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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
7
A man recalls a string of housekeeper trials from a decade ago, describing a parade of maids named Minnie Olga Virginia Mary Nora and others. Each left due to weight, manners, loyalty issues, or travel, peaking with the family’s ongoing hunt for a dependable servant.
A humorous exchange between Meandering Mike and Plodding Pete about railroad passenger fares and the idea of charging less. Pete prefers higher charges as he reflects on past wins and pride in his bidding.
The article notes a trend of literary pilgrims visiting author houses and spots from Kipling to Henry James and Ellen Terry. It highlights Cap Martin near Monte Carlo as a modest chalet sheltering Mr and Mrs Williamson, authors of the first automobile novel, as a winter rest house and a budding shrine for the literary motor pilgrim.
A Montreal Herald anecdote urges youth to confront difficulty head on. The tale shows a boy failing to hit the knot on a log until his father takes the ax and splits it with a few blows. The lesson: strike the knot, face trouble directly, and you will conquer challenges.
London correspondent reports a curious incident at Gray's Inn where carrion crows invaded a rookery. Benchers ordered crow removal aided by arsenic and strychnine. Crows died, but the rooks returned next day as if warned by a telegram.
M Lepercq, keeper of the Alpreck lighthouse near Boulogne, fell ill with influenza and slept. He rose despite snow and wind to relight the lamp, ensuring safety. He died two days later from cerebral congestion caused by exposure. He would have earned a pension in five years.
Voles devastate plantations and flower beds in Lanarkshire Scotland as mild winters are blamed. Trees suffer heavy damage across farms with a royal commission once appointed after a similar outbreak seventeen years ago. Decline of natural predators like owls hawks weasels and stoats cited as key cause.
Short exchange from Comic Cuts features a staged joke about aging and appearance with a punchline about being handsome today. The skit uses quick back and forth between a knockknock style setup and a witty reveal.
A man named Mr. Flatdweller attempts to access his wife’s safety deposit box at a bank. After a tense search for the box number and password, bank staff subject him to a long questioning amassing genealogical details before they allow him to retrieve the silver. He transfers the contents to a valise, then leaves with a certificate noting all items removed. A bank detective later verifies identity. Flatdweller praises the bank for protecting his property.
The Atlantic essay warns that isolation from society harms clergy by fostering self-deception and a subjective, morbid ideal. A minister detached from fellow workers may narrow thinking, feel others’ indifference, and walk a melancholy, solitary path as an intellectual Ishmaelite.
The document outlines the incorporation of a Louisiana company with a four to four-chaired board, officers to be elected by the stockholders, and a two-thirds or three-fourths vote required for charter changes. It sets initial directors, president, vice president, and treasurer roles, along with meeting and quorum rules and dissolution provisions.
Article of Incorporation declares The Boston Limited a Louisiana limited corporation formed May 21 1909 in Ouachita Parish. Domicile Monroe Louisiana. duration ninety nine years. Purpose to conduct general wholesale and retail mercantile business and related activities.
Millsaps and Company vs Columbus Murphy No 6876 Sheriff Parker announces sale by seizure at the western courthouse door in Monroe on June 26 1909. Property includes east halves of the NW and SW quarters section 26 township 17 north range 2 east totaling 160.12 acres with improvements. Terms cash 609 dollars plus 8 percent interest from 1906 and 10 percent attorney fees. credit options 200 dollar installments due 1910 and 1911 secured by vendor lien. Monroe Star May 24 1909.
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