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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
4
Published daily except Sunday by The News Star Publishing Co limited in Monroe Louisiana with W Smith Faulk as president and secretary treasurer. Second class matter June 1 1909 at Monroe Post Office under act of March 3 1879. Terms of subscription.
Announcement of Ben C. Dawkins of Monroe and Percy Sandel of Monroe as candidates for the Democratic primary nomination for District Judge in the Sixth District, covering Morehouse and Ouachita parishes.
The News-Star announces Burk A Bridges of Claiborne parish as a candidate for Railroad Commissioner from the Third District and J J Meredith of Caldwell parish as a candidate for re election from the Third District both subject to Democratic party action.
Fred M Odom of Morehouse parish runs for re election as District Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District comprising Morehouse and Ouachita parishes. Primary action is Democratic.
Washington reports Attorney General Wickersham expects voluntary dissolution of the National Packing Company by August 1. Government will pause a civil suit to compel disintegration after packers faced Sherman Act challenges. the $15 million firm links Armour, Swift and Morris interests in the meat industry.
The piece rails against partisanism in local politics surrounding Monroe's proposed Bryant commission bill and its chances in the legislature. It notes cross‑faction snubs, hints at personal motives, and references public officials in Baton Rouge and New Orleans reporters. It also touches on Dr. Oscar Dowling intervening in parish jail use and the Taft Roosevelt tug for Southern negro delegates, followed by a long essay praising home grown vegetables and urban gardening benefits.
After hurricane-level floods the Mississippi has fallen to three feet below danger. West bank towns Algiers Gretna and McDonoughville risk inundation from Hymeti crevasse back waters thirty five miles above the city. Crews rush sandbags and embankment work as fire bells urge more labor. no loss of life but farms and homes risk flooding if levees fail. The fall of the river offers hope for relief. The postscript remark notes a gendered contrast in letters.
An advertisement claims weak kidneys cause bodily decline and Bright's disease risk. Doan's Kidney Pills are promoted as the direct remedy, with a customer testimonial from Mrs. C P Brasher of Monroe Louisiana and note that Foster Milburn Co sells them in the United States for 50 cents.
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