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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
8
Local notices list groceries, poultry and eggs from One Horse Cash Grocery and Fort's Grocery, cures and remedies from Phoenix Drug Store, a horse shoeing shop, wagon fabrication, hog buyers McGuire and J.F.E. Larkin cashing out stock, a sale starting June 24, and a firm name change for W. B. Smith. Also garden help and house upkeep ads plus a weed cutting order and public health notice by ED. Strong.
A lengthy defense of Mayor Forsythe and his administration frames the Bryant bill as an attack on his office. The piece traces the bill’s origin, petitions, amendments, and political maneuvering through to potential Senate final passage and House concurrence, led by A. G. Cook. It notes Forsythe’s record, asset growth, and public support amid opposition calls to remove him.
The Senate confirmed multiple appointments in executive session including Samuel Montgomery as registrar of voters in New Orleans, Austin H. Green as clerk of court in Ouachita parish, Dr. H. T. Tete on the State Board of Osteopaths, R. C. Drew on the Court of Appeals Second Circuit, Dr. J. L. Leopold to the De Soto parish School Board, John R. Broadnax as supervisor of elections in Morehouse parish, and notaries F. M. Beasley T. E. Barham and John T. Michel in various offices, with several resignations noted.
Washington arrival home ends a Western tour with 16 straight victories. Walter Johnson ill and in bed. Also reports a smuggling arrest of Jung Loy Yow and a custody hearing set for Friday. An unrelated local veterinary ad promotes Dr. J. O. Richardson of West Monroe.
The fragment references opium reports near Fort Smith and cotton opening in the Rio Grande area. It notes a sharp decline in English and French government securities tied to politics, with a signature from E. D. Windes. It also mentions a priest and drug market phrasing and a reference to Os Chase & Collens Co. Ltd in 1961.
Windes' Daily Cotton Letter notes prices down about 1 per bale as traders expect benefits from late general rains across Texas Oklahoma and the central eastern cotton belt. Rain fell across Texas Mississippi Alabama and the south Atlantic states with ongoing showers in central and southwest Texas as the New York Chronicle estimates acreage for cotton plantings this year.
Five deaths since Friday diagnosed as bubonic plague in San Juan Porto Rico. Seven suspects confined as health authorities work to contain spread and identify exposure and risk.
Physician and surgeon Geo F McCormack lists office space over West Monroe State Bank with Cumberland 340 as contact. The brief notice identifies his professional title and location for patient inquiries.
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