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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1911
Page
8
Sweet Cream and Ouachita Valley boiler works are advertised alongside Mineral Wells hospitality and a Colonial hotel claim. Local merchants promote wagons, hardware, baptist services, embroidery sales, baggage delivery, country butter, and chickens. Meetings of Monroe Realty and Immigration directors and piano dealer notices are listed with contact details.
Ivy Faulk suffered a broken left arm and burns while exploring the Morgan residence ruins at West Monroe today. He fell from collapsing concrete steps onto burning embers around 8 o clock this morning. A physician treated him and he was reported resting well with a forecast to recover in a few days.
Flag Day in the national capital marked by exercises under patriotic societies and a lavish display of the Stars and Stripes on all public buildings, commemorating the adoption of the national emblem.
Market notes from New Orleans and New York show price quotes for various goods and commodities. Spot and future figures reflect trading activity with entries for June and July contracts, including bid, ask, and closing levels across multiple grades and items.
Liverpool notes sales of 6000 bales with dry tan quality. Prices show 4.46 dollars per bushel with a seven to nine cent fee window for October through January, indicating fluctuating market terms from 7.18 to 7.22 in December January and 7.11 to 7.15 in the following period.
Monroe report cites rumors of rain in the Southwest influencing liquidity and short selling. Prices rose in Liverpool while New Orleans weather forecasts suggested mostly fair conditions for Texas and Oklahoma. If rains come soon, the market could slump. otherwise, values may rise further as crop conditions deteriorate without rain.
The Philadelphia based boxing entity led by Jack O'Brien has collapsed. Roddy Brennen, former lighter weight contender, now serves as a messenger in Walla Walla Washington. Francis J. Heney, famed graft prosecutions chief counsel, may run for the US Senate to replace Senator Perkins.
This date history lists 1908 Sir Harry Vane beheaded in London for treason, 1665 British rule in NYC, 1748 Henry Allen born, 1777 US Congress adopted Stars and Stripes, 1800 Marengo Napoleon victory, 1807 Friedlang battle, 1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe born, 1868 Lee invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and 1884 Earl of Derby death. Calendar notes from Wednesday to Sunday include tennis, golf, auto and boat races, regattas, and public exhibitions. A separate 14 June report covers Indianapolis woman Alice Poehler charged with murder for shooting Carl Storey.
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