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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1912
Page
8
Local paragraphs advertise Chase Col lens pharmacy Monroe Drug Company and Phoenix Drug Store offerings. mentions Y M A girls event, athletic team practice, pork and dairy items, a coach, a wagon maker Joe Kern, and 666 medicine. Includes train delay at Delta Point and V S P railway notes.
Tonight and Wednesday the Princess Theatre hosts a baseball benefit with Manager Steve Bourke securing favorable films. A large share of receipts goes to cover early season expenses for Monroe league baseball, urging fans to attend and buy tickets. J M Cobb offers special tickets.
June 10 New Orleans This notice urges special tax payers to remit all special taxes at the collecting office before July 1 1912 or face prosecution by the District Attorney. Those who have applied should send their resisters at once. COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE J T Mays visited Monroe. The piece then surveys baseball moves across leagues including Cleveland’s Glen Leichhardt to Minneapolis Evansville joining the Kitty League and teams in the Connecticut League Wisconsin Illinois League New York State League Tri-State and other circuits with standings and managerial changes noted.
Boston defeated St Louis 11 to 3 while Brooklyn won 1 to 0 against Pittsburg. Philadelphia boosted Cincinnati 10 to 1 and Chicago triumphed over New York 9 to 8.
The Princess Theatre presents the three reel film Jess today due to high demand. The Boer War sequence in reel three shows the leading lady Miss Snow and the lead actor nearly drowning after a wagon accident, with the rescue captured by the camera. Thursday and Friday feature Buffalo Bill’s life with history to be announced later.
On Tuesday June 11 1912 Liverpool saw steady trading with 10000 bales moved as Perotan and other goods showed price ranges from 6.29 to 6.31 pence. Sharp bids and brisk sales characterized the session as exporters evaluated quotings for next deliveries at the port.
Weather in the cotton belt showed no rain outside Alabama and Georgia showers. Winds along the gulf coast stayed northeast with a higher tide and rumors of a tidal wave denied. Weekly bulletin notes near normal mean temperatures across the region with some regional variations and economic signals from European labor unrest affecting markets.
The New Orleans Item notes Judge Sampson Levy of Bastrop may accept the State Board of Health secretaryship offered by Governor Hall. Levy, a Bastrop lawyer, has been close to the governor and may also consider fire marshal as another state post. He plans to decide early next week and intends to move to New Orleans with his family.
Tuesday sees events from the Central New Jersey tennis championship at Trenton to Lehigh Valley Kennel Club in Allentown and Springfield Horse Show Association in Springfield. Wednesday features Brae Burn golf and Lewiston tennis while Thursday brings Freddie Welsh vs Grover Hayes in Columbus and Olympic teams sailing to Stockholm from New York and Montreal amid several championships in racing and swimming.
The speech denounces naked fraud and theft by Republican leaders in Chicago and across states. Roosevelt defends the people's right to rule and seeks social and industrial justice, faulting Taft delegates and the handling of primaries in Ohio New York and other states.
Altitude 3551 ft in North Carolina offers invigorating atmosphere and the highest location east of the Rockies. Modern equipment and first class service with popular rates. Send for booklet. R W Macurdy Manager.
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