in 1882 and became director in 1903.
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Max Fiedler
Germany
America
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Zittau
London
Paris
New York
Hamburg Conservatory
Department stores to close on eight holidays in San Francisco
The department stores in San Francisco California will be closed on eight holidays including Christmas New Year Washingtons birthday Memorial day Independence day Labor day Admission day and Thanksgiving day as announced by local merchants.
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San Francisco
Calif
Monroe Wood Yard Stove Wood and Charcoal Delivery
Alfred Walker proprietor at 910 Oak street Cumberland offers oak and pine stove wood cypress blocks and charcoal with delivery to any part of the city. Phone 573. Open 9 to 1 and 3 months.
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Alfred Walker
Oak Street
Cumb
Succession Sale in Ouachita for E N Potts Estate
Administrator W. Steele will sell at public auction on February 4, 1911 at Monroe Court House all Potts succession property. Items include buggy and harness, horse, mule Dolly, implements, medicine, chairs, cow and calf, furniture, physician accounts, and one fourth interests in Bayou Bartholomew tracts totaling 100 acres, 31.5 acres, and a 1872 land parcel in McRee lands, plus related mortgage notes. Sale to pay debts, cash at not less than two thirds the appraisal.
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E. N. Potts
James P. Madison
Sixth Judicial District Court
Ouachita
Louisiana
Court House
Monroe
W. C. Steele
Section
Township 20
N. R
Jane St. Clair
W. M. Bruton
J. J. McRee
J.J. McRee
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Kern's
Joe Kern
The
Monroe Dairy
Allen’'S Pharmacy, Ltd
Mr. A. A. Cann
Pr Es Street
A. B. Tissington
C. Bres
Breard
R. M. Breard
Louise C. Bres
Earl and Wilson
Knapp
J. & M. Shoes
SIG Haas & Sons
Union Bank & Trust Co
Monroe, Louisiana
Resources
Mortg
Ers
National Bank
U.S
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
W. R. Mitchell
I. H. D. Apgar
A. D
Noel H. Beard
H. D. Apgar
Cashier
Co Week Capital
Painters OF Future
Monroe Wood Yard
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
First National Bank
Shreveport
New York Cotton Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Ouachita National Bank Central Savings Bank & Trust Co
S. J. Harman & CO
H. R. Speed
Monroe, la
Hayward & Clark
New Orleans
J. 8
Bache & Co
Carpenter, Baggett & Co
Bartlett & Patten
W. ©. Steele
Ouachita Valley Bottling Works
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