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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
10
Local items describe painting and paper hanging services and Kodak products, a city hall construction update, and court actions involving Nelson and Wallace for gambling and labor contract violations. Included are merchant ads for Kern’s wagon shop and Bennett’s rental rates, plus references to negro gambling rings and recent police raids.
Readers are urged to consider lighter fabrics and breathable garments during the recent heat wave. The note highlights comfort and practicality, suggesting clothing choices that help manage high temperatures.
New shipments at the Racket Store offer summer fabrics including fancy lawns 5c to 10c per yard and linen waistings 12 1 2 to 25c per yard. Men and ladies bathing suits advertised with prices up to 2.50, rubber caps for ladies 20 to 75 cents. Smith Bros Ltd.
The Lyceum presents a film version of Othello with Venice as the backdrop. Characters Iago and Roderigo race to Brabantio on a gondola as Desdemona’s father learns of Othello’s affection. The production aims for grand visual color and authentic setting.
A historical notice advocates systematizing finances through a home bank account. It argues checks simplify bill payment, provide transaction records, receipts, and credit building. It urges every income earner to open an account at a home bank and start today.
A humorous Biograph program features Their Sea Voyage a raucous comedy about two married men seeking freedom from home life and chasing nightlife on Broadway with dancers and late shows. The Tenderfoot's Triumph, another Biograph comedy, was shown last night and repeats tonight.
Baton Rouge June 16 In the dust of segregation and the dissolution of the race game a new state wide prohibition push emerges. Representative Shattuck wants a large statewide prohibition bill and may move to suspend rules for immediate House introduction. Other lawmakers express support and opposition as voting patterns on segregation are noted amid a flurry of related measures and committee actions.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and acquaintances for loyal assistance and to the attending physicians for close attention during the prolonged illness of our beloved wife and mother.
New Orleans markets show spot sales at 395 bales with varied prices for different grades. The report lists several bid figures and closing ranges around 12 to 15 cents for futures and spot, reflecting steady activity in mid June.
The Monroe La. dispatch reports favorable crop weather in the western and central cotton belt with improving conditions in the South Atlantic States. It notes little rain in the Southwest and Mississippi valley, predictions of fair to partly cloudy skies across several states, and that crop accounts overall remain favorable though rains in the South Atlantic may dampen expectations for a very high belt crop.
New Orleans Cotton Exchange and First Nation New York Cotton Exchange are listed along with Chicago Board of Trade. Bank references in Shreveport Monroe and Union Bank & Trust Co are noted. S. J. Harman & Co. Monroe La. offers cotton grain provisions stocks and bonds. They advertise wire service with Hayward Clark New Orleans J S Bache Carpenter Baggett Bartlett Patten and charge one eighth commissions on grain.
A telegram drafted by leading opponents of Mayor Forsythe was sent from Monroe to Baton Rouge during the Senate committee hearing on the commission bill. It urged removing sections on first second and third choice and suggested incorporating them into primary election law, warning they could endanger the bill in Louisiana with a large black vote. The undersigned include Geo A Petrie J C Amman R B Iretana Sol Gross B A Trousdale John P Parker Thomas H McMillan G Le Boeuff J H Trousdale Guy Ham E H Bills E Kaliski E B Ward R C Pritchard and W H DeGraffenreid.
In Durant Mississippi on June 15 Otho Mitchell a Black man who had been drinking fired a shotgun at three white men on the main street and was lynched by local citizens at noon. Night Watchman J D Causey attempted to intervene as the mob acted.
After a confrontation a Black suspect fired pointblank and was fatally wounded by return fire. As he fell, angry citizens seized him and hanged him at a nearby telegraph pole.
Berean Bible Class will sail on an elegant gasoline launch from the landing at Pine Street Friday night June 17. Members and other friends are cordially invited. The girls will provide lunch.
Brigadier General Meyer commander of the department of the southwest U S A inspected Fort Logan H Roots in Little Rock Arkansas today. He will stay until the Fourth Infantry battalion arrives to inspect the troops. The battalion is expected tomorrow and the troops now here will leave June 23 for Alaska.
West Point announces on June 15 that Secretary of War Dickinson awarded second lieutenant commissions to eighty two graduates during commencement day at the United States Military Academy in New York.
Four room house near City Market offers household furniture and established restaurant business. Also four room house and five room house available for rent with recent papering and screening. contact at Louise Ann Avenue and Jackson Street listings.
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