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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1914
Page
3
A garbled report mentions a plan named GETSAT as a simple corn cure. The text references “GETS IT” and a response phrase “One, two, three!” amid discussions of a world changing remedy for corn discomfort.
An advertising note promotes GETS IT as a permanent remedy for corns and hard skin. It claims the product leaves no pain or tissue damage and can be purchased for 256 a bottle from Bo Lawrence & Co in Chicago or via Monroe and Phoenix druggists.
ATEWIDE CONFERENCE led by Superintendent A. W. Turner summoned leaders to confer on forthcoming legislation.
Louisiana anti saloon league leaders discuss methods to pursue statewide prohibition as the Shell near beer bill faces likely defeat. A conference with about ten Louisiana prohibition advocates is planned to map legal strategy and future campaigns.
Mrs. Taft recalls Judge Taft facing discouragement after becoming solicitor general in Washington. He endured a bare, three flight office and a lonely start before a chance introduction by Mr. Evarts led to a dinner invitation and renewed hope. Later he faced a daunting posting to the Philippines, which his wife accepted with quiet resolve.
Ranchers inside and adjacent to the Sierra national forest in California form a cooperative association to prevent forest fires. They plan community land clearing using fire with a minimum number of members present to stop spread.
Nearly 3 million young trees are being set out this spring on the nations forests of northern Idaho and Montana. On the St. Joe national forest in Idaho three thousand acres will be planted.
In Montana's Deerlodge forest a lookout station logged a fire sixty miles away by distance and direction. Meanwhile Oregon's national forest planted about 750 acres of young trees this spring.
George H. Mayr, a Chicago druggist, touts a vegetable oil based treatment for stomach liver and intestinal troubles. He says it cleanses the bowels stops fermentation and after 24 hours patients feel renewed. The Mayr Won atiane Stomach Remedy is sold at Phoenix Drug Store and by druggists nationwide.
A vintage advert claims Dodson's Liver Tone relieves bilious attacks or constipation quickly without violent liver action. It markets as safe for adults and children with pleasant taste, priced at 50 cents a bottle, backed by a money back guarantee at Phoenix Drug Store.
The report notes a total of 36 800 with commissions and fees excluded. Mr Cochran of Wilson and Cochran seeks relief for similar conditions in Pointe Coupee parish. No hearing date set for the sheriff's fee bill. Senate agriculture lands and levees committee fixes a Tuesday hearing for the Pure House resolution on a joint legislative investigation of the Tensas delta land sale with Mr Bule expected to speak for action.
The Attorney General's recommendations on appeal for the pardon of Frank Ryan and twenty nine iron workers convicted in Indianapolis were laid before the President. The report is understood to be unfavorable. The President also issued an order directing federal employees to work only four hours on Saturdays from June 15 to September 15.
Five and a half million in gold has been engaged for shipment to Paris. The continued outflow of gold from this country concerns bankers amid a larger movement that has sent about thirty million dollars abroad.
Mrs Dollie McSurley from Shrewsbury near Charleston WV told Sheriff Bonnerhill she killed her husband after he allegedly abused a child. She said she hit him with a hatchet, hid the body in the cellar, then moved it to the railroad and left it on the track where a train mangled it. She repented of the concealment and confessed.
Washington June 8 Secretary Bryan's lecture tours again surfaced in the house as Rep Britten Milners Republican introduced a bill to make it a penal offense for any trained officer head or clerk of a government department to lecture for pay beyond actual hotel and traveling expenses and to bar senators or representatives from paid lectures while Congress is in session. Offenders would face a $10,000 fine or two years imprisonment or both.
Two Mexican gunboats, arriving to threaten a blockade, disappeared this afternoon before officials could establish any blockade, sparing Tampico from an imminent crisis.
The cabinet ordered the stopping of forty five thousand rounds of ammunition en route by steamer to Galveston for transfer to a Mexican port. No new orders were issued on the Antilla moving arms to Tampico. Mr. Bryan said he hoped the Constitutionalists would take part in mediation.
A major heat wave hit much of the nation west of the Missouri River and south of the Great Lakes. Temperatures rose into the 90s with readings above 90 in Washington and Philadelphia, 84 in New York, and 78 in Boston. Chicago reported 102 degrees and forecasts suggested continued hot weather for a day or two, except along the extreme east coast.
In Cleveland Mississippi on August 8 a striking deal occurred when Dr J C Brooks of Deason ordered fifteen Ford cars delivered to two group of plantation tenants on his Alligator Mississippi estate. The purchase marks a break from typical supply of only necessities and signals Delta prosperity.
Chicago market letter notes short sellers gaining due to weak buying while not urging more short sales. Corn demand weak from heat and moisture shortage with potential relief needed. Cites hot weather causing anxiety in U S belt but still favors long positions and recommends buying on setbacks.
Madame Schumann Heine was granted a divorce from William Rapp junior after a judge's verdict. The notable moment was Rapps letter to Mrs Catherine Dew in New York, which the court cited in the case.
Community lodge listings show Masons Royal Arch Knights Templar and other fraternal groups meeting on Walnut Street and nearby halls. It lists meeting nights officers and secretaries for groups including Monroe Chapter 15 Royal Arch Masons Monroe Council 8 Royal and Select Masters Ouachita Tribe Ejies Hall and Woodmen camps with schedules and contact names.
Eastbound No 12 arrives at 9 25 am and No 2 arrives at 6 16 pm. No 6 arrives at 9 30 pm. Local Southbound trains depart at 10 40 am and 2 43 pm from Oak Creek Yard with connections to Erin and other points.
A pocket electric flashlight is praised as a handy home tool for night use. It avoids matches and lanterns, works in dark car interiors and tight spaces, and uses a tiny tungsten filament lamp with chemical batteries hidden in the handle to produce light on demand.
The description explains how chemical energy yields electricity that flows through hidden wires to an electric lamp. The lamp glows and light is reflected forward by a small reflector behind the device’s rain, producing a straight beam.
In Chillicothe Ohio on June 9 a small group of Mexican War veterans gathered for what likely will be their last national association reunion. Captain John A. Fisher of the city serves as president of the organization.
Faulk's Drug Store markets Carswell's Liver Aid as a new liquid vegetable medicine to combat sluggish liver symptoms such as coated tongue low energy dull eyes constipation and sallow complexion. The product is offered with a money back guarantee.
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