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18 Jun 1910
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1910
Page
1
The readable text presents fragmented phrases with no clear subject or event. It appears as garbled clipping and lacks distinct names places or actions to identify a cohesive news item.
A Monroe Progressive League letter to Governor Sanders argues against Louisiana state funding to back a Shreveport led Interstate Commerce Commission suit to break down the Texas rock wall. The group warns such aid invites class legislation and sets dangerous precedent for other regions.
The Caddo parish grand jury in Shreveport accuses city and parish police of failing to enforce the prohibition law. It says officers would enforce it if not threatened with dismissal for active prohibition arrests, praising Oil City’s improved conditions and defending councilmen Dambly and Bodenheimer against the insinuation they ordered lax enforcement.
R P Reffond a white man was arrested yesterday afternoon and jailed on the charge of incest in the parish jail.
Isabel Vandervall, a Black student, plans to attend the East Orange High School graduation dance with a Black escort despite protests from white classmates. Her father, James Vandervall, obtained tickets and aims for more. Principal Edwards regrets the incident noting the event is run by graduates, not the school.
Donald Galleher a fourteen year old actor submitted his Civil War play to the Liebler company seeking production or consideration.
Theodore Roosevelt returned to New York after a year away to an enthusiastic, mass welcome. The Kaiserin Augusta Victoria voyage, harbor flotilla, and a formal greeting by Mayor Gaynor frame a scene of patriotic celebration with officials and citizens praising the former president.
Washington reports a packed week with Theodore Roosevelt Jr wedding in New York on Monday and a Rough Riders reunion dinner on Thursday. Roosevelt will address the National League of Republican Clubs Friday while Taft visits Yale for Robert’s graduation. State conventions in Ohio Pennsylvania Minnesota and Vermont set Governor and officer nominations. Robin J Cooper murder trial also ongoing.
Plans completed for a new rigid airship named the Blue Bird designed to cross the Atlantic. Built with a keel backbone and four engines, it carries a crew of ten and five tons of petrol. It can stay aloft eighty hours at up to fifty miles per hour with a 4000 mile radius, to be completed at High Ground near Falmouth.
Senator Carmack planned to start in Nashville in November 1908. Younger Cooper was convicted in the criminal court and the case was reversed by the State Supreme Court last spring.
In Baton Rouge on June 18, suffrage supporters packed the state house as committee reports moved toward women’s rights. The Gueydon amendment would let women vote on school board membership, while Shattuck’s bill faced a favorable substitute in the House committee.
Special reports from Valladolid Oaxaca detail an uprising in the peninsula where 72 people died including twelve federal soldiers. Sixty soldiers and over 150 Indians were wounded before capture. merchants suffer losses estimated at 60 000 to 100 000 dollars. 107 prisoners held as military courts are formed.
Local readers were led to think the top commander had been captured after a misleading report. Officials later clarified no such event occurred.
Walter Brookins piloted a Wright bi plane at Indianapolis during the 6:30 p m to 8:00 p m flight. He reached 4508 feet altitude as recorded by the altimeter, glided two miles to a wheat field after engine failure, and landed safely near the speedway. The previous record was 4384 feet set last Monday.
Ex congressman William S Bennett announces his bid for New York Governor with a anti prize fight platform. Headquarters open in Hudson Terminal as Bennett seeks Democratic and cross party support alongside a circulating endorsement petition.
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