03 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1912
Page
1
Article proclaims a publicized campaign will achieve wonderful results and awaken a larger presence. It emphasizes the impact of publicity on stirring interest and delivering favorable outcomes for the involved party.
A Louisiana orator urges the South to shed complacency and pursue active development to unleash vast natural resources. He warns that idle talk of opportunities won’t attract homeseekers or capital, urging widespread immigration efforts, railroad initiatives, and creation of jobs to transform Monroe into a prosperous city.
Washington notes Taft to speak at the League of Republican State Clubs dinner at the New Willard. Florida to choose delegates. a Republican caucus will ratify committee members. Also noted are trials, anniversaries, and parliamentary sessions in Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, and Guatemala.
Cloudy conditions expected tonight or Sunday with a cold wave. Temperatures forecast to range from 24 to 28 degrees, bringing a chill to the area.
Fragmentary text recalls a debate on pygmies and progress, suggesting comparisons to advancement and a national or regional discussion about development and equality.
Gen Sir Robert Baden-Powell arrived in Washington for a brief visit. He reviewed the Boy Scouts of Washington and vicinity from the north portico of the White House with President Taft and Ambassador Bryce.
The national automobile show under the Automobile Club of Canada opens tonight at the Drill Hall in Montreal for a week. The display includes all kinds and sizes of cars and features the cream of exhibits from recent New York shows, drawing a vast audience.
A large fire in Hardy Mississippi destroyed six business houses early this morning. Damages estimated at fifty thousand dollars. Nearby authorities reported no injuries and are investigating the blaze.
A severe February storm claims historic breadth as a deep cold front brings powerful blizzard conditions across the southern states. Weather officials warn of heavy snow, strong winds, and travel disruptions expected through the weekend.
A Canadian northwest cold wave brings subzero temperatures across the Dakotas Minnesota Western Wisconsin Nebraska Illinois Iowa and Missouri. Chicago may dip to 12 below and storms threaten Louisiana Texas coast with colder weather forecast.
La Crosse Wisconsin reports 29 below zero shutting outdoor labor as trains face delays. Des Moines Iowa endures heavy snow and high winds with temperatures well below zero across central Iowa.
Four below zero and eight inches of snow marked today’s blizzard across this section with strong north winds. The storm blanketed Nebraska in a broad field of winter weather.
Snow storm sweeps northwest Missouri causing heavy livestock losses and drifting snow that halts railway and streetcar traffic across the region. Local reports from St. Joseph note widespread disruptions and peril for farmers.
Tomorrow at 3 30 p m the First Methodist church hosts a union meeting with Rev Geo A Joplin Kentucky general secretary and Miss Brown Nebraska elementary secretary addressing Monroe Sunday School workers The two leaders are noted for their message and Miss Brown has impressed peers after speaking at the International Sunday School Convention in San Francisco last year
The new Stag Pool Room quarters opened last night with many friends calling to congratulate proprietors Spencer and Bourke and manager Luckett. Chicken sandwiches punch and cake were served. The Princess Theatre orchestra performed a pleasant program. A bell system linking each table to the manager's desk replaces knocking or shouting for service, installed by Kenneth Stuart.
The Philippine exposition and carnival opened today near Manila on Wallace Field, a former U S troops camping ground, with exhibits mainly of rice cocoanuts fruits hemp rubber maguey palay corn and other island products.
New York on February 3 Detectives W Burns is slated as principal speaker at the Rockefeller Bible Class annual dinner to be held Monday evening in the Cafe Boulevard. Other speakers include Brown University President Faunce and financier George W Perkins.
The House bill faces delay as a key ally indicates the measure will not be ready for review before ten days.
Washington reports that Chairman Underwood and the Ways and Means Committee expect a sugar bill within ten days. The panel leans toward a one cent per pound basic duty with 96 centrifugal as the standard, preserving a low graduated duty for higher content sugars and a compensating duty to aid refiners while opposing a universal one cent rate on all sugar. Kitchin leads the low tariff faction of the committee.
Interst ate Commerce Commission officials signal prosecutions for express companies overcharges after examining Adams Express results showing 67000 dollars in excess taken by the firm. Counsel claims refunds were ordered. Commissioner Lane calls tariffs misunderstood and supports a flat zone rate proposal.
House floor speeches challenge the one cent sugar duty as insufficient while Chairman Underwood and the Appropriations Committee seek a tariff to fund ordinary government operations. Estimates place revenue loss from a one cent duty on 96 sugar between 15 and 20 million dollars. The Hardwick committee is suppressed by Underwood, pending Malloy’s return, and may wait until after the sugar schedule is reported and possibly passed.
Dr D M Shiveley president of the South Central League announces an eight club circuit including Monroe Alexandria Shreveport Texarkana Marshall Longview Palestine and Paris Texas A salary cap of 850 is to be enforced East will sign players for Monroe with exhibition games against Detroit planned later this month Ticket funds totaling 300 tickets at 5 each will support the season through D Aubrey Haas who will manage deposits and payments to the baseball management.
Syracuse Feb 2 James Doyle third baseman for the Chicago National League team died at St Joseph hospital at 9 PM after an appendicitis operation. Family was at his bedside and he had several sinking spells earlier in the day.
Lawrence Mass February 3 a mysterious quadruple murder exposed with four bodies in a tenement two men and two women identified as Annie Dennis 35 Jos Favias 35 and 0 plus an unidentified man A disturbance was heard about 4 30 am downstairs leading to police investigation and discovery of cut throats footprints suggest escape by rear door with no indication of textile strike connection.
A lengthy speech by a prominent toast master denounces a figure named La Follette. Excerpts suggest a sharp rebuke and extended address amid political tension.
The report covers a collision where the steamship Alleghny sank after hitting the British steamer Pomaron, with Mexico noted. Darrow pleads not guilty in Philadelphia as news. The Periodical Publishers Association dinner ends with Senator La Follette under sharp fire from toastmaster Don S C Seitz. Seitz calls his efforts a tragedy for La Follette.
The steamship Alleghney sinks after colliding with the British steamer Pomaron 78 miles northeast of Cape Henry. Pomaron rescues the crew and two passengers and transfers them to Norfolk. The Alleghney carried a heavy general cargo and was en route to the West Indies.
Commander Steever of the Fourth Cavalry at El Paso received War Department orders to stop firing into American territory by Mexican mutineers or federal troops.
Clarence Darrow former chief counsel for the McNamaras pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles to two indictments charging jury bribery. The plea followed Judge Hutton overruling a demurrer filed by Darrow.
A large mass meeting at the Colonial Theatre chaired by John M. Parker condemned Governor Sanders for directing Attorney General Guien to replace District Attorney Adams in cases where voters sought help with their ballots. Speakers Don Caffery James Wilkinson and Henri L. Gueydan denounced the act as a power grab and endorsed resolutions defending voting rights and ballot secrecy.
Governor Judson Harmon is sixty six years old today in Columbus Ohio. He is the oldest among Democrats considered for the presidential nomination this year, four years older than Champ Clark, eleven years older than Woodrow Wilson, and sixteen years older than Representative Underwood.
Text notes that taffetas will be used extensively in hat making and millinery shaping trends for the upcoming season, reflecting fabric choices and stylistic direction for headwear.
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