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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1910
Page
2
Sunday D 5 1910 Newsboy Club visit by a traveler recounts a 4000 mile trip plus a picnic and other plans at K P hall St John street. Monday 4 PM Monroe Chapter U D C No 514 meets with Mrs T E Flournoy River Front. Various local departures visits and school notices fill the column.
A timeless hosiery promotion markets Insured Hosiery with a six month guarantee and a free Accident Insurance Policy worth $1000 for one year. Consumers can obtain $1000 life coverage at no cost by buying a box of six pairs for $1.50, available in black and tan.
Chronology notes key events including Missouri naming in 1812, the first authentic Asiatic cholera case in Boston in 1849, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught visiting Ottawa in 1890, and the death of railroad builder Sir Robert Gillespie Reid in Montreal in 1908. Born in Scotland in 1842, Reid’s career marked industrial expansion.
Louis Gouaze filed a petition with Monroe Louisiana city council to open a bar room or drinking saloon on South Grand Street at Hotel Monroe. Petition dated May 30, 1910.
A timeline of notable dates includes 1622 Sir William Alexander sending a pioneer vessel to establish Scotland’s first colony in America. 1639 New Haven organizes government. 1642 The ship Trial sails from Boston to Bilbao with fish cargo. 1738 Birth of King George III. 1792 Kentucky holds its first state legislature.
The Benoit Lumber Co. office is now in the Monroe Building and Loan Association building on St. John street rear room on ground floor, ready for business.
The Shubert Theatre Company announces entry into the Southern market with a new Canal Street playhouse in New Orleans. Ground is purchased and architect Frederick W Brown, designer of the courthouse, has completed plans for a modern structure with substantial seating capacity.
The Shubert organization announces leaseholds on the Lyceum theatre in Memphis and a Baronne Street house in New Orleans. Entrances on Canal and Common streets are noted and the Baronne Street venue will reopen after a season as a cinema.
Fort Worth Texas on June 3 saw temperatures from 102 to 110 degrees as a southwest wind intensified heat in north Texas and southern Oklahoma. Amarillo reported 103, Bowie 110, Breckenridge 108, Ardmore 106. Vegetation wilted and farmers warned another day like this could ruin corn crops.
Edmund A. Guggenheim of Colorado received a $100 fine and one day in jail after pleading guilty to a third speeding violation. He asked for suspended sentence due to upcoming marriage and Yale background, but the court refused. He served 35 minutes before release, with time in the counsel room.
The exchanges at Downsville and Calhoun linked to the Monroe exchange of the Cumberland Telegraph and Telephone Company are now at your service for public use.
Notice for a baptism service by the Progressive Baptist Church for the colored community tomorrow Sunday at 1 p.m. at the foot of Pine street. Pastor J C Toombs listed.
Real estate listing slogan states you can list property for sale with McMillan and pay nothing unless a sale completes, promising no upfront or ongoing charges. The wording emphasizes risk free service and commission only upon successful sale.
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