Hug and Hominy and Success Packing Houses
Community plans to establish packing houses once supply meets demand. Officials say production and distribution will improve with adequate stock, aiming to boost local commerce and access to processed goods.
22 Feb 1910
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1910
Page
1
Community plans to establish packing houses once supply meets demand. Officials say production and distribution will improve with adequate stock, aiming to boost local commerce and access to processed goods.
Farmers near Natchez and Ouachita parish are urged to convert corn and skim milk into pig feed and raise hogs instead of cotton. A packing plant is planned in Natchez to handle surplus hogs, boosting local profits as demand exceeds supply for years.
A soil survey of Concordia parish Louisiana is started by the Bureau of Soils in Washington with C. J. Mann and E. B. Watson directing. Additional personnel may join as the survey progresses and it aims to aid winter and spring truck crop introductions along the Mississippi and Red river basins with broader diversification in Central Louisiana.
Fredericton N B Feb 22 The annual meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association opens tomorrow in the city with the largest representation yet. Delegates and visitors have arrived from nearly every province and many public men of wide prominence will speak.
Baton Rouge reports scrutiny of how a majority is calculated in primaries. Local parties compare Orleans parish method with Houma results, arguing votes divided by candidates rather than offices yields a true majority, potentially aligning with the law and avoiding defeats.
All workmen were called out as a general strike order was issued in Philadelphia early today.
Philadelphia on Washington's Birthday sees a general strike called by the Central Labor Union affecting about 100000 workers. Rioting erupts as cars are blocked and men beaten. police fire on a mob wounding two boys. Union leaders claim Pratt was jailed without bail as unrest escalates.
In Alexandria Virginia on February 22 General J M Dickinson and grand lodges formed the National Masonic Memorial Association to erect a permanent memorial to George Washington a Mason. The plan includes a temple with a hall of fame for grand jurisdictions and tablets honoring distinguished sons near Washington Street and Christ Church.
Cob cigars priced at $1.50 per box offered by Liebreich Grocery Co in a brief local ad notice from the period.
Grand Masters gathered in Alexandria to form plans for a Washington Memorial event. The group, including several noted leaders, met to coordinate activities and future milestones.
New York February 22 William J Conners chairman of the Democratic State committee vows to stay in power amid a looming Albany meeting to decide his fate He contends the party is unified but rivals led by Charles Murphy press for his ouster Hearst backers weigh a third ticket as a possible fall option.
In a historic Alexandria setting the article notes Washington’s ties to the city and outlines plans to raise 1,000,000 for a memorial. Members of the ancient lodge met in the Alexandria Washington room to discuss the project aims and home origins.
Comer Georgia February twenty second a man named John G Smith accused of criminally assaulting Mrs Martha Graham wife of his neighbor and friend was arrested and jailed with bail denied. Mrs Graham says Smith forced her after making romantic advances. The Grahams are prominent locals and threats of lynching surround the case as the jail is heavily guarded.
The annual Northwest Texas Bankers Association meeting in Wichita Falls heard Hon. L. H. Mathis welcomed, with T. W. Slack of Fort Worth replying for visiting bankers. John H. P. Jones spoke on handling cotton accounts. Henry James discussed city bank duties to interior correspondents. J. W. Spencer addressed duties to reserve agents of city correspondents.
The passage notes that many leading congressmen appear unaware of the country’s pressing needs. It emphasizes a perceived gap between leaders and the urgent requirements facing the nation.
Washington February 22 Joseph Gurney Cannon admitted it took him thirty five years to learn that rivers like the Mississippi and Missouri must be banked before being navigable. The revelation came during an excursion from St Louis to New Orleans highlighting a broader ignorance among lawmakers about riv er improvement.
New York Feb 22 Indictments against the National Packing company and its directors have been drawn for the grand jury by Prosecutor Garven. The case centers on food price investigations and alleged conspiracies to restrain trade. Excluded is Kenneth K. McLarin, others named include Edward Tilden L B Patterson A T Fuller C G Snow Arthur Colby and many more.
Cairo Illinois February 22 five companies of the Illinois national guard patrol the streets keeping order while surface calm prevails over the city.
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