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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
2
Local society items detail visitors and hosts across Monroe including Miss Vivian Julian of Oak Ridge staying with Mrs. A. B. Hobson. Several families, clubs, and residents are noted with travels, gatherings at the West Side, training Institute, Natatorium updates, and a dance at the Elk's Club with detailed guest lists.
Associate Justice Charles E. Hughes said he will not allow his name to be used at the Chicago Republican National Convention. He telephoned and telegraphed friends to cease mention of him and declared his decision final. He will not permit the Supreme Court to be drawn into politics or accept a nomination.
The Alexandria Town Talk outlines a mail received note from The Ax Man threatening to kill two families in Monroe and warn of further violence to “advance the cause of religion” unless moral conditions improve. The letter, printed in newspaper type and assembled from cut fragments, shows attempts to avoid handwriting detection.
A note bearing skull and bones drawn in ink and postmarked Alexandria June 18 prompts Oliver Bassett to seek government action on threatening mail. Local authorities, skeptical of a prank, involve city police while relief ads, medical products, and flood recovery updates fill the page.
Natchez Mississippi reports the river dropping about a foot daily. Associated Charities will halt relief operations this week and resume service on the New Orleans and Northwestern Railroad route to White Ark. Prospects improve for a fair crop. A $4000 cargo of corn millet sorghum and seed peas will be sent via steamer Thomas H Benton tomorrow and Betsy Ann and Senator Cordill on Thursday.
The New Orleans and Northwestern Railroad cannot resume through operation until Friday or Saturday, possibly next week. Between Natchez and Vidalia service is the best available now. Over 1,000 workers are on the Memphis Hele na and Louisiana divisions and Natchez and Western, but restoration of old schedules remains uncertain.
A sensational tale touts Electric Bitters as the cure for a rich bride hunt. The advertisement claims the tonic improves nerves, complexion, sleep, and energy, promising relief from indigestion backache and dizziness with a strong endorsement that it is a woman’s favorite remedy. Available for 50c at druggists.
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