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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1909

Page

8

Tomato Prices and Local Notices Highlight Monroe Briefs

Local page items note tomatoes at 85 cents a basket from Fox Grocer Co. Ltd and fresh shipments arriving. Lexington-style ads urge choosing a good servant girl, osteopathic physician contact, and property management via want ads. Reports include tax sale crowds, travel to Hamburg, and Eastern Star chapter meeting notice.

Fox Grocer Co., Ltd A. J. Renaud Parker and Speed S. J. Meek Co J. M. Parker Hamburg Saratoga The

Jim Collier Executed After Two Gov. Reprieves

Jim Collier was executed at 3 PM in Tallulah after two governor reprieves. He killed his father in law during an axe attack following a dispute. The crowd, largely curious locals, watched from in front of the jail as the scaffold was screened. The report notes no sympathy for Collier and cites mental instability claims as a failed commutation bid.

News-Star Tallulah Jim Collier Collier

Grand Street Theatre Set To Show New Pictures Tonight

A large crowd enjoyed moving pictures and vaudeville at the Grand Street Theatre. Tonight's program includes A Road to Love Found on the Rocks The Squire and the Noble Host with Four new pictures Twenty Ladies and a Beggar Dream Spectres Immediate Moon Powder and A Chinese Wedding at the Airdome, where high class vaudeville has drawn strong crowds all week.

Monroe Airdome Durand Ozavos Tom Thornton Senter Grand Street Squire Central America Eunice Hopper Davis

Lyric Airdome Opens Under New Management

Beginning Sunday June 20 Potter and Pike assume full control of the Lyric Theatre and Casino Airdome merging them into the Lyric Airdome. Matinees start daily at 4 PM at the Lyric with nightly Airdome shows unless weather forces a Lyric performance.

Lyric Theatre Casino Airdome Messrs. Potter and Pike Lyric Airdome Lyric Airdome

Cotton markets in New Orleans and Liverpool summaries

New Orleans steady trading with 1,125 bales sold as July and December futures show slight declines from prior values. Liverpool markets remain quiet with July and October closings around 10.90 to 10.86 per ton, reflecting a subdued session.

New Orleans Close Ysty

Liverpool Cotton Market Report

Liverpool market notes show sales at 7 000 bales with June and July positions cited. Prices listed for July August at 5 82 to 5 84 pence per pound and 5 96 for Liverpool.

Liverpool

Fragmented OCR Summary of Local Page Item

Readable parts describe a brief local item with names and places obscured by OCR noise. The text hints at an event or notice and mentions possible persons and locations but lacks clear details or context. No concrete dates, actions, or outcomes are discernible.

Evening matinees and nights show at Air dome and venue

The plan assigns matinees to the place for the matinees and night shows to the Air dome to take advantage of fresh air and cool breezes. A nightly program without weather exception is promised, with only top quality vaudeville and moving pictures allowed at either venue.

Arkadelphia Captain Negotiates for Steamer Purchase

Capt. F. G. Carpenter of Arkadelphia is in St. Louis negotiating to buy the steamer A. F. Siber. If the sale closes the boat will operate on the Ouachita River between Camden and Arkadelphia.

F. G. Carpenter Arkadelphia St. Louis A. F. Siber Ouachita Camden Arkansas Gazette

Survivors Gather for 145th Anniversary of Kearsarge Alabama Fight

In Waltham Massachusetts survivors of the Kearsarge and Alabama encounter gathered to mark the forty fifth anniversary of the battle off the coast of France in 1864. Only thirty crew members remain alive today.

Waltham Mass Kearsarge Alabama France

Woman’s appeal offers free home treatment for rheumatism

A woman invites rheumatism sufferers to write for a free home remedy that she claims cures muscular and joint pain including sciatica lumbago pack pain kidney pain and neuralgia without climate change. She asserts the remedy removes uric acid from blood restores joint movement purifies blood and improves eye brightness with widespread testimonials. Box Ta a and Mrs Summers are named as contacts.

Rich Bena M Summers

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