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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
8
Market notes from June 3 1909 show New Orleans cotton at 1 7 8 steady with 925 bales sold and mixed July October and December quotes around 10.80 to 11.18. New York spring sale figures list a steady 11.50 with closing ranges near 10.78 to 10.98 across months.
Liverpool market update for June 8 1909 shows price ranges for cotton futures including July and August contracts with figures around 5.66 to 5.73 and 4.74 to 5.73. Sales volume reported as 5.82 and 000 bales.
This week at the Grand a young soprano Miss Atkinson delivers a pure light voice with emotive ballads. She is backed by Mr. O Rourke a skilled monologist and singer. The film segments Love Under Spanish Skies A War Time Tale and Jack's Successful Bluff add color and romance. Miss Davis also sings delightfully and earns applause. The same program repeats tonight.
The Airdome offers an altered program tonight including new pictures and vaudeville acts. Grover Gorman in the Dutch senator on politics is praised as one of the Souths best actors, with a strong monologue and new songs. Harry Prophit performs a new frustrated song. The lineup promises an excellent evening.
Prof Lescale directs an entertainment program at the Airdome tomorrow night with a wide variety of music. Vocal solos trios cornet trombone violin solos and quartets are included as well as an orchestra to accompany the selections.
To introduce himself to the public of Monroe, Mr Lescale will conduct a school of music and languages. Besides being a musician of unusual ability, he is also a linguist proficient in several foreign languages.
In Cleburne Texas W E Deane aged 50 killed himself by hanging a shotgun on the wall loaded with a cord. He lay in bed and pulled the trigger causing instant death. Despondency was given as the motive.
Portland Oregon June 2 The National Retail Grocers Association met in annual convention with nearly 250 delegates from thirteen states present. President C J Cramer denounced the proposed savings bank act parcels post law and catalogue houses as threats to retail stores.
Local notes include brief arrivals and social events such as Dr. H. F. Cann's dentistry service in Monroe Louisiana. Advertisements promote Walker's Progressive Grocery Fox Grocer Co. Leaders Meek & Company and Kern's horseshoeing shop with promotions on pimentoes ham and canned meats. Socials at Dr. Faulk's Pine Street home and Sunday school activities are listed.
The operator offers two large launches and one small launch for excursions. Large excursion barge can carry seventy five people and is run by a licensed man. Contact North Louisiana Shingle Company or F. C. Breese at Cumberland, phone 645.
Mt Lebanon Academy in Louisiana held closing exercises after a crowded chapel schedule. The program featured sermons by Rev Kendrick and Rev J Benjamin Lawrence, a B Y P A address by Sumrell, declamation and oratorical contests, and medal presentations. A final talk by Rev W T Tardy and plans for next year followed. Also includes local ads and Georgia Bar Association proceedings.
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