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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1909
Page
4
Ouachita police jury approves a plan to form a drainage district and levy five mills across all property, including Monroe city limits, a move locals say unfair as outside land benefits more. The city plans its own drainage within its budget and resources, and a large allocation for a county fair is discussed, with the jury later pledging $150 for the fair.
The piece urges citizens to tidy yards alleys and streets before the dry spell begins. It argues cleanliness benefits health comfort and happiness and warns that unsightly premises breed disease. It calls for attention to yards vacant lots and alleys to make Monroe a true City Beautiful.
A short note notes absence of eggs in a bird nest from last year and comments on resilience. The second fragment urges persistence as a blunt, pessimistic mindset.
The Monroe Fair Association asked the Police Jury for a 1000 dollar appropriation to fund agricultural and livestock premiums at the October fair. Officials have not yet acted. The appeal stresses parish growth, land sales prospects, and drawing agricultural buyers to Ouachita Parish, noting Monroe already allotted 1000 dollars and premiums will return to farmers.
Mr. Bell says the rice mill project is nearly finished with only a few preliminaries left before closing the deal. The Lake Providence area has about 10,000 acres currently under cultivation and the mill will handle the next crop, signaling a profitable investment for Fast Carroll planters as acreage expands next year.
Sleeping out of doors in summer grows in popularity, favored by California’s dry climate where tents are often unnecessary. The air outside offers purer conditions than any indoor sleeping chamber, with a constant exchange of fresh air every second. Doctors in California now commonly recommend outdoor sleep, and many patients report benefits.
Editorial notes growing demand for legal procedure reform. It condemns excessive technicalities that obstruct justice from trial to appellate courts and argues that revision alone cannot solve systemic faults. The piece cites widespread reversals on trivial grounds as harmful and lamentable.
The monument to the regular army at Gettysburg stands among the last erected and among the first deserved. The regulars supplied nearly all army and corps commanders of the volunteers, many generals and field officers, and protected the capital before Sumter. They guarded Bull Run and expanded from 10,000 to meet early war needs, preventing a rout. At Gettysburg they shone especially in artillery, and McClellan’s Antietam critique notes the missed chance to deploy the steady regular division under Fitz-John Porter against retreating forces.
The police jury creates a new drainage district that includes the city of Ocijinkor and surrounding areas, establishing a regional governance authority for flood control and infrastructure.
The Police Jury created a drainage district including Monroe with 46 050 acres of which 2 500 are in Monroe. The five member commission includes two named by the Police Jury two by the Monroe City Council and a fifth by the governor. The court also consolidated East and West Side road committees and allocated funds for a model road and other infrastructure.
The record traces a military career from captain in Hampton's region to major of artillery in 1861, lieutenant colonel in 1862 with distinction at Seven Pines and the Wilderness, colonel in the Pope campaign of 1862, and final appointment as brigadier general by President Jefferson Davis.
A convention excerpt honors Confederate soldiers and the early United Confederate Veterans Association. It recalls their return home after the war, their resolve to rebuild with honor, and their enduring influence on both state and national unity and governance.
A Monroe Louisiana grocer proclaims Texas Carlsbad Mineral Water as a proven product with court and attorney endorsements. The ad cites widespread interest with 5000 visitors at Mineral Wells and urges buyers to obtain a case for indigestion malaria rheumatism and kidney or liver troubles.
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