Hustlers Offered 300000 Votes Per Club Subscriptions
A bold political scheme promises 300000 extra votes for each five member club subscribing for six months. The offer aims to spur activity among candidates and supporters this week.
04 Jun 1914
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
1
A bold political scheme promises 300000 extra votes for each five member club subscribing for six months. The offer aims to spur activity among candidates and supporters this week.
The News-Star contest offers a ten day clubbing promotion ending June 10th. Five subscriptions to the Daily News Star or Weekly News Star earn an extra vote and up to 300,000 extra votes per club. Subscriptions count as full clubs with multipliers for longer terms, and the Ford Touring Car grand prize is on display at Ireland's Garage.
New Orleans June 4 plans for a writers tour of Louisiana for agricultural papers from the middle West and East have been arranged. The party will visit Morgan City Avoca Island Franklin Crowley Jennings Lake Charles De Ridder Mansfield and Shreveport to inspect oyster canning rice oil and farming operations along with reclamation works and urban improvements. The eight day itinerary includes steamboat rides electric launches and automobile conveyance to showcase industry and scenery across the state.
Twelve crew members of the Empress of Ireland were buried in Quebec with official representation from the Duke of Connaught and attendance by Canadian officials. The Associated Press report notes the funeral for the ill-fated liner and details from the day.
The sixth annual livestock show opened today at the Union stockyards in Portland Oregon and will run through the week. Carloads of blooded horses fine cattle sheep and swine from the Northwest are on display with light trotters and heavy draft horses drawing top interest.
The State Board of Health designates Judge Joe Mangham as the representative to collect vital statistics in Monroe. Physicians and midwives must report births while physicians and undertakers must report deaths, with fines for noncompliance. The public and medical community are urged to cooperate fully with the new regulations.
The United States Netherlands and Great Britain announced an agreement on returning citizens to the Mexico oil fields. The trio will support diplomatic claims to interests in oil regions held since April 20, 1914, and affected by cancellations due to military operations.
Mediation efforts continue in Niagara Falls as delegates await Carranza's decision on sending representatives to the conference. In New York, Francisco Urquidi reports a telegram from Carranza confirming Calderón will join the Carranza cabinet after a meeting with the Constitutionalist and Calderón Liberal leaders.
A room in the Buena Vista district magistrate’s office in Madrid has been fitted up for the civil marriage of Kermit Roosevelt to Miss Belle Willsid on June 10. Ambassador Willard, father of the bride, requires compliance with Spanish foreign marriage laws.
A new monument at Arlington National Cemetery is unveiled honoring a Confederate soldier. Officials and veterans gather to dedicate the handsome memorial and pay respects to the fallen.
President Wilson spoke at Arlington as he accepted a $50,000 bronze Confederate memorial. Col. Hilary Herbert presided. Daisy Stevens represented the United Daughters of the Confederacy presented the monument to the nation. Also speaking were Gen. Bennett Young and Col. Washington Gardner.
Washington June 4. The Biological Survey of the U S Department of Agriculture cites orioles swallows and nighthawks as key natural enemies of the cotton boll weevil. Nighthawks catch weevils in flight while swallows and martins patrol midair and perches aid colonization with artificial nesting housing and water sources noted as essential.
Nashville Tenn June 4 Local arrangements were completed for a joint annus convention to be held here next week by the National Association of Labor Commissioners and the International Association of Factory Inspectors. Public officials economists and labor leaders from the United States and Canada will attend. The convention opens Monday and runs through Friday to discuss uniform workshop and factory inspection laws and compensation and liability measures.
Washington reports the New Haven inquiry pressing on its directors. William Skinner, a director, testified that he knew of Hills prayer to shape public sentiment and defended corporate influence. He admitted the accounting department overstated the Bil liard Co. security value at ten million.
The Blue and Gray join in Arlington National Cemetery for the unveiling of a Confederate dead monument. President Wilson to speak with Col Hillary A. Herbert presiding. Attendees include Gen Bennett Young and leaders of United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans.
In He bron Parish a domestic dispute ends with L A Morgan firing at his brother in law A C Bedsole. Bedsole wounded in neck and hips but not killed. Morgan jailed after Deputy C E Stinson arrested him at the scene. Bedsole recently arrived from Texas. origin Alabama.
The State Trapshooters Association hosts the annual tournament as shooters from Louisiana and other states fill hotels and the Monroe Gun Club grounds. The preliminary event runs this afternoon across three traps with the championship set to start tomorrow and run through Saturday with no admission charge.
An obscure item from the page hints at a tense local incident involving Alenandria and capital city authorities. Details are sparse but suggest a confrontation or avoidance of notice amid urban maneuvering.
Special correspondence from Baton Rouge reports Louisiana legislators face varied pressures as Monroe backs a school tax amendment while Rhein hardt racing bill moves toward final passage. CapitaI relocation fights intensify between Baton Rouge and Alexandria with both sides mobilizing support and offer of a free site and cash bonus.
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